27th GCC Champions League

2012 GCC Champions League
دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي
Tournament details
Dates16 February – 10 June
Teams12 (from AFC/UAFA) confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsBahrain Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-upUnited Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Goals scored102 (3 per match)
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The 27th GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي) was the 27th edition of the GCC Champions League for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, held in 2012.

The Groups

Four groups of three teams.

Top two from each group qualify for the one legged quarter finals with group winners hosting the matches.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Kuwait Al-Jahra
Bahrain Al-Muharraq
Oman Fanja

Kuwait Al-Arabi Kuwait
Qatar Al-Kharitiyat
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda

Qatar Al-Khor
Kuwait Al-Naser
Bahrain Busaiteen

Oman Al-Nahda
Bahrain Al-Riffa
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9
Kuwait Al-Jahra 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
Oman Fanja 4 0 2 2 3 9 –6 2
Al Jahra FC Kuwait2–2Oman Fanja SC
Alexandre Nino 28', 90' Mohammed Al-Mashari 72'
Iskandar Ahmad 90+2'
Referee: Khamis al-Marri (Qatar)


Al Muharraq SC Bahrain1–0Kuwait Al Jahra FC
Ismail Abdullatif 90+2' André Macanga Red card
Referee: Fahad Banihammad (UAE)


Fanja Oman0–3Bahrain Al-Muharraq


Fanja Oman1–1Kuwait Al-Jahra


Al-Jahra Kuwait1–0Bahrain Al-Muharraq


Al-Muharraq Bahrain3–0Oman Fanja

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Al-Arabi Kuwait 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 4 2 0 2 6 8 –2 6
Qatar Al-Kharitiyat 4 1 0 3 3 8 –5 3
Al Kharitiyath SC Qatar0–2United Arab Emirates Al Wahda SCC
Ismail Matar 58'
Fernando Baiano 65'
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)


Al Wahda SCC United Arab Emirates1–2Kuwait Al-Arabi SC
Ismail Matar 72'
Mubarak al-Mansouri Red card		 Hussain Al-Moussawi 56', 63'
Referee: Fahad Jaber al-Marri (Qatar)


Al-Arabi Kuwait Kuwait3–0Qatar Al-Kharitiyat


Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates2–1Qatar Al-Kharitiyat


Al-Kharitiyat Qatar2–1Kuwait Al-Arabi Kuwait


Al-Arabi Kuwait Kuwait5–1United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Qatar Al-Khor 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9
Kuwait Al-Naser 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
Bahrain Busaiteen 4 1 1 2 5 8 –3 4
Al Nasr SC Kuwait0–1Qatar Al Khor SC
Júlio César 43'
Referee: Abdullah al-A'ajil (UAE)


Al Khor SC Qatar2–0Bahrain Busaiteen Club


Busaiteen Bahrain1–3Kuwait Al-Naser


Al-Khor Qatar2–1Kuwait Al-Naser


Busaiteen Bahrain2–1Qatar Al-Khor


Al-Naser Kuwait2–2Bahrain Busaiteen

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 4 4 0 0 11 4 +7 12
Bahrain Al-Riffa 4 1 1 2 6 8 –2 4
Oman Al-Nahda 4 0 1 3 6 11 –5 1
Riffa SC Bahrain3–1Oman Al-Nahda
Salman Isa 35'
Adam Abu Bakr 37', 77'		 Hilal Nasr al-Khanbashi 60'
Hugues-Wilfried Da soccer ball with red X
Referee: Waleed al-Shatti (Kuwait)


Al-Nahda Oman0–2United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl


Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates3–1Bahrain Al-Riffa


Al-Riffa Bahrain0–2United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl


Al-Nahda Oman2–2Bahrain Al-Riffa


Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates4–3Oman Al-Nahda

Quarter finals

Al-Khor Qatar1–0Kuwait Al-Jahra
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates1–1United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
Penalties
5–3
Al-Muharraq Bahrain3–0Kuwait Al-Naser
Al-Arabi Kuwait Kuwait2–1Bahrain Al-Riffa

Semi finals

1st Legs

Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates3–0Qatar Al-Khor
Al-Arabi Kuwait Kuwait2–1Bahrain Al-Muharraq

2nd Legs

Al-Khor Qatar2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl

Al Wasl advanced to the final 4–2 on aggregate

Al-Muharraq Bahrain2–0Kuwait Al-Arabi Kuwait

Al Muharraq advanced to the final 3–2 on aggregate

Final

1st leg

Al-Muharraq Bahrain1–3United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl

2nd leg

Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates1–3Bahrain Al-Muharraq

Al Muharraq became champions, winning on penalties, the first team from Bahrain to be crowned champions.

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