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1997 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 1997 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, was won by Tunisian side Club Africain, the hosts. It was the 13th tournament and was held from 14 to 23 November 1997.

1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1997
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
CityTunis
Sfax
Teams10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia Club Africain (1st title)
Runners-upEgypt Al-Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored53 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Ali Maher (5 goals)
Best player(s)Tunisia Faouzi Rouissi
Best goalkeeperTunisia Boubaker Zitouni
← 1996
1998 →

Preliminary round edit

Zone 1 (Gulf Area) edit

Kazma SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea) edit

Al Ahly and Al-Ahli advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa) edit

Preliminary round tournament held in Sfax, Tunisia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  CS Sfaxien 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
  WA Tlemcen 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
  OC Khouribga 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
  Al-Shat 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: UTC+01:00
WA Tlemcen  1 - 0  OC Khouribga
Ghouti   5'
CS Sfaxien  4 – 0  Aschat S.C.
Gomis   26'
Bouaziz   32'
Trabelsi   37'
Bechaouch   80'
CS Sfaxien  2 - 0  WA Tlemcen
Gomis   6'
Ylyes   14'
OC Khouribga  1 – 0  Aschat S.C.
Mohamed El-Zarkaoui  
CS Sfaxien  0 – 2  OC Khouribga
WA Tlemcen  3 – 0  Aschat S.C.
Mohamed Djalti  
Aissa Aidara  
Aissa Aidara  

CS Sfaxien and WA Tlemcen advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region) edit

Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Am'ari advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament edit

Group stage edit

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Club Africain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
  Al-Ahli 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
  WA Tlemcen 3 1 1 1 7 1 +6 4
  Al-Wehdat 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ahli  3 – 1  Al-Wehdat
Ibrahim Souied   44'
Sérgio   54' (pen), 89'		 Mounir Lotfi   86'
Referee:   Saïd Belghoula
Club Africain  0 – 0  WA Tlemcen
Attendance: 10.000
Referee:   Saad Kamil
WA Tlemcen  7 – 0  Al-Wehdat
Mohamed Djalti   35' (p), 76'
Aissa Aidara   43', 89'
Djawed Yadel   50'
Kamel Habri   60'
Abdelmadji Kendouci   86'
Attendance: 5.000
Referee:   Jamil Achour
Al-Ahli  1 – 3  Club Africain
Sérgio   48' Abdeljalil Hadda as Camacho   48', 84'
Rezki Amrouche   67'
Referee:   Ali Abou Djassim
Al-Ahli  1 – 0  WA Tlemcen
Hamza Salah   90+2'
Referee:   Jamel El Ghandour
Club Africain  3 – 2  Al-Wehdat

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ahly 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7
  CS Sfaxien 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
  Kazma 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
  Shabab Al-Am'ari 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ahly  7 - 0  Shabab Al Am'ari
Maher   
Emara  
Felix  
Rayyan  
Koushary 
Orabi  
CS Sfaxien  3 – 1  Kazma
Luis Gomez   15', 35'
Abdelay N'day   67'		 Abdelhamid Al Assoussi   28'
Referee:   Abdelrahman
Al-Ahly  2 – 0  Kazma
H. Hassan   20'
Maher   90+2'
Referee:   Tedj Eddine El Ferssi
CS Sfaxien  4 – 0  Shabab Al Am'ari
Al-Ahly  1 – 1  CS Sfaxien
Koushary  
Kazma  2 – 1  Shabab Al Am'ari

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 21 november – Tunis
 
 
  Al-Ahly3
 
 23 november – Tunis
 
  Al-Ahli Jeddah0
 
  Club Africain (aet)2
 
 21 november – Tunis
 
  Al-Ahly1
 
  Club Africain (p)2 (4)
 
 
  CS Sfaxien2 (1)
 

Semi-finals edit

Club Africain  2 – 2  CS Sfaxien
Hamdi Marzouki   41'
El Hadi Daa   51'		 Skander Souayah   38' (pen)
Mohamed Salah Meftah   45'
Penalties
 4 - 1
  •   18. Nabil Chaouch
  •   17. Ilyes Essmaili
  •   5. Gomis
Referee:   Said Belqola
Al-Ahly  3 – 0  Al-Ahli Jeddah
Khashaba   19' (pen)
Maher   42'
Walid   81'
Referee:   Taj Addin Fares
  Miloud Heraz
  El-Aid


Final edit

Club Africain  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Al-Ahly
Rouissi   4'
Limam   114' 		Maher   20'
Attendance: 35.000
Referee:   Ali Bujsaim

Winners edit

1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
 
Club Africain
First title

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Maher   Al-Ahly 5

Awards edit

Highest Scorer
Man of the Competition
Best Goalkeeper
Fair Play team of the tournament

External links edit

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