1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1987
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
Dates21 October – 3 November
Teams10 (from 1 association)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsIraq Al-Rasheed (3rd title)
Runners-upSaudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Third placeAlgeria JE Tizi Ouzou
Fourth placeEgypt Tersana
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored51 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Haris Mohammed (7 goals)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Saleh Nu'eimeh
Best goalkeeperIraq Abdul-Fatah Nasif
Fair play awardState of Palestine Palestine SC[1]

The 1987 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia for the second time. This time in the city of Riyadh after the successful hosting of the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup in Dammam. Al-Rasheed won the championship for the 3rd time, defending their championship once again and proving to be one of the top teams in the region at the time.

Participants

Participants
Zone Team Qualifying method
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Hosts
Iraq Al-Rasheed Holders
Zone 1 Qatar Al-Arabi Q-League representative
Zone 2 Egypt Tersana 1986 Egypt Cup winners
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1985-86 Saudi Premier League winners
Zone 3 Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 1985–86 Algerian Championship winners
Morocco Raja Casablanca 1986 Moroccan League runners up
Tunisia ES Sahel 1985–86 Tunisian Championship winners
Zone 4 Iraq Al-Jaish Iraqi League representative
Jordan Al-Faisaly 1985–86 Jordan League winners
Lebanon Nadi Al-Riyada Lebanese Premier League representative
State of Palestine Palestine SC West Bank Premier League representative
Syria Jableh SC 1985–86 Syrian League runners up

Preliminary round

A preliminary stage was held for sides in Africa and Asia with the finals changing into two groups with winners and runners up advancing to the semi-finals stage.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Al-Arabi advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Tersana and Al-Hilal advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia ES Sahel 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 4
Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Morocco Raja Casablanca 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Source:
ES Sahel Tunisia4 – 1Morocco Raja CA
Abderrahim El Hamraoui

ES Sahel and JE Tizi Ouzou advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Preliminary round tournament held in Amman, Jordan from 18 to 26 July.

Al-Jaish Iraq2 – 0State of Palestine Palestine SC
Fahim –'
Rasheed –'
Al-Jaish Iraq1 – 0Lebanon Nadi Al-Riyada
Rasheed –'
Al-Jaish Iraq2 – 1Syria Jableh SC
Ghanem –'
Mahmoud –'		 – –'
Al-Faisaly Jordan1 – 2Iraq Al-Jaish
– –' Mousa –'
Mahmoud –'

Al-Jaish and Palestine SC advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iraq Al-Rasheed 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 6
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 4
Tunisia ES Sahel 3 0 1 2 6 11 −5 1
State of Palestine Palestine SC 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source:
Al-Rasheed Iraq5 – 1Tunisia ES Sahel
Radhi –'
Mohammed –'
Jafar –', –'
Hashim –'		 –'
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2 – 0State of Palestine Palestine SC
Al-Rasheed Iraq5 – 0State of Palestine Palestine SC
Mohammed –', –'
Radhi –'
Hussein –'
Abdulkadhem –'
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia4 – 3Tunisia ES Sahel
Al-Rasheed Iraq3 – 1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Mohammed 30', 64'
Dirjal 34'		 –'
Palestine SC State of Palestine2 – 2Tunisia ES Sahel

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Egypt Tersana 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6
Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 4 2 2 0 2 0 +2 6
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 2 1 1 2 1 +1 5
Iraq Al-Jaish 4 1 0 3 3 3 0 2
Qatar Al-Arabi 4 0 1 3 1 7 −6 1
Source:
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1 – 0Qatar Al-Arabi
Al-Jaish Iraq0 – 1Egypt Tersana
90'
Tersana Egypt0 – 0Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou
Al-Jaish Iraq3 – 0Qatar Al-Arabi
Hameed –', –'
Mahmoud –'
Al-Jaish Iraq0 – 1Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou
90'
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0 – 0Egypt Tersana
Al-Arabi Qatar0 – 0Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2 – 1Iraq Al-Jaish
–'
90'		 –'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 november – Riyadh
 
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad1
 
3 november – Riyadh
 
Egypt Tersana0
 
Iraq Al-Rasheed (aet)2
 
1 november – Riyadh
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad1
 
Iraq Al-Rasheed4
 
 
Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou0
 
Third place
 
 
3 november – Riyadh
 
 
Egypt Tersana1
 
 
Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou2

Semi finals

3rd Place Match

Final

Al-Rasheed Iraq2 – 1
(a.e.t.)		Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Jafar 99'
Allawi 103'		 Al-Muwallid –'
Referee: Mohamed Larache (Morocco)

Winners

 1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
winners 
Iraq
Al-Rasheed SC
3rd title

Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Iraq Haris Mohammed Iraq Al-Rasheed 7

Awards

Player Goalkeeper Fair Play Team
Saudi Arabia Saleh Nu'eimeh Iraq Abdul-Fatah Nasif Jassim State of Palestine Palestine SC

References

  1. ↑ "النعيمة وفتاح وفلسطين الافضل في البطولة".
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