1999 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 1999 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Egypt in the city of Cairo. Al Shabab won the championship for the second time beating in the final Al-Jaish.^[2]

1999 Arab Club Champions Cup

بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1999
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	23 September – 3 October
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations) (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Al Shabab (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Jaish
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	36 (2.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saeed Al-Owairan Ali Marwi Mohamed Farouk (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Ahmad Azzam
Best goalkeeper	Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan[1]
← 1998 2000 →

Participants

Participants
Zone	Team	Qualifying method
	Al Ahly	Hosts
	WA Tlemcen	Holders
Zone 1	West Riffa SC	1997–98 Bahraini Premier League winners
	Al-Salmiya	1997–98 Kuwaiti Premier League winners
	Oman Club	1997–98 Omani League fifth
	Al-Arabi (Doha)	1997–98 Qatar Stars League fourth
	Al-Ittihad	1997–98 Saudi Premier League seventh
	Sharjah SC	1997–98 UAE Football League runners-up
Zone 2	Al Shabab	1997–98 Saudi Premier League runners-up
	Al-Hilal Club	1999 Sudan Premier League winners
	Al-Wehda	1997–98 Yemeni League winners
Zone 3	Al-Mahalla	1997–98 Libyan Premier League height
	ASC Sonalec	1997–98 Mauritanean Premier League runners-up
	Olympique Béja	1996–97 Tunisian Championnat National fifth
Zone 4	Al-Wehdat	1996–97 Jordan League winners
	Khadamat Rafah	Gaza Strip League representative
	Al-Jaish	1997–98 Syrian League winners

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Qualification from GCC Champions League held in Jeddah in 1999.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ittihad	5	5	0	0	15	2	+13	15
Al-Salmiya	5	4	0	1	9	3	+6	12
West Riffa SC	5	3	0	2	12	6	+6	9
Al-Arabi	5	1	1	3	4	12	−8	4
Sharjah SC	5	0	2	3	6	12	−6	2
Oman Club	5	0	1	4	4	15	−11	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

25 January 1999

Al-Ittihad	5–1	Oman Club

Jeddah

26 January 1999

Sharjah SC	2–2	Al-Arabi

Jeddah

26 January 1999

Al-Salmiya	2–0	West Riffa SC

Jeddah

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28 January 1999

Al-Ittihad	3–0	Al-Arabi

Jeddah

28 January 1999

Oman Club	1–4	West Riffa SC

Jeddah

29 January 1999

Sharjah SC	0–3	Al-Salmiya

Jeddah

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30 January 1999

Al-Ittihad	2–0	West Riffa SC

Jeddah

31 January 1999

Al-Arabi	0–2	Al-Salmiya

Jeddah

31 January 1999

Oman Club	2–2	Sharjah SC

Jeddah

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2 February 1999

Al-Arabi	2–0	Oman Club

Jeddah

2 February 1999

West Riffa SC	3 – 1 (abandoned after 50 mn)	Sharjah SC

Jeddah

3 February 1999

Al-Ittihad	3–0	Al-Salmiya

Jeddah

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4 February 1999

West Riffa SC	5–0	Al-Arabi

Jeddah

5 February 1999

Al-Salmiya	2–0	Oman Club

Jeddah

5 February 1999

Al-Ittihad	2–1	Sharjah SC

Jeddah

Al-Ittihad withdrew. West Riffa SC & Al-Salmiya advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Abha.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
Al-Wehda	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3
Al-Hilal Club	2	0	0	2	3	7	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 August 1999

Al Shabab	4–0	Al-Wehda

Abha

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17 August 1999

Al-Hilal Club	3–5	Al-Wehda

Abha

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19 August 1999

Al Shabab	2–0	Al-Hilal

Abha

Al Shabab advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Al-Mahalla disqualified by UAFA. ASC Sonalec withdrew.

Olympique Béja advanced automatically to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Qualifying tournament held in Amman.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Jaish	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Al-Wehdat	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
Khadamat Rafah	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 September 1999

Al-Wehdat	4–1	Khadamat Rafah

Amman International Stadium, Amman

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5 September 1999

Al-Wehdat	0–2	Al-Jaish

Amman International Stadium, Amman

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7 September 1999

Al-Jaish	1–0	Khadamat Rafah

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Al-Wehdat & Al-Jaish advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

Group stage

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
Al-Salmiya	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Al-Wehdat	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
WA Tlemcen	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 September 1999

Al-Wehdat	0–1	Al-Salmiya
		Marwi 36'

Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo

23 September 1999

Al Shabab	5–0	WA Tlemcen
Al-Owairan 23', 52' (pen.) Al-Otaibi 60' Al-Khathran 80' Dissa 90'

Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo

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25 September 1999

Al-Salmiya	1–2	WA Tlemcen
Bagyoko 77'		Daoud 55' Aidara 81'

Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo

25 September 1999

Al Shabab	1–0	Al-Wehdat
Al-Waked 67'

Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo

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25 September 1999

Al-Wehdat	3–1	WA Tlemcen
Awaynah 60' Shelbaieh 80', 83'		Boudjakdji 59'

Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo

25 September 1999

Al Shabab	0–1	Al-Salmiya
		Marwi 73'

Arab Contractors Stadium, Cairo

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Jaish	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Al Ahly	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Olympique Béja	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
West Riffa SC	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

24 September 1999

Olympique Béja	0–2	Al-Jaish
		Azzam 9' Al-Sayed 84'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

24 September 1999

Al Ahly	1–1	West Riffa SC
Farouk 67'		Bilal 89'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

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27 September 1999

Olympique Béja	2–0	West Riffa SC
Missaoui 52' Sliti 82'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

27 September 1999

Al Ahly	2–0	Al-Jaish
Hanafy 8' Mohamed 25'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

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29 September 1999

Al-Jaish	4–0	West Riffa SC
Al-Sayed 27' Azzam 28' Mansour 59' Kurdiyah 82'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

29 September 1999

Al Ahly	1–1	Olympique Béja
Farouk 32'		Sliti 68'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 October – Cairo
	Al Shabab (p)	1 (3)
					3 October – Cairo
	Al Ahly	1 (2)
					Al Shabab	2
	1 October – Cairo
					Al-Jaish	0
	Al-Jaish	2
	Al-Salmiya	1

Semi-finals

1 October 1999

Al Shabab	1–1	Al Ahly
Al-Sheehan 90'		Farouk 14'
Penalties
	3–2

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

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1 October 1999

Al-Jaish	2–1	Al-Salmiya
Afash 54', 66'		Marwi 27'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Final

3 October 1999

Al Shabab	2–0	Al-Jaish
Al-Owairan 3' Al-Sheehan 16'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)

Winners

1999 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al Shabab Second title