2001–02 Asian Club Championship

The 2001–02 Asian Club Championship was the 21st and last edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

2001–2002 Asian Club Championship

Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	September 2001 – April 2002
Teams	27
Final positions
Champions	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2nd title)
Runners-up	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Third place	Esteghlal
Fourth place	Nasaf Qarshi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	177 (3.69 per match)
← 2000–01 2002–03 (AFC Champions League) →

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won their 2nd consecutive Asian Championship, beating Anyang LG Cheetahs in an all-Korean final 4–2 on penalties at Azadi stadium, Tehran.

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Esteghlal	w/o[a]	Al-Hikma	—[a]	—[a]
Al-Ahli	w/o[b]	Al-Ittihad	—[b]	—[b]
Al-Quds	2–1	Al-Ahli	0–0	2–1
Jableh	0–2	Al-Kuwait	0–0	0–2
Al-Zawraa	7–1	Al-Wakra	3–0	4–1
Köpetdag Aşgabat	0–4	Nasaf Qarshi	0–1	0–3
East Asia
Sông Lam Nghệ An	w/o[c]	Saunders SC	—[c]	—[c]
Happy Valley	12–0	GD Lam Pak	7–0	5–0
Selangor	0–7[d]	Dalian Shide	0–2	0–5
New Radiant	1–3	Muktijoddha Sangsad	1–2	0–1
BEC Tero Sasana	8–1	Singapore Armed Forces	3–0	5–1
Kashima Antlers	4–1[e]	Persija	4–1	—[e]

Notes:

1. Al-Hikma withdrew.
2. Al-Ahli Amman withdrew.
3. Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.
4. Selangor entered the competition after Penang withdrew due to financial problems.
5. The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Ittihad	4–4 (a)	Esteghlal	3–2	1–2
Al-Kuwait	9–3	Al-Quds	3–2	6–1
Al-Wahda	3–3 (4–3 p)	Al-Zawraa	1–2	2–1
Nasaf Qarshi	7–3	Umed Dushanbe	4–1	3–2
East Asia
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	21–0[a]	Saunders SC	18–0	3–0[a]
Happy Valley	1–10	Dalian Shide	0–2	1–8
Anyang LG Cheetahs	11–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad	8–0	3–0
Kashima Antlers	3–1	BEC Tero Sasana	3–0	0–1

Notes:

1. Saunders SC withdrew after the first leg.

Quarter-finals

West Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Esteghlal	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to Semi-finals
Nasaf Qarshi	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
Al-Kuwait	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
Al-Wahda (H)	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

6 February 2002

Al-Kuwait	1–1	Nasaf Qarshi
Laheeb 74'		Haydarov

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

6 February 2002

Al-Wahda	3–5	Esteghlal
Rouissi 12' Jumaa 49', 72'		Dinmohammadi 40' Akbarpour 64' Fatemi 80', 83' Hasheminasab 87'

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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8 February 2002

Nasaf Qarshi	1–1	Esteghlal
		Nikbakht

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

8 February 2002

Al-Wahda	2–2	Al-Kuwait
Rogers Asami		Annabel Chong Elena Berkova

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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10 February 2002

Al-Kuwait	0–3	Esteghlal
		Akbarpour 76' Fatemi 80', 85'

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

10 February 2002

Al-Wahda	1–2	Nasaf Qarshi
Al Enazi 1'		Mohammed 41' (o.g.) Khasanov 45'

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

East Asia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to Semi-finals
Anyang LG Cheetahs	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Dalian Shide	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
Kashima Antlers	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 February 2002

Dalian Shide	0–0	Kashima Antlers

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

17 February 2002

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0	Anyang LG Cheetahs

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

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19 February 2002

Kashima Antlers	0–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Seo Jung-Won 55' Son Dae-Ho 82'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

19 February 2002

Anyang LG Cheetahs	1–1	Dalian Shide
Wang Jung-Hyun 85'		Yan Song 12'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

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21 February 2002

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–0	Dalian Shide
dos Santos 8', 18'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

21 February 2002

Anyang LG Cheetahs	1–1	Kashima Antlers
Santos 90'		Motoyama 54'

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 April – Tehran
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3
					5 April – Tehran
	Nasaf Qarshi	0
					Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)	0 (4)
	3 April – Tehran
					Anyang LG Cheetahs	0 (2)
	Esteghlal	1
	Anyang LG Cheetahs	2
					Third place play-off
					5 April – Tehran
					Esteghlal	5
					Nasaf Qarshi	2

Semi-finals

3 April 2002

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3–0	Nasaf Qarshi
Avdić 49' Seo Jung-Won 72' Lee Sun-Woo 90'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

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3 April 2002

Esteghlal	1–2	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Akbari 62'		Ivo 55' Santos 72'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Third placed play-off

5 April 2002

Esteghlal	5–2	Nasaf Qarshi
Navazi Karaev (og) Fatemi Pashazadeh		Usmankhojaev Kholmurodov

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Final

5 April 2002

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Penalties
	4–2

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

References

• Asian Club Competitions 2002 at RSSSF.com