24th GCC Champions League

The 24th GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي) was the 24th edition of the GCC Champions League for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, held in 2008.

2008 GCC Champions League

Tournament details
Teams	9 (from AFC/UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ahli (3rd title)
Runners-up	Al-Nassr
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Bader Al-Mutawa (6 goals)
← 2007 2009 →

Participating clubs

• Al-Najma
• Al Muharraq
• Al Qadsia
• Al Salmiya
• Al-Nahda
• Dhofar
• Al Khor
• Al-Ahli
• Al-Nassr

Clubs withdrawn

• Umm-Salal Sports Club, withdrew
• UAE representatives not entered

Group A

Final Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Qadsia	4	3	1	0	11	1	+10	10
Al-Nassr	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Al Muharraq	4	1	3	0	4	2	+2	6
Al Khor	4	0	2	2	3	10	–7	2
Al-Nahda	4	0	1	3	2	9	–7	1

Group B

Final Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahli	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Al Salmiya	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Dhofar	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3
Al-Najma	3	0	1	2	2	4	–2	1

Semi-finals

1st legs

October 27, 2008

Al-Nassr	Promoted to final	Al-Ahli

King Fahd Stadium

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October 19, 2008

Al Salmiya	3–4	Al Qadsia

Thamir Stadium

2nd legs

November 3, 2008

Al-Ahli	Promoted to final	Al-Nassr

Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium

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October 25, 2008

Al Qadsia	Canceled1	Al Salmiya

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium

¹ The Kuwaiti clubs' matches canceled due to FIFA's freezing of the membership of the Kuwait Football Association.^[1] Therefore the second leg clash between the Kuwaiti sides was annulled and the other semi-final involving club sides from Saudi Arabia was promoted to be played as the final.

Final

November 28, 2008

Al-Ahli	1–0	Al-Nassr
Al-Raheb 35'

Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium

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December 3, 2008

Al-Nassr	0–2	Al-Ahli
		Al-Raheb 68' Al-Kharashi 80'

King Fahd Stadium

Winner

GCC Champions League 2008 Winners
Al-Ahli 3rd Title