AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League

The AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), formerly known as the GCC Champions League, is a regional football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF) for clubs from its eight member nations.

AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League
دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية

Organising body	Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF)
Founded	1982; 43 years ago (1982)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Duhok (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Al-Ahli Al-Ettifaq Shabab Al-Arabi (3 titles each)
Television broadcasters	Al-Kass beIN Sports
2025–26 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League

The tournament was founded by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and was first organised in 1982. The last edition organised by the GCC was the 30th edition in 2015, which featured twelve teams, while its attempts to organise the 31st edition failed.^[1]

The tournament was relaunched by the AGCFF for the 2024–25 season under the name AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League, featuring eight teams.^[2][3] Duhok are the current champions, having beaten Al-Qadisiya in the 2025 final.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Top scorer
GCC Club Championship
1982	Al-Arabi	RR	Al-Riffa	Home / Away format	Mansour Muftah,Daoud Mohamed (6 goals)
1983	Al-Ettifaq	1–0	Al-Arabi	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
1985	Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Arabi	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1986	Al-Hilal	RR	Al-Arabi	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1987	Kazma	RR	Al-Hilal	Kuwait City, Kuwait
1988	Al-Ettifaq	RR	Kazma	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
1989	Fanja	1–1 (4–2 pen.)	Al-Muharraq	Manama, Bahrain
1991	Al-Sadd	RR	Bahrain SC	Doha, Qatar
1992	Al-Shabab	RR	Al-Hilal	Muscat, Oman	Aissa Sangour,bekhit saad (2 goals)
1993	Al-Shabab	RR	Al-Shabab	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Aissa Sangour (4 goals)
1994	Al-Shabab	RR	Al-Arabi	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Saeed Al-Owairan (4 goals)
1995	Kazma	RR	Al-Riffa	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Saleh Almesnad (5 goals)
1996	Al-Nassr	RR	Dhofar	Riffa, Bahrain
1997	Al-Nassr	RR	Kazma	Doha, Qatar
1998	Al-Hilal	RR	East Riffa	Sur, Oman
1999	Al-Ittihad	RR	Al-Salmiya	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Rashad Jamal Salem (7 goals)
2000	Al-Qadisiya	RR	Al-Hilal	Kuwait City, Kuwait
2001	Al-Ain	RR	Al-Ittihad	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
2002	Al-Ahli	RR	Al-Muharraq	Riffa, Bahrain
2003	Al-Arabi	RR	Al-Muharraq	Doha, Qatar
2005	Al-Qadisiya	RR	Al-Wasl	Kuwait City. Kuwait	Alexandre Oliveira, Salman Isa (4 goals)
GCC Champions League
Year	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Top scorer
2006	Al-Qadisiya	0–1	Al-Ettifaq	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City	Saleh Bashir (5 goals)
	Al-Ettifaq	1–1	Qadsia	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
	Al-Ettifaq won 2 – 1 on aggregate.
2007	Al-Ettifaq	2–0	Al-Jazira	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam	Antonin Koutouan (6 goals)
	Al-Jazira	3–1	Al-Ettifaq	Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
	Al-Jazira won 7 – 6 on penalties after a 3 – 3 draw on aggregate.
2008	Al-Ahli	1–0	Al-Nassr	Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah	Bader Al-Mutawa (6 goals)
	Al-Nassr	0–2	Al-Ahli	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
	Al-Ahli won 3 – 0 on aggregate.
2009	Qatar SC	2–2	Al-Wasl	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha	Saeed Al Kass (6 goals)
	Al-Wasl	1–1	Qatar SC	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
	Al-Wasl won 3 – 3 on away goals.
2011	Al-Ahli	3–2	Al-Shabab	Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai	Boris Kabi, Essa Obaid (4 goals)
	Al-Shabab	2–0	Al-Ahli	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
	Al-Shabab won 4 – 3 on aggregate.
2012	Al-Muharraq	1–3	Al-Wasl	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, isa town	Hussain Al-Musawi (8 goals)
	Al-Wasl	1–3	Al-Muharraq	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
	Al-Muharraq won 5 – 4 on penalties after a 4 – 4 draw on aggregate.
2013	Al-Khor	1–1	Baniyas	Al-Khor SC Stadium, Al Khor	Yahia Kébé (6 goals)
	Baniyas	2–0	Al-Khor	Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi
	Baniyas won 3 – 1 on aggregate.
GCC Club Cup
Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Top scorer
2014	Al-Nasr	2–1	Saham	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE	Léo Lima, Brett Holman, Carlos Villanueva (3 goals)
2015	Al-Shabab	1–1 (4–3 pen.)	Al-Seeb	Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman	Rodrigo Tabata (5 goals)
2016	Cancelled
AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League
Year	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Top scorer
2024–25	Al-Qadisiya	0–0	Duhok	Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City	Ali Mabkhout (4 goals)
	Duhok	2–1	Al-Qadisiya	Duhok Stadium, Duhok
	Duhok won 2 – 1 on aggregate.
2025–26	To be determined

Performances

Performance by nation

The following table lists countries by number of winners and runners-up in the competition. Saudi Arabia is the leader by nation with 13 titles.

#	Nation	Winners	Runners-up
1	Saudi Arabia	13	6
2	United Arab Emirates	8	4
3	Kuwait	6	8
4	Bahrain	1	7
5	Qatar	1	3
6	Oman	1	3
7	Iraq	1	0

Performance by club

The following table lists clubs by the number of winners and runners-up in the competition.

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years	Runners-up years
Al-Ettifaq	3	1	(1983, 1988, 2006)	(2007)
Al-Shabab	3	1	(1992, 2011, 2015)	(1993)
Al-Ahli	3	—	(1985, 2002, 2008)	—
Al-Hilal	2	3	(1986, 1998)	(1987, 1992, 2000)
Al-Arabi	2	3	(1982, 2003)	(1983, 1985, 1994)
Kazma	2	2	(1987, 1995)	(1988, 1997)
Al-Qadisiya	2	2	(2000, 2005)	(2006, 2025)
Al-Nassr	2	1	(1996, 1997)	(2008)
Al-Shabab	2	—	(1993, 1994)	—
Al-Muharraq	1	3	(2012)	(1989, 2002, 2003)
Al-Wasl	1	2	(2009)	(2005, 2012)
Al-Ittihad	1	1	(1999)	(2001)
Fanja	1	—	(1989)	—
Al-Sadd	1	—	(1991)	—
Al-Ain	1	—	(2001)	—
Al-Jazira	1	—	(2007)	—
Baniyas	1	—	(2013)	—
Al-Nasr	1	—	(2014)	—
Duhok	1	—	(2025)	—
Al-Riffa	—	2	—	(1982, 1995)
Al-Arabi	—	1	—	(1986)
Bahrain SC	—	1	—	(1991)
Dhofar	—	1	—	(1996)
East Riffa	—	1	—	(1998)
Al-Salmiya	—	1	—	(1999)
Qatar SC	—	1	—	(2009)
Al-Ahli	—	1	—	(2011)
Al-Khor	—	1	—	(2013)
Saham	—	1	—	(2014)
Al-Seeb	—	1	—	(2015)

See also

• Arab Club Champions Cup
• FIFA Arab Cup