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
Tournament details
DatesSeptember 2001 – April 2002
Teams27
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2nd title)
Runners-upSouth Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs
Third placeIran Esteghlal
Fourth placeUzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored177 (3.69 per match)

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

West Asia
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Esteghlal Iran w/o1 Lebanon Al-Hikma
Al-Ahli Jordan w/o2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Quds State of Palestine 2–1 Yemen Al-Ahli 0–0 2–1
Jableh Syria 0–2 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 0–0 0–2
Al-Zawraa Iraq 7–1 Qatar Al-Wakra 3–0 4–1
Köpetdag Aşgabat Turkmenistan 0–4 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 0–1 0–3

1 Al-Hikma withdrew.
2 Al-Ahli withdrew.

East Asia
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sông Lam Nghệ An Vietnam w/o1 Sri Lanka Saunders SC
Happy Valley Hong Kong 12–0 Macau GD Lam Pak 7–0 5–0
Selangor FA2 Malaysia 0–7 China Dalian Shide 0–2 0–5
New Radiant Maldives 1–3 Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad 1–2 0–1
BEC Tero Sasana Thailand 8–1 Singapore Singapore Armed Forces 3–0 5–1
Kashima Antlers Japan 4–13 Indonesia Persija Jakarta 4–1 n/p

1 Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.
2 Selangor FA were entered after Penang withdrew due to the club's financial problems.
3 The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

Round of 16

West Region
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 4–4 (a) Iran Esteghlal 3–2 1–2
Al-Kuwait Kuwait 9–3 State of Palestine Al-Quds 3–2 6–1
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates 3–3 (4–3p) Iraq Al-Zawraa 1–2 2–1
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan 7–3 Tajikistan Umed Dushanbe 4–1 3–2

East Region
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 21–0 Sri Lanka Saunders SC 18–0 3–0 1
Happy Valley Hong Kong 1–10 China Dalian Shide 0–2 1–8
Anyang LG Cheetahs South Korea 11–0 Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad 8–0 3–0
Kashima Antlers Japan 3–1 Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 3–0 0–1

1 Saunders SC withdrew after the 1st leg.

Quarter-finals

West Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran Esteghlal 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
Source:
Al-Kuwait Kuwait1–1Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Faraj Laheeb 74' Bahromjon Haydarov
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates3–5Iran Esteghlal
Faouzi Rouissi 12'
Abdulrahim Jumaa 49', 72'		 Sirous Dinmohammadi 40'
Alireza Akbarpour 64'
Faraz Fatemi 80', 83'
Mehdi Hasheminasab 87'
Nasaf Qarshi Uzbekistan1–1Iran Esteghlal
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates2–2Kuwait Al-Kuwait
Jessie Rogers', Yuma Asami' Annabel Chong', Elena Berkova'
Al-Kuwait Kuwait0–3Iran Esteghlal
Alireza Akbarpour 76'
Faraz Fatemi 80' 85'
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates1–2Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Mohammed Salem Al Enazi 1' Abdul Aziz Mohammed 41' (o.g.)
Numon Khasanov 45'

East Asia

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
China Dalian Shide 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Japan Kashima Antlers 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source:
Dalian Shide China0–0Japan Kashima Antlers
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea0–0South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs
Kashima Antlers Japan0–2South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Seo Jung-Won 55'
Son Dae-Ho 82'
Anyang LG Cheetahs South Korea1–1China Dalian Shide
Wang Jung-Hyun 85' Yan Song 12'
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea2–0China Dalian Shide
Sandro Cardoso 8' 18'
Anyang LG Cheetahs South Korea1–1Japan Kashima Antlers
Andre Luiz Alves Santos 90' Masashi Motoyama 54'

Semi-finals
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea3–0Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Alen Avdić 49'
Seo Jung-Won 72'
Lee Sun-Woo 90'
Esteghlal Iran1–2South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs
Yadollah Akbari 62' Marco Aurélio Martins Ivo 55'
Andre Luiz Alves Santos 72'

Third place match
Esteghlal Iran5–2Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
Mohammad Navazi
Bottir Karaev (og)
Faraz Fatemi
Mehdi Pashazadeh 		Oybek Usmankhojaev
Zafar Kholmurodov

Final
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea0–0 (a.e.t.)South Korea Anyang LG Cheetahs
Penalties
4–2

References
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