GCC Club Cup

The GCC Club Cup (Arabic: كأس الأندية الخليجية), formerly known as the GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي), was an annually organized football tournament for clubs of the six Gulf Cooperation Council nations. The tournament was first organized in 1982 as the GCC Club Championship and was last played in 2015, the 30th edition. Attempts to play the 31st edition failed.

GCC Club Cup
كأس الأندية الخليجية
Founded1982
RegionArab world
Number of teams12
Current championsUnited Arab Emirates Al Shabab
(3rd title)
Most successful club(s)Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
United Arab Emirates Al Shabab
(3 titles each)
Television broadcastersAl-Kass
beIN Sports

It was organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council and open to clubs from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Although having much popularity in its initial first decades, the tournament faced decline as the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup forced many Gulf clubs to be unable to participate in the competition.

Winners

Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Top scorer
GCC Club Championship
1st
Kuwait Al-Arabi Bahrain Al-Riffa Home \ Away format Mansour Muftah (6 goals)
2nd
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 1–0 Kuwait Al-Arabi Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
3rd
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 2–0 Kuwait Al-Arabi Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4th
1986
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Qatar Al-Arabi Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
5th
Kuwait Kazma Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Kuwait City, Kuwait
6th
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Kuwait Kazma Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
7th
Oman Fanja
1–1 (4–2 pen.)
Bahrain Al-Muharraq Riffa, Bahrain
8th
1991
Qatar Al-Sadd Bahrain Bahrain SC Doha, Qatar
9th
1992
United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Oman
10th
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Aissa Sangour (4 goals)
11th
1994
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Kuwait Al-Arabi Kuwait City, Kuwait Saeed Al-Owairan(4 goals)
12th
Kuwait Kazma Bahrain Al-Riffa Al Ain, United Arab Emirates Saleh almesnad (5 goals)
13th
1996
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Oman Dhofar Riffa, Bahrain
14th
1997
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Kuwait Kazma Doha, Qatar
15th
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Bahrain East Riffa Sur, Oman
16th
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Kuwait Al-Salmiya Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Rashad Jamal Salem(7 goals)
17th
Kuwait Al-Qadisiya Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Kuwait City, Kuwait
18th
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
19th
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Bahrain Al-Muharraq Riffa, Bahrain
20th
Kuwait Al-Arabi Bahrain Al-Muharraq Doha, Qatar
21st
Kuwait Al-Qadisiya United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl Alexandre Oliveira,Salman Isa(4 goals)
GCC Champions League
Edition Year Home team Score Away team Venue Top scorer
22nd 2006 Kuwait Al-Qadisiya 0–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Kuwait City Saleh Bashir(5 goals)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 1–1 Kuwait Al-Qadisiya Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
Al-Ettifaq won 2 – 1 on aggregate.
23rd 2007 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 2–0 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Antonin Koutouan(6 goals)
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 3–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Al-Jazira won 7 – 6 on penalties after a 3 – 3 draw on aggregate.
24th 2008 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah Bader Al-Mutawa(6 goals)
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 0–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Al-Ahli won 3 – 0 on aggregate.
25th 2009 Qatar Qatar SC 2–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Saeed Al Kass(6 goals)
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 1–1 Qatar Qatar SC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
Al-Wasl won 3 – 3 on away goals.
26th 2011 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 3–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai Boris Kabi,Essa Obaid (footballer)(4 goals)
United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab 2–0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Al-Shabab won 4 – 3 on aggregate.
27th 2012 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 1–3 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl Khalifa Sports City Stadium, isa town Hussain Al-Musawi (8 goals)
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 1–3 Bahrain Al-Muharraq Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
Al-Muharraq won 5 – 4 on penalties after a 4 – 4 draw on aggregate.
28th 2013 Qatar Al-Khor 1–1 United Arab Emirates Baniyas Al-Khor SC Stadium, Al Khor Yahia Kébé (6 goals)
United Arab Emirates Baniyas 2–0 Qatar Al-Khor Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Baniyas won 3 – 1 on aggregate.
GCC Club Cup
Edition Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Top scorer
29th
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 2–1 Oman Saham Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, UAE Léo Lima,Brett Holman,Carlos Villanueva (footballer)(3 goals)
30th
United Arab Emirates Al Shabab 1–1 (4–3 pen.) Oman Al-Seeb Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman Rodrigo Tabata (5 goals)
31st
Cancelled

Performances

Performance by nation

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

# Nation Winners Runners-up
1 Saudi Arabia136
2 United Arab Emirates84
3 Kuwait67
4 Bahrain17
5 Qatar13
6 Oman13

Performance by club

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

Team Winners Runners-up Winning years Runners-up years
Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq31(1983, 1988, 2006)(2007)
United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab31(1992, 2011, 2015)(1993)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli3(1985, 2002, 2008)
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal23(1986, 1998)(1987, 1992, 2000)
Kuwait Al-Arabi23(1982, 2003)(1983, 1985, 1994)
Kuwait Kazma22(1987, 1995)(1988, 1997)
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr21(1996, 1997)(2008)
Kuwait Al-Qadisiya21(2000, 2005)(2006)
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab2(1993, 1994)
Bahrain Al-Muharraq13(2012)(1989, 2002, 2003)
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl12(2009)(2005, 2012)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad11(1999)(2001)
Oman Fanja1(1989)
Qatar Al-Sadd1(1991)
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain1(2001)
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira1(2007)
United Arab Emirates Baniyas1(2013)
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr1(2014)
Bahrain Al-Riffa2(1982, 1995)
Qatar Al-Arabi1(1986)
Bahrain Bahrain SC1(1991)
Oman Dhofar1(1996)
Bahrain East Riffa1(1998)
Kuwait Al-Salmiya1(1999)
Qatar Qatar SC1(2009)
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli1(2011)
Qatar Al-Khor1(2013)
Oman Saham1(2014)
Oman Al-Seeb1(2015)

References

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