2008 Gulf Club Champions Cup

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2008 Gulf Club Champions Cup
Tournament details
Teams9 (from AFC/UAFA confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsSaudi Arabia Al-Ahli (3rd title)
Runners-upSaudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa (6 goals)
2007

The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabian Peninsula.

The 2008 edition was the 24th time that it has been organised.

Participating clubs[edit]

Clubs withdrawn[edit]

Group A[edit]

Final Standings

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

Group B[edit]

Final Standings

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

Semi-finals[edit]

1st Legs[edit]

Al-Nassr Saudi ArabiaPromoted to finalSaudi Arabia Al-Ahli

Al Salmiya Kuwait3–4Kuwait Al Qadsia

2nd Legs[edit]

Al-Ahli Saudi ArabiaPromoted to finalSaudi Arabia Al-Nassr

Al Qadsia KuwaitCanceled1Kuwait Al Salmiya
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[edit]

Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Al-Raheb 35'

Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia0–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Al-Raheb 68'
Al-Kharashi 80'

Winner[edit]

Gulf Club Champions Cup
2008 Winners
Saudi Arabia
Al-Ahli
3rd Title

References[edit]

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