1997 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 1997 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, was won by Tunisian side Club Africain, the hosts. It was the 13th tournament and was held from 14 to 23 November 1997.

1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1997
Tournament details
Host countryTunisia
CityTunis
Sfax
Teams10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia Club Africain (1st title)
Runners-upEgypt Al-Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored53 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Ali Maher (5 goals)
Best player(s)Tunisia Faouzi Rouissi
Best goalkeeperTunisia Boubaker Zitouni
1996
1998

Preliminary round

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Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

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Kazma SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

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Al Ahly and Al-Ahli advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

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Preliminary round tournament held in Sfax, Tunisia.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  CS Sfaxien 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
  WA Tlemcen 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
  OC Khouribga 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
  Al-Shat 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: UTC+01:00
WA Tlemcen  1 - 0  OC Khouribga
Ghouti   5'
CS Sfaxien  4 – 0  Aschat S.C.
Gomis   26'
Bouaziz   32'
Trabelsi   37'
Bechaouch   80'

CS Sfaxien  2 - 0  WA Tlemcen
Gomis   6'
Ylyes   14'
OC Khouribga  1 – 0  Aschat S.C.
Mohamed El-Zarkaoui  

WA Tlemcen  3 – 0  Aschat S.C.
Mohamed Djalti  
Aissa Aidara  
Aissa Aidara  

CS Sfaxien and WA Tlemcen advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

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Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Am'ari advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

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Group stage

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The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Club Africain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
  Al-Ahli 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
  WA Tlemcen 3 1 1 1 7 1 +6 4
  Al-Wehdat 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ahli  3 – 1  Al-Wehdat
Ibrahim Souied   44'
Sérgio   54' (pen), 89'
Mounir Lotfi   86'
Referee:   Saïd Belghoula
Club Africain  0 – 0  WA Tlemcen
Attendance: 10.000
Referee:   Saad Kamil

WA Tlemcen  7 – 0  Al-Wehdat
Mohamed Djalti   35' (p), 76'
Aissa Aidara   43', 89'
Djawed Yadel   50'
Kamel Habri   60'
Abdelmadji Kendouci   86'
Attendance: 5.000
Referee:   Jamil Achour
Al-Ahli  1 – 3  Club Africain
Sérgio   48' Abdeljalil Hadda as Camacho   48', 84'
Rezki Amrouche   67'
Referee:   Ali Abou Djassim

Al-Ahli  1 – 0  WA Tlemcen
Hamza Salah   90+2'
Referee:   Jamel El Ghandour
Club Africain  3 – 2  Al-Wehdat

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al-Ahly 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 7
  CS Sfaxien 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
  Kazma 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
  Shabab Al-Am'ari 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Ahly  7 - 0  Shabab Al Am'ari
Maher   
Emara  
Felix  
Rayyan  
Koushary 
Orabi  
CS Sfaxien  3 – 1  Kazma
Luis Gomez   15', 35'
Abdelay N'day   67'
Abdelhamid Al Assoussi   28'
Referee:   Abdelrahman

Al-Ahly  2 – 0  Kazma
H. Hassan   20'
Maher   90+2'
Referee:   Tedj Eddine El Ferssi

Al-Ahly  1 – 1  CS Sfaxien
Koushary  
Kazma  2 – 1  Shabab Al Am'ari

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 november – Tunis
 
 
  Al-Ahly3
 
23 november – Tunis
 
  Al-Ahli Jeddah0
 
  Club Africain (aet)2
 
21 november – Tunis
 
  Al-Ahly1
 
  Club Africain (p)2 (4)
 
 
  CS Sfaxien2 (1)
 

Semi-finals

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Club Africain  2 – 2  CS Sfaxien
Hamdi Marzouki   41'
El Hadi Daa   51'
Skander Souayah   38' (pen)
Mohamed Salah Meftah   45'
Penalties
4 - 1
  •   18. Nabil Chaouch
  •   17. Ilyes Essmaili
  •   5. Gomis

Al-Ahly  3 – 0  Al-Ahli Jeddah
Khashaba   19' (pen)
Maher   42'
Walid   81'
Referee:   Taj Addin Fares
  Miloud Heraz
  El-Aid


Final

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Club Africain  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Al-Ahly
Rouissi   4'
Limam   114'
Maher   20'
Attendance: 35.000
Referee:   Ali Bujsaim

Winners

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1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
 
Club Africain
First title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Maher   Al-Ahly 5

Awards

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Highest Scorer
Man of the Competition
Best Goalkeeper
Fair Play team of the tournament
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