2012 GCC Champions League

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

2012 GCC Champions League
دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية
Tournament details
Dates16 February - 10 June
Teams12 (from AFC/UAFA) confederations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Muharraq (1st title)
Runners-up Al-Wasl
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Goals scored102 (3 per match)

The 2012 edition was the 27th time that it has been organized.

The Groups

Four groups of three teams.

Top two from each group qualify for the one legged quarter finals with group winners hosting the matches.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Al-Jahra
Al-Muharraq
Fanja

Al-Arabi Kuwait
Al-Kharitiyat
Al-Wahda

Al-Khor
Al-Naser
Busaiteen

Al-Nahda
Al-Riffa
Al-Wasl

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Muharraq 430171+69
Al-Jahra 41214405
Fanja 402239–62
Al Jahra FC 2 – 2 Fanja SC
Alexandre Nino  28', 90' Mohammed Al-Mashari  72'
Iskandar Ahmad  90+2'
Al Shabab Mubarak Alaiar Stadium, Jahra
Referee: Khamis al-Marri (Qatar)



Al Muharraq SC 1 – 0 Al Jahra FC
Ismail Abdullatif  90+2' André Macanga
Referee: Fahad Banihammad (UAE)



Fanja 0 – 3 Al-Muharraq



Fanja 1 – 1 Al-Jahra



Al-Jahra 1 – 0 Al-Muharraq



Al-Muharraq 3 – 0 Fanja

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Arabi Kuwait 4301114+79
Al-Wahda 420268-26
Al-Kharitiyat 410338–53
Al Kharitiyath SC 0 – 2 Al Wahda SCC
Ismail Matar  58'
Fernando Baiano  65'
Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)



Al Wahda SCC 1 – 2 Al-Arabi SC
Ismail Matar  72'
Mubarak al-Mansouri
Hussain Al-Moussawi  56', 63'
Referee: Fahad Jaber al-Marri (Qatar)



Al-Arabi Kuwait 3 – 0 Al-Kharitiyat



Al-Wahda 2 – 1 Al-Kharitiyat



Al-Kharitiyat 2 – 1 Al-Arabi Kuwait



Al-Arabi Kuwait 5 – 1 Al-Wahda

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Khor 430163+39
Al-Naser 41126604
Busaiteen 411258–34
Al Nasr SC 0 – 1 Al Khor SC
Júlio César  43'
Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah Stadium, Al Farwaniyah
Referee: Abdullah al-A'ajil (UAE)



Al Khor SC 2 – 0 Busaiteen Club
Al-Khawr Stadium, Al Khor



Busaiteen 1 – 3 Al-Naser



Al-Khor 2 – 1 Al-Naser



Busaiteen 2 – 1 Al-Khor



Al-Naser 2 – 2 Busaiteen

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Wasl 4400114+712
Al-Riffa 411268-24
Al-Nahda 4013611–51
Riffa SC 3 – 1 Al-Nahda
Salman Isa  35'
Adam Abu Bakr  37', 77'
Hilal Nasr al-Khanbashi  60'
Hugues-Wilfried Da
Referee: Waleed al-Shatti (Kuwait)



Al-Nahda 0 – 2 Al-Wasl



Al-Wasl 3 – 1 Al-Riffa



Al-Riffa 0 – 2 Al-Wasl



Al-Nahda 2 – 2 Al-Riffa



Al-Wasl 4 – 3 Al-Nahda

Quarter finals

Al-Khor 1 0 Al-Jahra
Al-Wasl 1 1
5:3 penalties
Al-Wahda
Al-Muharraq 3 0 Al-Naser
Al-Arabi Kuwait 2 1 Al-Riffa

Semi finals

1st Legs

Al-Wasl 3 0 Al-Khor
Al-Arabi Kuwait 2 1 Al-Muharraq

2nd Legs

Al-Khor 2 1 Al-Wasl

Al Wasl advanced to the final 4:2 on aggregate

Al-Muharraq 2 0 Al-Arabi Kuwait

Al Muharraq advanced to the final 3:2 on aggregate

Final

1st Leg

Al-Muharraq 1 3 Al-Wasl

2nd Leg

Al-Wasl 1 3
4:5 penalties
Al-Muharraq

Al Muharraq became champions, winning on penalties, the first team from Bahrain to be crowned champions.

References

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