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
Champions Club Africain (1st title)
Runners-up Al-Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored53 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s) Maher (5 goals)
Best player(s) Faouzi Rouissi
Best goalkeeper Boubaker Zitouni

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Kazma SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

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

Zone 3 (North Africa)

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

CS Sfaxien 0 – 2 OC Khouribga
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)

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

Final tournament

Group stage

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

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:
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

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:
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
CS Sfaxien 4 – 0 Shabab Al Am'ari

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

Knockout stage

 
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

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
Referee: Saïd Belghoula

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


Final

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

Winners

1997 Arab Club Champions Cup

Club Africain
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Maher Al-Ahly 5

Awards

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