2001–02 Asian Club Championship

The 2001–02 Asian Club Championship was the 21st and last edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.

2001–2002 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesSeptember 2001 – April 2002
Teams27
Final positions
Champions Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2nd title)
Runners-up Anyang LG Cheetahs
Third place Esteghlal
Fourth place Nasaf Qarshi
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored177 (3.69 per match)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea won their 2nd consecutive Asian Champions title, beating Anyang LG Cheetahs in an all-Korean final 4–2 on penalties.

First round

West Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Esteghlal w/o1 Al-Hikma
Al-Ahli w/o2 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Quds 2–1 Al-Ahli 0–0 2–1
Jableh 0–2 Al-Kuwait 0–0 0–2
Al-Zawraa 7–1 Al-Wakra 3–0 4–1
Köpetdag Aşgabat 0–4 Nasaf Qarshi 0–1 0–3

1 Al-Hikma withdrew.
2 Al-Ahli withdrew.

East Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sông Lam Nghệ An w/o1 Saunders SC
Happy Valley 12–0 GD Lam Pak 7–0 5–0
Selangor FA2 0–7 Dalian Shide 0–2 0–5
New Radiant 1–3 Muktijoddha Sangsad 1–2 0–1
BEC Tero Sasana 8–1 Singapore Armed Forces 3–0 5–1
Kashima Antlers 4–13 Persija Jakarta 4–1 n/p

1 Sông Lam Nghệ An withdrew.
2 Selangor FA were entered after Penang withdrew due to the club's financial problems.
3 The match was played over one leg in Kashima on 24 October due to the political climate in Indonesia.

Second round

West Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 4–4 (a) Esteghlal 3–2 1–2
Al-Kuwait 9–3 Al-Quds 3–2 6–1
Al-Wahda 3–3 (4–3p) Al-Zawraa 1–2 2–1
Nasaf Qarshi 7–3 Umed Dushanbe 4–1 3–2

East Asia
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 21–0 Saunders SC 18–0 3–0 1
Happy Valley 1–10 Dalian Shide 0–2 1–8
Anyang LG Cheetahs 11–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad 8–0 3–0
Kashima Antlers 3–1 BEC Tero Sasana 3–0 0–1

1 Saunders SC withdrew after the 1st leg.

Quarter-finals

West Asia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Esteghlal 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
Nasaf Qarshi 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
Al-Kuwait 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
Al-Wahda 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
Source:
Al-Kuwait 1–1 Nasaf Qarshi
Faraj Laheeb  74' Bahromjon Haydarov
Al-Wahda 3–5 Esteghlal
Faouzi Rouissi  12'
Abdulrahim Jumaa  49', 72'		 Sirous Dinmohammadi  40'
Alireza Akbarpour  64'
Faraz Fatemi  80', 83'
Mehdi Hasheminasab  87'
Nasaf Qarshi 1–1 Esteghlal
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
Al-Wahda 2–2 Al-Kuwait
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Al-Kuwait 0–3 Esteghlal
Alireza Akbarpour  76'
Faraz Fatemi  80'  85'
Al-Wahda 1–2 Nasaf Qarshi
Mohammed Salem Al Enazi  1' Abdul Aziz Mohammed  41' (o.g.)
Numon Khasanov  45'

East Asia
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
Anyang LG Cheetahs 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
Dalian Shide 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Kashima Antlers 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source:
Dalian Shide 0–0 Kashima Antlers
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 Anyang LG Cheetahs
Kashima Antlers 0–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Seo Jung-Won  55'
Son Dae-Ho  82'
Anyang LG Cheetahs 1–1 Dalian Shide
Wang Jung-Hyun  85' Yan Song  12'
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–0 Dalian Shide
Sandro Cardoso  8'  18'
Anyang LG Cheetahs 1–1 Kashima Antlers
Andre Luiz Alves Santos  90' Masashi Motoyama  54'

Semi-finals
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3–0 Nasaf Qarshi
Alen Avdić  49'
Seo Jung-Won  72'
Lee Sun-Woo  90'
Esteghlal 1–2 Anyang LG Cheetahs
Yadollah Akbari  62' Marco Aurélio Martins Ivo  55'
Andre Luiz Alves Santos  72'

Third place match
Esteghlal 5–2 Nasaf Qarshi
Mohammad Navazi
Bottir Karaev (og)
Faraz Fatemi
Mehdi Pashazadeh 		Oybek Usmankhojaev
Zafar Kholmurodov

Final
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0
(AET, 4–2 PK)		 Anyang LG Cheetahs

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

References
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