2008 Gulf Club Champions Cup

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

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

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

Participating clubs

  • Al-Najma
  • Al Muharraq
  • Al Qadsia
  • Al Salmiya
  • Al-Nahda
  • Dhofar
  • Al Khor
  • Al-Ahli
  • Al-Nassr

Clubs withdrawn

  • Umm-Salal Sports Club, withdrew
  • UAE representatives not entered
  • Iraq representatives not entered

Group A

Final Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al Qadsia 4310111+1010
Al-Nassr 421153+27
Al Muharraq 413042+26
Al Khor 4022310-72
Al-Nahda 401329-71

Group B

Final Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Al-Ahli 321051+47
Al Salmiya 320165+16
Dhofar 310247-33
Al-Najma 301224-21

Semi-finals

1st Legs

Al-Nassr Promoted to final Al-Ahli
King Fahd Stadium

Al Salmiya 3 - 4 Al Qadsia

2nd Legs

Al-Ahli Promoted to final Al-Nassr
Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium

Al Qadsia Canceled1 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

Al-Ahli 1 - 0 Al-Nassr
Al-Raheb  35'
Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium

Al-Nassr 0 - 2 Al-Ahli
Al-Raheb  68'
Al-Kharashi  80'
King Fahd Stadium

Winner

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

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