2011 GCC Champions League

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

2011 GCC Champions League

دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية
Tournament details
Dates	28 February - 3 November
Teams	12 (from AFC/UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Shabab (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Ahli
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	81 (2.7 per match)

The 2011 edition was the 26th time that it has been organized.

The tournament has changed other the years, especially with the Asian Champions League taking up to four clubs from certain leagues meaning that this tournament generally no longer witnesses league winners participating but clubs invited to enter.

In this edition no clubs represent Saudi Arabia.

The Groups

Four groups of three teams.

Winners and runners up qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Al-Riffa Al-Salmiya Al-Shabab	Al-Arabi Doha Saham Al-Dhafra	Dhofar Al-Kharitiyat Kazma	Al-Ahli Manama Al-Ahli Dubai Al-Arabi Kuwait

Group stage

• Group stage games are played on a home and away basis between March and May
• Group winners enter a two legged semi-final stage

Groups Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Shabab 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 9 Al-Riffa 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 4 Al-Salmiya 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 4 February 28, 2011 Al-Riffa 1 – 0 Al-Salmiya Dawood Saad  34' Bahrain National Stadium, Manama March 15, 2011 Al-Salmiya 0 – 1 Al-Shabab Carlos Villanueva  52' Kuwait April 6, 2011 Al-Shabab 1 – 0 Al-Riffa April 18, 2011 Al-Salmiya 2 – 2 Al-Riffa May 3, 2011 Al-Shabab 0 – 1 Al-Salmiya May 10, 2011 Al-Riffa 0 – 2 Al-Shabab Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Arabi Doha 4 3 0 1 7 6 +1 9 Al-Dhafra 4 2 1 1 12 3 +9 7 Saham 4 0 1 3 3 13 -10 1 March 1, 2011 Al-Arabi Doha 1 – 0 Al-Dhafra Leonardo Pisculichi  76' Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha March 15, 2011 Al-Dhafra 6 – 1 Saham Gharib Harib  21' Boris Landry Kabi  32' Boris Landry Kabi  50' Abas Mowiwa Lawal  54' Mohammad Salim  59' Abas Mowiwa Lawal  62' Rafael  83' April 4, 2011 Saham 0 – 1 Al-Arabi Doha April 19, 2011 Al-Dhafra 5 – 0 Al-Arabi Doha May 5, 2011 Saham 1 – 1 Al-Dhafra May 9, 2011 Al-Arabi Doha 5 – 1 Saham Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Kazma 4 4 0 0 5 1 +4 12 Dhofar 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 6 Al-Kharitiyat 4 0 0 4 3 7 -3 0 February 28, 2011 Al-Kharitiyat 1 – 2 Dhofar Alaa Al-Zahra  15' Saleh  64' Al-Hadhri  69' Qatar SC Stadium, Doha March 14, 2011 Dhofar 1 – 2 Kazma Al-Hadhri  47' Yousef Nasser  21' Fahad Al-Anezi  36' Seeb International Stadium, Muscat April 5, 2011 Kazma 1 – 0 Al-Kharitiyat Fahad Al-Enazi  8' Kuwait April 18, 2011 Dhofar 4 – 2 Al-Kharitiyat Al-Hadhri  8' Saleh  54' Shaaban  81' Al-Dhabit  93' Alaa Al-Zahra  37' Yahia Kébé  72' Seeb International Stadium, Muscat May 3, 2011 Kazma 1 – 0 Dhofar Kuwait May 10, 2011 Al-Kharitiyat 0 – 1 Kazma Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Ahli Dubai 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Al-Arabi Kuwait 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0 Al-Ahli Manama withdrew March 1, 2011 Al-Arabi Kuwait 1 – 2 Al-Ahli Dubai Ali Maqseed  83' (pen.) Abdul-Aziz Haikal  11' Ahmed Khalil  90+2' Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait April 20, 2011 Al-Ahli Dubai 1 – 0 Al-Arabi Kuwait Quarter-Finals 24 May 2011 17:00 Al-Dhafra 1 – 3 Al-Ahli Dubai 24 May 2011 16:00 Al-Arabi Doha 0 – 2 Al-Arabi Kuwait 24 May 2011 14:30 Al-Shabab 4 – 0 Dhofar 25 May 2011 16:15 Kazma 2 – 2 Al-Riffa Penalties 4 – 3 Semi-Finals 1st Legs 27 September 2011 Kazma 0 – 1 Al-Ahli Dubai 29 September 2011 Al-Shabab 2 - 2 Al-Arabi Kuwait 2nd Legs 18 October 2011 Al-Ahli Dubai 1 – 1 Kazma Al-Ahli advance to the final 2:1 on aggregate 19 October 2011 Al-Arabi Kuwait 1 – 2 Al-Shabab Al-Shabab advance to the final 4:3 on aggregate Final 1st Leg 26 October 2011 Al-Ahli Dubai 3 – 2 Al-Shabab 2nd Leg 3 November 2011 Al-Shabab 2 – 0 Al-Ahli Dubai Winner Gulf Club Champions Cup 2011 Winners Al-Shabab 2nd Title Goalscorers 3 goals Hussain Al-Hadhri 2 goals Alaa Al-Zahra Fahad Al-Anezi Hashim Saleh 1 goal Leonardo Pisculichi Dawood Saad Yahia Kébé Ali Maqseed Yousef Nasser Hani Al-Dhabit Yousuf Shaaban Abdul-Aziz Haikal Ahmed Khalil References External links Gulf Clubs Championship 2011