26th GCC Champions League

The 26th GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي) was the 26th edition of the GCC Champions League for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, held in 2011.

2011 GCC Champions League

دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي
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)
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The tournament has changed over the years, especially with the AFC 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

Al-Riffa	1–0	Al-Salmiya
Dawood Saad 34'

February 28, 2011

Bahrain National Stadium, Manama

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Al-Salmiya	0–1	Al-Shabab
		Villanueva 52'

March 15, 2011

Kuwait

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Al-Shabab	1–0	Al-Riffa

April 6, 2011

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Al-Salmiya	2–2	Al-Riffa

April 18, 2011

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Al-Shabab	0–1	Al-Salmiya

May 3, 2011

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Al-Riffa	0–2	Al-Shabab

May 10, 2011

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

Al-Arabi Doha	1–0	Al-Dhafra
Leonardo Pisculichi 76'

March 1, 2011

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha

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Al-Dhafra	6–1	Saham
Gharib Harib 21' Boris Landry Kabi 32', 50' Abas Mowiwa Lawal 54' Mohammad Salim 59' Abas Mowiwa Lawal 62'		Rafael 83'

March 15, 2011

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Saham	0–1	Al-Arabi Doha

April 4, 2011

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Al-Dhafra	5–0	Al-Arabi Doha

April 19, 2011

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Saham	1–1	Al-Dhafra

May 5, 2011

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Al-Arabi Doha	5–1	Saham

May 9, 2011

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

Al-Kharitiyat	1–2	Dhofar
Alaa Al-Zahra 15'		Saleh 64' Al-Hadhri 69'

February 28, 2011

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

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Dhofar	1–2	Kazma
Al-Hadhri 47'		Yousef Nasser 21' Fahad Al-Anezi 36'

March 14, 2011

Seeb International Stadium, Muscat

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Kazma	1–0	Al-Kharitiyat
Fahad Al-Enazi 8'

April 5, 2011

Kuwait

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Dhofar	4–2	Al-Kharitiyat
Al-Hadhri 8' Saleh 54' Shaaban 81' Al-Dhabit 93'		Alaa Al-Zahra 37' Yahia Kébé 72'

April 18, 2011

Seeb International Stadium, Muscat

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Kazma	1–0	Dhofar

May 3, 2011

Kuwait

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Al-Kharitiyat	0–1	Kazma

May 10, 2011

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

Al-Arabi Kuwait	1–2	Al-Ahli Dubai
Ali Maqseed 83' (pen.)		Abdul-Aziz Haikal 11' Ahmed Khalil 90+2'

March 1, 2011

Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait

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Al-Ahli Dubai	1–0	Al-Arabi Kuwait

April 20, 2011

Quarter-finals

Al-Dhafra	1–3	Al-Ahli Dubai

24 May 2011

17:00

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Al-Arabi Doha	0–2	Al-Arabi Kuwait

24 May 2011

16:00

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Al-Shabab	4–0	Dhofar

24 May 2011

14:30

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Kazma	2–2	Al-Riffa
Penalties
	4–3

25 May 2011

16:15

Semi-finals

1st legs

Kazma	0–1	Al-Ahli Dubai

27 September 2011

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Al-Shabab	2–2	Al-Arabi Kuwait

29 September 2011

2nd legs

Al-Ahli Dubai	1–1	Kazma

18 October 2011

Al-Ahli advance to the final 2–1 on aggregate

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Al-Arabi Kuwait	1–2	Al-Shabab

19 October 2011

Al-Shabab advance to the final 4–3 on aggregate

Final

1st leg

Al-Ahli Dubai	3–2	Al-Shabab

26 October 2011

2nd leg

Al-Shabab	2–0	Al-Ahli Dubai

3 November 2011

Winner

GCC Champions League 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