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
Dates	September 2001 – April 2002
Teams	27
Final positions
Champions	Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2nd title)
Runners-up	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Third place	Esteghlal
Fourth place	Nasaf Qarshi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	177 (3.69 per match)
← 2000–01 2002–03 (AFC Champions League) →

Suwon Samsung Bluewings won their 2nd consecutive Asian Championship, beating Anyang LG Cheetahs in an all-Korean final 4–2 on penalties at Azadi stadium, Tehran.

First round

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.

Round of 16

West Region

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 Region

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Al-Kuwait	1–1	Nasaf Qarshi
Faraj Laheeb 74'		Bahromjon Haydarov

6 February 2002

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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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'

6 February 2002

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Nasaf Qarshi	1–1	Esteghlal
		Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht

8 February 2002

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Al-Wahda	2–2	Al-Kuwait
Jessie Rogers', Yuma Asami'		Annabel Chong', Elena Berkova'

8 February 2002

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Al-Kuwait	0–3	Esteghlal
		Alireza Akbarpour 76' Faraz Fatemi 80' 85'

10 February 2002

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Al-Wahda	1–2	Nasaf Qarshi
Mohammed Salem Al Enazi 1'		Abdul Aziz Mohammed 41' (o.g.) Numon Khasanov 45'

10 February 2002

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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: ^{[citation needed]}

Dalian Shide	0–0	Kashima Antlers

17 February 2002

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

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Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0	Anyang LG Cheetahs

17 February 2002

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

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Kashima Antlers	0–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Seo Jung-Won 55' Son Dae-Ho 82'

19 February 2002

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

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Anyang LG Cheetahs	1–1	Dalian Shide
Wang Jung-Hyun 85'		Yan Song 12'

19 February 2002

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

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Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–0	Dalian Shide
Sandro Cardoso 8' 18'

21 February 2002

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

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Anyang LG Cheetahs	1–1	Kashima Antlers
Andre Luiz Alves Santos 90'		Masashi Motoyama 54'

21 February 2002

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju, South Korea

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 April – Tehran
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3
					5 April – Tehran
	Nasaf Qarshi	0
					Suwon Samsung Bluewings (p)	0 (4)
	3 April – Tehran
					Anyang LG Cheetahs	0 (2)
	Esteghlal	1
	Anyang LG Cheetahs	2
					Third place play-off
					5 April – Tehran
					Esteghlal	5
					Nasaf Qarshi	2

Semi-finals

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	3–0	Nasaf Qarshi
Alen Avdić 49' Seo Jung-Won 72' Lee Sun-Woo 90'

3 April 2002

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

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Esteghlal	1–2	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Yadollah Akbari 62'		Marco Aurélio Martins Ivo 55' Andre Luiz Alves Santos 72'

3 April 2002

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Third placed play-off

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

5 April 2002

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Final

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Penalties
	4–2

5 April 2002

Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Referee: Ali Bujsaim ( United Arab Emirates)

References

• Asian Club Competitions 2002 at RSSSF.com