2000–01 Asian Club Championship

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2000–2001 Asian Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesAugust 2000 – May 2001
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1st title)
Runners-upJapan Júbilo Iwata
Third placeIran Persepolis
Fourth placeKazakhstan FC Irtysh
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored160 (3.33 per match)
Best player(s)Serbia and Montenegro Zoltan Sabo[1]

The 2000–01 Asian Club Championship was the 20th 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.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea won the final and became Asian champions for the first time, beating 1-0 Júbilo Iwata who were playing in their third consecutive final.

First round[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 2–1 Syria Al-Karamah 2–1 0–0
Al Ramtha Jordan 2–3 Kuwait Al-Salmiya 0–1 2–2
Al-Ahli Yemen 0–1 Bahrain Al-Ahli 0–1 0–0
Al-Ansar Lebanon w/o1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Zawraa Iraq 2–5 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2–1 0–4
Al-Wakra Qatar 3–9 Iran Persepolis 2–4 1–5
FC Irtysh Kazakhstan 5–2 Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat 3–1 2–1
Varzob Dushanbe Tajikistan w/o2 Uzbekistan FC Dustlik

1 Al-Ansar withdrew.
2 FC Dustlik did not show up for the 1st leg in Dushanbe due to the civil war in Tajikistan; they were ejected from the competition and fined $10,000.

East Asia[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Polícia de Segurança Pública Macau 0–11 Singapore Home United 0–5 0–6
PSM Makassar Indonesia 4–1 Vietnam Sông Lam Nghệ An 0–0 4–1

Second round[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3–1 Kuwait Al-Salmiya 3–1 0–0
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 8–2 Bahrain Al-Ahli 2–0 6–2
Persepolis Iran 4–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2–0 2–2(aet)
FC Irtysh Kazakhstan 7–3 Tajikistan Varzob Dushanbe 4–1 3–2

East Asia[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PSM Makassar Indonesia 11–1 Thailand Royal Thai Air Force 6–1 5–0
South China Hong Kong 2–6 Japan Júbilo Iwata 1–3 1–3
Shandong Luneng Taishan China 6–1 Singapore Home United 3–0 3–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 2–1 Maldives Hurriyya 2–1 0–0

Quarter-finals[edit]

West Asia[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran Persepolis 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
Kazakhstan FC Irtysh 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–0Kazakhstan FC Irtysh


Persepolis Iran0–0Kazakhstan FC Irtysh

Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia2–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al Hasan Al-Yami 23'
Sergio Ricardo 85'


East Asia[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Japan Júbilo Iwata 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 2 0 1 14 4 +10 6
China Shandong Luneng Taishan 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3
Indonesia PSM Makassar 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0





Semi-finals[edit]


Third place match[edit]

Final[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "수원 삼성, 아시아클럽축구 평정". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 27 May 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.