2000–01 Asian Club Championship

2000–2001 Asian Club Championship
Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon, South Korea
hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesAugust 2000 – May 2001
Teams24
Final positions
Champions Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1st title)
Runners-up Júbilo Iwata
Third place Persepolis
Fourth place FC Irtysh
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored160 (3.33 per match)
Best player 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. It determined that year's continental club champion of association football in Asia. It was also the last edition to feature teams from Kazakhstan, as the Kazakhstan Football Federation were in the process of gaining UEFA membership.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings defeated Júbilo Iwata 1–0 the final, which was held at the Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon. As winners, Suwon Samsung Bluewings earned the right to play against 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup winners Al Shabab in the 2001 Asian Super Cup.

Al Hilal were the defending champions, but were knocked out in the quarter-finals.

Teams

Location of the 2000–01 AFC Champions League teams
Entry Round Teams
Second round West Asia East Asia
Shandong Luneng Taishan South China
Júbilo Iwata Hurriyya
Suwon Samsung Bluewings Royal Thai Air Force
First round Al-Ahli Persepolis Polícia de Segurança Pública PSM Makassar
Al-Zawraa Al Ramtha Home United Sông Lam Nghệ An
FC Irtysh Al-Salmiya
Al-Ansar Al-Wakrah SC
Al HilalTH Al-Ittihad
Al-Karamah Varzob Dushanbe
Nisa Aşgabat Al-Ain
FC Dustlik Al-Ahli

First round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Karamah2–10–0
Al Ramtha 2–3 Al-Salmiya0–12–2
Al-Ahli 0–1 Al-Ahli0–10–0
Al-Ansar w/o[a] Al-Ittihad Jeddah—[a]—[a]
Al-Zawraa 2–5 Al-Ain2–10–4
Al-Wakrah SC 3–9 Persepolis2–41–5
FC Irtysh 5–2 Nisa Aşgabat3–12–1
Varzob Dushanbe w/o[b] FC Dustlik—[b]—[b]
East Asia
Polícia de Segurança Pública 0–11 Home United0–50–6
PSM Makassar 4–1 Sông Lam Nghệ An0–04–1
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Al-Ansar withdrew.
  2. ^ a b c FC Dustlik did not show up for the first leg in Dushanbe due to the civil war in Tajikistan; they were ejected from the competition and fined $10,000.

Second round

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Asia
Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Salmiya3–10–0
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 8–2 Al-Ahli2–06–2
Persepolis 4–2 Al-Ain2–02–2 (a.e.t.)
FC Irtysh 7–3 Varzob Dushanbe4–13–2
East Asia
PSM Makassar 11–1 Royal Thai Air Force6–15–0
South China 2–6 Júbilo Iwata1–31–3
Shandong Luneng Taishan 6–1 Home United3–03–1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2–1 Hurriyya2–10–0

Quarter-finals

West Asia

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Persepolis (H) 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2 FC Irtysh 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
4 Al-Hilal 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source:
(H) Hosts
Al-Hilal 0–0 FC Irtysh
Persepolis 0–0 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Persepolis 0–0 FC Irtysh
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2–0 Al-Hilal
Al-Yami 23'
Ricardo 85'
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1–2 FC Irtysh
Hwasawi 41' Mendes 14' 25'
Persepolis 3–1 Al-Hilal
Karimi 45'
Ansarian 65' (pen.)
Kavianpour 69'		 Al-Thunayan 9'

East Asia

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Júbilo Iwata 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 3 2 0 1 14 4 +10 6
3 Shandong Luneng Taishan 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3
4 PSM Makassar (H) 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source:
(H) Hosts
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–3 Júbilo Iwata
Fujita 14'
Yang Jong-Hu 77' (o.g.)
Nakayama 90'
PSM Makassar 1–3 Shandong Luneng Taishan
Siswoyo 90' Nagorniak 15' (pen.)
Li Xiaopeng 52'
Li Ming 56'
PSM Makassar 1–8 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 35' Seo Jung-Won 6', 23', 25'
Cardoso 11', 18'
Park Kun-Ha 37'
Ko Jong-Soo 45' (pen.), 79'
Júbilo Iwata 6–2 Shandong Luneng Taishan
Fujita 29' (pen.)
Nakayama 42', 43', 56'
Živković 66' (pen.)
Oku 78'		 Casiano 34'
Li Xiaopeng 90'
Shandong Luneng Taishan 0–6 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Ko Jong-Soo 8', 38'
Laktionov 28'
Seo Dong-Won 48', 59'
Zoltan 82'
PSM Makassar 0–3 Júbilo Iwata
Naruo 37'
Seino 56'
Yamanishi 74'

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 May – Suwon
 
 
 Júbilo Iwata (a.e.t.)1
 
26 May – Suwon
 
 FC Irtysh0
 
 Júbilo Iwata0
 
24 May – Suwon
 
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings1
 
 Persepolis1
 
 
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings2
 
Third place play-off
 
 
26 May – Suwon
 
 
 Persepolis2
 
 
 FC Irtysh0

Semi-finals

Júbilo Iwata 1–0 (a.e.t.) FC Irtysh
Kanazawa 103'
Persepolis 1–2 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Kavianpour 12' Seo Jung-Won 78'
Park Kun-Ha 90'

Third place match

Persepolis 2–0 FC Irtysh
Halali 17'
Estili 34'

Final

Júbilo Iwata0–1Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Sandro Cardoso 15'

See also

References

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