1997 Arab Club Champions Cup

1997 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1997
Tournament details
Host country	Tunisia
City	Tunis; Sfax
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations) (from 9 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Club Africain (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	53 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Maher (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Faouzi Rouissi
Best goalkeeper	Boubaker Zitouni
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The 1997 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, was won by Tunisian side Club Africain, the hosts. It was the 13th tournament and was held from 14 to 23 November 1997.

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Kazma SC advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Al Ahly and Al-Ahli advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in Sfax, Tunisia.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
CS Sfaxien	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6
WA Tlemcen	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6
OC Khouribga	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6
Al-Shat	3	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Source: UTC+01:00

9 October 1997

16:00 UTC

WA Tlemcen	1 - 0	OC Khouribga
Ghouti 5'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia

9 October 1997

18:00 UTC

CS Sfaxien	4 – 0	Aschat S.C.
Gomis 26' Bouaziz 32' Trabelsi 37' Bechaouch 80'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia

11 October 1997

16:00 UTC

CS Sfaxien	2 - 0	WA Tlemcen
Gomis 6' Ylyes 14'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia

11 October 1997

18:00 UTC

OC Khouribga	1 – 0	Aschat S.C.
Mohamed El-Zarkaoui

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia

13 October 1997

16:00 UTC

CS Sfaxien	0 – 2	OC Khouribga

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia

13 October 1997

18:00 UTC

WA Tlemcen	3 – 0	Aschat S.C.
Mohamed Djalti Aissa Aidara Aissa Aidara

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax, Tunisia

CS Sfaxien and WA Tlemcen advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Am'ari advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

Group stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Club Africain	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Al-Ahli	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
WA Tlemcen	3	1	1	1	7	1	+6	4
Al-Wehdat	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 November 1997

13:45 UTC

Al-Ahli	3 – 1	Al-Wehdat
Ibrahim Souied 44' Sérgio 54' (pen), 89'		Mounir Lotfi 86'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Referee:

Saïd Belghoula

14 November 1997

16:00 UTC

Club Africain	0 – 0	WA Tlemcen

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 10.000

Referee:

Saad Kamil

16 November 1997

14:00 UTC

WA Tlemcen	7 – 0	Al-Wehdat
Mohamed Djalti 35' (p), 76' Aissa Aidara 43', 89' Djawed Yadel 50' Kamel Habri 60' Abdelmadji Kendouci 86'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Attendance: 5.000

Referee:

Jamil Achour

16 November 1997

17:00 UTC

Al-Ahli	1 – 3	Club Africain
Sérgio 48'		Abdeljalil Hadda as Camacho 48', 84' Rezki Amrouche 67'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Referee:

Ali Abou Djassim

18 November 1997

14:00 UTC

Al-Ahli	1 – 0	WA Tlemcen
Hamza Salah 90+2'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Referee:

Jamel El Ghandour

18 November 1997

17:00 UTC

Club Africain	3 – 2	Al-Wehdat

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahly	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7
CS Sfaxien	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Kazma	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
Shabab Al-Am'ari	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 November 1997

14:00 UTC

Al-Ahly	7 - 0	Shabab Al Am'ari
Maher Emara Felix Rayyan Koushary Orabi

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

14 November 1997

16:00 UTC

CS Sfaxien	3 – 1	Kazma
Luis Gomez 15', 35' Abdelay N'day 67'		Abdelhamid Al Assoussi 28'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Referee:

Abdelrahman

16 November 1997

14:00 UTC

Al-Ahly	2 – 0	Kazma
H. Hassan 20' Maher 90+2'

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Referee:

Tedj Eddine El Ferssi

16 November 1997

17:00 UTC

CS Sfaxien	4 – 0	Shabab Al Am'ari

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

18 November 1997

14:00 UTC

Al-Ahly	1 – 1	CS Sfaxien
Koushary

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

18 November 1997

17:00 UTC

Kazma	2 – 1	Shabab Al Am'ari

Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

21 november – Tunis

Al-Ahly	3
		23 november – Tunis
Al-Ahli Jeddah	0
		Club Africain (aet)	2
21 november – Tunis
		Al-Ahly	1
Club Africain (p)	2 (4)

CS Sfaxien	2 (1)

Semi-finals

21 November 1997

14:00 UTC

Club Africain	2 – 2	CS Sfaxien
Hamdi Marzouki 41' El Hadi Daa 51'		Skander Souayah 38' (pen) Mohamed Salah Meftah 45'
Penalties
7. Faouzi Rouissi 11. Maher Sdiri 9. Abdeljalil Hadda 15. Rezki Amrouche	4 - 1	18. Nabil Chaouch 17. Ilyes Essmaili 5. Gomis