1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1987
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
City	Riyadh
Dates	21 October – 3 November
Teams	10 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Rasheed (3rd title)
Runners-up	Al-Ittihad
Third place	JE Tizi Ouzou
Fourth place	Tersana
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	51 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Haris Mohammed (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Saleh Nu'eimeh
Best goalkeeper	Abdul-Fatah Nasif
Fair play award	Palestine SC^[1]
← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia for the second time. This time in the city of Riyadh after the successful hosting of the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup in Dammam. Al-Rasheed won the championship for the 3rd time, defending their championship once again and proving to be one of the top teams in the region at the time.

Participants

Participants
Zone	Team	Qualifying method
	Al-Ittihad	Hosts
	Al-Rasheed	Holders
Zone 1	Al-Arabi	Q-League representative
Zone 2	Tersana	1986 Egypt Cup winners
Zone 2	Al-Hilal	1985-86 Saudi Premier League winners
Zone 3	JE Tizi Ouzou	1985–86 Algerian Championship winners
	Raja Casablanca	1986 Moroccan League runners up
	ES Sahel	1985–86 Tunisian Championship winners
Zone 4	Al-Jaish	Iraqi League representative
	Al-Faisaly	1985–86 Jordan League winners
	Nadi Al-Riyada	Lebanese Premier League representative
	Palestine SC	West Bank Premier League representative
	Jableh SC	1985–86 Syrian League runners up

Preliminary round

A preliminary stage was held for sides in Africa and Asia with the finals changing into two groups with winners and runners up advancing to the semi-finals stage.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

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Al-Arabi advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

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Tersana and Al-Hilal advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ES Sahel	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	4
JE Tizi Ouzou	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
Raja Casablanca	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

ES Sahel	4 – 1	Raja CA
		Abderrahim El Hamraoui

Casablanca

ES Sahel	3 – 1	JE Tizi Ouzou

Casablanca

JE Tizi Ouzou	0 – 0	Raja CA

Casablanca

ES Sahel and JE Tizi Ouzou advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

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Preliminary round tournament held in Amman, Jordan from 18 to 26 July.

19 July 1987

Al-Jaish	2 – 0	Palestine SC
Fahim –' Rasheed –'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

21 July 1987

Al-Jaish	1 – 0	Nadi Al-Riyada
Rasheed –'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

24 July 1987

Al-Jaish	2 – 1	Jableh SC
Ghanem –' Mahmoud –'		– –'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

26 July 1987

Al-Faisaly	1 – 2	Al-Jaish
– –'		Mousa –' Mahmoud –'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Al-Jaish and Palestine SC advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Rasheed	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	6
Al-Ittihad	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	4
ES Sahel	3	0	1	2	6	11	−5	1
Palestine SC	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

22 October 1987

Al-Rasheed	5 – 1	ES Sahel
Radhi –' Mohammed –' Jafar –', –' Hashim –'		–'

Semi-finals		Final

1 november – Riyadh

Al-Ittihad	1
		3 november – Riyadh
Tersana	0
		Al-Rasheed (aet)	2
1 november – Riyadh
		Al-Ittihad	1
Al-Rasheed	4

JE Tizi Ouzou	0
		Third place

		3 november – Riyadh

		Tersana	1

		JE Tizi Ouzou	2

Participants

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Zone 4 (East Region)

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi finals

3rd Place Match

Final

Winners

Goalscorers

Awards

References

External links