1981–82 Arab Club Champions Cup

1981–82 Arab Club Champions Cup
بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1981–82
Tournament details
Dates	19 June 1981 – 7 February 1982
Teams	3 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Shorta (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Nejmeh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	9 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Hussein Mahmoud; Jamal Al-Khatib; Hassan Chatila; (2 goals each)
	1984 →

The 1981–82 Arab Club Champions Cup was the first edition of the Arab Club Champions Cup. The tournament featured three teams, after the withdrawal of South Yemeni club Al-Tilal, Saudi club Al-Nassr and Somali club Horseed.

Iraqi club Al-Shorta were crowned champions after a playoff victory against Lebanese side Al-Nejmeh. Al-Ahli of Jordan were the other team to take part.

Teams

Participants

Team	Qualifying method
Al-Shorta	1979–80 Iraqi National League champions
Al-Ahli	1979 Jordan League champions
Al-Nejmeh	1974–75 Lebanese Premier League champions (most recent Lebanese championship)

Withdrawals

Team	Qualifying method
Al-Tilal	1979–80 South Yemeni League champions
Al-Nassr	1979–80 Saudi Premier League champions
Horseed	1979–80 Somali First Division champions

Semi-finals

The six teams were originally drawn into two groups, with one group consisting of Al-Nejmeh, Al-Ahli and Al-Tilal, and the other group consisting of Al-Shorta, Horseed and Al-Nassr.^[1] However, Al-Nassr withdrew from the tournament due to several of their players being unavailable on international duty, and Al-Tilal also withdrew from the competition.

A two-legged semi-final was therefore set up between Al-Nejmeh and Al-Ahli, with both matches being held at Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan due to the Lebanese Civil War^[2] Horseed were scheduled to travel to Baghdad on 2 February to play Al-Shorta in the other semi-final, but Horseed withdrew from the tournament and Al-Shorta qualified directly for the final.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nejmeh	2–1	Al-Ahli	2–1	0–0
Al-Shorta	(w/o) ¹	Horseed	—	—

¹ Horseed withdrew from the tournament.

19 June 1981^[4]

Al-Nejmeh	2–1	Al-Ahli
Al-Khatib 8' Chatila 37'		Salamah 24'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

21 June 1981^[5]

Al-Ahli	0–0	Al-Nejmeh

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Final

Both legs of the final were held at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq due to the Lebanese Civil War.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Shorta	4–2	Al-Nejmeh	2–0	2–2

First leg

After Al-Nejmeh's kits and boots did not arrive in Baghdad in time for the first leg, Al-Shorta provided kits and boots to the Al-Nejmeh team to wear for the match. Al-Nejmeh wore red shirts with white shorts and black boots (except for the player Mohammed Hatoum who wore white boots), while Al-Shorta wore green shirts with white shorts and green socks.^[6]

Al-Shorta took the lead in the 40th minute; Mahmoud Hussein Mahmoud beat an Al-Nejmeh player on the right wing and sent in a cross which his brother Ali Hussein Mahmoud met with a header, sending the ball over Al-Nejmeh goalkeeper Zain Hashim and into the net.^[7] Ali Hussein Mahmoud scored his second goal in the 83rd minute, as he was sent through on goal and netted with a left-footed shot towards the near post from inside the penalty area.^[8] The Kuwaiti referee also awarded Al-Shorta a penalty in the match, but it was missed by Ali Hussein Mahmoud, and the match ended 2–0.^[9]

5 February 1982

Al-Shorta	2–0	Al-Nejmeh
Mahmoud 40', 83'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Second leg

Al-Nejmeh wore orange shirts, black shorts and orange socks for the second leg, and the Lebanese side took the lead in the first half through Jamal Al-Khatib who got onto the end of a corner delivered by Al-Nejmeh's captain and struck the ball past goalkeeper Raad Hammoudi.^[10] Al-Shorta equalised in the first half when Riyadh Nouri bundled the ball over the line after an Al-Nejmeh defender had made a goal-line block. Al-Nejmeh took the lead again in the second half when Hassan Chatila scored with a shot from outside the penalty area, but Al-Shorta brought the game back level and restored their two-goal aggregate advantage when Tariq Abdul-Amir crossed the ball into the box for Salih Radhi to finish.^[11]

Al-Nejmeh player Jamal Al-Khatib suffered a dislocated hip during the match, which ended 2–2, therefore making Al-Shorta 4–2 winners on aggregate.^[12] Al-Shorta manager Douglas Aziz was presented with the trophy after the game.^[13]

7 February 1982

Al-Nejmeh	2–2	Al-Shorta
Al-Khatib Chatila		Nouri Radhi

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Winner

1981–82 Arab Club Champions Cup Winners

Al-Shorta 1st Title

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ali Hussein Mahmoud	Al-Shorta	2
	Jamal Al-Khatib	Al-Nejmeh
	Hassan Chatila	Al-Nejmeh
4	Shaker Salamah	Al-Ahli	1
	Riyadh Nouri	Al-Shorta
	Salih Radhi	Al-Shorta

References

^ Riyah, Ali (26 July 2023). "للعـراق فـضـلُ الريـادة.. وتفـرّدُ الإنـجـاز!" (in Arabic).
^ "الأهلي ..أول سفير أردني لبطولات الأندية الآسيوية" (in Arabic). Al-Ahli Amman Club. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^ "الــزيـارة الـتي لــم تـتـم" (in Arabic). Mondial AR. 19 August 2019.
^ Gamal, Khaled (14 August 2018). "الخطيب سجل أول هدف في بطولة الأندية العربية عام 1981". Facebook (in Arabic).
^ "نعود بالذاكرة الى زمن كرة القدم الجميل بلقاء مع اللاعب علي ابراهيم" (in Arabic). LFC Sports. 29 November 2020.
^ "لحظاتٌ لا تُنسى في مسيرة "حسن شاتيلا" الناجحة" (in Arabic). Ahwal Media. 16 October 2020.
^ "رئيس تاريخي وفريق تاريخي" (in Arabic). رابطة جمهور نادي النجمة فرع البربير. 24 July 2020.
^ "البطولة الاولى للاندية العربية بكرة القدم" (in Arabic). Mondial AR. 20 July 2017.
^ "في مثل هذا اليوم 5 شباط من عام 1982 لعب نادي الشرطة اولى مباراة في نهائيات بطولة الاندية العربية الاولى امام نادي النجمة اللبناني" (in Arabic). Old Iraqi Football Days. 5 February 2018.
^ "جمال الخطيب لـ "أحوال": ياسر عرفات أرغمني على البقاء مع "النجمة"" (in Arabic). Ahwal Media. 25 April 2021.
^ "في مثل هذا اليوم 7 شباط من عام 1982 لعب نادي الشرطة تاني مباراة في نهائيات بطولة الاندية العربية الاولى امام نادي النجمة اللبناني" (in Arabic). Old Iraqi Football Days. 7 February 2018.
^ "الغزال الأسمر جمال الخطيب" (in Arabic). Kooora. 20 July 2008.
^ "اراء وتعقيبات حول فوز نادي الشرطة العراقي ببطولة الاندية العربية ابطال الدوري بكرة القدم" (in Arabic). Al-Jumhouriya Newspaper. 10 February 1982.

External links

1981/1982 season - Al-Shorta video archive

[1] Riyah, Ali (26 July 2023). "للعـراق فـضـلُ الريـادة.. وتفـرّدُ الإنـجـاز!" (in Arabic).

[2] "الأهلي ..أول سفير أردني لبطولات الأندية الآسيوية" (in Arabic). Al-Ahli Amman Club. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.

[3] "الــزيـارة الـتي لــم تـتـم" (in Arabic). Mondial AR. 19 August 2019.

[4] Gamal, Khaled (14 August 2018). "الخطيب سجل أول هدف في بطولة الأندية العربية عام 1981". Facebook (in Arabic).

[5] "نعود بالذاكرة الى زمن كرة القدم الجميل بلقاء مع اللاعب علي ابراهيم" (in Arabic). LFC Sports. 29 November 2020.

[6] "لحظاتٌ لا تُنسى في مسيرة "حسن شاتيلا" الناجحة" (in Arabic). Ahwal Media. 16 October 2020.

[7] "رئيس تاريخي وفريق تاريخي" (in Arabic). رابطة جمهور نادي النجمة فرع البربير. 24 July 2020.

[8] "البطولة الاولى للاندية العربية بكرة القدم" (in Arabic). Mondial AR. 20 July 2017.

[9] "في مثل هذا اليوم 5 شباط من عام 1982 لعب نادي الشرطة اولى مباراة في نهائيات بطولة الاندية العربية الاولى امام نادي النجمة اللبناني" (in Arabic). Old Iraqi Football Days. 5 February 2018.

[10] "جمال الخطيب لـ "أحوال": ياسر عرفات أرغمني على البقاء مع "النجمة"" (in Arabic). Ahwal Media. 25 April 2021.

[11] "في مثل هذا اليوم 7 شباط من عام 1982 لعب نادي الشرطة تاني مباراة في نهائيات بطولة الاندية العربية الاولى امام نادي النجمة اللبناني" (in Arabic). Old Iraqi Football Days. 7 February 2018.

[12] "الغزال الأسمر جمال الخطيب" (in Arabic). Kooora. 20 July 2008.

[13] "اراء وتعقيبات حول فوز نادي الشرطة العراقي ببطولة الاندية العربية ابطال الدوري بكرة القدم" (in Arabic). Al-Jumhouriya Newspaper. 10 February 1982.

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