The2000–01Asian Club Championshipwas the 20th edition of the annual international club football competition held in theAFCregion (Asia). It determined that year's club champion ofassociation footballinAsia.It was also the last edition to feature theKazakh top divisionchampions at the time, as theKazakhstan Football Federationwere in the process of switching toUEFAmembership.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 2000 – May 2001 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Suwon Samsung Bluewings(1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Júbilo Iwata |
| Third place |  Persepolis |
| Fourth place |  FC Irtysh |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 160 (3.33 per match) |
| Best player(s) |  Zoltan Sabo[1] |
Suwon Samsung BluewingsofSouth Koreawon 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
editWest Asia
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Hilal
|
2–1 |  Al-Karamah
|
2–1 | 0–0 |
Al Ramtha
|
2–3 |  Al-Salmiya
|
0–1 | 2–2 |
Al-Ahli
|
0–1 |  Al-Ahli
|
0–1 | 0–0 |
Al-Ansar
|
w/o1 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah
|
||
Al-Zawraa
|
2–5 |  Al-Ain
|
2–1 | 0–4 |
Al-Wakra
|
3–9 | Persepolis
|
2–4 | 1–5 |
| FC Irtysh
|
5–2 |  Nisa Aşgabat
|
3–1 | 2–1 |
Varzob Dushanbe
|
w/o2 |  FC Dustlik
|
1Al-Ansarwithdrew.
2FC Dustlikdid 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Polícia de Segurança Pública
|
0–11 |  Home United
|
0–5 | 0–6 |
PSM Makassar
|
4–1 |  Sông Lam Nghệ An
|
0–0 | 4–1 |
Second round
editWest Asia
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hilal
|
3–1 | Al-Salmiya
|
3–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah
|
8–2 | Al-Ahli
|
2–0 | 6–2 |
| Persepolis
|
4–2 | Al-Ain
|
2–0 | 2–2(aet) |
| FC Irtysh
|
7–3 | Varzob Dushanbe
|
4–1 | 3–2 |
East Asia
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSM Makassar
|
11–1 |  Royal Thai Air Force
|
6–1 | 5–0 |
South China
|
2–6 | Júbilo Iwata
|
1–3 | 1–3 |
Shandong Luneng Taishan
|
6–1 | Home United
|
3–0 | 3–1 |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings
|
2–1 |  Hurriyya
|
2–1 | 0–0 |
Quarter-finals
editWest Asia
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persepolis
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| FC Irtysh
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Al-Hilal
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Source:[citation needed]
East Asia
edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Júbilo Iwata
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 |
| PSM Makassar
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Source:[citation needed]
| PSM Makassar | 1–3 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
|---|---|---|
Suwandi Hadi Siswoyo 90' |
Sergei Nagorniak15' (pen.) Li Xiaopeng 52'Li Ming 56' |
| PSM Makassar | 1–8 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
|---|---|---|
| Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto35' |
Seo Jung-Won6'23'25' Sandro Cardoso 11'18'Park Kun-Ha 37'Ko Jong-Soo 45' (pen.)79' |
| Júbilo Iwata | 6–2 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
|---|---|---|
| Toshiya Fujita29' (pen.) Masashi Nakayama 42'43'56'Aleksandar Živković 66' (pen.)Daisuke Oku 78' |
Casiano34' Li Xiaopeng 90' |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 0–6 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
|---|---|---|
| Ko Jong-Soo8'38' Denis Laktionov 28'Seo Dong-Won 48'59'Sabo Zoltan 82' |
Semi-finals
editThird place match
editFinal
editReferences
edit- ^"수원 삼성, 아시아클럽축구 평정".The Chosun Ilbo(in Korean). 27 May 2001.Retrieved16 December2020.
- Asian Club Competitions 2001at RSSSF.com