The 2000–01 Asian Club Championship was the 20th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region (Asia). It determined that year's club champion of association football in Asia.
| 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 Bluewings of South Korea won 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 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Al Ramtha |
2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Al-Ahli |
0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Ansar |
w/o1 | |||
| Al-Zawraa |
2–5 | 2–1 | 0–4 | |
| Al-Wakra |
3–9 | 2–4 | 1–5 | |
| FC Irtysh |
5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Varzob Dushanbe |
w/o2 |
1 Al-Ansar withdrew.
2 FC Dustlik did 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 | 0–5 | 0–6 | |
| PSM Makassar |
4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
Second round
editWest Asia
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hilal |
3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
8–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | |
| Persepolis |
4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2(aet) | |
| FC Irtysh |
7–3 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
East Asia
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSM Makassar |
11–1 | 6–1 | 5–0 | |
| South China |
2–6 | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan |
6–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Quarter-finals
editWest Asia
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Persepolis | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hasan Al-Yami Sergio Ricardo |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hwasawi |
Nilton Pereira Mendes |
| Persepolis | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Karimi Ali Ansarian Hamed Kavianpour |
Yousuf Al-Thunayan |
East Asia
edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Toshiya Fujita Yang Jong-Hu Masashi Nakayama |
| PSM Makassar | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Suwandi Hadi Siswoyo |
Sergei Nagorniak Li Xiaopeng Li Ming |
| PSM Makassar | 1–8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto |
Seo Jung-Won Sandro Cardoso Park Kun-Ha Ko Jong-Soo |
| Júbilo Iwata | 6–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Toshiya Fujita Masashi Nakayama Aleksandar Živković Daisuke Oku |
Casiano Li Xiaopeng |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 0–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ko Jong-Soo Denis Laktionov Seo Dong-Won Sabo Zoltan |
| PSM Makassar | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Naoki Naruo Tomoaki Seino Takahiro Yamanishi |
Semi-finals
edit| Júbilo Iwata | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jo Kanazawa |
| Persepolis | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hamed Kavianpour |
Seo Jung-Won Park Kun-Ha |
Third place match
edit| Persepolis | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Esmael Halali Hamid Reza Estili |
Final
editReferences
edit- ^ "수원 삼성, 아시아클럽축구 평정". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 27 May 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- Asian Club Competitions 2001 at RSSSF.com