{{Infobox International Football Competition | tourney_name = GCC Champions League | year = 2011 | other_titles = دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي | image = | size = | caption = The Gulf Cooperation Council logo | country = | dates = 28 February – 3 November | num_teams = 12 | confederations = AFC/UAFA | venues = | cities = | champion_other = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Shabab | count = 2 | second_other = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ahli | matches = 30 | goals = 81 | attendance = | top_scorer = | player = | updated = | prevseason = 2009 | nextseason = 2012 }}
The '''26th GCC Champions League''' ({{langx|ar|دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي}}) was the 26th edition of the GCC Champions League for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, held in 2011.
The tournament has changed over the years, especially with the AFC Champions League taking up to four clubs from certain leagues meaning that this tournament generally no longer witnesses league winners participating but clubs invited to enter.
In this edition no clubs represent Saudi Arabia.
==The groups==
Four groups of three teams.
Winners and runners up qualify for the quarter-finals.
{| class="wikitable" width=98% |- !width=20%|Group A !width=20%|Group B !width=20%|Group C !width=20%|Group D |- | {{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Riffa <br /> {{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Salmiya <br /> {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Shabab <br /> | {{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Arabi Doha <br /> {{flagicon|OMA}} Saham <br> {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Dhafra <br /> | {{flagicon|OMA}} Dhofar <br> {{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Kharitiyat <br /> {{flagicon|KUW}} Kazma <br /> | {{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Ahli Manama <br /> {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ahli Dubai <br /> {{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Arabi Kuwait <br /> |}
==Group stage==
*Group stage games are played on a home and away basis between March and May *Group winners enter a two legged semi-final stage
==Groups==
===Group A=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=165|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Shabab ||4||3||0||1||4||1||+3||'''9''' |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Bahrain}} Al-Riffa ||4||1||1||2||3||5||–2||'''4''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Kuwait}} Al-Salmiya ||4||1||1||2||3||4||–1||'''4''' |}
{{Football box| date = February 28, 2011| team1 = Al-Riffa {{flagicon|BHR}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Salmiya | goals1 = Dawood Saad {{goal|34}} | goals2 = | stadium = Bahrain National Stadium, Manama}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = March 15, 2011| team1 = Al-Salmiya {{flagicon|KUW}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Shabab | goals1 = | goals2 = Villanueva {{goal|52}} | stadium = Kuwait}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = April 6, 2011| team1 = Al-Shabab {{flagicon|UAE}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Riffa | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = April 18, 2011| team1 = Al-Salmiya {{flagicon|KUW}} | score = 2–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Riffa | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = May 3, 2011| team1 = Al-Shabab {{flagicon|UAE}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Salmiya | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = May 10, 2011| team1 = Al-Riffa {{flagicon|BHR}} | score = 0–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Shabab | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }}
===Group B=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=165|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Arabi Doha |4||3||0||1||7||6||+1||'''9''' |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Dhafra |4||2||1||1||12||3||+9||'''7''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|OMA}} Saham |4||0||1||3||3||13||–10||'''1''' |- |}
{{Football box| date = March 1, 2011| team1 = Al-Arabi Doha {{flagicon|QAT}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Dhafra | goals1 = Leonardo Pisculichi {{goal|76}} | goals2 = | stadium = Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = March 15, 2011| team1 = Al-Dhafra {{flagicon|UAE}} | score = 6–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} Saham | goals1 = Gharib Harib {{goal|21}} <br> Boris Landry Kabi {{goal|32||50}} <br> Abas Mowiwa Lawal {{goal|54}} <br> Mohammad Salim {{goal|59}} <br> Abas Mowiwa Lawal {{goal|62}} | goals2 = Rafael {{goal|83}} | stadium = }} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = April 4, 2011| team1 = Saham {{flagicon|OMA}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Arabi Doha | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = April 19, 2011| team1 = Al-Dhafra {{flagicon|UAE}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Arabi Doha | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = May 5, 2011| team1 = Saham {{flagicon|OMA}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Dhafra | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = May 9, 2011| team1 = Al-Arabi Doha {{flagicon|QAT}} | score = 5–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} Saham | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha}}
===Group C=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=165|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KUW}} Kazma ||4||4||0||0||5||1||+4||'''12''' |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|OMA}} Dhofar ||4||2||0||2||7||6||+1||'''6''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Kharitiyat ||4||0||0||4||3||7||–3||'''0''' |}
{{Football box| date = February 28, 2011| team1 = Al-Kharitiyat {{flagicon|QAT}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} Dhofar | goals1 = Alaa Al-Zahra {{goal|15}} | goals2 = Saleh {{goal|64}}<br>Al-Hadhri {{goal|69}} | stadium = Qatar SC Stadium, Doha}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = March 14, 2011| team1 = Dhofar {{flagicon|OMA}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Kazma | goals1 = Al-Hadhri {{goal|47}} | goals2 = Yousef Nasser {{goal|21}} <br> Fahad Al-Anezi {{goal|36}} | stadium = Seeb International Stadium, Muscat}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = April 5, 2011| team1 = Kazma {{flagicon|KUW}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Kharitiyat | goals1 = Fahad Al-Enazi {{goal|8}} | goals2 = | stadium = Kuwait}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = April 18, 2011| team1 = {{flagicon|OMA}} Dhofar | score = 4–2 | team2 = Al-Kharitiyat {{flagicon|QAT}} | goals1 = Al-Hadhri {{goal|8}}<br>Saleh {{goal|54}}<br>Shaaban {{goal|81}}<br>Al-Dhabit {{goal|93}} | goals2 = Alaa Al-Zahra {{goal|37}} <br> Yahia Kébé {{goal|72}} | stadium = Seeb International Stadium, Muscat}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = May 3, 2011| team1 = Kazma {{flagicon|KUW}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} Dhofar | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Kuwait}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = May 10, 2011| team1 = Al-Kharitiyat {{flagicon|QAT}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Kazma | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }}
===Group D=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=165|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts |- style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ahli Dubai ||2||2||0||0||3||1||+2||'''6''' |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Arabi Kuwait ||2||0||0||2||1||3||–2||'''0''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Ahli Manama |colspan="8" align=center|''withdrew'' |- |}
{{Football box| date = March 1, 2011| team1 = Al-Arabi Kuwait {{flagicon|KUW}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ahli Dubai | goals1 = Ali Maqseed {{goal|83|pen.}} | goals2 = Abdul-Aziz Haikal {{goal|11}} <br> Ahmed Khalil {{goal|90+2}} | stadium = Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait}} <br> ---- {{Football box| date = April 20, 2011| team1 = Al-Ahli Dubai {{flagicon|UAE}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Arabi Kuwait | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = }}
==Quarter-finals==
{{Football box | date = 24 May 2011 | time = 17:00 | team1 = Al-Dhafra {{flagicon|UAE}} | score = 1–3 | team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ahli Dubai | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = 24 May 2011 | time = 16:00 | team1 = Al-Arabi Doha {{flagicon|QAT}} | score = 0–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Arabi Kuwait | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = 24 May 2011 | time = 14:30 | team1 = Al-Shabab {{flagicon|UAE}} | score = 4–0 | team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} Dhofar | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = 25 May 2011 | time = 16:15 | team1 = Kazma {{flagicon|KUW}} | score = 2–2 | team2 = {{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Riffa | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = | attendance = | referee = | penaltyscore= 4–3 | penalties1= | penalties2= }}
==Semi-finals==
===1st legs===
{{Football box |date = 27 September 2011 |time = |team1 = Kazma {{flagicon|Kuwait}} |score = 0–1 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ahli Dubai |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = |attendance = |referee = }} ---- {{Football box |date = 29 September 2011 |time = |team1 = Al-Shabab {{flagicon|UAE}} |score = 2–2 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Arabi Kuwait |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = |attendance = |referee = }}
===2nd legs===
{{Football box |date = 18 October 2011 |time = |team1 = Al-Ahli Dubai {{flagicon|UAE}} |score = 1–1 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} Kazma |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = |attendance = |referee = }} ''Al-Ahli advance to the final 2–1 on aggregate'' ---- {{Football box |date = 19 October 2011 |time = |team1 = Al-Arabi Kuwait {{flagicon|KUW}} |score = 1–2 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Shabab |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = |attendance = |referee = }} ''Al-Shabab advance to the final 4–3 on aggregate''
==Final==
===1st leg=== {{Football box |date = 26 October 2011 |time = |team1 = Al-Ahli Dubai {{flagicon|UAE}} |score = 3–2 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Shabab |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = |attendance = |referee = }}
===2nd leg=== {{Football box |date = 3 November 2011 |time = |team1 = Al-Shabab {{flagicon|UAE}} |score = 2–0 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Ahli Dubai |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = |attendance = |referee = }}
==Winner== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; width: 20%" |- !GCC Champions League <br>2011 Winners |- |{{flagicon|UAE|size=100px}} |- |'''Al-Shabab'''<br />'''2nd Title''' |}
==Goalscorers== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;3 goals *{{flagicon|OMA}} Hussain Al-Hadhri ;2 goals *{{flagicon|IRQ}} Alaa Al-Zahra *{{flagicon|KUW}} Fahad Al-Anezi *{{flagicon|OMA}} Hashim Saleh ;1 goal *{{flagicon|ARG}} Leonardo Pisculichi *{{flagicon|BHR}} Dawood Saad *{{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} Yahia Kébé *{{flagicon|KUW}} Ali Maqseed *{{flagicon|KUW}} Yousef Nasser *{{flagicon|OMA}} Hani Al-Dhabit *{{flagicon|OMA}} Yousuf Shaaban *{{flagicon|UAE}} Abdul-Aziz Haikal *{{flagicon|UAE}} Ahmed Khalil {{col-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=5826 Gulf Clubs Championship 2011]
{{2011 in Asian Football (AFC)}} {{Gulf Club Championship seasons}} {{UAFA Football}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulf Club Champions Cup 2011}} 2011 Category:2011 in Asian football