2000–01 Asian Club Championship

{{Short description|20th edition of premier club football tournament organized by the AFC}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox International Football Competition | tourney_name = Asian Club Championship | image = 2009-01-24 - Suwon Civil Stadium from Royal Palace.JPG | size = | year = 2000–2001 | country = | dates = August 2000 – May 2001 | venues = | cities = | num_teams = 24 | champion_other = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings}} | count = 1 | second_other = {{flagicon|JPN}} Júbilo Iwata | third_other = {{flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis | fourth_other = {{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh | matches = 48 | goals = 160 | attendance = | top_scorer = | player = {{flagicon|FRY}} Zoltan Sabo<ref>{{cite web|title=수원 삼성, 아시아클럽축구 평정|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2001/05/27/2001052770096.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|language=ko|date=27 May 2001|access-date=16 December 2020}}</ref> | prevseason = 1999–2000 | nextseason = 2001–02 |caption=Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon, South Korea hosted the final}}

The '''2000–01 Asian Club Championship''' was the 20th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the AFC region. It determined that year's continental club champion of association football in Asia. It was also the last edition to feature teams from Kazakhstan, as the Kazakhstan Football Federation were in the process of gaining UEFA membership.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings defeated Júbilo Iwata 1–0 the final, which was held at the Suwon Sports Complex in Suwon. As winners, Suwon Samsung Bluewings earned the right to play against 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup winners Al Shabab in the 2001 Asian Super Cup.

Al Hilal were the defending champions, but were knocked out in the quarter-finals.

== Teams == {{Location map+|AFC pre 2006|width=900|float=center|caption=Location of the '''2000–01 AFC Champions League''' teams|places= {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=24.724150|long=46.262053|label_size=90|label=Al-Hilal|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=21.763434 |long=39.164279 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|Al-Ittihad}} |mark=Red pog.svg |position=right}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=25.1592|long=51.5739|label_size=90|label=│ Al-Wakrah|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=35.724319|long=51.275406|label_size=90|label=Persepolis|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~|AFC pre 2006|lat=37.928|long=58.35|label_size=90|label={{nowrap|Nisa Aşgabat}}|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=24.144414|long=55.42597|label_size=90|label=Al-Ain|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=41.3611|long=69.3948|label_size=90|label=FC Dustlik|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=33.3442|long=44.3679|label_size=90|label=Al-Zawraa|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=34.7297|long=36.6979|label_size=90|label=Al-Karamah|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=32.5405|long=36.0194|label_size=90|label=Al Ramtha|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=29.3411|long=48.0885|label_size=90|label=Al-Salmiya|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=15.4119|long=44.2016|label_size=90|label=Al-Ahli|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=26.2059|long=50.5747|label_size=90|label=Al-Ahli|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=33.893423 |long=35.501450|label_size=90|label=─Al-Ansar|mark=Red pog.svg|position=right}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=52.2763|long=76.9496|label_size=90|label=FC Irtysh|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=38.5859|long=68.7694|label_size=90|label=Varzob Dushanbe|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=22.1232|long=113.3246|label_size=90|label=Polícia de Segurança Pública|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=1.3545|long=103.8515|label_size=90|label=Home United|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=-4.0364|long=119.6456|label_size=90|label=PSM Makassar|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=18.6691|long=105.6693|label_size=90|label=Sông Lam Nghệ An|mark=Red pog.svg|position=top}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=34.7252|long=137.875|label_size=90|label=Júbilo Iwata |mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=37.2864|long=127.0368|label_size=90|label=Suwon Samsung Bluewings|mark=Red pog.svg|position=bottom}} {{Location map~ |AFC pre 2006|lat=36.6562|long=117.1103|label_size=90|label=Shandong Luneng Taishan|mark=Red pog.svg|position=left}} {{Location map~|AFC pre 2006|lat=13.9513|long=100.6252|label_size=90|label=Royal Thai Air Force|mark=Red pog.svg |position=top}} {{Location map~|AFC pre 2006|lat=22.1632|long=114.1115|label_size=90|label=South China|mark=Red pog.svg |position=top}} {{Location map~|AFC pre 2006|lat=4.1741|long=73.513|label_size=90|label=Hurriyya|mark=Red pog.svg |position=top}} }} {| class="wikitable" !Entry Round ! colspan="4" |Teams |- ! rowspan="4" |Second round ! colspan="2" |West Asia ! colspan="2" |East Asia |- | colspan="2" rowspan="3" | |{{Flagicon|CHN}} Shandong Luneng Taishan |{{Flagicon|HK}} South China |- |{{flagicon|JPN}} Júbilo Iwata |{{Flagicon|MDV}} Hurriyya |- |{{Flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings |{{Flagicon|THA}} Royal Thai Air Force |- ! colspan="5" | |- ! rowspan="8" |First round |{{flagicon|BHR|variant=1972}} Al-Ahli |{{flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis |{{Flagicon|MAC}} Polícia de Segurança Pública |{{Flagicon|IDN}} PSM Makassar |- |{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} Al-Zawraa |{{flagicon|JOR}} Al Ramtha |{{Flagicon|SIN}} Home United |{{Flagicon|VIE}} Sông Lam Nghệ An |- |{{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh |{{flagicon|KUW}} Al-Salmiya | colspan="2" rowspan="6" | |- |{{flagicon|LIB}} Al-Ansar |{{flagicon|QAT}} Al-Wakrah SC |- |{{flagicon|KSA}} Al HilalTH |{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ittihad |- |{{flagicon|SYR|variant=1980}} Al-Karamah |{{flagicon|TJK}} Varzob Dushanbe |- |{{flagicon|TKM}} Nisa Aşgabat |{{flagicon|UAE|variant=1991}} Al-Ain |- |{{flagicon|UZB}} FC Dustlik |{{flagicon|YEM}} Al-Ahli |}

==First round==

{{#invoke:Sports series|main|heading1=West Asia|heading9=East Asia|legs=2 |Al-Hilal|KSA|2–1|Al-Karamah|SYR+1980|2–1|0–0 |Al Ramtha|JOR|2–3|Al-Salmiya|KUW|0–1|2–2 |Al-Ahli|YEM|0–1|Al-Ahli|BHR|0–1|0–0|var2=1972 |Al-Ansar|LIB|w/o|'''Al-Ittihad Jeddah'''|KSA|null|null |Al-Zawraa|IRQ+1991|2–5|Al-Ain|UAE+1991|2–1|0–4 |Al-Wakrah SC|QAT|3–9|Persepolis|IRN|2–4|1–5 |FC Irtysh|KAZ|5–2|Nisa Aşgabat|TKM|3–1|2–1 |'''Varzob Dushanbe'''|TJK|w/o|FC Dustlik|UZB|null|null |Polícia de Segurança Pública|MAC|0–11|Home United|SIN|0–5|0–6 |PSM Makassar|IDN|4–1|Sông Lam Nghệ An|VIE|0–0|4–1 |note_agg_4=Al-Ansar withdrew. |note_leg1_4=agg_4 |note_leg2_4=agg_4 |note_agg_8=FC Dustlik did not show up for the first leg in Dushanbe due to the civil war in Tajikistan; they were ejected from the competition and fined $10,000. |note_leg1_8=agg_8|note_leg2_8=agg_8 }}

==Second round==

{{#invoke:Sports series|main|heading1=West Asia|heading5=East Asia|legs=2 |Al-Hilal|KSA|3–1|Al-Salmiya|KUW|3–1|0–0 |Al-Ittihad Jeddah|KSA|8–2|Al-Ahli|BHR+1972|2–0|6–2 |Persepolis|IRN|4–2|Al-Ain|UAE|2–0|2–2 (aet) |FC Irtysh|KAZ|7–3|Varzob Dushanbe|TJK|4–1|3–2 |PSM Makassar|IDN|11–1|Royal Thai Air Force|THA|6–1|5–0 |South China|HKG|2–6|Júbilo Iwata|JPN|1–3|1–3 |Shandong Luneng Taishan|CHN|6–1|Home United|SIN|3–0|3–1 |Suwon Samsung Bluewings|KOR|2–1|Hurriyya|MDV|2–1|0–0 }} ==Quarter-finals== ===West Asia=== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y

|team1=PRS|name_PRS={{flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis |team2=IRT|name_IRT={{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh |team3=ITT|name_ITT={{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ittihad Jeddah |team4=HIL|name_HIL={{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal |win_PRS=1|draw_PRS=2|loss_PRS=0|gf_PRS=3|ga_PRS=1 |win_IRT=1|draw_IRT=2|loss_IRT=0|gf_IRT=2|ga_IRT=1 |win_ITT=1|draw_ITT=1|loss_ITT=1|gf_ITT=3|ga_ITT=2 |win_HIL=0|draw_HIL=1|loss_HIL=2|gf_HIL=1|ga_HIL=5

|status_PRS=H

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source= }}

{{football box |date = 7 March 2001 |team1 = Al-Hilal {{flagicon|KSA}} |score = 0–0 |team2 = {{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Tehran, Iran }} {{football box |date = 7 March 2001 |team1 = Persepolis {{flagicon|IRN}} |score = 0–0 |team2 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ittihad Jeddah |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Tehran, Iran }} ---- {{football box |date = 9 March 2001 |team1 = Persepolis {{flagicon|IRN}} |score = 0–0 |team2 = {{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh |goals1 = |goals2 = |stadium = Tehran, Iran }} {{football box |date = 9 March 2001 |team1 = Al-Ittihad Jeddah {{flagicon|KSA}} |score = 2–0 |team2 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal |goals1 = Al-Yami {{goal|23}} Ricardo {{goal|85}} |goals2 = |stadium = Tehran, Iran }} ---- {{football box |date = 11 March 2001 |team1 = Al-Ittihad Jeddah {{flagicon|KSA}} |score = 1–2 |team2 = {{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh |goals1 = Hwasawi {{goal|41}} |goals2 = Mendes {{goal|14}} {{goal|25}} |stadium = Tehran, Iran }} {{football box |date = 11 March 2001 |team1 = Persepolis {{flagicon|IRN}} |score = 3–1 |team2 = {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal |goals1 = Karimi {{goal|45}} Ansarian {{goal|65|pen.}} Kavianpour {{goal|69}} |goals2 = Al-Thunayan {{goal|9}} |stadium = Tehran, Iran }}

===East Asia=== <onlyinclude> {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |show_positions=y |section=East Asia

|team1=JÚB|name_JÚB={{flagicon|JPN}} Júbilo Iwata |team2=SSB|name_SSB={{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings |team3=SLT|name_SLT={{flagicon|CHN}} Shandong Luneng Taishan |team4=PSM|name_PSM={{flagicon|IDN}} PSM Makassar |win_JÚB=3|draw_JÚB=0|loss_JÚB=0|gf_JÚB=12|ga_JÚB=2 |win_SSB=2|draw_SSB=0|loss_SSB=1|gf_SSB=14|ga_SSB=4 |win_SLT=1|draw_SLT=0|loss_SLT=2|gf_SLT=5|ga_SLT=13 |win_PSM=0|draw_PSM=0|loss_PSM=3|gf_PSM=2|ga_PSM=14

|status_PSM=H

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage |result1=A|result2=A |update=complete|source= }}</onlyinclude>

{{football box |date = 21 March 2001 |team1 = Suwon Samsung Bluewings {{flagicon|KOR}} |score = 0–3 |team2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Júbilo Iwata |goals1 = |goals2 = Fujita {{goal|14}} Yang Jong-Hu {{goal|77|og}} Nakayama {{goal|90}} |stadium = Makassar, Indonesia }} {{football box |date = 21 March 2001 |team1 = PSM Makassar {{flagicon|IDN}} |score = 1–3 |team2 = {{flagicon|CHN}} Shandong Luneng Taishan |goals1 = Siswoyo {{goal|90}} |goals2 = Nagorniak {{goal|15|pen.}} Li Xiaopeng {{goal|52}} Li Ming {{goal|56}} |stadium = Makassar, Indonesia }} ---- {{football box |date = 23 March 2001 |team1 = PSM Makassar {{flagicon|IDN}} |score = 1–8 |team2 = {{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings |goals1 = Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto {{goal|35}} |goals2 = Seo Jung-Won {{goal|6||23||25}} Cardoso {{goal|11||18}} Park Kun-Ha {{goal|37}} Ko Jong-Soo {{goal|45|p|79}} |stadium = Makassar, Indonesia }} {{football box |date = 23 March 2001 |team1 = Júbilo Iwata {{flagicon|JPN}} |score = 6–2 |team2 = {{flagicon|CHN}} Shandong Luneng Taishan |goals1 = Fujita {{goal|29|pen.}} Nakayama {{goal|42||43||56}} Živković {{goal|66|pen.}} Oku {{goal|78}} |goals2 = Casiano {{goal|34}} Li Xiaopeng {{goal|90}} |stadium = Makassar, Indonesia }} ---- {{football box |date = 25 March 2001 |team1 = Shandong Luneng Taishan {{flagicon|CHN}} |score = 0–6 |team2 = {{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings |goals1 = |goals2 = Ko Jong-Soo {{goal|8||38}} Laktionov {{goal|28}} Seo Dong-Won {{goal|48||59}} Zoltan {{goal|82}} |stadium = Makassar, Indonesia }} {{football box |date = 25 March 2001 |team1 = PSM Makassar {{flagicon|IDN}} |score = 0–3 |team2 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Júbilo Iwata |goals1 = |goals2 = Naruo {{goal|37}} Seino {{goal|56}} Yamanishi {{goal|74}} |stadium = Makassar, Indonesia }}

==Knockout stage== === Bracket === {{#invoke:RoundN|N4 |style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=yes |RD1=Semi-finals |RD2=Final |Consol=Third place play-off   |24 May – Suwon|{{flagicon|JPN}} Júbilo Iwata {{aet}}|1|{{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh|0 |24 May – Suwon|{{flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis|1|{{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings|2  |26 May – Suwon|{{flagicon|JPN}} Júbilo Iwata|0|{{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings|1  |26 May – Suwon|{{flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis|2|{{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh|0 }}

===Semi-finals=== {{football box |date = 24 May 2001 |team1 = Júbilo Iwata {{flagicon|JPN}} |score = 1–0|aet=yes |team2 = {{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh |goals1 = Kanazawa {{goal|103}} |goals2 = |stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea }} ---- {{football box |date = 24 May 2001 |team1 = Persepolis {{flagicon|IRN}} |score = 1–2 |team2 = {{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings |goals1 = Kavianpour {{goal|12}} |goals2 = Seo Jung-Won {{goal|78}} Park Kun-Ha {{goal|90}} |stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea }}

===Third place match=== {{football box |date = 26 May 2001 |team1 = Persepolis {{flagicon|IRN}} |score = 2–0 |team2 = {{flagicon|KAZ}} FC Irtysh |goals1 = Halali {{goal|17}} Estili {{goal|34}} |goals2 = |stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea }}

===Final=== {{football box |date = 26 May 2001 |team2 = Suwon Samsung Bluewings {{flagicon|KOR}} |score = 0–1 |team1 = {{flagicon|JPN}} Júbilo Iwata |goals2 = Sandro Cardoso {{goal|15}} |goals1 = |stadium = Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea }}

==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/ascup01.html Asian Club Competitions 2001] at RSSSF.com

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