30th GCC Club Cup

2015 GCC Club Cup
كأس الأندية الخليجية
	The Gulf Cooperation Council logo
Tournament details
Dates	3 February – 27 May 2015
Teams	12 (from AFC/UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Shabab (3rd title)
Runners-up	Al-Seeb
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The 30th GCC Club Cup (Arabic: كأس الأندية الخليجية) was the 30th edition of the GCC Club Cup for clubs of the Gulf Cooperation Council nations, held in 2015.

The tournament started in February and finished with the final on 27 May.^[1]

Teams

Entrants
Team	Qualifying method	App	Last App
Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D)
East Riffa^[2]^[3]	2014 Bahraini King's Cup winners
Manama	2013–14 Bahrain First Division League runners up
Al Jahra	2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League 3rd place
Kazma	2013–14 Kuwaiti Premier League 4th place
Al Suwaiq	2013–14 Oman Professional League 3rd place
Al Seeb	2013–14 Oman Professional League 4th place

Entrants
Team	Qualifying method	App	Last App
Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–D)
Al Arabi	2013–14 Qatar Stars League 5th place
Al Rayyan	2013–14 Qatar Stars League 13th place
Al Taawon	2013–14 Saudi Professional League 5th place
Al Faisaly	2013–14 Saudi Professional League 7th place
Al Shabab	2013–14 Arabian Gulf League 4th place
Al Nasr	2013–14 Arabian Gulf League 5th place

Group stage

Group stage is played as a double round-robin, thus each team plays four matches. After that the top two teams advance to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Rayyan	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	8
Al Taawon	4	1	3	0	6	5	+1	6
Al Suwaiq	4	0	1	3	3	9	–6	1

3 February 2015	Al Suwaiq	2–2	Al Taawon	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
18:00		Report

18 February 2015	Al Rayyan	2–1	Al Suwaiq	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
18:00		Report

24 February 2015	Al Taawon	1–1	Al Rayyan	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah
20:15		Report

3 March 2015	Al Taawon	1–0	Al Suwaiq	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah
20:15		Report

17 March 2015	Al Rayyan	2–2	Al Taawon	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
18:30		Report

8 April 2015	Al Suwaiq	0–4	Al Rayyan	Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb
19:30		Report

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Shabab	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	9
Al Seeb	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4
Al Arabi	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	4

3 February 2015	Al Arabi	0–0	Al Seeb	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
18:00		Report

17 February 2015	Al Seeb	1–3	Al Shabab	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
19:00		Report

25 February 2015	Al Shabab	3–0	Al Arabi	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
17:35		Report

3 March 2015	Al Seeb	2–1	Al Arabi	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
19:00		Report

17 March 2015	Al Shabab	4–0	Al Seeb	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
17:45		Report

7 April 2015	Al Arabi	1–0	Al Shabab	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
18:30		Report

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Nasr	4	3	1	8	6	+2	9
Kazma	4	2	2	6	6	0	6
Manama	4	1	3	6	8	–2	3

4 February 2015	Kazma	2–1	Manama	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Adiliya
17:45		Report

16 February 2015	Manama	2–1	Al Nasr	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
18:15		Report

24 February 2015	Al Nasr	2–1	Kazma	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:00		Report

10 March 2015	Manama	1–2	Kazma	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
18:30		Report

18 March 2015	Al Nasr	3–2	Manama	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:15		Report

7 April 2015	Kazma	1–2	Al Nasr	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:30		Report

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Jahra	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
East Riffa	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7
Al Faisaly	4	1	0	3	3	5	-2	3

4 February 2015	East Riffa	2–4	Al Jahra	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
18:15		Report

17 February 2015	Al Jahra	1–2	Al Faisaly	King Salman Sport City Stadium, Al Majma'ah
18:10		Report

24 February 2015	Al Faisaly	1–2	East Riffa	King Salman Sport City Stadium, Al Majma'ah
20:00		Report

9 March 2015	Al Jahra	1–1	East Riffa	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
18:30		Report

18 March 2015	Al Faisaly	0–1	Al Jahra	King Salman Sport City Stadium, Al Majma'ah
20:00		Report

7 April 2015	East Riffa	1–0	Al Faisaly	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town
18:45		Report

Knockout-stage

Quarter-finals

21 April 2015	Al Rayyan	2–1	Kazma	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
18：45		Report

21 April 2015	Al Nasr	1–1 (4–2 p)	Al Taawon	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:30		Report

22 April 2015	Al Shabab	3–1	East Riffa	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:30		Report

22 April 2015	Al Jahra	0–2	Al Seeb	Mubarak Al-Aiar Stadium, Jahra
18:45		Report

Semi-finals

First leg

5 May 2015	Al Nasr	1–1	Al Shabab	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:45		Report

6 May 2015	A Seeb	0–0	Al Rayyan	Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb
19:15		Report

Second leg

19 May 2015	Al Rayyan	1–1 (1–1 agg.)	Al Seeb (a.)	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
19:00		Report

19 May 2015	Al Shabab	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Al Nasr	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:45		Report

Final

27 May 2015

19:30

Al Seeb	1–1	Al Shabab
Al-Maharami 90+3'		Henrique Luvannor 83'
Penalties
	3–4

Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman

Referee: Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

References

^ BFA.bh (5 June 2014). "GCC U-23 Tournament date moved to August 30". QFA. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
^ "الحد يتهم الاتحاد البحريني بالتقصير". Kooora. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "BFA affirms adressing [sic] AFC regarding Al Hidd's participation". BFA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

External links

Official website
Season at soccerway.com

[1] BFA.bh (5 June 2014). "GCC U-23 Tournament date moved to August 30". QFA. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[2] "الحد يتهم الاتحاد البحريني بالتقصير". Kooora. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[3] "BFA affirms adressing [sic] AFC regarding Al Hidd's participation". BFA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

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