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. It was also the last edition to feature the Kazakh top division champions at the time, as the Kazakhstan Football Federation were in the process of switching to UEFA membership.
| 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] |
2001–02 → | |
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 |  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
|
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 |  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]
| Persepolis | 0–0 | FC Irtysh |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 2–0 | Al-Hilal |
|---|---|---|
Al Hasan Al-Yami  23' Sergio Ricardo 85' |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1–2 | FC Irtysh |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Hwasawi 41' |
Nilton Pereira Mendes 14' 25' |
| Persepolis | 3–1 | Al-Hilal |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Karimi 45' Ali Ansarian 65' (pen.) Hamed Kavianpour 69' |
Yousuf Al-Thunayan 9' |
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]
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0–3 | Júbilo Iwata |
|---|---|---|
| Toshiya Fujita 14' Yang Jong-Hu 77' (og) Masashi Nakayama 90' |
| PSM Makassar | 1–3 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
|---|---|---|
| Suwandi Hadi Siswoyo 90' |
Sergei Nagorniak 15' (pen.) Li Xiaopeng 52' Li Ming 56' |
| PSM Makassar | 1–8 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
|---|---|---|
| Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 35' |
Seo Jung-Won 6' 23' 25' Sandro Cardoso 11' 18' Park Kun-Ha 37' Ko Jong-Soo 45' (pen.) 79' |
| Júbilo Iwata | 6–2 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
|---|---|---|
| Toshiya Fujita 29' (pen.) Masashi Nakayama 42' 43' 56' Aleksandar Živković 66' (pen.) Daisuke Oku 78' |
Casiano 34' Li Xiaopeng 90' |
| Shandong Luneng Taishan | 0–6 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
|---|---|---|
| Ko Jong-Soo 8' 38' Denis Laktionov 28' Seo Dong-Won 48' 59' Sabo Zoltan 82' |
| PSM Makassar | 0–3 | Júbilo Iwata |
|---|---|---|
| Naoki Naruo 37' Tomoaki Seino 56' Takahiro Yamanishi 74' |
Semi-finals
edit| Júbilo Iwata | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | FC Irtysh |
|---|---|---|
| Jo Kanazawa 103' |
| Persepolis | 1–2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
|---|---|---|
| Hamed Kavianpour 12' |
Seo Jung-Won 78' Park Kun-Ha 90' |
Third place match
edit| Persepolis | 2–0 | FC Irtysh |
|---|---|---|
| Esmael Halali 17' Hamid Reza Estili 34' |
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