2000–01 Asian Club Championship

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.

2000–2001 Asian Club Championship

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]
← 1999–2000 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

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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/o^1	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/o^2	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

West Asia

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

West Asia

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]}

7 March 2001

Al-Hilal	0–0	FC Irtysh

Tehran, Iran

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7 March 2001

Persepolis	0–0	Al-Ittihad Jeddah

Tehran, Iran

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9 March 2001

Persepolis	0–0	FC Irtysh

Tehran, Iran

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9 March 2001

Al-Ittihad Jeddah	2–0	Al-Hilal
Al Hasan Al-Yami   23' Sergio Ricardo   85'

Tehran, Iran

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11 March 2001

Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1–2	FC Irtysh
Mohammad Hwasawi   41'		Nilton Pereira Mendes   14'   25'

Tehran, Iran

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11 March 2001

Persepolis	3–1	Al-Hilal
Ali Karimi   45' Ali Ansarian   65' (pen.) Hamed Kavianpour   69'		Yousuf Al-Thunayan   9'

Tehran, Iran

East Asia

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]}

21 March 2001

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–3	Júbilo Iwata
		Toshiya Fujita   14' Yang Jong-Hu   77' (og) Masashi Nakayama   90'

Makassar, Indonesia

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21 March 2001

PSM Makassar	1–3	Shandong Luneng Taishan
Suwandi Hadi Siswoyo   90'		Sergei Nagorniak   15' (pen.) Li Xiaopeng   52' Li Ming   56'

Makassar, Indonesia

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23 March 2001

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'

Makassar, Indonesia

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23 March 2001

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'

Makassar, Indonesia

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25 March 2001

Shandong Luneng Taishan	0–6	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
		Ko Jong-Soo   8'   38' Denis Laktionov   28' Seo Dong-Won   48'   59' Sabo Zoltan   82'

Makassar, Indonesia

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25 March 2001

PSM Makassar	0–3	Júbilo Iwata
		Naoki Naruo   37' Tomoaki Seino   56' Takahiro Yamanishi   74'

Makassar, Indonesia

Semi-finals

24 May 2001

Júbilo Iwata	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Irtysh
Jo Kanazawa   103'

Suwon, South Korea

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24 May 2001

Persepolis	1–2	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Hamed Kavianpour   12'		Seo Jung-Won   78' Park Kun-Ha   90'

Suwon, South Korea

Third place match

26 May 2001

Persepolis	2–0	FC Irtysh
Esmael Halali   17' Hamid Reza Estili   34'

Suwon, South Korea

Final

26 May 2001

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0	Júbilo Iwata
Sandro Cardoso   15'

Suwon Sports Complex, Suwon, South Korea

References

1. "수원 삼성, 아시아클럽축구 평정". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 27 May 2001. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

• Asian Club Competitions 2001 at RSSSF.com