1988 Gulf Club Champions Cup
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The Gulf Club Champions Cup is a football league tournament for the Arab states of the Persian Gulf
, it's a tournament for clubs. The 1988 edition was known as the Gulf Cooperation Council Club Tournament.
The tournament doubled up as the qualifying round of the 1988-89 Asian Club Championship. The winners would progress to the ACC's latter stages.
All match were played in Sharjah
, United Arab Emirates
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Playoff for 1st place
1 Al-Fanja played only for the GCC Tournament
Arab states of the Persian Gulf
"Arab states of the Persian Gulf" or "Arab Persian Gulf states" or "Persian Gulf Arab states" or "Arabic Persian Gulf states" or "Arab States of The Gulf", are terms that refer to the six Arab states of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, bordering the Persian Gulf....
, it's a tournament for clubs. The 1988 edition was known as the Gulf Cooperation Council Club Tournament.
The tournament doubled up as the qualifying round of the 1988-89 Asian Club Championship. The winners would progress to the ACC's latter stages.
Results
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Al-IttifaqAl-Ittifaq Ettifaq FC or Al-Ettifaq Club is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Dammam. 'Ittifaq' is Arabic for cooperation. Al Ettifaq was established after the merging of three clubs in the City of Dammam at the year 1944. Al Ettifaq is the first Saudi team to win an international title -... |
7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
 Kazma SC |
7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
 Sharjah FCSharjah FC Sharjah Sports Club is a United Arab Emirates professional football club. It is based in Sharjah city. The home stadium is Sharjah Stadium.... |
4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
 Al-FanjaFanja (Football club) Fanja Sports Club is an Omani football club currently playing in the second division of the Oman Football Association. Fanja finished the 2010 season in the second division with third place—just short of qualifying for first division of the Omani League.... 1 |
2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
 West RiffaBahrain Riffa Club Al-Riffa Sports Club is a Bahraini football club based in Riffa, playing in the top division of Bahraini football. The club was founded in 1953 by the Kingdom's Prime Minister, HH Sh. Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa... |
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
All match were played in Sharjah
Sharjah (city)
Sharjah is the third largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates. It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula.Sharjah is the seat of government of the emirate of Sharjah...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
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| March 25, 1988 | Sharjah FC | 2–0 | West Riffa |
| March 26, 1988 | Al-Ittifaq | 1–0 | Al-Fanja |
| March 27, 1988 | Kazma SC | 2–0 | West Riffa |
| March 28, 1988 | Al-Ittifaq | 1–0 | Sharjah FC |
| March 29, 1988 | Kazma SC | 3–1 | Al-Fanja |
| March 30, 1988 | Al-Ittifaq | 3–1 | West Riffa |
| March 31, 1988 | Kazma SC | 3–0 | Sharjah FC |
| April 2, 1988 | Al-Fanja | 1–0 | West Riffa |
| April 3, 1988 | Al-Ittifaq | 1–1 | Kazma SC |
| April 4, 1988 | Sharjah FC | 4–1 | Al-Fanja |
Playoff for 1st place
| April 5, 1988 | Al-Ittifaq | 2–1 | Kazma SC |
1 Al-Fanja played only for the GCC Tournament
Winner
| Gulf Club Champions Cup 1988 Winners |
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| Al-Ittifaq Al-Ittifaq Ettifaq FC or Al-Ettifaq Club is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Dammam. 'Ittifaq' is Arabic for cooperation. Al Ettifaq was established after the merging of three clubs in the City of Dammam at the year 1944. Al Ettifaq is the first Saudi team to win an international title -... 2nd Title |