The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), formerly known as the Arabian Gulf Cup for Clubs (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arab states. The tournament was first organised in 1982 and is currently is in its 26th edition.
Although having much popularity in its first decades of foundation, the tournament faced decline as the Asian Champions League and AFC Cup forced many Gulf clubs to be unable to participate in the competition
[edit] Winners of GCC Champions League
[edit] GCC Champions League records and statistics
[edit] By nation
The following table lists countries by number of winners and runner-ups in GCC Champions League.
Saudi Arabia is the current leader by nation with 13 titles.
[edit] By club
The following table lists clubs by number of winners and runner-ups in the Cup.
| Team |
Winners |
Runners-Up |
Years Won |
Years Lost |
 Al-Ittifaq |
3 |
1 |
(2006, 1988, 1983) |
(2007) |
| Al-Ahli |
3 |
0 |
(2008, 2002, 1985) |
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| Al-Hilal |
2 |
3 |
(1998,1986) |
(2000, 1992, 1987) |
 Al-Arabi |
2 |
2 |
(2003, 1982) |
(1994, 1985) |
| Al-Kazma |
2 |
2 |
(1995, 1987) |
(1997, 1988) |
| Al-Nasr |
2 |
1 |
(1997, 1996) |
(2008) |
| Al-Qadisiya |
2 |
1 |
(2005, 2000) |
(2006) |
 Al-Shabab |
2 |
1 |
(1992, 2011) |
(1993) |
| Al-Shabab |
2 |
0 |
(1994, 1993) |
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| Al-Ittihad |
1 |
1 |
(1999) |
(2001) |
| Al-Wasl |
1 |
1 |
(2010) |
(2005) |
| Al-Jazira |
1 |
0 |
(2007) |
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| Al-Ain |
1 |
0 |
(2001) |
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 Al-Sadd |
1 |
0 |
(1991) |
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 Fanja |
1 |
0 |
(1989) |
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 Al-Muharraq |
0 |
3 |
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(2003, 2002, 1989) |
| Riffa Club |
0 |
2 |
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(1998, 1982) |
| Al-Salmiya |
0 |
1 |
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(1999) |
| Dhofar |
0 |
1 |
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(1996) |
| Al-Sharjah |
0 |
1 |
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(1991) |
| Al-Ahli |
0 |
1 |
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(2011) |
| Al-Arabi |
0 |
1 |
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(1986) |
| Qatar SC |
0 |
1 |
|
(2010) |
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Al-Shabab (2nd time)
Al-Ahli
2011 GCC Champions League
Kuwait
Qatar
Oman
Bahrain
