The Al-Seeb Club granted the Sultanate of Oman the first continental title in its history, crowning it on Saturday in the AFC Cup, after its victory over its host, Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysian 3-0 at the Poketit Galil National Stadium.
After the Asian Champions League, the AFC Cup is the second club level in the continent. It was first played in 2004 and was won by the Syrian army.
The winner of Ali Al -Busaidi was recorded from a corner kick, the goalkeeper erred in its dimension (22), Abdul Aziz Al -Muqbali from a header inside the area after a cross from Salah Al -Yahya (37) and Mohsen Al -Ghassani when he dodged the defense and divorced a strong left in the heart of the goal from a narrow angle (69).
Al-Seib joined the list of champions alongside the Iraqi Air Force (3 championships), ahead of the Jordanian Al-Faisaly and the Bahraini Al-Muharraq (2).
The men of coach Rashid Jaber, who won the Omani league twice, prevented Kuala Lumpur City from awarding Malaysia its second championship after Johur Al-Taqmiya was crowned with that year’s edition.
Al-Seeb, who fought the championship for the first time, was issued in the first round the ranking of the first group with two wins on Jableh Al-Suri 1-0, the Lebanese supporters 4-0 and a loss to Kuwaiti Kuwait 1-2.
Al-Seeb outperformed the Bahraini Riffa final by a score of 4-0 before defeating Al-Arabi Al-Kuwaiti 2-1 in the semifinal of the West Asian region.
Al -Seeb had changed his coach twice on his way to the final, where the Serbian coach Boris Puniac left after the end of the group stage, and his Roman successor, Elie Stan, left only one match in the West region final against Al -Arabi, before the National Rashid Jaber resolved..
Oman wins its first continental championship with the help of the AFC Cup.
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