The GCC Champions League (Arabic: دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), formerly known as the Gulf Cup for Clubs (Arabic: كأس الخليج للأندية), is an annually organized football league tournament for club of the Arabic peninsula. 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
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