Goals and assists from African players in the AFC Champions League

Photo Credit: Al-Khaldiya SC

The group stage of the top two club competitions in Asia, the AFC Champions League Elite and the second most prestigious AFC Champions League 2, are coming closer to their conclusions with the Champions League 2 group stage now complete. African players produced some moments of magic with Algerian striker Oussama Bellatreche the star of the week. The former USM Alger and JS Saoura marksman tallied a hat-trick for Bahraini club Al-Khaldiya in a dominant 4-0 home victory over Turkmenistan’s Altyn Asyr.

See Bellatreche’s goals and also key contributions from familiar stars like Adam Ounas, Soufiane Rahimi and Jean-Evrard Kouassi below.

AFC Champions League Elite

Adam Ounas (Algeria) converts a late penalty kick in Al-Sadd’s victory at Al-Nassr

Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco) gets behind the Pakhtakor defense to equalize in a draw for UAE giants Al Ain

AFC Champions League 2

Oussama Bellatreche (Algeria) scores a hat-trick for Bahraini club Al Khaldiya in a 4-0 victory over Turkmen club Altyn Asyr. The first goal is assisted by Seydina Dabo (Senegal)

Jean-Evrard Kouassi (Ivory Coast) scores twice in a victory for Zheijiang Professional at Indonesia’s Persib

Alvin Fortes (Cape Verde) provides a goal and an assist in Malaysian club Selangor’s dominant victory over Philippine club Cebu

A diving header from Taha Khenissi (Tunisia) levels the match in Al-Kuwait’s 2-2 draw with Al-Hussein

Aboubakar Kamara (Mauritania) finishes off a victory for Iran’s Sepahan in Tajikistan