2004–05 Arab Champions League

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2004–05 Arab Champions League
دوري أبطال العرب 2004–05
Tournament details
Dates20 September 2004 – 1 July 2005
Teams32 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions
Al-Hilal
Fourth placeSaudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Tournament statistics
Matches played96
Goals scored248 (2.58 per match)

The 2004–05 Arab Champions League was the second edition of a new format called

Al-Ittihad Jeddah of Saudi Arabia won the final against CS Sfaxien of Tunisia
.

The competition's sponsor

Najaf FC
, leaders of the Northern and Southern groups when the domestic championship was abandoned in spring 2004) to participate alongside Al-Talaba, but UAFA only allowed Al-Talaba to compete. The Iraqi FA then withdrew Al-Talaba from the tournament and were subsequently suspended from UAFA.

First round

Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) apparently replaced Al-Wehdat SC.

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nejmeh SC Lebanon 1–7 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0–1 1–6
Al-Karamah Syria 0–1 Egypt Zamalek SC 0–0 0–1
Al-Muharraq SC Bahrain 2–3 Algeria MC Alger 0–1 2–2
Kuwait SC Kuwait 2–1 Morocco AS Salé 2–0 0–1
Al-Ahli Doha Qatar 5–1 Jordan Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) 3–0 2–1
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia
12–0 Yemen Shaab Ibb 10–0 2–0
ASAC Concorde Mauritania 0–4 Algeria ES Sétif 0–2 0–2
Olympic Azzaweya Libya
1–4 Egypt Ghazl El-Mahalla 1–2 0–2
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
18–0
Gendarmerie Nationale FC
11–0 7–0
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 1–1 (a)
Al-Faisaly
1–1 0–0
Tishreen Syria 0–5 Egypt Al-Ismaily 0–3 0–2
Al-Ahed Lebanon
1–3 Tunisia Club Africain 1–1 0–2
Al-Ittihad Tripoli Libya 1–3 Algeria NA Hussein Dey 1–2 0–1
Muscat Club Oman 3–4 Tunisia CA Bizertin 1–1 1–3
Al-Aqsa SC State of Palestine 2–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 1–3 1–1
Riffa SC Bahrain
1–3
Wydad Casablanca
0–1 1–2

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSS MCA ZSC KSC
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13 4–0 2–0 1–0
Algeria MC Alger 6 3 1 2 6 12 −6 10 2–1 0–0 3–2
Egypt Zamalek SC 6 2 3 1 9 5 +4 9 1–1 5–0 2–1
Kuwait Kuwait SC 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 0–4 0–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
ITT
AHL ESS GHA
Al-Ittihad Jeddah
6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 1–1 2–0 2–1
Qatar Al-Ahli Doha 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9 3–2 1–1 2–0
Algeria ES Sétif 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 0–2 1–0 2–0
Egypt Ghazl El-Mahalla 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2 1–3 1–1 0–0
Source: [citation needed]

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ISC
HIL
CAF
FAI
Egypt Al-Ismaily 6 5 1 0 11 5 +6 16 2–0 2–1 2–1
Al-Hilal
6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–1 3–1 2–1
Tunisia Club Africain 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 1–2 1–0 0–0
Al-Faisaly
6 0 2 4 5 9 −4 2 1–2 2–2 0–1
Source: [citation needed]

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
WAC
AHL NAHD CAB
Wydad Casablanca
6 2 3 1 7 4 +3 9 1–1 3–0 1–0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8 1–1 1–1 1–0
Algeria NA Hussein Dey 6 1 4 1 9 9 0 7 1–1 2–2 3–0
Tunisia CA Bizertin 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5 1–0 0–0 2–2
Source: [citation needed]

Knock-out stage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 2 0 2
Egypt Al-Ismaily 0 1 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 0 4 4
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3 4 7
Qatar Al-Ahli Doha 1 1 2
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2 2 4
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0 1 1
Al-Ittihad
2 2 4
Al-Hilal
1 1 2
Wydad AC
0 1 1
Al-Hilal
0 1 1 Third place
Al-Ittihad
1 2 3
Algeria MC Alger 1 0 1 (4)
Al-Hilal
3 2 5
Al-Ittihad (p
)
0 1 1 (5) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 1 2 3

Quarterfinals

Al-Ahli Doha Qatar1–2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Bouden 89' Guemamdia 45'
Essafi 71'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia2–1Qatar Al-Ahli Doha
Taher 8' (o.g.)
Kouassi
38'
Jawhar 57'
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

CS Sfaxien won 4–2 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad 1–1 MC Alger on aggregate. Al-Ittihad won 5–4 on penalties.


Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.


Wydad Casablanca
Al-Jaber 14'
King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia0–3Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Ba 55'
Kouassi 81'
Essafi 90+4'
Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

CS Sfaxien won 7–4 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third place match

Al-Hilal won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.

Winners

2003–04 Arab Champions League
Al-Ittihad Jeddah

First title

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