2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup

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2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup
2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played69
Goals scored177 (2.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sudan Mohamed Abdel Rahman
(7 goals)
Best player(s)Tunisia Yassine Chikhaoui
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Mayouf
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The 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup, officially named the 2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup (

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, was the 28th season[a] of the Arab Club Champions Cup, the Arab world's club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the Arab Club Championship to the Arab Club Champions Cup.[1]

The final was played at the

Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Étoile du Sahel
of Tunisia. It was the fourth time Al-Hilal reached the final in their history, while it marked the first appearance of Étoile du Sahel in this stage. Étoile du Sahel defeated Al-Hilal 2–1 in the final and won the title for the first time in their history, becoming the third Tunisian team to win the competition in the last five editions.

Espérance de Tunis were the defending champions, having won the title in the previous edition. They were eliminated by Al-Ittihad Alexandria in the first round.

Prize money

The prize money was as follows:[2]

  • Winners: $6 million
  • Runners-up: $2.5 million

Teams

A total of 40 teams participated in the tournament; 20 from Asia and 20 from Africa. 10 clubs started in the qualifying play-off where two of them advanced to the first round which consisted of 32 teams. From then on, the tournament was played in a knockout format with home and away legs, until the final which was a one-leg match played in the United Arab Emirates. Due to the new format of the competition only being announced after the 2016–17 season had already ended, UAFA decided that for this edition of the tournament, teams would be invited to participate rather than strictly qualifying through performance in the 2016–17 season's domestic competitions.

Associations which did not enter a team
Notes
  1. ^ a b c Not including the cancelled 1990 edition.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows:

Phase Round Draw date Dates
Qualifying play-off Preliminary round 24 April 2018 5–9 May 2018
Play-off round 17–24 May 2018
Knockout stage First round 31 July – 30 September 2018
Second round 6 October 2018 27 October – 11 December 2018
Quarter-finals 17 December 2018 26 January – 25 February 2019
Semi-finals 27 February – 15 April 2019
Final 18 April 2019

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
ADT
BAN
 NGA
1
ASAS Djibouti Télécom
(H) 		2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Advance to Play-off round — 1–1 3–1
2
Banadir
 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 — 3–2
3 Comoros Ngazi de Mirontsi 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0 —
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(H) Hosts
Banadir
Benteke
Referee: Mohamed Jamal Juma (Bahrain)
ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti
3−1Comoros Ngazi de Mirontsi
Obayo 3'
71' (pen.)
74' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Issa Abdulla Ali (Bahrain)

Play-off round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NEJ CA CON
FAI
1 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to First round — 1–0 4–0
2 Tunisia Club Africain 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 — 2–2
3 Mauritania ASAC Concorde 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3 1–2 —
4
Al-Faisaly
 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1 1–2 1–3 —
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Al-Faisaly
 Report
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon4–0Mauritania ASAC Concorde
 Report
Referee: Sabri Mohammed Fadul (Sudan)
Al-Faisaly Saudi Arabia
1–2Lebanon Al-Nejmeh
  • Luisinho
    48'
 Report
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
ASAC Concorde Mauritania1–2Tunisia Club Africain
 Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon1–0Tunisia Club Africain
 Report
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Al-Faisaly Saudi Arabia
1–3Mauritania ASAC Concorde
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ITH FUS SAL
ADT
1 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Advance to First round — 1–1 8–0
2 Morocco FUS Rabat 3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7 — 5–0
3 Kuwait Al-Salmiya 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3 0–5 — 4–0
4
ASAS Djibouti Télécom
 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0 0–7 —
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt1–1Morocco FUS Rabat
 Report
Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
ASAS Djibouti Télécom
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)
Al-Salmiya Kuwait0–5Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
Report
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti
0–7Morocco FUS Rabat
Report
Referee: Khalid Saleh Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
ASAS Djibouti Télécom
 Report
Referee: Khalid Saleh Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
FUS Rabat Morocco5–0Kuwait Al-Salmiya
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

Knockout phase

Bracket

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Al-Hilal
1 1 2
Oman Al-Shabab 0 0 0
Al-Hilal
4 2 6
Iraq Al-Naft (a) 1 2 3 Iraq Al-Naft 0 0 0
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1 2 3
Al-Hilal
3 0 3
Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria (a) 1 2 3 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 0 0 0
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1 2 3 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria (p) 0 1 1 (4)
Egypt Zamalek (a) 0 1 1 Egypt Zamalek 1 0 1 (3)
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 0 1 1
Al-Hilal (p
) 		1 0 1 (3)
Egypt Al-Ahly 0 4 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 0 1 1 (2)
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 0 1 1 Egypt Al-Ahly 2 1 3
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1 0 1
Al-Wasl (a
) 		2 1 3
Al-Wasl (a
) 		1 0 1
Al-Wasl
2 1 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 1 1 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 2 2 4
Algeria ES Sétif (a) 2 0 2 Algeria ES Sétif 0 1 1
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 0 0 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 1 1 2
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 2 3 5
Al-Hilal
1
Egypt Ismaily (p) 2 0 2 (4) Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 0 2 2 (2) Egypt Ismaily 0 0 0 (2)
Salam Zgharta
1 1 2
Raja Casablanca (p
) 		0 0 0 (4)
Raja Casablanca
2 1 3
Raja Casablanca
0 1 1
Morocco Wydad Casablanca (p) 1 1 2 (4) Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2 0 2
Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 1 1 1 (2) Morocco Wydad Casablanca 0 0 0
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 3 3 6 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0 1 1
Jordan Al-Ramtha 1 1 2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1 0 1
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 1 1 2 Sudan Al-Merrikh 0 0 0
Al-Nassr
2 4 6
Al-Nassr
0 1 1
Al-Riffa
1 0 1 Algeria MC Alger 1 2 3
Algeria MC Alger 2 0 2 Algeria MC Alger 0 0 0
Syria Al-Jaish 1 1 2 Sudan Al-Merrikh 0 3 3
Sudan Al-Merrikh 3 1 4 Sudan Al-Merrikh 4 0 4
Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 0 0 Algeria USM Alger 1 2 3
Algeria USM Alger 1 3 4

First round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek Egypt 1–1 (a) Kuwait Al-Qadsia 0–0 1–1
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–2 (a) Algeria ES Sétif 1–2 1–0
Ismaily Egypt 2–2 (4–2 p) Kuwait Al-Kuwait 2–0 0–2
Salam Zgharta Lebanon
 2–3
Raja Casablanca
 1–2 1–1
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1–1 (a)
Al-Wasl
 1–1 0–0
Al-Naft Iraq 3–3 (a) Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–1 2–2
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
 2–0 Oman Al-Shabab 1–0 1–0
Al-Riffa Bahrain
 1–2 Algeria MC Alger 1–2 0–0
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 6–2 Jordan Al-Ramtha 3–1 3–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq 0–4 Algeria USM Alger 0–1 0–3[a]
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 2–6
Al-Nassr
 1–2 1–4
Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 3–3 (a) Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–1 2–2
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 2–2 (4–2 p) Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 1–1 1–1
Al-Jaish Syria 2–4 Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–3 1–1
Al-Ahly Egypt 4–1 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 0–0 4–1
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 0–5 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 0–2 0–3
Zamalek Egypt0–0Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Attendance: 10,000

1–1 on aggregate. Zamalek won on away goals.

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–2Algeria ES Sétif
 Report
Referee: Turki Al Khudair (Saudi Arabia)
ES Sétif Algeria0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

2–2 on aggregate. ES Sétif won on away goals.

Ismaily Egypt2–0Kuwait Al-Kuwait
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Al-Kuwait Kuwait2–0Egypt Ismaily
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Mohanad Qassim (Iraq
)

2–2 on aggregate. Ismaily won 4–2 on penalties.

17:00 UTC+3
Raja Casablanca
 Report
Zgharta Stadium, Zgharta
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia
)
19:00 UTC+1
Salam Zgharta
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Raja Casablanca won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Wasl
  • Lima
    12'
Attendance: 34,240
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates
0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Report
Attendance: 5,780
Referee: Ahmed Al Kaf (Oman)

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Wasl won on away goals.

CS Sfaxien Tunisia2–2Iraq Al-Naft
 Report
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco
)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Naft won on away goals.

20:30 UTC+3
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
1–0Oman Al-Shabab
 Report
King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria
)
18:00 UTC+3
Al-Hilal
Report
  • Eduardo
    61'
Seeb
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq
)

Al-Hilal won 2–0 on aggregate.

Al-Riffa
Report
Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
)

MC Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ramtha Jordan1–3Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Syria
)

Étoile du Sahel won 6–2 on aggregate.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq0–1Algeria USM Alger
Report
Karbala Olympic Stadium, Karbala
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait
)

USM Alger won 4–0 on aggregate. They were awarded a 3–0 walkover win in the second leg after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's players withdrew from the match at 71 minutes while losing 2–0 in protest at offensive chants from the home fans.

Al-Nassr
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt
)
20:30 UTC+3
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia
4–1United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
 Report
  • Leonardo
    7'
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
)

Al-Nassr won 6–2 on aggregate.

Espérance de Tunis Tunisia2–2Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
  • Belaili
    7'
  • Kom 52'
Mohanad Qassim (Iraq
)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ittihad Alexandria won on away goals.

Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya1–1Morocco Wydad Casablanca
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia
)

2–2 on aggregate. Wydad Casablanca won 4–2 on penalties.

Al-Merrikh won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ahly Egypt0–0Lebanon Al-Nejmeh
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon1–4Egypt Al-Ahly
  • Al Mohamed
    89'
 Report
Referee: Turki Al Khudair (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Ahly won 4–1 on aggregate.

Al-Muharraq Bahrain0–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Referee: Yaqoub Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia3–0Bahrain Al-Muharraq
 Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Al-Ahli Jeddah won 5–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Merrikh Sudan 4–3 Algeria USM Alger 4–1 0–2
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia
 1–3 Algeria MC Alger 0–1 1–2
Al-Ahly Egypt 3–3 (a)
Al-Wasl
 2–2 1–1
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 0–1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0–0 0–1
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
 6–0 Iraq Al-Naft 4–0 2–0
Ismaily Egypt 0–0 (2–4 p)
Raja Casablanca
 0–0 0-0
Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 1–1 (4–3 p) Egypt Zamalek 0–1 1–0
ES Sétif Algeria 1–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 0–1 1–1
Al-Merrikh Sudan4–1Algeria USM Alger
 Report
Referee: Turki Al Khudair (Saudi Arabia)
USM Alger Algeria2–0Sudan Al-Merrikh
 Report
Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee: Sultan Al Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates
)

Al-Merrikh won 4–3 on aggregate.

20:00 UTC+3
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia
0–1Algeria MC Alger
Report
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco
)

MC Alger won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates
1–1Egypt Al-Ahly
 Report
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Wasl won on away goals.

Wydad Casablanca Morocco0–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: Turki Al Khudair (Saudi Arabia)
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–0Morocco Wydad Casablanca
 Report
Mohanad Qassim (Iraq
)

Étoile du Sahel won 1–0 on aggregate.

20:00 UTC+3
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
4–0Iraq Al-Naft
 Report
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt
)
17:00 UTC+3
Al-Hilal
Report
  • Gomis 13'
  • Carlos Eduardo
    31'
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Al-Hilal won 6–0 on aggregate.

Raja Casablanca
Report
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Raja Casablanca Morocco
0–0Egypt Ismaily
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Referee: Ahmed Al Kaf (Oman)

0–0 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won 4–2 on penalties.

Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt0–1Egypt Zamalek
Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Zamalek Egypt0–1Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
Report
Penalties
 3–4
Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq
)

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Ittihad Alexandria won 4–3 on penalties.

20:00 UTC+1
ES Sétif Algeria0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Report
Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco
)

Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
 3–0 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 3–0 0–0
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates
 3–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 2–2 1–2
Raja Casablanca Morocco
 1–2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0–2 1–0
MC Alger Algeria 0–3 Sudan Al-Merrikh 0–0 0–3
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
3–0Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
  • Carlos Eduardo
    14'
  • Gomis 31', 41'
 Report
King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 15,184
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco
)

Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates
2–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Al-Wasl
 Report
Attendance: 10,450
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Al-Ahli Jeddah won 4–3 on aggregate.

Raja Casablanca Morocco
0–2Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Raja Casablanca
Report
Mohanad Qassim (Iraq
)

Étoile du Sahel won 2–1 on aggregate.

19:00 UTC+1
MC Alger Algeria0–0Sudan Al-Merrikh
Report
Stade du 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 25 000
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia
)

Al-Merrikh won 3–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
 1–1 (3–2 p) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 1–0 0–1
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 1–0 Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–0 0–0
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
 Report
King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
)

1–1 on aggregate. Al-Hilal won 3–2 on penalties.

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–0Sudan Al-Merrikh
 Report
Al-Merrikh Sudan0–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: Sultan Al Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)

Étoile du Sahel won 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article:
2019 Arab Club Champions Cup Final
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia
1–2Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Gomis 64' (pen.) Report Aribi 30'
Mothnani 90+1'
Attendance: 15,000

Top scorers

Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.

As of 18 April 2019
  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team FR1 FR2 SR1 SR2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F  Total
1 Sudan Mohamed Abdel Rahman Sudan Al-Merrikh 2 3 2 7
2 France Bafétimbi Gomis
Al-Hilal
 1 1 2 1 5
3 Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Ghareeb Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 2 1 3
Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Shehri
Al-Nassr
 1 1 1
Carlos Eduardo
Al-Hilal
 1 1 1

Broadcasting

2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup Media Coverage
Country Television Channel
 United Arab Emirates
AD Sports[3]

Notes & references

Notes

  1. ^ USM Alger were awarded a 3–0 walkover win in the second leg after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's players withdrew from the match at 71 minutes while losing 2–0 in protest at offensive chants from the home fans.

References

  1. ^ @UAFAAC (April 24, 2018). "Regards to success in the teams participating in the Arab Cup of Clubs" كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال ، جدول البطولة (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Winners of Arab club tournament to earn $6 mln
  3. ^ "‏قنوات أبوظبي الرياضية تفوز بحقوق البث الحصري لبطولة كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال" (in Arabic). uafaac.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-27.

External links

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