2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup knockout stage

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The 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup knockout stage began on 20 August 2019 and ended on 21 August 2021 with the final at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, to decide the champions of the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup.[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout stage.

Round and draw dates[edit]

The schedule is as follows. The tournament was postponed for ten months in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 27 July 2019 18–25 August 2019
First round 20 August – 24 September 2019 30 August – 3 October 2019
Second round 5 October 2019 23 October – 8 November 2019 4 November – 16 December 2019
Quarter-finals 4 December 2019 23 December 2019 – 15 January 2020 20 January – 15 February 2020
Semi-finals 16 February – 2 December 2020 4 January – 11 January 2021
Final 21 August 2021 at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Format[edit]

Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time will not be played and the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out.[1]

Qualified teams[edit]

The knockout stage involves 32 teams: the 30 teams which enter the competition from this stage, and the two teams which qualify from the preliminary round.

Teams were seeded based on their association rank in their respective region.

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2
Teams

Bracket[edit]

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Algeria JS Saoura 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 3 2 5 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1 1 2
Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 2 1 3 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 0 1 1
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1 0 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 6 1 7
Syria Al-Jaish 1 0 1 Iraq Al-Shorta 0 0 0
Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 1 1 2 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 0 0 0
Kuwait Al-Kuwait 3 0 3 Iraq Al-Shorta 1 5 6
Iraq Al-Shorta (a) 1 2 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 2 1 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 2 1 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2 2 4
Sudan Al-Hilal 0 2 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 3 0 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2 2 4
Lebanon Al-Ahed 0 0 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1 1 2
Morocco Olympic Safi 1 1 2 Morocco Olympic Safi 1 0 1
Bahrain Al-Riffa 1 0 1 Morocco Olympic Safi (p) 1 1 2 (4)
Lebanon Nejmeh 1 0 1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1 1 2 (2)
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1 2 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 4 (3)
Kuwait Al-Arabi 0 0 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca (p) 4 (4)
Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 1 2 3 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 2 1 3
Algeria CS Constantine 3 0 3 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 0 0 0
Bahrain Al-Muharraq (a) 1 2 3 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 0 0 0
Egypt Ismaily 4 0 4 Egypt Ismaily 1 0 1
Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 2 1 3 Egypt Ismaily 2 2 4
Oman Al-Nasr 0 1 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 1 3 4 Egypt Ismaily 1 0 1
Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 1 4 Morocco Raja Casablanca 0 3 3
Kuwait Al-Salmiya 1 1 2 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 0 0 (2)
Algeria MC Alger 1 1 2 Algeria MC Alger (p) 0 0 0 (4)
Oman Dhofar 0 1 1 Algeria MC Alger 1 1 2
Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 2 3 Morocco Raja Casablanca (a) 2 0 2
State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 0 0 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca (a) 1 4 5
Sudan Al-Merrikh 1 0 1 Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1 4 5
Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1 2 3

First round[edit]

Summary[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq 4–2 Kuwait Al-Salmiya 3–1 1–1
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan 3–1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–1 1–0
Al-Jaish Syria 1–2 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 1–1 0–1
Al-Merrikh Sudan 1–3 Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1–1 0–2
Ismaily Egypt 4–3 Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 4–2 0–1
Al-Nasr Oman 1–4 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 0–1 1–3
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 3–2 Sudan Al-Hilal 2–0 1–2
Al-Arabi Kuwait 0–3 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 0–1 0–2
Olympic Safi Morocco 2–1 Bahrain Al-Riffa 1–1 1–0
Nejmeh Lebanon 1–3 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–1 0–2
MC Alger Algeria 2–1 Oman Dhofar 1–0 1–1
Al-Kuwait Kuwait 3–3 (a) Iraq Al-Shorta 3–1 0–2
Raja Casablanca Morocco 3–0 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 1–0 2–0
JS Saoura Algeria 1–5 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1–3 0–2
CS Constantine Algeria 3–3 (a) Bahrain Al-Muharraq 3–1 0–2
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3–0[A] Lebanon Al-Ahed 3–0 0–0

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches[edit]

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq3–1Kuwait Al-Salmiya
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Al-Salmiya Kuwait1–1Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
 Report

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 4–2 on aggregate.

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia0–1Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
Report
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Shabab Al-Ordon won 3–1 on aggregate.

FC Nouadhibou Mauritania1–0Syria Al-Jaish
 Report
Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

FC Nouadhibou won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Merrikh Sudan1–1Morocco Wydad Casablanca
 Report
Wydad Casablanca Morocco2–0Sudan Al-Merrikh
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Wydad Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.

Ismaily Egypt4–2Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi
 Report

Ismaily won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al-Nasr Oman0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Report
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates3–1Oman Al-Nasr
 Report

Al-Jazira won 4–1 on aggregate.

Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates2–0Sudan Al-Hilal
 Report
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Al-Hilal Sudan2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
 Report

Al-Wasl won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt2–0Kuwait Al-Arabi
 Report

Al-Ittihad Alexandria won 3–0 on aggregate.

Olympic Safi Morocco1–1Bahrain Al-Riffa
 Report
Al-Riffa Bahrain0–1Morocco Olympic Safi
Report

Olympic Safi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Nejmeh Lebanon1–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report

Espérance de Tunis won 3–1 on aggregate.

MC Alger Algeria1–0Oman Dhofar
 Report
Dhofar Oman1–1Algeria MC Alger
 Report

MC Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Kuwait Kuwait3–1Iraq Al-Shorta
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Al-Shorta Iraq2–0Kuwait Al-Kuwait
 Report

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

Raja Casablanca Morocco1–0State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
 Report

Raja Casablanca won 3–0 on aggregate.

JS Saoura Algeria1–3Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
 Report
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia2–0Algeria JS Saoura
 Report
Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.

Al-Muharraq Bahrain2–0Algeria CS Constantine
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Yacoub (Jordan)

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

Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia3–0Lebanon Al-Ahed
 Report
Al-Ahed Lebanon0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Report
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Al-Ittihad Jeddah won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second round[edit]

Summary[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq 0–0 (2–4 p) Algeria MC Alger 0–0 0–0
Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 3–0 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 2–0 1–0
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 2–1 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon 1–0 1–1
Raja Casablanca Morocco 5–5 (a) Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1–1 4–4
FC Nouadhibou Mauritania 0–6 Iraq Al-Shorta 0–1 0–5
Ismaily Egypt 4–0 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 2–0 2–0
Olympic Safi Morocco 2–2 (4–2 p) Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–1 1–1
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 1–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1–2 0–2

Matches[edit]

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq0–0Algeria MC Alger
Report

0–0 on aggregate. MC Alger won 4–2 on penalties.

Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt2–0Bahrain Al-Muharraq
 Report
Al-Muharraq Bahrain0–1Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Al-Ittihad Alexandria won 3–0 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia1–0Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
 Report
Shabab Al-Ordon Jordan1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
 Report

Al-Shabab won 2–1 on aggregate.

Wydad Casablanca Morocco4–4Morocco Raja Casablanca
 Report
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

5–5 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won on away goals.

Al-Shorta Iraq5–0Mauritania FC Nouadhibou
 Report

Al-Shorta won 6–0 on aggregate.

Ismaily Egypt2–0United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
 Report
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates0–2Egypt Ismaily
Report

Ismaily won 4–0 on aggregate.

Olympic Safi Morocco1–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

2–2 on aggregate. Olympic Safi won 4–2 on penalties.

Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates1–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia2–0United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Al-Ittihad Jeddah won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[edit]

Summary[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 7–0 Iraq Al-Shorta 6–0 1–0
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2–1 Morocco Olympic Safi 1–1 1–0
Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 0–1 Egypt Ismaily 0–1 0–0
MC Alger Algeria 2–2 (a) Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–2 1–0

Matches[edit]

Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia6–0Iraq Al-Shorta
 Report
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Al-Shorta Iraq0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Report

Al-Shabab won 7–0 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ismaily Egypt0–0Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
Report

Ismaily won 1–0 on aggregate.

Raja Casablanca Morocco0–1Algeria MC Alger
Report

2–2 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won on away goals.

Semi-finals[edit]

Summary[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 3–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2–2 1–2
Ismaily Egypt 1–3 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–0 0–3

Matches[edit]

Ismaily Egypt1–0Morocco Raja Casablanca
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Raja Casablanca Morocco3–0Egypt Ismaily
 Report

Final[edit]

Main article: 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final

The final was played on 21 August 2021 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia4–4Morocco Raja CA
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Top goalscorers[edit]

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team FR1 FR2 SR1 SR2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F  Total
1 Brazil Romarinho Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 10
2 Morocco Mouhcine Moutouali Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 2 1 1 5
3 Colombia Danilo Asprilla Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1 3 4
Egypt Khaled Kamar Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 1 1 1 1
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ben Malango Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 1 1 3
Serbia Aleksandar Prijović Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1 1 1
Iraq Amjad Attwan Iraq Al-Shorta 3
United Arab Emirates Zaid Al-Ameri United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 1 2
Brazil Sebá Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1 2
Argentina Cristian Guanca Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1 1 1
11 Egypt Wagih Abdel Hakim Egypt Ismaily 2 2
Sudan Waleed Bakhet Sudan Al-Hilal 2
Ivory Coast Koffi Boua Morocco Olympic Safi 1 1
Algeria Samy Frioui Algeria MC Alger 1 1
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Hamdan Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1 1
Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissi Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2
Brazil Fábio Lima United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 1 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Mapuku Iraq Al-Shorta 2
Morocco Mohamed Nahiri Morocco Wydad Casablanca 1 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo Fabrice Ngoma Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 1
Namibia Benson Shilongo Egypt Ismaily 2
Iraq Nabeel Sabah Iraq Al-Shorta 2
Morocco Mahmoud Benhalib Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 1

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b The advancing teams from the qualifying round were listed as Qualifier A (Al-Riffa) and Qualifier B (JS Saoura) at the time of the first round draw as the identity of the teams had not been confirmed.
  2. ^ Teams from Syria played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
  3. ^ Teams from Libya played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
  4. ^ The second leg fixture between MC Alger and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, originally scheduled to be played on 24 November 2019, was postponed following issues concerning the travels of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya due to security concerns from the 2019–20 Iraqi protests. The UAFA later announced that the match would take place on 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ The second leg fixture between Al-Shorta and FC Nouadhibou, originally scheduled to be played at the Karbala International Stadium in Karbala, Iraq, was played at Al Khor SC Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar due to security concerns from the 2019–20 Iraqi protests.
  6. ^ The second leg fixture between Al-Shorta and Al-Shabab, originally scheduled to be played at the Karbala International Stadium in Karbala, Iraq, was played at King Abdullah II Stadium in Amman, Jordan due to security concerns from the 2019–20 Iraqi protests.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b