2004–05 Arab Champions League

2004–05 Arab Champions League
دوري أبطال العرب 2004–05
Tournament details
Dates 20 Sep 2004 – 1 Jul 2005
Teams 32 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Third place Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Fourth place Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played 96
Goals scored 248 (2.58 per match)

The 2004–05 Arab Champions League is the second edition of a new format called Arab Champions League replacing the former Arab Unified Club Championship. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. Al-Ittihad Jeddah of Saudi Arabia won the final against CS Sfaxien of Tunisia.

The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) decided that Iraq would have only one representative team participating in the tournament, with the competition's sponsor ART inviting Al-Talaba to compete. The Iraqi FA refused to submit any clubs for the tournament unless UAFA allowed three teams from Iraq to participate. Four other countries had three participants: Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and Saudi Arabia. The Iraqi FA nominated Erbil SC and Najaf FC (leaders of the Northern and Southern groups when the domestic championship was abandoned in spring 2004) to be the other two teams, but UAFA refused the Iraqi FA's request to allow these two teams to participate. The Iraqi FA then withdrew Al-Talaba from the tournament and were subsequently suspended from UAFA.

First round

Al-Hussein SC apparently replaced Al-Wehdat SC.

Team 1 Agg. 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 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 Djibouti Gendarmerie Nationale FC 11–0 7–0
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 1–1 (a) Jordan 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 Morocco Wydad Casablanca 0–1 1–2

Group stage

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Egypt Al-Ismaily 6 5 1 0 11 5 +6 16
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
Tunisia Club Africain 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7
Jordan Al-Faisaly 6 0 2 4 5 9 −4 2
  FAI HIL ISC CAF
Al-Faisaly — 2–2 1–2 0–1
Al-Hilal 2–1 — 1–1 3–1
Al-Ismaily 2–1 2–0 — 2–1
Club Africain 0–0 1–0 1–2 —

Group D

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

Knock-out stage

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

Quarterfinals

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

CS Sfaxien won 4–2 on aggregate.

MC Alger Algeria 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Benali  73'

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

Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2–0 Egypt Al-Ismaily
Pereira  47', 90' (pen.)

Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0–3 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Ba  55'
Kouassi  81'
Essafi  90+4'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 4–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Guemamdia  9', 90'
Massaoud  28'
Nafti  64'		 Kim  24', 55'
Lúcio Flávio  75'
Al-Meshal  82'

CS Sfaxien won 7–4 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third place match

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Al-Mofarij  53'
Camacho  60'
Al-Jaber  87'		 Pereira  75'
Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al-Muhamadi  68'
Al-Abdullah  90+3'		 Al-Anbar  64'
Al-Temyat  67'

Al-Hilal won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

CS Sfaxien Tunisia 0–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Shahrani  63', 90'
Referee: Jassem Al-Heel (Qatar)
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2–1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Gharbi  11' (o.g.)
Noor  23'		 Khammassi  42'

Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.

Winners

2003–04 Arab Champions League
Saudi Arabia
Al-Ittihad Jeddah
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