2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup

2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup
Tournament details
Dates Qualifying:
5–24 May 2018
Competition proper:
31 July 2018 – 28 April 2019
Teams 40 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 47
Goals scored 134 (2.85 per match)
Top scorer(s) Egypt Gedo
Ghana Emmanuel Banahene
Ivory Coast Razack Cissé
(4 goals each)

The 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup, known officially as the 2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup (Arabic: كأس زايد للأندية الأبطال 2018–19‎) in honour of the late Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, is the 28th season (not including 1990) of the Arab World's inter-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. The draws for the qualifying play-off and first round were held on 24 April 2018.[1]

Teams

A total of 40 teams are participating in the tournament; 20 from Asia and 20 from Africa. 10 clubs start in the qualifying play-off where two of them will advance to the first round which consists of 32 teams. From then on, the tournament is played in a knockout format with home and away legs, until the final which is 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 only, teams would be invited to participate rather than qualifying through performance in the 2016–17 season's domestic competitions.

Associations which did not enter a team
  • State of Palestine Palestine
    (due to refusal to create an "all-star" team)
  • Qatar Qatar
    (due to scheduling difficulties with other tournaments)
  • Yemen Yemen
    (due to the suspension of footballing activity in the country)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is 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 TBD
Quarter-finals TBD
Semi-finals
Final 28 April 2019

Qualifying play-off

Preliminary round

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom (H) 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4Play-off round
2 Somalia Banadir 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
3 Comoros Ngazi de Mirontsi 2 0 0 2 3 6 −3 0

Updated to games played on 5 May 2018.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament. (H) = Host.

ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti 1−1 Somalia Banadir
Benteke
Referee: Mohamed Jamal Juma (Bahrain)

Banadir Somalia 3−2 Comoros Ngazi de Mirontsi
Benteke
Khaliif 		Report Fanomezantsoa
Harimbola
Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi (Saudi Arabia)

ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti 3−1 Comoros 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 or relegation
1 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9First round
2 Tunisia Club Africain 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 Mauritania ASAC Concorde 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1

Updated to games played on 21 May 2018.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Club Africain Tunisia 2–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly
 Report
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

Al-Nejmeh Lebanon 4–0 Mauritania ASAC Concorde
  • Siblini  15', 40'
  • Alaeddine  52'
  • Maatouk  64'
 Report
Referee: Sabri Mohammed Fadul (Sudan)

Al-Faisaly Saudi Arabia 1–2 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh
 Report
  • Matar  53'
  • Al Hajj  90+1'
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

ASAC Concorde Mauritania 1–2 Tunisia Club Africain
  • Mohamed  62'
 Report
  • Chammakhi  54'
  • Khefifi  63'
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Al-Nejmeh Lebanon 1–0 Tunisia Club Africain
 Report
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Al-Faisaly Saudi Arabia 1–3 Mauritania ASAC Concorde
  • Seck  35', 78'
  • Sy  71'
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Group B

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7First round
2 Morocco Fath Union Sport 3 2 1 0 13 1 +12 7
3 Kuwait Al-Salmiya 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
4 Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0

Updated to games played on 5 May 2018.
Source: Goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 1–1 Morocco Fath Union Sport
 Report
  • Louadni  13'
Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Salmiya Kuwait 4–0 Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

Al-Salmiya Kuwait 0–5 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
Report
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti 0–7 Morocco Fath Union Sport
Report
  • Anouar  25'
  • Diakité  36'
  • El Bahraoui  38'
  • Badamosi  66'
  • El Bettache  68'
  • Louani  86'
  • El Bassil  90+4'
Referee: Khalid Saleh Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 8–0 Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom
 Report
Referee: Khalid Saleh Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

Fath Union Sport Morocco 5–0 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
  • Zerhouni  41'
  • Skouma  45'
  • Diakité  50'
  • Herimat  79'
  • Badamosi  90'
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

First round

Team 1 Agg. 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 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–2 1–1
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1–1 (a) United Arab Emirates 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[lower-alpha 1]
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 2–6 Saudi Arabia 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 Egypt 0–0 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Attendance: 10,000

Al-Qadsia Kuwait 1–1 Egypt Zamalek
  • Hani  90+5'
 Report

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

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

ES Sétif Algeria 0–1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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

Ismaily Egypt 2–0 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Al-Kuwait Kuwait 2–0 Egypt Ismaily
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

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

Salam Zgharta Lebanon 1–2 Morocco Raja Casablanca
  • Nias  43'
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Raja Casablanca Morocco 1–1 Lebanon Salam Zgharta
 Report
  • Nias  90+2'

Raja Casablanca won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1–1 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 0–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Report
Attendance: 5,780
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

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

Al-Naft Iraq 1–1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
 Report
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

CS Sfaxien Tunisia 2–2 Iraq Al-Naft
  • Chaouat  16' (pen.), 90+8'
 Report
Referee: Noureddine El-Jaafari (Morocco)

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

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1–0 Oman Al-Shabab
 Report
King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Al-Shabab Oman 0–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Al-Hilal won 2–0 on aggregate.

Al-Riffa Bahrain 1–2 Algeria MC Alger
  • Haram  40'
 Report
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)

MC Alger Algeria 0–0 Bahrain Al-Riffa
Report
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

MC Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 3–1 Jordan Al-Ramtha
  • Brigui  7', 47'
  • Ben Larbi  45'
Referee: Aymen El-Sharif (Libya)

Al-Ramtha Jordan 1–3 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
 Report
  • Ben Aziza  7', 23'
  • Marey  39'
Referee: Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria)

Étoile du Sahel won 6–2 on aggregate.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq 0–1 Algeria USM Alger
Report
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 Saudi Arabia 4–1 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
 Report
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Al-Nassr won 6–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 1–1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report
  • Mejri  70'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)

Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 2–2 Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

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

Wydad Casablanca Morocco 1–1 Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
  • Taqtaq  23'

Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya 1–1 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
  • Saltou  32'
 Report
Penalties
  • Taqtaq
  • Aleyat
  • Ablo
  • Maatouk
2–4
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

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

Al-Jaish Syria 1–3 Sudan Al-Merrikh
  • Fares  22'
 Report
  • Abdul-Rahman  34' (pen.), 60'
  • Somana  35'

Al-Merrikh Sudan 1–1 Syria Al-Jaish
  • Adam  83'
 Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Al-Merrikh won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ahly Egypt 0–0 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh
Referee: Noureddine El-Jaafari (Morocco)

Al-Nejmeh Lebanon 1–4 Egypt Al-Ahly
 Report
Referee: Turki Al-Khudair (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Ahly won 4–1 on aggregate.

Al-Muharraq Bahrain 0–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Referee: Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia 3–0 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
 Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Al-Ahli Jeddah won 5–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Merrikh Sudan – Algeria USM Alger 20 Nov 10 Dec
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia – Algeria MC Alger 6 Nov 27 Nov
Al-Ahly Egypt – United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 28 Oct 22 Nov
Wydad Casablanca Morocco – Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 27 Oct 8 Nov
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia – Iraq Al-Naft 29 Oct 30 Nov
Ismaily Egypt – Morocco Raja Casablanca 29 Oct 11 Dec
Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt – Egypt Zamalek 27 Oct 30 Nov
ES Sétif Algeria – Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 28 Oct 4 Dec

Al-Merrikh Sudan v Algeria USM Alger

USM Alger Algeria v Sudan Al-Merrikh

Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia v Algeria MC Alger

MC Alger Algeria v Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr

Al-Ahly Egypt v United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl

Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates v Egypt Al-Ahly

Wydad Casablanca Morocco v Tunisia Étoile du Sahel

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia v Morocco Wydad Casablanca

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia v Iraq Al-Naft

Al-Naft Iraq v Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

Ismaily Egypt v Morocco Raja Casablanca

Raja Casablanca Morocco v Egypt Ismaily

Al-Ittihad Alexandria Egypt v Egypt Zamalek

Zamalek Egypt v Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria

ES Sétif Algeria v Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah

Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia v Algeria ES Sétif

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8

1 – 2
,

2 – 1

3 – 4
,

4 – 3

5 – 6
,

6 – 5

7 – 8
,

8 – 7

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
1 2
3 4

1 – 2
,

2 – 1

3 – 4
,

4 – 3

Final

1 – 2

Top scorers

As of 30 September 2018
  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.

Note: Players in bold still active in competition.

Rank Player Team PMR PR1 PR2 PR3 1R1 1R2 2R1 2R2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F  Total
1 Egypt Gedo Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria ––3–1 4
Ghana Emmanuel Banahene Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria –31––
Ivory Coast Razack Cissé Egypt Al-Ittihad Alexandria 1–21–
4 Somalia Abdukadir Benteke Somalia Banadir 3 3
5 Algeria Abdelmoumene Djabou Algeria ES Sétif 2– 2
Jordan Khaled Al-Dardour Jordan Al-Ramtha 11
Lebanon Hassan Maatouk Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1–1––
Lebanon Mahmoud Siblini Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 2––––
Mauritania Amado Nias Lebanon Salam Zgharta 11
Mauritania Mamadou Seck Mauritania ASAC Concorde ––2
The Gambia Muhammed Badamosi Morocco Fath Union Sport –11
Ivory Coast Lamine Diakité Morocco Fath Union Sport –11
Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Ghareeb Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah –2
Syria Omar Al Somah Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 11
Morocco Nordin Amrabat Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr –2
Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Shehri Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 11
Sudan Mohamed Abdul-Rahman Sudan Al-Merrikh 2–
Tunisia Bilel Khefifi Tunisia Club Africain 11–
Tunisia Firas Chaouat Tunisia CS Sfaxien –2
Tunisia Saddam Ben Aziza Tunisia Étoile du Sahel –2
Tunisia Alaya Brigui Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–
Ivory Coast Ibrahim Diaky United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 11

Broadcasting

2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup Media Coverage
Country Television Channel
 United Arab Emirates AD Sports HD [2]

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. ↑ UAFA Official Twitter
  2. ↑ "‏قنوات أبوظبي الرياضية تفوز بحقوق البث الحصري لبطولة كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال". uafaac.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-07-27.
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