2004–05 Arab Champions League

The 2004–05 Arab Champions League was 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.

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-Ittihad Jeddah (1st title)
Runners-up CS Sfaxien
Third place Al-Ahli Jeddah
Fourth place Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played96
Goals scored248 (2.58 per match)

The competition's sponsor ART invited Iraq's Al-Talaba to compete. The Iraqi FA then nominated two other clubs (Erbil SC and 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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nejmeh SC 1–7 CS Sfaxien 0–1 1–6
Al-Karamah 0–1 Zamalek SC 0–0 0–1
Al-Muharraq SC 2–3 MC Alger 0–1 2–2
Kuwait SC 2–1 AS Salé 2–0 0–1
Al-Ahli Doha 5–1 Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) 3–0 2–1
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 12–0 Shaab Ibb 10–0 2–0
ASAC Concorde 0–4 ES Sétif 0–2 0–2
Olympic Azzaweya 1–4 Ghazl El-Mahalla 1–2 0–2
Al-Hilal 18–0 Gendarmerie Nationale FC 11–0 7–0
Al-Qadsia 1–1 (a) Al-Faisaly 1–1 0–0
Tishreen 0–5 Al-Ismaily 0–3 0–2
Al-Ahed 1–3 Club Africain 1–1 0–2
Al-Ittihad Tripoli 1–3 NA Hussein Dey 1–2 0–1
Muscat Club 3–4 CA Bizertin 1–1 1–3
Al-Aqsa SC 2–4 Al-Ahli Jeddah 1–3 1–1
Riffa SC 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
CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13 4–0 2–0 1–0
MC Alger 6 3 1 2 6 12 −6 10 2–1 0–0 3–2
Zamalek SC 6 2 3 1 9 5 +4 9 1–1 5–0 2–1
Kuwait SC 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 0–4 0–1 1–1
Source:

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
Al-Ahli Doha 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9 3–2 1–1 2–0
ES Sétif 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 0–2 1–0 2–0
Ghazl El-Mahalla 6 0 2 4 3 10 −7 2 1–3 1–1 0–0
Source:

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ISC HIL CAF FAI
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
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:

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
Al-Ahli Jeddah 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8 1–1 1–1 1–0
NA Hussein Dey 6 1 4 1 9 9 0 7 1–1 2–2 3–0
CA Bizertin 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5 1–0 0–0 2–2
Source:

Knock-out stage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
Al-Ahli Doha 1 1 2
CS Sfaxien 2 2 4
Al-Ahli Jeddah 0 4 4
CS Sfaxien 3 4 7
MC Alger 1 0 1 (4)
Al-Ittihad (p) 0 1 1 (5)
CS Sfaxien 0 1 1
Al-Ittihad 2 2 4
Al-Ahli Jeddah 2 0 2
Al-Ismaily 0 1 1
Al-Hilal 0 1 1 Third place
Al-Ittihad 1 2 3
Al-Hilal 1 1 2 Al-Hilal 3 2 5
Wydad AC 0 1 1 Al-Ahli Jeddah 1 2 3

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

CS Sfaxien won 4–2 on aggregate.

MC Alger 1–0 Al-Ittihad
Benali 73'
Al-Ittihad 1–0 MC Alger
Idris 90'
Penalties
5–4

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

Al-Ahli Jeddah 2–0 Al-Ismaily
Pereira 47', 90' (pen.)
Al-Ismaily 1–0 Al-Ahli Jeddah
Abd-Rabou 5'

Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal 1–0 Wydad Casablanca
Al-Jaber 14'
Wydad Casablanca 1–1 Al-Hilal
Madihi 65' Al-Shalhoub 26'

Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals
Al-Ahli Jeddah 0–3 CS Sfaxien
Ba 55'
Kouassi 81'
Essafi 90+4'
CS Sfaxien 4–4 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-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad
Al-Waked 60'
Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal
Al-Montashari 29'
Al-Eissa 40'		 Camacho 73'

Al-Ittihad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third place match
Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ahli Jeddah
Al-Mofarij 53'
Camacho 60'
Al-Jaber 87'		 Pereira 75'
Al-Ahli Jeddah 2–2 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 0–2 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Shahrani 63', 90'
Referee: Jassem Al-Heel (Qatar)
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2–1 CS Sfaxien
Gharbi 11' (o.g.)
Noor 23'		 Khammassi 42'

Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.

Winners
2003–04 Arab Champions League

Al-Ittihad Jeddah
First title
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.