2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup, officially named the 2019–20 Mohammed VI Champions Cup (Arabic: كأس محمد السادس للأندية الأبطال 2019–20) after Mohammed VI of Morocco, where the final was hosted, was the 29th season (not including 1990) of the Arab World's inter-club football tournament organised by UAFA.[1]

2019–20 Mohammed VI Champions Cup
2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
18–25 August 2019
Competition proper:
20 August 2019 – 21 August 2021
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 38 (from 20 associations)
Final positions
Champions Raja CA (2nd title)
Runners-up Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Romarinho
(10 goals)

Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions, having won their first title the previous edition. They were eliminated by Shabab Al-Ordon in the first round.[2] The tournament was postponed for ten months in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, and the final was played on 21 August 2021, where Raja Casablanca defeated Al-Ittihad Jeddah on penalties after a 4–4 draw to earn their second title.[3]

Teams

A total of 38 teams participated in the tournament; 19 from Africa and 19 from Asia. 8 clubs started in the preliminary round 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 is a one-leg match played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco.[4]

Associations which did not enter a team
Notes
  1. Not including the club's appearance in the cancelled 1990 edition.

Prize money

The prize money is as follows:[5]

  • Winners: $6,000,000
  • Runners-up: $2,500,000
  • Semi-finalists: $500,000
  • Quarter-finalists: $200,000
  • Second round: $50,000
  • First round: $20,000

Round and draw dates
The Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat hosted the final.

The schedule is as follows.[6]

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

Preliminary round
Main article: 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSC IRT ZSC HOR
1 Al-Riffa 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Advance to First round — 5–0
2 Ittihad Tanger 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6 0–2 — 3–0
3 Al-Zawraa 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 0–1 — 2–0
4 Horseed 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0 1–6 —
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JSS CAB TEL FOM
1 JS Saoura 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to First round — 1–0
2 CA Bizertin 3 2 0 1 10 1 +9 6 0–1 — 3–0
3 ASAS Djibouti Télécom 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3 — 3–2
4 Fomboni 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0 0–5 0–7 —
Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Knockout stage
Main article: 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup knockout stage

Bracket
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
JS Saoura 1 0 1
Al-Shabab 3 2 5 Al-Shabab 1 1 2
Shabab Al-Ordon 2 1 3 Shabab Al-Ordon 0 1 1
Étoile du Sahel 1 0 1 Al-Shabab 6 1 7
Al-Jaish 1 0 1 Al-Shorta 0 0 0
FC Nouadhibou 1 1 2 FC Nouadhibou 0 0 0
Al-Kuwait 3 0 3 Al-Shorta 1 5 6
Al-Shorta (a) 1 2 3 Al-Shabab 2 1 3
Al-Wasl 2 1 3 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2 2 4
Al-Hilal 0 2 2 Al-Wasl 1 0 1
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 3 0 3 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2 2 4
Al-Ahed 0 0 0 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1 1 2
Olympic Safi 1 1 2 Olympic Safi 1 0 1
Al-Riffa 1 0 1 Olympic Safi (p) 1 1 2 (4)
Nejmeh 1 0 1 Espérance de Tunis 1 1 2 (2)
Espérance de Tunis 1 2 3 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 4 (3)
Al-Arabi 0 0 0 Raja Casablanca (p) 4 (4)
Al-Ittihad Alexandria 1 2 3 Al-Ittihad Alexandria 2 1 3
CS Constantine 3 0 3 Al-Muharraq 0 0 0
Al-Muharraq (a) 1 2 3 Al-Ittihad Alexandria 0 0 0
Ismaily 4 0 4 Ismaily 1 0 1
Al-Ahly Benghazi 2 1 3 Ismaily 2 2 4
Al-Nasr 0 1 1 Al-Jazira 0 0 0
Al-Jazira 1 3 4 Ismaily 1 0 1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3 1 4 Raja Casablanca 0 3 3
Al-Salmiya 1 1 2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0 0 0 (2)
MC Alger 1 1 2 MC Alger (p) 0 0 0 (4)
Dhofar 0 1 1 MC Alger 1 1 2
Raja Casablanca 1 2 3 Raja Casablanca (a) 2 0 2
Hilal Al-Quds 0 0 0 Raja Casablanca (a) 1 4 5
Al-Merrikh 1 0 1 Wydad Casablanca 1 4 5
Wydad Casablanca 1 2 3

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 27 July 2019.[7]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4–2 Al-Salmiya 3–1 1–1
Shabab Al-Ordon 3–1 Étoile du Sahel 2–1 1–0
Al-Jaish 1–2 FC Nouadhibou 1–1 0–1
Al-Merrikh 1–3 Wydad Casablanca 1–1 0–2
Ismaily 4–3 Al-Ahly Benghazi 4–2 0–1
Al-Nasr 1–4 Al-Jazira 0–1 1–3
Al-Wasl 3–2 Al-Hilal 2–0 1–2
Al-Arabi 0–3 Al-Ittihad Alexandria 0–1 0–2
Olympic Safi 2–1 Al-Riffa 1–1 1–0
Nejmeh 1–3 Espérance de Tunis 1–1 0–2
MC Alger 2–1 Dhofar 1–0 1–1
Al-Kuwait 3–3 (a) Al-Shorta 3–1 0–2
Raja Casablanca 3–0 Hilal Al-Quds 1–0 2–0
JS Saoura 1–5 Al-Shabab 1–3 0–2
CS Constantine 3–3 (a) Al-Muharraq 3–1 0–2
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 3–0[upper-alpha 1] Al-Ahed 3–0 0–0

Notes

  1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 5 October 2019.[8]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0–0 (2–4 p) MC Alger 0–0 0–0
Al-Ittihad Alexandria 3–0 Al-Muharraq 2–0 1–0
Al-Shabab 2–1 Shabab Al-Ordon 1–0 1–1
Raja Casablanca 5–5 (a) Wydad Casablanca 1–1 4–4
FC Nouadhibou 0–6 Al-Shorta 0–1 0–5
Ismaily 4–0 Al-Jazira 2–0 2–0
Olympic Safi 2–2 (4–2 p) Espérance de Tunis 1–1 1–1
Al-Wasl 1–4 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1–2 0–2

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 4 December 2019.[9]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Shabab 7–0 Al-Shorta 6–0 1–0
Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2–1 Olympic Safi 1–1 1–0
Al-Ittihad Alexandria 0–1 Ismaily 0–1 0–0
MC Alger 2–2 (a) Raja Casablanca 1–2 1–0

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 4 December 2019 (after the quarter-finals draw).[9]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Shabab 3–4 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2–2 1–2
Ismaily 1–3 Raja Casablanca 1–0 0–3

Final
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.[9]

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

Top goalscorers

Statistics exclude preliminary round.

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team FR1 FR2 SR1 SR2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F  Total
1 Romarinho Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1211113 10
2 Mouhcine Moutouali Raja Casablanca 1211 5
3 Danilo Asprilla Al-Shabab 13 4
Khaled Kamar Al-Ittihad Alexandria 1111
5 Ben Malango Raja Casablanca 111 3
Aleksandar Prijović Al-Ittihad Jeddah 111
Amjad Attwan Al-Shorta 3
Zaid Al-Ameri Al-Jazira 12
Sebá Al-Shabab 12
Cristian Guanca Al-Shabab 111
11 Wagih Abdel Hakim Ismaily 2 2
Waleed Bakhet Al-Hilal 2
Koffi Boua Olympic Safi 11
Samy Frioui MC Alger 11
Abdullah Al-Hamdan Al-Shabab 11
Taha Yassine Khenissi Espérance de Tunis 2
Fábio Lima Al-Wasl 11
Junior Mapuku Al-Shorta 2
Mohamed Nahiri Wydad Casablanca 11
Fabrice Ngoma Raja Casablanca 11
Benson Shilongo Ismaily 2
Nabeel Sabah Al-Shorta 2
Mahmoud Benhalib Raja Casablanca 11

Broadcasting
2019–20 Mohammed VI Champions Cup Media Coverage
Country/Region Television Channel
 Middle East and North Africa AD Sports[10]

References
  1. @UAFAAC (16 April 2019). "الأستاذ تركي آل الشيخ رئيس الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم يعلن عن النسخة الثانية من كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال" [UAFA president Turki Al-Sheikh confirms the second edition of the Arab Club Champions Cup] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 June 2019 – via Twitter.
  2. "خروج مفاجئ للنجم الساحلي من البطولة العربية على يد شباب الأردن" [Étoile du Sahel suffers early exit at the Arab Club Champions Cup as Shabab Al-Ordon progress to the second round]. FilGoal. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  3. "الاتحاد العربي يعلن موعد نهائي كأس محمد السادس للأندية الأبطال" [The Arab Federation announces the final date of the Mohammed VI Cup for the Champions Clubs]. Kooora. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. "الرباط تحتضن قرعة كأس محمد السادس للأبطال" [Rabat set to host Mohammed VI Champions Cup draw]. hespress.com (in Arabic). Hespress. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. "دعوة العهد والنجمة للمشاركة في البطولة العربية" [Al-Ahed and Nejmeh invited to participate in the Arab Club Champions Cup]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Kooora. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. "تعرف على مواعيد مباريات البطولة العربية قبل سحب القرعة اليوم" [Learn more about the Arab Club Champions Cup format and dates before today's draw]. youm7.com (in Arabic). Youm7. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  7. @UAFAAC (27 July 2019). "مواجهات الأندية العربية في دور الـ 32 لبطولة كأس محمد السادس للأندية 2019 / 2020" [Draw result for the first round of the Mohammed VI Arab Club Champions Cup] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 July 2019 – via Twitter.
  8. @UAFAAC (5 October 2019). "مواعيد مباريات دور السنة عشر في كأس محمد السادس للأندية الأبطال" [Fixtures dates for the second round of the Mohammed VI Champions Cup] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 6 October 2019 – via Twitter.
  9. @UAFAAC (4 December 2019). "مواجهات دور ربع النهائي في كأس محمد السادس للأندية الأبطال" [Draw results for the quarter-finals of the Mohammed VI Champions Cup] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 December 2019 – via Twitter.
  10. "‏قنوات أبوظبي الرياضية تفوز بحقوق البث الحصري لبطولة كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال" (in Arabic). uafaac.com. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
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