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
ChampionsSaudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah (1st title)
Runners-upTunisia CS Sfaxien
Third placeSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Fourth placeSaudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 (Irbid) 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 CSS MCA ZSC KSC
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 13 3 +10 13 4–0 2–0 1–0
Algeria MC Alger 6 3 1 2 6 12 −6 10 2–1 0–0 3–2
Egypt Zamalek SC 6 2 3 1 9 5 +4 9 1–1 5–0 2–1
Kuwait 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
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 13 1–1 2–0 2–1
Qatar Al-Ahli Doha 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9 3–2 1–1 2–0
Algeria ES Sétif 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 0–2 1–0 2–0
Egypt 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
Egypt Al-Ismaily 6 5 1 0 11 5 +6 16 2–0 2–1 2–1
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 1–1 3–1 2–1
Tunisia Club Africain 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 1–2 1–0 0–0
Jordan 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
Morocco Wydad Casablanca 6 2 3 1 7 4 +3 9 1–1 3–0 1–0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah 6 1 5 0 6 5 +1 8 1–1 1–1 1–0
Algeria NA Hussein Dey 6 1 4 1 9 9 0 7 1–1 2–2 3–0
Tunisia CA Bizertin 6 1 2 3 3 7 −4 5 1–0 0–0 2–2
Source:

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

Quarterfinals
Al-Ahli Doha Qatar1–2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Bouden 89' Guemamdia 45'
Essafi 71'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia2–1Qatar Al-Ahli Doha
Taher 8' (o.g.)
Kouassi 38'		 Jawhar 57'

CS Sfaxien won 4–2 on aggregate.

MC Alger Algeria1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Benali 73'
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–0Algeria 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 Saudi Arabia2–0Egypt Al-Ismaily
Pereira 47', 90' (pen.)
Al-Ismaily Egypt1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Abd-Rabou 5'

Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–0Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Al-Jaber 14'
Wydad Casablanca Morocco1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Madihi 65' Al-Shalhoub 26'

Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals
Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia0–3Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Ba 55'
Kouassi 81'
Essafi 90+4'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia4–4Saudi 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-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Al-Waked 60'
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2–1Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al-Montashari 29'
Al-Eissa 40'		 Camacho 73'

Al-Ittihad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third place match
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia3–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Jeddah
Al-Mofarij 53'
Camacho 60'
Al-Jaber 87'		 Pereira 75'
Al-Ahli Jeddah Saudi Arabia2–2Saudi 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 Tunisia0–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Shahrani 63', 90'
Referee: Jassem Al-Heel (Qatar)
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia2–1Tunisia 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
First title
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