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

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Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) apparently replaced Al-Wehdat SC.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Group A

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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: [citation needed]

Group B

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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: [citation needed]

Group C

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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: [citation needed]

Group D

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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: [citation needed]

Knock-out stage

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

Quarterfinals

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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.


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


Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.


Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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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-Ittihad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third place match

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Al-Hilal  3–1  Al-Ahli Jeddah
Al-Mofarij   53'
Camacho   60'
Al-Jaber   87'
Pereira   75'

Al-Hilal won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

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CS Sfaxien  0–2  Al-Ittihad Jeddah
Al-Shahrani   63', 90'
Referee: Jassem Al-Heel (Qatar)

Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.

Winners

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2003–04 Arab Champions League
 
Al-Ittihad Jeddah
First title
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