2004–05 Arab Champions League

The 2004–05 Arab Champions League is 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 Sep 2004 – 1 Jul 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 Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) decided that Iraq would have only one representative team participating in the tournament, with the competition's sponsor ART inviting Al-Talaba to compete. The Iraqi FA refused to submit any clubs for the tournament unless UAFA allowed three teams from Iraq to participate. Four other countries had three participants: Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and Saudi Arabia. The Iraqi FA nominated Erbil SC and Najaf FC (leaders of the Northern and Southern groups when the domestic championship was abandoned in spring 2004) to be the other two teams, but UAFA refused the Iraqi FA's request to allow these two teams to participate. The Iraqi FA then withdrew Al-Talaba from the tournament and were subsequently suspended from UAFA.

First round

Al-Hussein SC 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 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'
Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
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
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