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^{[note 1]} of the Arab Club Champions Cup, the Arab world's club football tournament organised by UAFA.^[1]

2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup

2019–20 Mohammed VI Champions Cup
Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 18–25 August 2019 Competition proper: 20 August 2019 – 21 August 2021
Teams	Competition 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)
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Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions, having won their first title in 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 the 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 was a one-leg match played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco.^[4]

Asia Zone Team League position App (Last) First round entrants Al-Shabab 2018–19 Saudi Professional League fifth place 5th (2007–08) Al-Ittihad Jeddah 2018–19 Saudi Professional League tenth place 11th (2018–19) Al-Jazira 2018–19 UAE Pro-League fifth place 2nd (2018–19) Al-Wasl 2018–19 UAE Pro-League ninth place 3rd (2018–19) Al-Shorta 2018–19 Iraqi Premier League champions 3rd (2003) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2018–19 Iraqi Premier League runners-up 5th (2018–19) Shabab Al-Ordon 2018–19 Jordanian Pro League fourth place 5th (2012–13) Al-Jaish 2018–19 Syrian Premier League champions 9th (2018–19) Al-Ahed 2018–19 Lebanese Football League champions 3rd (2017) Nejmeh 2018–19 Lebanese Football League third place 8th (2018–19) Al-Muharraq 2018–19 Bahraini Premier League third place 6th (2018–19) Dhofar 2018–19 Oman Professional League champions 2nd (2008–09) Al-Nasr 2018–19 Oman Professional League runners-up 2nd (2003–04) Hilal Al-Quds 2018–19 West Bank Premier League champions 5th (2001) Al-Kuwait 2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League champions 8th (2018–19) Al-Salmiya 2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League third place 3rd (2018–19) Al-Arabi 2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League fifth place 5th (2012–13) Preliminary round entrants Al-Zawraa 2018–19 Iraqi Premier League third place 3rd[a] (2005–06) Al-Riffa 2018–19 Bahraini Premier League champions 10th (2018–19)

Africa Zone Team League position App (Last) First round entrants Wydad Casablanca 2018–19 Botola champions 7th (2018–19) Raja Casablanca 2018–19 Botola runners-up 10th (2018–19) Olympic Safi 2018–19 Botola fourth place 2nd (2005–06) Espérance de Tunis 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions 9th (2018–19) Étoile du Sahel 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up 5th[a] (2018–19) Ismaily 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League seventh place 8th (2018–19) Al-Ittihad Alexandria 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League eleventh place 2nd (2018–19) MC Alger 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 sixth place 5th[a] (2018–19) CS Constantine 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 seventh place 1st Al-Merrikh 2018–19 Sudan Premier League champions 12th (2018–19) Al-Hilal 2018–19 Sudan Premier League runners-up 10th (2008–09) Al-Ahly Benghazi 2017–18 Libyan Premier League runners-up 1st FC Nouadhibou 2018–19 Ligue 1 Mauritania champions 2nd (2003–04) Preliminary round entrants Ittihad Tanger 2018–19 Botola fifth place 1st CA Bizertin 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 sixth place 6th (2012–13) JS Saoura 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place 1st Fomboni 2019 Comoros Premier League champions 1st ASAS Djibouti Télécom 2018–19 Djibouti Premier League third place 3rd (2018–19) Horseed 2019 Somali First Division runners-up 1st

Associations which did not enter a team

Qatar Yemen

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 v t e	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		—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 August 2019. Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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		—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2019. 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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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[A]	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 CA
Bruno Henrique 4' Romarinho 28' (pen.), 53', 64' (pen.)	Report	Haddad 5' Benhalib 13' El Wardi 37' S. Rahimi 50'
Penalties
Bruno Henrique Romarinho Coronado Al-Muwallad Al-Malki	3–4	S. Rahimi Zrida Madkour Hafidi Arjoune

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)

21:00 WAT (UTC+1)

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

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	1		2	1		1	1	1	3	10
2	Mouhcine Moutouali	Raja Casablanca	1			2	1			1		5
3	Danilo Asprilla	Al-Shabab	1				3					4
	Khaled Kamar	Al-Ittihad Alexandria	1	1	1	1
5	Ben Malango	Raja Casablanca				1	1			1		3
	Aleksandar Prijović	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1			1				1
	Amjad Attwan	Al-Shorta				3
	Zaid Al-Ameri	Al-Jazira	1	2
	Sebá	Al-Shabab	1				2
	Cristian Guanca	Al-Shabab					1	1	1
11	Wagih Abdel Hakim	Ismaily	2									2
	Waleed Bakhet	Al-Hilal		2
	Koffi Boua	Olympic Safi	1	1
	Samy Frioui	MC Alger					1	1
	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	Al-Shabab	1	1
	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Espérance de Tunis		2
	Fábio Lima	Al-Wasl	1	1
	Junior Mapuku	Al-Shorta		2
	Mohamed Nahiri	Wydad Casablanca	1			1
	Fabrice Ngoma	Raja Casablanca		1	1
	Benson Shilongo	Ismaily			2
	Nabeel Sabah	Al-Shorta				2
	Mahmoud Benhalib	Raja Casablanca								1	1

Broadcasting

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

Notes

1. Not including the cancelled 1990 edition.