2004–05 Arab Champions League

2004–05 Arab Champions League

دوري أبطال العرب 2004–05
Tournament details
Dates	20 Sep 2004 – 1 Jul 2005
Teams	32 (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 played	96
Goals scored	248 (2.58 per match)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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.

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.	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
	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

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

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

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

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[]

CS Sfaxien won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

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Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals[]

CS Sfaxien won 7–4 on aggregate.

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Al-Ittihad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third place match[]

Al-Hilal won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final[]

Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.

Winners[]

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

External links[]

• Arab Champions' League 2004–05 – rsssf.com