2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup knockout stage

The 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup knockout stage began on 20 August 2019 and ended on 21 August 2021 with the final at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, to decide the champions of the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup.[1] A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout stage.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule is as follows. The tournament was postponed for ten months in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Format

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Each tie in the knockout stage, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, extra time will not be played and the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out.[1]

Qualified teams

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The knockout stage involves 32 teams: the 30 teams which enter the competition from this stage, and the two teams which qualify from the preliminary round.

Teams were seeded based on their association rank in their respective region.

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2
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Bracket

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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

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Summary

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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.

Matches

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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya  3–1  Al-Salmiya
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Al-Salmiya  1–1  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 4–2 on aggregate.


Shabab Al-Ordon  2–1  Étoile du Sahel
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Étoile du Sahel  0–1  Shabab Al-Ordon
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Shabab Al-Ordon won 3–1 on aggregate.


Al-Jaish  1–1  FC Nouadhibou
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FC Nouadhibou  1–0  Al-Jaish
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FC Nouadhibou won 2–1 on aggregate.


Al-Merrikh  1–1  Wydad Casablanca
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Wydad Casablanca  2–0  Al-Merrikh
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Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Wydad Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.


Ismaily  4–2  Al-Ahly Benghazi
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Ismaily won 4–3 on aggregate.


Al-Nasr  0–1  Al-Jazira
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Al-Jazira  3–1  Al-Nasr
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Al-Jazira won 4–1 on aggregate.


Al-Wasl  2–0  Al-Hilal
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Al-Hilal  2–1  Al-Wasl
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Al-Wasl won 3–2 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad Alexandria  2–0  Al-Arabi
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Al-Ittihad Alexandria won 3–0 on aggregate.


Olympic Safi  1–1  Al-Riffa
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Al-Riffa  0–1  Olympic Safi
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Olympic Safi won 2–1 on aggregate.


Nejmeh  1–1  Espérance de Tunis
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Espérance de Tunis won 3–1 on aggregate.


MC Alger  1–0  Dhofar
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Dhofar  1–1  MC Alger
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MC Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.


Al-Kuwait  3–1  Al-Shorta
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Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Al-Shorta  2–0  Al-Kuwait
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3–3 on aggregate. Al-Shorta won on away goals.


Raja Casablanca  1–0  Hilal Al-Quds
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Hilal Al-Quds  0–2  Raja Casablanca
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Raja Casablanca won 3–0 on aggregate.


JS Saoura  1–3  Al-Shabab
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Al-Shabab  2–0  JS Saoura
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Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.


CS Constantine  3–1  Al-Muharraq
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Al-Muharraq  2–0  CS Constantine
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3–3 on aggregate. Al-Muharraq won on away goals.


Al-Ittihad Jeddah  3–0  Al-Ahed
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Al-Ittihad Jeddah won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second round

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Summary

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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

Matches

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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya  0–0  MC Alger
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0–0 on aggregate. MC Alger won 4–2 on penalties.


Al-Ittihad Alexandria  2–0  Al-Muharraq
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Al-Muharraq  0–1  Al-Ittihad Alexandria
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Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Al-Ittihad Alexandria won 3–0 on aggregate.


Al-Shabab  1–0  Shabab Al-Ordon
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Shabab Al-Ordon  1–1  Al-Shabab
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Al-Shabab won 2–1 on aggregate.


Wydad Casablanca  4–4  Raja Casablanca
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Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

5–5 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won on away goals.


Al-Shorta  5–0  FC Nouadhibou
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Al-Shorta won 6–0 on aggregate.


Ismaily  2–0  Al-Jazira
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Al-Jazira  0–2  Ismaily
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Ismaily won 4–0 on aggregate.


Olympic Safi  1–1  Espérance de Tunis
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Espérance de Tunis  1–1  Olympic Safi
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Penalties
2–4

2–2 on aggregate. Olympic Safi won 4–2 on penalties.


Al-Wasl  1–2  Al-Ittihad Jeddah
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Al-Ittihad Jeddah  2–0  Al-Wasl
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Al-Ittihad Jeddah won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Summary

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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

Matches

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Al-Shabab  6–0  Al-Shorta
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Al-Shorta  0–1  Al-Shabab
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Al-Shabab won 7–0 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad Jeddah  1–1  Olympic Safi
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Al-Ittihad Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad Alexandria  0–1  Ismaily
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Ismaily  0–0  Al-Ittihad Alexandria
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Ismaily won 1–0 on aggregate.


MC Alger  1–2  Raja Casablanca
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Raja Casablanca  0–1  MC Alger
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2–2 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won on away goals.

Semi-finals

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Summary

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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

Matches

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Al-Shabab  2–2  Al-Ittihad Jeddah
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Al-Ittihad Jeddah  2–1  Al-Shabab
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Ismaily  1–0  Raja Casablanca
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Raja Casablanca  3–0  Ismaily
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Final

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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.

Al-Ittihad Jeddah  4–4  Raja CA
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Penalties
3–4
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Top goalscorers

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  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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b The advancing teams from the qualifying round were listed as Qualifier A (Al-Riffa) and Qualifier B (JS Saoura) at the time of the first round draw as the identity of the teams had not been confirmed.
  2. ^ Teams from Syria played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
  3. ^ Teams from Libya played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
  4. ^ The second leg fixture between MC Alger and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, originally scheduled to be played on 24 November 2019, was postponed following issues concerning the travels of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya due to security concerns from the 2019–20 Iraqi protests. The UAFA later announced that the match would take place on 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ The second leg fixture between Al-Shorta and FC Nouadhibou, originally scheduled to be played at the Karbala International Stadium in Karbala, Iraq, was played at Al Khor SC Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar due to security concerns from the 2019–20 Iraqi protests.
  6. ^ The second leg fixture between Al-Shorta and Al-Shabab, originally scheduled to be played at the Karbala International Stadium in Karbala, Iraq, was played at King Abdullah II Stadium in Amman, Jordan due to security concerns from the 2019–20 Iraqi protests.

References

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  1. ^ a b "تعرف على مواعيد مباريات البطولة العربية قبل سحب القرعة اليوم" [Learn more about the Arab Club Champions Cup format and dates before today's draw]. youm.com (in Arabic). Youm7. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
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