The 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup, officially named the 2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup (Arabic: كأس زايد للأندية الأبطال 2018–19) to mark 100 years since the birth of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, was the 28th season[a] of the Arab Club Champions Cup, the Arab world's club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the Arab Club Championship to the Arab Club Champions Cup.[1]
| 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualifying: 5–24 May 2018 Competition proper: 31 July 2018 – 18 April 2019 |
| Teams | 40 (from 2 confederations) (from 19 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  ES Sahel (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Al-Hilal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 69 |
| Goals scored | 177 (2.57 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Mohamed Abdel Rahman(7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Yassine Chikhaoui |
| Best goalkeeper | Abdullah Al-Mayouf |
The final was played at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, between Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia. It was the fourth time Al-Hilal reached the final in their history, while it marked the first appearance of Étoile du Sahel in this stage. Étoile du Sahel defeated Al-Hilal 2–1 in the final and won the title for the first time in their history, becoming the third Tunisian team to win the competition in the last five editions.
Espérance de Tunis were the defending champions, having won the title in the previous edition. They were eliminated by Al-Ittihad Alexandria in the first round.
Prize money edit
The prize money was as follows:[2]
- Winners: $6 million
- Runners-up: $2.5 million
Teams edit
A total of 40 teams participated in the tournament; 20 from Asia and 20 from Africa. 10 clubs started in the qualifying play-off 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 in the United Arab Emirates. Due to the new format of the competition only being announced after the 2016–17 season had already ended, UAFA decided that for this edition of the tournament, teams would be invited to participate rather than strictly qualifying through performance in the 2016–17 season's domestic competitions.
- Notes
Schedule edit
The schedule of the competition was as follows:
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Dates |
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| Qualifying play-off | Preliminary round | 24 April 2018 | 5–9 May 2018 |
| Play-off round | 17–24 May 2018 | ||
| Knockout stage | First round | 31 July – 30 September 2018 | |
| Second round | 6 October 2018 | 27 October – 11 December 2018 | |
| Quarter-finals | 17 December 2018 | 26 January – 25 February 2019 | |
| Semi-finals | 27 February – 15 April 2019 | ||
| Final | 18 April 2019 |
Qualifying rounds edit
Preliminary round edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ADT | BAN | NGA | |
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| 1 |  ASAS Djibouti Télécom (H)
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to Play-off round | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| 2 |  Banadir
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | — | 3–2 | |||
| 3 |  Ngazi de Mirontsi
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | — |
| ASAS Djibouti Télécom | 1−1 | Banadir |
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| Banadir | 3−2 | Ngazi de Mirontsi |
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| Benteke Khaliif |
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| ASAS Djibouti Télécom | 3−1 | Ngazi de Mirontsi |
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| Obayo 3' 71' (pen.) 74' (pen.) |
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Play-off round edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEJ | CA | CON | FAI | |
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| 1 |  Al-Nejmeh
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to First round | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 2 | Club Africain
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — | 2–2 | ||||
| 3 |  ASAC Concorde
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 1–2 | — | ||||
| 4 | Al-Faisaly
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
| Club Africain | 2–2 | Al-Faisaly |
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| Al-Nejmeh | 4–0 | ASAC Concorde |
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| Al-Faisaly | 1–2 | Al-Nejmeh |
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| ASAC Concorde | 1–2 | Club Africain |
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| Al-Nejmeh | 1–0 | Club Africain |
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| Al-Faisaly | 1–3 | ASAC Concorde |
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Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ITH | FUS | SAL | ADT | |
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| 1 |  Al-Ittihad Alexandria
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 7 | Advance to First round | — | 1–1 | 8–0 | ||
| 2 |  FUS Rabat
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 | — | 5–0 | ||||
| 3 |  Al-Salmiya
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | 0–5 | — | 4–0 | |||
| 4 | ASAS Djibouti Télécom
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | 0–7 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 1–1 | FUS Rabat |
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| Al-Salmiya | 4–0 | ASAS Djibouti Télécom |
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| Al-Salmiya | 0–5 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria |
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| ASAS Djibouti Télécom | 0–7 | FUS Rabat |
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| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 8–0 | ASAS Djibouti Télécom |
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Knockout phase edit
Bracket edit
| First round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Shabab
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Al-Hilal
| 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Naft (a)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Al-Naft
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CS Sfaxien
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Al-Hilal
| 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria (a)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria (p)
| 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Zamalek (a)
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Zamalek
| 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Qadsia
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Al-Hilal (p)
| 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahly
| 0 | 4 | 4 | Al-Ahli Jeddah
| 0 | 1 | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Nejmeh
| 0 | 1 | 1 | Al-Ahly
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah
| 1 | 0 | 1 |  Al-Wasl (a)
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Wasl (a)
| 1 | 0 | 1 | Al-Wasl
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ain
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Al-Ahli Jeddah
| 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 ES Sétif (a)
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ES Sétif
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Muharraq
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Al-Ahli Jeddah
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli Jeddah
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Al-Hilal
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ismaily (p)
| 2 | 0 | 2 (4) | Étoile du Sahel
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Kuwait
| 0 | 2 | 2 (2) | Ismaily
| 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Salam Zgharta
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Raja Casablanca (p)
| 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Raja Casablanca
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Raja Casablanca
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wydad Casablanca (p)
| 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | Étoile du Sahel
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Ahli Tripoli
| 1 | 1 | 1 (2) | Wydad Casablanca
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Étoile du Sahel
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Ramtha
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Étoile du Sahel
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Jazira
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Al-Merrikh
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Nassr
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Al-Nassr
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Riffa
| 1 | 0 | 1 | MC Alger
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MC Alger
| 2 | 0 | 2 | MC Alger
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Al-Jaish
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Al-Merrikh
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Merrikh
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Al-Merrikh
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
| 0 | 0 | 0 | USM Alger
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USM Alger
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Zamalek
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1–1 (a) | Al-Qadsia
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0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Ain
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2–2 (a) | ES Sétif
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1–2 | 1–0 |
| Ismaily
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2–2 (4–2 p) | Al-Kuwait
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2–0 | 0–2 |
| Salam Zgharta
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2–3 | Raja Casablanca
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1–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah
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1–1 (a) | Al-Wasl
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1–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Naft
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3–3 (a) | CS Sfaxien
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1–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Hilal
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2–0 | Al-Shabab
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1–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Riffa
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1–2 | MC Alger
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1–2 | 0–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel
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6–2 | Al-Ramtha
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3–1 | 3–1 |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
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0–4 | USM Alger
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0–1 | 0–3[a] |
| Al-Jazira
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2–6 | Al-Nassr
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1–2 | 1–4 |
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria
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3–3 (a) | Espérance de Tunis
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1–1 | 2–2 |
| Wydad Casablanca
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2–2 (4–2 p) | Al-Ahli Tripoli
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1–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Jaish
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2–4 | Al-Merrikh
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1–3 | 1–1 |
| Al-Ahly
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4–1 | Al-Nejmeh
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0–0 | 4–1 |
| Al-Muharraq
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0–5 | Al-Ahli Jeddah
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0–2 | 0–3 |
1–1 on aggregate. Zamalek won on away goals.
| Al-Ain | 1–2 | ES Sétif |
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2–2 on aggregate. ES Sétif won on away goals.
2–2 on aggregate. Ismaily won 4–2 on penalties.
| Salam Zgharta | 1–2 | Raja Casablanca |
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| Raja Casablanca | 1–1 | Salam Zgharta |
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Raja Casablanca won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1–1 | Al-Wasl |
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1–1 on aggregate. Al-Wasl won on away goals.
| Al-Naft | 1–1 | CS Sfaxien |
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| CS Sfaxien | 2–2 | Al-Naft |
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3–3 on aggregate. Al-Naft won on away goals.
Al-Hilal won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Al-Riffa | 1–2 | MC Alger |
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| MC Alger | 0–0 | Al-Riffa |
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MC Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Étoile du Sahel | 3–1 | Al-Ramtha |
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| Al-Ramtha | 1–3 | Étoile du Sahel |
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Étoile du Sahel won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0–1 | USM Alger |
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USM Alger won 4–0 on aggregate. They were awarded a 3–0 walkover win in the second leg after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's players withdrew from the match at 71 minutes while losing 2–0 in protest at offensive chants from the home fans.
| Al-Nassr | 4–1 | Al-Jazira |
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Al-Nassr won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 1–1 | Espérance de Tunis |
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| Espérance de Tunis | 2–2 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria |
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3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ittihad Alexandria won on away goals.
| Wydad Casablanca | 1–1 | Al-Ahli Tripoli |
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| Al-Ahli Tripoli | 1–1 | Wydad Casablanca |
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| Penalties | ||
| 2–4 | ||
2–2 on aggregate. Wydad Casablanca won 4–2 on penalties.
| Al-Jaish | 1–3 | Al-Merrikh |
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Al-Merrikh won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Al-Nejmeh | 1–4 | Al-Ahly |
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Al-Ahly won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Al-Muharraq | 0–2 | Al-Ahli Jeddah |
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| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 3–0 | Al-Muharraq |
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Al-Ahli Jeddah won 5–0 on aggregate.
Second round edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Al-Merrikh
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4–3 | USM Alger
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4–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Nassr
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1–3 | MC Alger
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0–1 | 1–2 |
| Al-Ahly
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3–3 (a) | Al-Wasl
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2–2 | 1–1 |
| Wydad Casablanca
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0–1 | Étoile du Sahel
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0–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Hilal
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6–0 | Al-Naft
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4–0 | 2–0 |
| Ismaily
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0–0 (2–4 p) | Raja Casablanca
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0–0 | 0-0 |
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria
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1–1 (4–3 p) | Zamalek
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0–1 | 1–0 |
| ES Sétif
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1–2 | Al-Ahli Jeddah
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0–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Merrikh | 4–1 | USM Alger |
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| USM Alger | 2–0 | Al-Merrikh |
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Al-Merrikh won 4–3 on aggregate.
MC Alger won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Al-Ahly | 2–2 | Al-Wasl |
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3–3 on aggregate. Al-Wasl won on away goals.
| Wydad Casablanca | 0–0 | Étoile du Sahel |
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| Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 | Wydad Casablanca |
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Étoile du Sahel won 1–0 on aggregate.
Al-Hilal won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Ismaily | 0–0 | Raja Casablanca |
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| Raja Casablanca | 0–0 | Ismaily |
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–2 | ||
0–0 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won 4–2 on penalties.
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 0–1 | Zamalek |
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| Zamalek | 0–1 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria |
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| Penalties | ||
| 3–4 | ||
1–1 on aggregate. Al-Ittihad Alexandria won 4–3 on penalties.
| ES Sétif | 0–1 | Al-Ahli Jeddah |
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| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 1–1 | ES Sétif |
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Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Al-Hilal
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3–0 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria
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3–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Wasl
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3–4 | Al-Ahli Jeddah
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2–2 | 1–2 |
| Raja Casablanca
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1–2 | Étoile du Sahel
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0–2 | 1–0 |
| MC Alger
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0–3 | Al-Merrikh
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0–0 | 0–3 |
| Al-Hilal | 3–0 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria |
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| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 0–0 | Al-Hilal |
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Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Al-Wasl | 2–2 | Al-Ahli Jeddah |
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| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 2–1 | Al-Wasl |
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Al-Ahli Jeddah won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Raja Casablanca | 0–2 | Étoile du Sahel |
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| Étoile du Sahel | 0–1 | Raja Casablanca |
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Étoile du Sahel won 2–1 on aggregate.
| MC Alger | 0–0 | Al-Merrikh |
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| Al-Merrikh | 3–0 | MC Alger |
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Al-Merrikh won 3–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals edit
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Al-Hilal
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1–1 (3–2 p) | Al-Ahli Jeddah
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1–0 | 0–1 |
| Étoile du Sahel
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1–0 | Al-Merrikh
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1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Hilal | 1–0 | Al-Ahli Jeddah |
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| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 1–0 | Al-Hilal |
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| Penalties | ||
| 2–3 | ||
1–1 on aggregate. Al-Hilal won 3–2 on penalties.
| Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 | Al-Merrikh |
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| Al-Merrikh | 0–0 | Étoile du Sahel |
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Étoile du Sahel won 1–0 on aggregate.
Final edit
Top scorers edit
Statistics exclude qualifying rounds.
- As of 18 April 2019
| Rank | Player | Team | FR1 | FR2 | SR1 | SR2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F | Total |
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| 1 | Mohamed Abdel Rahman
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Al-Merrikh
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2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| 2 |  Bafétimbi Gomis
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Al-Hilal
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 3 | Abdulrahman Ghareeb
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Al-Ahli Jeddah
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Yahya Al-Shehri
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Al-Nassr
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1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
 Carlos Eduardo
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Al-Hilal
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1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Broadcasting edit
| 2018–19 Zayed Champions Cup Media Coverage | |
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| Country | Television Channel |
| United Arab Emirates
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AD Sports[3] |
Notes & references edit
Notes edit
- ^ USM Alger were awarded a 3–0 walkover win in the second leg after Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's players withdrew from the match at 71 minutes while losing 2–0 in protest at offensive chants from the home fans.
References edit
- ^ @UAFAAC (April 24, 2018). "Regards to success in the teams participating in the Arab Cup of Clubs" كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال ، جدول البطولة (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
- ^ Winners of Arab club tournament to earn $6 mln
- ^ "قنوات أبوظبي الرياضية تفوز بحقوق البث الحصري لبطولة كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال" (in Arabic). uafaac.com. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
External links edit
- UAFA Official website (in Arabic)