2020 Arab Club Champions Cup final

2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final
The Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat hosted the final
Event2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Raja CA
Saudi Arabia Morocco
4 4
Raja CA won 4–3 on penalties
Date21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)
VenuePrince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
RefereeMahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Attendance0 (closed doors)
WeatherPartly cloudy
27 °C (81 °F)
74% humidity
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The 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final was the final match of the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup, the 29th season of the Arab League's main club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the 2nd season since it was renamed from the Arab Club Championship to the Arab Club Champions Cup. It was played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. [1] The match was originally scheduled to be played in 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused postponements during the semi-final stage of the competition. [2] Moroccan club Raja CA beat Saudi side Al-Ittihad Jeddah 4–3 on penalties after a 4–4 draw to earn their second Arab Club Champions Cup title.[3]

Teams

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Jeddah 3 (1987, 1994, 2005)
Morocco Raja CA 2 (1996, 2006)

Venue

On 16 April 2018, the then-president of UAFA Turki Al-Sheikh announced that the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium would host the final of the tournament for this season.[4] This was the first UAFA club competition final hosted at the stadium. The stadium was selected as a venue for many tournaments held in Morocco; most recently the 2019 African Games.

The Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium was built in 1983 and its current capacity is 53,000. It is used by the Morocco national football team and ASFAR as a home stadium.

Route to the final

Further information: 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup

Both clubs entered the Arab Club Champions Cup at the Round of 32 stage of the competition with the draw made on 27 July 2019. Al-Ittihad Jeddah entered from the Asia Zone with Raja C2 entering from the Africa Zone.

Al-Ittihad Jeddah Round Raja CA
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Lebanon Al-Ahed 3–0 3–0 (H) 0–0 (A) First round State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 3–0 1–0 (H) 2–0 (A)
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 4–1 2–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Second round Morocco Wydad Casablanca 5–5 (a) 1–1 (H) 4–4 (A)
Morocco Olympic Safi 2–1 1–1 (H) 1–0 (A) Quarter-finals Algeria MC Alger 2–2 (a) 2–1 (A) 0–1 (H)
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 4–3 2–2 (A) 2–1 (H) Semi-finals Egypt Ismaily 3–1 0–1 (A) 3–0 (H)

Match

Details

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.

Al-Ittihad Jeddah Saudi Arabia4–4Morocco Raja CA
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Al-Ittihad
Raja CA
GK 45 Brazil Marcelo Grohe
RB 66 Saudi Arabia Saud Abdulhamid Yellow card 41'
CB 44 Saudi Arabia Omar Hawsawi Yellow card 49'
CB 27 Saudi Arabia Hamdan Al-Shamrani
LB 29 Saudi Arabia Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti
CM 20 Morocco Karim El Ahmadi (c) Yellow card 66' downward-facing red arrow 72'
CM 43 Brazil Bruno Henrique
RW 8 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Muwallad
AM 75 Brazil Igor Coronado
LW 77 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Bishi downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 90 Brazil Romarinho
Substitutes:
GK 1 Saudi Arabia Rakan Al-Najjar
DF 21 Saudi Arabia Abdulmohsen Fallatah
DF 32 Saudi Arabia Hazim Al-Zahrani
MF 16 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen
MF 23 Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Aboud upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 88 Saudi Arabia Abdulellah Al-Malki upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 70 Saudi Arabia Haroune Camara
Manager:
Brazil Fábio Carille
GK 1 Morocco Anas Zniti Yellow card 27'
RB 29 Morocco Abdelilah Madkour
CB 34 Morocco Marouane Hadhoudi
CB 26 Netherlands Ilias Haddad Yellow card 85'
LB 27 Morocco Oussama Soukhal
CM 16 Morocco Omar Arjoune
CM 8 Morocco Zakaria El Wardi Yellow card 55' downward-facing red arrow 75'
RW 5 Morocco Mouhcine Moutouali (c) downward-facing red arrow 63'
AM 18 Morocco Abdelilah Hafidi Yellow card 18'
LW 21 Morocco Soufiane Rahimi Yellow card 51'
CF 10 Morocco Mahmoud Benhalib downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Morocco Amir El Haddaoui
DF 20 Morocco Abdeljalil Jbira
DF 37 Morocco Mohammed Naim
MF 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo Fabrice Ngoma
MF 14 Morocco Zakaria Habti upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 19 Morocco Mohamed Zrida upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 9 Guinea Moustapha Kouyaté upward-facing green arrow 63'
Manager:
Tunisia Lassaad Chabbi

Assistant referees:
Mahmoud Abu El-Regal (Egypt)
Ahmed Hossam Taha (Egypt)
Fourth official:
Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)
Video assistant referee:
Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. ^ "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]. youm7.com (in Arabic). Youm7. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Mohammed VI Cup: UAFA suspends semi-finals over Coronavirus". 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "الرباط تحتضن قرعة كأس محمد السادس للأبطال" [Rabat set to host Mohammed VI Champions Cup draw]. hespress.com (in Arabic). Hespress. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. ^ @UAFAAC (16 April 2019). "الأستاذ تركي آل الشيخ رئيس الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم يعلن عن النسخة الثانية من كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال" [UAFA president Turki Al-Sheikh confirms the second edition of the Arab Club Champions Cup] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 June 2019 – via Twitter.