2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup knockout stage
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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
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
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Teams |
Bracket
First round
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
- Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Matches
| 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.
Wydad Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Ismaily | 4–2 | Al-Ahly Benghazi |
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| Al-Ahly Benghazi | 1–0 | Ismaily |
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Ismaily won 4–3 on aggregate.
Al-Jazira won 4–1 on aggregate.
Al-Wasl won 3–2 on aggregate.
Al-Ittihad Alexandria won 3–0 on aggregate.
| Al-Riffa | 0–1 | Olympic Safi |
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Olympic Safi won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–0 | Nejmeh |
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Espérance de Tunis won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Dhofar | 1–1 | MC Alger |
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MC Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Al-Shorta won on away goals.
| Hilal Al-Quds | 0–2 | Raja Casablanca |
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Raja Casablanca won 3–0 on aggregate.
Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.
| CS Constantine | 3–1 | Al-Muharraq |
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3–3 on aggregate. Al-Muharraq won on away goals.
Al-Ittihad Jeddah won 3–0 on aggregate.
Second round
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
0–0 on aggregate. MC Alger won 4–2 on penalties.
| Al-Muharraq | 0–1 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria |
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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.
| Raja Casablanca | 1–1 | Wydad Casablanca |
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| Wydad Casablanca | 4–4 | Raja Casablanca |
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5–5 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won on away goals.
| FC Nouadhibou | 0–1 | Al-Shorta |
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Al-Shorta won 6–0 on aggregate.
Ismaily won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Olympic Safi | 1–1 | Espérance de Tunis |
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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 won 4–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
Al-Shabab won 7–0 on aggregate.
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1–1 | Olympic Safi |
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| Olympic Safi | 0–1 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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Al-Ittihad Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 0–1 | Ismaily |
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Ismaily won 1–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Raja Casablanca won on away goals.
Semi-finals
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
| Al-Shabab | 2–2 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
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| Ismaily | 1–0 | Raja Casablanca |
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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.
Top goalscorers
| 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
- Teams from Syria played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
- Teams from Libya played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.