2008–09 Arab Champions League

Format

• Each federation enter with (1~2) teams from their top Leagues : – The teams must be one of the top 5 teams in the latest season, or Cup Champions/Runners-up.

• The Number of teams of each federation enters based on the previous editions results of the Arab Champions League

• The official sponsor ART can choose the rest teams to complete the 32 teams, so it may can reach 3 teams from one country : – It's not necessary to be one of the top 5 teams.

• The Algerian club ES Sétif entered automatically as 2007–08 champion.

Participated teams

• 35 clubs will be competing from the following countries.

Asia

Africa

The System

• The Qualifying: Knock out stage
• Round 32: Knock out stage
• Round 16: Knock out stage
• Round 8: Knock out stage
• Semifinals and final: Knock out stage

The Awards

• The Champions: 1,000,000 $
• The Runner-up: 650,000 $
• Round 4: 200,000 $
• Round 8: 100,000 $
• Round 16: 40,000 $
• Round 32: 20,000 $
• Qualifying: 5,000 $

The qualifying Stage

• 4 teams play 1 leg match as Knock out stage.
• 1 team qualify to the next stage (Round 32).

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Round 32

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: 1 The Kuwaiti clubs' matches canceled due to FIFA's freezing of the membership of the Kuwait Football Association. : 2 UAE Al-Shaab withdrew.

Round 32 Matches Dates

• The first legs on 28 and 29 October 2008
• The second legs on 25 and 26 November 2008

Round 16

16 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.

Qualified teams

• Algeria ES Sétif
• Algeria USM Alger
• Egypt Ismaily
• Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
• Jordan Al-Faisaly
• Jordan Al-Wahdat
• Morocco Raja Casablanca
• Morocco Wydad Casablanca
• Saudi Arabia Al-Hazm
• Sudan Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman)
• Sudan Al-Merrikh
• Syria Al-Ittihad Aleppo
• Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis
• Tunisia CS Sfaxien
• Tunisia US Monastir
• Yemen Al-Hilal Al-Sahili

Round 16 Matches

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: 1 Sudan Al-Hilal Omdurman withdrew.

Round 16 Matches Dates

• The first legs on 16 December 2008
• The second legs on 26 December 2008

Quarter-finals

8 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.

Qualified teams

• Algeria ES Sétif
• Egypt Ismaily
• Jordan Al-Faisaly
• Jordan Al-Wahdat
• Morocco Wydad Casablanca
• Tunisia CS Sfaxien
• Tunisia Espérance Sportive de Tunis
• Tunisia US Monastir

Quarter-finals Matches

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Quarter-final Match Dates

• The first legs between 1 March 2009 and 4 March 2009
• The second legs between 19 March 2009 and 21 March −2009

Semi-finals

4 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.

Semi-finals Matches

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First Legs

19:00 GMT

Abdelmalek Ziaya

18:00 GMT

Second Legs

17:00 GMT

Fouzi El Brazi Mustapha Bidoudane
Nadir Lamyaghri Issam Merdassi

15:30 GMT

Wajdi Bouazzi

Final

Main article: 2009 Arab Champions League Final

First leg

17:00 GMT Khaled Korbi Wajdi Bouazzi

Second leg

Mustapha Bidoudane Fouzi El Brazi

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Champions

Top scorers

• Source: Goalzz.com

References

References

1. [http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=42325&obj=3776 FIFA freezing the membership of the Kuwait Football Association] (Kooora)
2. [http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=42244&obj=0 Al-Merrikh goes straight through – Al-Shaab withdrew] (Kooora)
3. [http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=44245&obj=1001160 Entente Sportive de Sétif goes straight through – Al-Hilal Omdurman withdrew] (Kooora)