2008–09 Arab Champions League

2008–09 Arab Champions League
دوري أبطال العرب 2008–09
Tournament details
Dates	4 Oct 2008 – 22 May 2009
Teams	35 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	Espérance (2nd title)
Runners-up	Wydad Casablanca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	62
Goals scored	140 (2.26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdelmalek Ziaya Mahmoud Shelbaieh Rafik Abdessamad (5 goals each)

The 6th edition of Arab Champions League, The 2008-2009 is going to play as a knockout stage from 35 clubs, The Algerian club ES Sétif entered automatically as 2007-08 champion.

The 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

Bahrain (1)	Busaiteen (Bahraini PL 2007-08 Runners-up)
Iraq (1)	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Iraqi Premier League 2007-08 3rd Place)
Jordan (3)	Al-Wahdat (Jordan League 2007-08 Champion) Al-Faisaly (Jordan League 2007-08 Runners-up) Shabab Al-Ordon (Jordan League 2007-08 3rd Place)
Kuwait (3)	Kuwait SC (Kuwaiti PL 2007-08 Champion) Al-Qadisiya (Kuwaiti PL 2007-08 Runners-up) Al Arabi Kuwait (Kuwaiti PL 2007-08 4th Place)
Lebanon (1)	Al-Ansar (LPL 2007-08 Runners-up)
Qatar (0)	Withdraw
Oman (1)	Dhofar (2007-08 Omani League Runners-up)
Palestine (1)	Wadi Al-Nes (West Bank League 2007-08 Champion)
Saudi Arabia (2)	Al-Hazm (Saudi Champions Cup 2007-08 3rd Place) Al-Wahda Mecca (Saudi PL 2007-08 Wild-card)
Syria (2)	Al-Ittihad Aleppo (Syrian PL 2007-08 3rd Place) Al-Taliya (Syrian PL 2007-08 4th Place)
UAE (1)	Al-Shaab (UAE League 2007-08 5th Place)
Yemen (1)	Al-Hilal Al-Sahili (Yemeni League 2007-08 Champion)

Africa

Algeria (3)	ES Sétif (Arab CL 2007-08 Champions, Algerian CN 2007-08 3rd Place) Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger (Algerian CN 2007-08 4th place) Union Sportive de la Médina d'Annaba (Algerian CN 2007-08 Wild-card)
Comoros (1)	Jakam (Representing Comoros)
Djibouti (1)	FC Société Immobilière de Djibouti (Djibouti PL 2007-08 Champion)
Egypt (1)	Ismaily SC (Egyptian PL 2007-08 Runner-up)
Libya (2)	Al-Ittihad Tripoli (Libyan PL 2007-08 Champions) Al-Ahly Tripoli (Libyan PL 2007-08 Runner-up)
Mauritania (1)	ASC Nasr de Sebkha (Representing Mauritania)
Morocco (3)	Raja Casablanca (Botola 2007-08 3rd Place) Hassania Agadir (Botola 2007-08 4th Place) Wydad Casablanca (Botola 2007-08 Wild-card)
Somalia (1)	SITT Daallo (Representing Somalia)
Sudan (2)	Al-Hilal Omdurman (Sudan PL 2007-2008 Champion) Al-Merrikh (Sudan PL 2007-2008 Runner-up)
Tunisia (3)	Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Ligue 1 2007-08 3rd Place) Union Sportive Monastirienne(Ligue 1 2007-08 4th Place) Club Sportif Sfaxien(Ligue 1 2007-08 Wild-card)

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 quaify to the next stage (Round 32).

Semi-finals		Final

4 October 2008 - Djibouti
Wadi Al-Nes	4
Jakam	1

		10 October 2008 - Djibouti
		Wadi Al-Nes	4
		Société Immobilière	2



6 October 2008 - Djibouti
Société Immobilière	2(p)
SITT Daallo	2

Round 32

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ES Sétif	3-2	Al-Ansar	3-2	0-0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2-1	Hassania Agadir	2-1	0-0
Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger	4-3	Al-Wahda Mecca	3-0	1-3
Al-Ittihad Aleppo	0-0 (4-2)	Union Sportive de la Medina d'Annaba	0-0	0-0
Wydad Casablanca	5-0	Shabab Al-Ordon	3-0	2-0
Al-Wahdat	3-1	Dhofar	2-1	1-0
Ismaily	7-2	Busaiteen	3-1	4-1
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	2-3	Union Sportive Monastirienne	1-1	1-2
Club Sportif Sfaxien	3-0	ASC Nasr de Sebkha	3-0	0-0
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	0-0 (9-8)	Al-Ahly Tripoli	0-0	0-0
Raja Casablanca	6-2	Al-Taliya	4-0	2-2
Al-Faisaly	2-1	Wadi Al-Nes	0-0	2-1
Kuwait SC	(w/o) ¹	Al-Hilal Al-Sahili	3-0	Canceled
Al-Qadisiya	(w/o) ¹	Al-Hazm	-	-
Al-Hilal Omdurman	(w/o) ¹	Al-Arabi	-	-
Al-Merrikh	(w/o) ²	Al-Shaab	-	-

¹ The Kuwaiti clubs' matches canceled due to FIFA's freezing of the membership of the Kuwait Football Association.^[1]

Al-Shaab withdrew.^[2]

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

Round 16 Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Hilal Al-Sahili	2-8	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	1-2	1-6
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1-3	Union Sportive Monastirienne	1-1	0-2
Ismaily	7-2	Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger	3-1	4-1
Al-Hazm	1-5	Al-Faisaly	0-2	1-3
Al-Merrikh	7-8	Al-Wahdat	3-1	4-7
Club Sportif Sfaxien	1-0	Raja Casablanca	0-0	1-0
Al-Ittihad Aleppo	1-2	Wydad Casablanca	1-0	0-2
Al-Hilal Omdurman	(w/o) ¹	ES Sétif	1-2	Withdrew

Al-Hilal Omdurman withdrew.^[3]

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

Quarter Finals Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Faisaly	2-7	Club Sportif Sfaxien	2-3	0-4
Ismaily	3-3 (3-4)	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	1-2	2-1
Union Sportive Monastirienne	2-4	ES Sétif	1-1	1-3
Al-Wahdat	2-5	Wydad Casablanca	2-1	0-4

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ES Sétif	0-3	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	0-1	0-2
Club Sportif Sfaxien	1-3	Wydad Casablanca	1-1	0-2

First Legs

April 11, 2009
19:00 GMT

ES Sétif	0 – 1	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Smail Diss 32' Abdelmalek Ziaya 38'	Report (Arabic)	Oussama Darragi 75'

Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif

April 12, 2009
18:00 GMT

Club Sportif Sfaxien	1 – 1	Wydad Casablanca
Blaise Kouassi 45'		Younes Menkari 75'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee:

Abdulrahman Al Amri

Second Legs

April 25, 2009
17:00 GMT

Wydad Casablanca	2 – 0	Club Sportif Sfaxien
Hicham Louissi 55' 55' Fouzi El Brazi 58' Mustapha Bidoudane 62' 90+1' Nadir Lamyaghri 87'	Report (Arabic)	Aymen Ben Amor 58' Issam Merdassi 86'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee:

Fareed Al Marzouqi

April 26, 2009
15:30 GMT

Espérance Sportive de Tunis	2 – 0	ES Sétif
Zine El Abidine Souissi 8' Wajdi Bouazzi 87'	Report (Arabic)

Stade 7 Novembre, Rades
Referee:

Essam Abd El Fatah

Final

Main article: 2009 Arab Champions League Final

First leg

May 9, 2009
17:00 GMT

Wydad Casablanca	0 – 1	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
Younes Menkari 45+2'	Report (Arabic)	Mickael Eneramo 30' Khaled Korbi 58' Wajdi Bouazzi 90+2'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee:

Muhsen Basma

Second leg

May 21, 2009

Espérance Sportive de Tunis	1 – 1	Wydad Casablanca
Oussama Darragi 89' (pen.)		Rafik Abdessamad 66' (pen.) Mustapha Bidoudane 75' Fouzi El Brazi 90+4'

Stade 7 November, Rades
Referee:

Ali Hamad Albadwawi

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wydad Casablanca	1–2	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	0–1	1-1

Champions

Arab Champions League 2008–09 Winners

Espérance Sportive de Tunis Second Title

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Abdelmalek Ziaya	ES Sétif	5
	Mahmoud Shelbaieh	Al-Wihdat
	Rafik Abdessamad	Al-Wahda
2	Mustapha Bidoudane	Wydad Casablanca	4
	Mustafa Karim	Ismaily
	Haikel Gmamdia	Club Sportif Sfaxien
	Ra'fat Ali	Al-Wihdat
	Abdallah Said	Ismaily
	Michael Eneramo	Espérance
	Hichem Essifi	US Monastir
3	Oussama Darragi	Espérance	3
	Wajdi Bouazzi	Espérance
	Hassan Taïr	Raja Casablanca
	Abdelhameed Amarri	Al-Merreikh
	Mohab Said	Ismaily
4	14 players		2
5	54 players		1

Source: Goalzz.com

References

External links

Arab Champions' League 2008/09 rsssf.com
Official website

Arab World Club Cup

Arab Club Champions Cup

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Finals	1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Tournament

Seasons	2002 2003

Finals	2002 2003

Arab Champions League

Seasons	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

Finals	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

UAFA Club Cup

Seasons	2012–13

Finals	2013

Union of Arab Football Associations

International competitions

Club competitions

Youth competitions

Arab Cup U-20
Arab Cup U-17
Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth (defunct)

Women's competitions

Arab Women's Championship

Women's youth competitions

Arab U-17 Women's Cup

Sub-competitions

Gulf	Gulf Cup U-23 Gulf Cup U-19 Gulf Cup U-17 Gulf Cup GCC Champions League

Related competitions

UNAF	U-23 Tournament U-20 Tournament U-17 Tournament Women's Tournament UNAF Club Cup Women's Club Tournament

CECAFA	CECAFA Cup U-20 Championship U-17 Championship Kagame Interclub Cup

WAGF / WAFF	WAFF Championship West Asian Games

ANOCA, OCA / CAF, AFC	Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Afro-Asian Games Afro-Asian Club Championship

ISSF	Islamic Solidarity Games

IMGC	Mediterranean Games

National Teams

Algeria
Bahrain
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Arabic teams not part of the UAFA (Chad)

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