2020 Arab Club Champions Cup final

2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final

The Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat hosted the final
Event	2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Raja CA 4 4
Raja CA won 4–3 on penalties
Date	21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)
Venue	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Referee	Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Attendance	0 (closed doors)
Weather	Partly 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)
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	3 (1987, 1994, 2005)
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

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
Al-Ahed	3–0	3–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	First round	Hilal Al-Quds	3–0	1–0 (H)	2–0 (A)
Al-Wasl	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	Wydad Casablanca	5–5 (a)	1–1 (H)	4–4 (A)
Olympic Safi	2–1	1–1 (H)	1–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	MC Alger	2–2 (a)	2–1 (A)	0–1 (H)
Al-Shabab	4–3	2–2 (A)	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	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.

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)

21:00 WAT (UTC+1)

Al-Ittihad Jeddah	4–4	Raja CA
Bruno Henrique 4' Romarinho 28' (pen.), 53', 64' (pen.)	Report	Haddad 5' Benhalib 13' El Wardi 37' S. Rahimi 50'
Penalties
Bruno Henrique Romarinho Coronado Al-Muwallad Al-Malki	3–4	S. Rahimi Zrida Madkour Hafidi Arjoune

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 0 (closed doors)

Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Al-Ittihad

Raja CA

GK 45 Marcelo Grohe RB 29 Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti CB 44 Omar Hawsawi  49' CB 27 Hamdan Al-Shamrani LB 66 Saud Abdulhamid  41' CM 20 Karim El Ahmadi (c)  66'  72' CM 43 Bruno Henrique RW 8 Fahad Al-Muwallad AM 75 Igor Coronado LW 77 Abdulaziz Al-Bishi  79' CF 90 Romarinho Substitutes: GK 1 Rakan Al-Najjar DF 21 Abdulmohsen Fallatah DF 32 Hazim Al-Zahrani MF 16 Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen MF 23 Abdulrahman Al-Aboud  79' MF 88 Abdulellah Al-Malki  72' FW 70 Haroune Camara Manager: Fábio Carille

GK 1 Anas Zniti  27' RB 29 Abdelilah Madkour CB 34 Marouane Hadhoudi CB 26 Ilias Haddad  85' LB 27 Oussama Soukhal CM 16 Omar Arjoune CM 8 Zakaria El Wardi  55'  75' RW 5 Mouhcine Moutouali (c)  63' AM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi  18' LW 21 Soufiane Rahimi  51' CF 10 Mahmoud Benhalib  76' Substitutes: GK 12 Amir El Haddaoui DF 20 Abdeljalil Jbira DF 37 Mohammed Naim MF 6 Fabrice Ngoma MF 14 Zakaria Habti  76' MF 19 Mohamed Zrida  75' FW 9 Moustapha Kouyaté  63' Manager: Lassaad Chabbi

References

External links

• Official website (in Arabic)