2004–05 Arab Champions League
# 2004–05 Arab Champions League

The 2004–05 Arab Champions League was the second edition of a new format called Arab Champions League replacing the former Arab Unified Club Championship. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. Al-Ittihad Jeddah of Saudi Arabia won the final against CS Sfaxien of Tunisia.

The competition's sponsor ART invited Iraq's Al-Talaba to compete. The Iraqi FA then nominated two other clubs (Erbil SC and Najaf FC, leaders of the Northern and Southern groups when the domestic championship was abandoned in spring 2004) to participate alongside Al-Talaba, but UAFA only allowed Al-Talaba to compete. The Iraqi FA then withdrew Al-Talaba from the tournament and were subsequently suspended from UAFA.

## First round

Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) apparently replaced Al-Wehdat SC.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Nejmeh SC | 1–7 | CS Sfaxien | 0–1 | 1–6 |
| Al-Karamah | 0–1 | Zamalek SC | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Muharraq SC | 2–3 | MC Alger | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Kuwait SC | 2–1 | AS Salé | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Ahli Doha | 5–1 | Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 12–0 | Shaab Ibb | 10–0 | 2–0 |
| ASAC Concorde | 0–4 | ES Sétif | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Olympic Azzaweya | 1–4 | Ghazl El-Mahalla | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Al-Hilal | 18–0 | Gendarmerie Nationale FC | 11–0 | 7–0 |
| Al-Qadsia | 1–1 (a) | Al-Faisaly | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Tishreen | 0–5 | Al-Ismaily | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ahed | 1–3 | Club Africain | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ittihad Tripoli | 1–3 | NA Hussein Dey | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Muscat Club | 3–4 | CA Bizertin | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Al-Aqsa SC | 2–4 | Al-Ahli Jeddah | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Riffa SC | 1–3 | Wydad Casablanca | 0–1 | 1–2 |

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CSS | MCA | ZSC | KSC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CS Sfaxien | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| MC Alger | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 10 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Zamalek SC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | 1–1 | 5–0 | | 2–1 |
| Kuwait SC | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ITT | AHL | ESS | GHA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Ahli Doha | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| ES Sétif | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 8 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Ghazl El-Mahalla | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ISC | HIL | CAF | FAI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Ismaily | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 16 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Hilal | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Club Africain | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 |
| Al-Faisaly | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | WAC | AHL | NAHD | CAB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wydad Casablanca | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 |
| CA Bizertin | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |

## Knock-out stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Ahli Jeddah | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Ismaily | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Ismaily | 0 | 1 | 1 | Al-Ahli Jeddah | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | CS Sfaxien | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| Al-Ahli Doha | 1 | 1 | 2 | CS Sfaxien | 3 | 4 | 7 | | | | |
| CS Sfaxien | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| CS Sfaxien | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | CS Sfaxien | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Al-Ittihad | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Al-Hilal | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Al-Ittihad | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Wydad AC | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Wydad AC | 0 | 1 | 1 | Al-Hilal | 0 | 1 | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | Al-Ittihad | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| MC Alger | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | Al-Ittihad | 1 | 2 | 3 | Al-Hilal | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Al-Ittihad (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (5) | | | | | Al-Ahli Jeddah | 1 | 2 | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

CS Sfaxien won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad 1–1 MC Alger on aggregate. Al-Ittihad won 5–4 on penalties.

Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Semifinals

CS Sfaxien won 7–4 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad won 3–1 on aggregate.

### Third place match

Al-Hilal won 5–3 on aggregate.

### Final

Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.

## Winners

* 2003–04 Arab Champions League
* Al-Ittihad Jeddah First title
