2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final
# 2020 Arab Club Champions Cup Final

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. The match was originally scheduled to be played in 2020 but due was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused postponements during the semi final stage of the competition. 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.

## 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. 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 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | Round | Raja CA | Raja CA | Raja CA | 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.

| 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 ||
| Assistant referees: Mahmoud Abu El-Regal (Egypt) Ahmed Hossam Taha (Egypt) Fourth official: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt) Video assistant referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) | Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions. |
