2017 Arab Club Championship

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2017 Arab Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt (from group stage onwards)
DatesQualifying:
14 September 2016 – 4 March 2017
Competition proper:
22 July 2017 – 6 August 2017
Teams20 (from 2 confederations) (from 18 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia Espérance de Tunis (3rd title)
Runners-upJordan Al-Faisaly
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored83 (2.31 per match)
Attendance755,000 (20,972 per match)
Top scorer(s)Competition proper:
Morocco Mohamed Fouzair
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Tunisia Saad Bguir

The 2017 Arab Club Championship, also known as the 2017 UAFA Club Championship, was the 27th season (not including 1990) of the Arab World's inter-club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the UAFA Club Cup to the Arab Club Championship. The competition was won by Tunisian club Espérance de Tunis, who defeated Jordanian side Al-Faisaly 3–2 after extra time in the final to secure a joint-record third title.

Allocation of entries

The following team entries allocation was announced by the Union of Arab Football Associations on 20 June 2016.[1] Each association was given entry either to the qualifying play-off or to the group stage based on the FIFA World Ranking of the associations on 2 June 2016.[2] Only teams who were champions or runners-up of either their nation's league or one of their nation's cup competitions were allowed to participate in the tournament.

Participation for 2017 Arab Club Championship
Allocated group stage slot(s)
Allocated qualifying play-off slot
Did not participate
Notes
  1. ^
    Qatar were allocated one group stage slot, but chose not to participate due to scheduling difficulties with other tournaments.
  2. ^
    Kuwait were allocated one qualifying play-off slot, but could not participate due to FIFA's suspension of its football association.
  3. ^
    Yemen were allocated one qualifying play-off slot, but did not participate due to the suspension of footballing activity in the country.
  4. ^
    As the tournament's hosts (from the group stage onwards), Egypt were allocated two group stage slots as opposed to one, and Algeria were therefore allocated just one group stage slot rather than two.
  5. ^
    Libya were allocated one qualifying play-off slot, but did not participate due to the suspension of footballing activity in the country.

Teams

The following 20 teams from 18 associations entered the competition.

Notes
  1. ^
    Al-Wahda were a late replacement for Al-Ain (2015–16 UAE Pro-League runners-up and 2015–16 UAE President's Cup runners-up), who decided to withdraw from the tournament.

Venues

The following three venues were chosen to host all matches from the group stage onwards.

Alexandria Alexandria
Borg El Arab Stadium Alexandria Stadium
Capacity: 86,000 Capacity: 13,660
Borg El Arab Stadium Alexandria Stadium
Cairo
Al Salam Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Al Salam Stadium

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[1][3]

Stage Round Date
Qualifying play-off Round 1 14 September 2016 – 4 March 2017
Round 2
Play-off round
Group stage Matchday 1 22 July – 6 August 2017
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Knockout stage Semi-finals
Final

Qualifying play-off

Main article: 2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying play-off

The qualifying play-off was held between 14 September 2016 and 4 March 2017. The three winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the nine direct entrants.

Preliminary round 1

Asia Zone
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Riffa Bahrain 1–5 Lebanon Al-Ahed 0–1 1–4
Africa Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts DJI DEK VOL
1 Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom[Note DJI] (H) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 — 1–1 0–0
2 Somalia Dekedaha 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 — — 0–0
3 Comoros Volcan Club 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 — — —
Source: UAFA
(H) Hosts
Notes
  1. ^
    ASAS Djibouti Télécom qualified via a drawing of lots.

Preliminary round 2

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asia Zone
Al-Ahed Lebanon 3–0 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil 1–0 2–0
Africa Zone
ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti 1–2 Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–1 0–1

Play-off round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asia Zone
Al-Jaish Syria 0–1 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 0–0 0–1
Al-Ahed Lebanon 6–1 Oman Fanja 2–1 4–0
Africa Zone
FC Tevragh-Zeina Mauritania 2–3 Sudan Al-Merrikh 0–1 2–2

Group stage

From the group stage onwards, the tournament was held in Egypt in the cities of Cairo and Alexandria. Twelve teams participated in the group stage, divided into three groups. The draw for the groups took place on 5 May 2017 in Cairo.[4][5] The top team of each group alongside with the best runner-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Template:2017 Arab Club Championship Group A table

NA Hussein Dey Algeria2–0United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
Addadi 11'
Gasmi 45+1'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Al-Ahly Egypt0–1Jordan Al-Faisaly
Report Al-Rawashdeh 55'
Attendance: 10,000
Al-Faisaly Jordan1–0Algeria NA Hussein Dey
Mendy 52' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates0–2Egypt Al-Ahly
Report 32' Barakat
84' Mohareb
Attendance: 6,000
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates1–2Jordan Al-Faisaly
Batna 41' Report 76' Łukasz
90+2' Zuway
Al-Ahly Egypt2–1Algeria NA Hussein Dey
Gomaa 74' (pen.)
Barakat 90+2'		 Report 61' Boulaouidet
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Group B

Template:2017 Arab Club Championship Group B table

Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia1–1Lebanon Al-Ahed
Al-Shehri 37' Report 49' Diop
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Zamalek Egypt2–2Morocco Fath Union Sport
Morsy 43' (pen.)
Shikabala 65'		 Report 8', 89' Diakité
Attendance: 6,000
Fath Union Sport Morocco4–0Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Fouzair 11', 29' (pen.), 32' (pen.)
El-Bahraoui 60'		 Report
Al-Ahed Lebanon1–0Egypt Zamalek
Zreik 84' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)
Al-Ahed Lebanon1–1Morocco Fath Union Sport
Haidar 54' (pen.) Report 45' Ait Khoursa
Zamalek Egypt2–1Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
Emam 1'
Hamdy 37'		 Report 11' Pereira

Group C

Template:2017 Arab Club Championship Group C table

Naft Al-Wasat Iraq0–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report 83' Khenissi
Al-Merrikh Sudan1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Al-Madina 71' Report 26' Al-Dawsari
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–2Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
Al-Qahtani 52'
Zabbani 58'		 Report 45+2' Ahmed
80' Ayad Sadir
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia2–0Sudan Al-Merrikh
Badri 21', 70' Report
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia3–2Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Matri 45'
Jouini 58'
Chaaleli 74'		 Report 49' Al-Yami
60' Al-Rashidi
Al-Merrikh Sudan2–1Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
Abdul-Rahman 23' (pen.)
Osunwa 89'		 Report 2' Ahmed

Ranking of second-placed teams

The highest ranked second-placed team from the groups advanced to the knockout stage; the rest were eliminated. Template:2017 Arab Club Championship second-placed teams ranking

Knockout stage

Matches were determined by a random draw.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 August – Alexandria
 
 
Egypt Al-Ahly1
 
6 August – Alexandria
 
Jordan Al-Faisaly2
 
Jordan Al-Faisaly2
 
3 August – Alexandria
 
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis (a.e.t.)3
 
Morocco Fath Union Sport1
 
 
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis (a.e.t.)2
 

Semi-finals

Al-Ahly Egypt1–2Jordan Al-Faisaly
Azaro 90+8' Report 26' Mendy
37' (o.g.) Fathy
Fath Union Sport Morocco1–2 (a.e.t.)Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Semmoumy 28' Report 47' Chemmam
95' (pen.) Khenissi

Final

Al-Faisaly Jordan2–3 (a.e.t.)Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Zuway 72'
Attiah 88'		 Report 46', 54' Bguir
101' Dhaouadi
Attendance: 7,500

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
Qualifying play-off Group stage onwards Total
1 Lebanon Ahmad Zreik Lebanon Al-Ahed 4 1 5
Sudan Bakri Al-Madina Sudan Al-Merrikh 3 2
3 Morocco Mohamed Fouzair Morocco Fath Union Sport N/A 3 3
4 Egypt Amr Barakat Egypt Al-Ahly N/A 2 2
Iraq Ziyad Ahmed Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 0 2
Libya Akram Zuway Jordan Al-Faisaly N/A 2
Senegal Dominique Mendy Jordan Al-Faisaly N/A 2
Lebanon Mohamad Haidar Lebanon Al-Ahed 1 1
Ivory Coast Lamine Diakité Morocco Fath Union Sport N/A 2
Nigeria Kelechi Osunwa Sudan Al-Merrikh 1 1
Tunisia Anice Badri Tunisia Espérance de Tunis N/A 2
Tunisia Saad Bguir Tunisia Espérance de Tunis N/A 2
Tunisia Taha Yassine Khenissi Tunisia Espérance de Tunis N/A 2

Prize money

UAFA announced that the winner will receive $2.5 million, while $600,000 will go to the runner-up and the losing semi-finalists will each get $200,000.[6][7] .

Media

The tournament gained international coverage for being the first football tournament to be broadcast live on Twitter, with all 21 matches from the group stage and knockout stage being shown for free on the competition's official Twitter account.[8]

Broadcasting

Territory Channel
 Egypt ONTV
 Saudi Arabia Al-Riyadiah
 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi TV

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Inviting the Arab Associations to Participate in the Arab Club Cup" (in Arabic). UAFA. 20 June 2016.
  2. ^ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Men's Ranking". FIFA.com. 2 June 2016.
  3. ^ "تصفيات الدور الأول لكأس العرب للأندية بجيبوتي". UAFA. 14 September 2016. Template:Ar icon
  4. ^ "اللجنة المنظمة للبطولة العربية للأندية تعقد اجتماعها الثاني بالخرطوم". UAFA. 5 March 2017. Template:Ar icon
  5. ^ "UAFA : 12 clubs retenus pour la Coupe". Dzfoot.com. 7 March 2017. Template:Fr icon
  6. ^ "Arab Club Championship Awards". Ahram Sport. 5 May 2017. Template:Ar icon
  7. ^ "The Development Arab Club Championship Awards from 2004 to 2017". Goal. 21 July 2017. Template:Ar icon
  8. ^ "The Twitter tournament: This week in Middle East football". The New Arab. 26 July 2017.
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