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 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 TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners) Al-Ittihad Jeddah3 (1987, 1994, 2005) Raja CA2 (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 JeddahRoundRaja CAOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Al-Ahed3–03–0 (H)0–0 (A)First round Hilal Al-Quds3–01–0 (H)2–0 (A) Al-Wasl4–12–1 (A)2–0 (H)Second round Wydad Casablanca5–5 (a)1–1 (H)4–4 (A) Olympic Safi2–11–1 (H)1–0 (A)Quarter-finals MC Alger2–2 (a)2–1 (A)0–1 (H) Al-Shabab4–32–2 (A)2–1 (H)Semi-finals Ismaily3–10–1 (A)3–0 (H) Match details The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw.
GK 45 Marcelo GroheRB 66 Saud Abdulhamid CB 44 Omar Hawsawi CB 20 Karim El Ahmadi (c) LB 29 Muhannad Al-ShanqeetiCM 8 Fahad Al-MuwalladCM 43 Bruno HenriqueCM 27 Hamdan Al-ShamraniAM 75 Igor CoronadoCF 77 Abdulaziz Al-Bishi CF 90 Romarinho Substitutes:GK 1 Rakan Al-NajjarDF 21 Abdulmohsen FallatahDF 32 Hazim Al-ZahraniMF 16 Abdulaziz Al-JebreenMF 23 Abdulrahman Al-Aboud MF 88 Abdulellah Al-Malki FW 70 Haroune CamaraManager: Fábio Carille GK 1 Anas Zniti RB 29 Abdelilah Madkour CB 34 Marouane Hadhoudi CB 26 Ilias Haddad LB 27 Oussama SoukhaneDM 16 Omar ArjouneRM 5 Mouhcine Moutouali (c) CM 8 Zakaria El Wardi LM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi CF 10 Mahmoud Benhalib CF 21 Soufiane Rahimi Substitutes:GK 12 Amir El HaddaouiDF 20 Abdeljalil JbiraDF 37 Mohammed Naim MF 6 Fabrice NgomaMF 14 Zakaria Habti MF 19 Mohamed Zrida FW 9 Moustapha Kouyaté 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.
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