The 2025–26 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League was the 32nd edition of the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League, a football competition for clubs from the eight member nations of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF). Duhok were the reigning champions, but they were unable to defend their title as they failed to qualify.
The winners of the competition were Al-Rayyan, who won their first title with a 3–0 victory over Al-Shabab in the final.
Teams TeamQualification method Sitra2024–25 Bahraini Premier League third place1st Zakho2024–25 Iraq Stars League third place1st Al-Qadsia2024–25 Kuwaiti Premier League third place7th Al-Nahda2024–25 Oman Professional League runners-up4th Al-Rayyan2024–25 Qatar Stars League fifth place6th Al-Shabab2024–25 Saudi Pro League sixth place4th Al-Ain2024–25 UAE Pro League fifth place4th Al-Tadamun Hadramaut2023–24 Yemeni League runners-up1st
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Draw The draw was held on 11 August 2025. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four, by selecting one team from each of the four ranked pots. For the draw, the clubs were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of their nations as at 10 July 2025.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Al-Rayyan Zakho Al-Shabab Al-Ain Al-Nahda Sitra Al-Qadsia Al-Tadamun Hadramaut
Group stage TiebreakersTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above was reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Due to the 2026 Iran war, the semi-finals and final were postponed and subsequently reduced to single leg matches at a centralised venue in April.
Zakho, Al-Shabab and Al-Rayyan each made bids to host the knockout stage matches, and on 2 April 2026, the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation announced Al-Rayyan as the host team.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Prize money and awards Prize money PositionAmount (USD)Champions3,000,000Runners-up1,000,000 Source:
Player awards The following awards were given:
AwardPlayerTop Scorer Abderrazak HamdallahMost Valuable Player Róger GuedesBest Goalkeeper Mahmud Abunada
See also 2026 CAFA Silk Way Cup 2026 SAFF Club Championship 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship
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