2004 �05 ARAB CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

2004–05 Arab Champions League
دوري أبطال العرب 2004–05
Tournament details
Dates	20 September 2004 – 1 July 2005
Teams	32 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ittihad Jeddah (1st title)
Runners-up	CS Sfaxien
Third place	Al-Hilal
Fourth place	Al-Ahli Jeddah
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	248 (2.58 per match)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

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

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

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

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

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

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

Knock-out stage

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

Al-Ahli Jeddah	2	0	2

Al-Ismaily	0	1	1
				Al-Ahli Jeddah	0	4	4

				CS Sfaxien	3	4	7
Al-Ahli Doha	1	1	2

CS Sfaxien	2	2	4
								CS Sfaxien	0	1	1

								Al-Ittihad	2	2	4
Al-Hilal	1	1	2

Wydad AC	0	1	1
				Al-Hilal	0	1	1	Third place

				Al-Ittihad	1	2	3
MC Alger	1	0	1 (4)					Al-Hilal	3	2	5

Al-Ittihad ( p)	0	1	1 (5)					Al-Ahli Jeddah	1	2	3