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2023 Arab Club Champions Cup final

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2023 Arab Club Champions Cup Final
Event2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
After extra time
Date12 August 2023 (2023-08-12)
VenueKing Fahd Stadium, Taif
Man of the MatchSergej Milinković-Savić (Al-Hilal)
RefereeRedouane Jiyed (Morocco)
WeatherPartly cloudy
33 °C (91 °F)
2020
TBD

The 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup Final was the final match of the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup, the 30th season of the Arab League's main club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the Arab Club Championship to the Arab Club Champions Cup. It was played at the King Fahd Stadium in Taif.[1] Al-Nassr beat Al-Hilal 2–1 after extra time to earn their first Arab Club Champions Cup title.[2]

Teams

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Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 (1989, 1994, 1995, 2018–19)
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr None

Route to the final

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Both clubs entered the Arab Club Champions Cup at the group stage of the competition with the draw made on 6 March 2023. Al-Hilal was drawn in group B while Al-Nassr was drawn in group C.

Al-Hilal Round Al-Nassr
Opponent Agg. Opponent Agg.
Libya Al Ahli Tripoli 0–0 Group stage Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 0–0
Qatar Al-Sadd 2–3 Tunisia US Monastir 4–1
Morocco Wydad AC 2–1 Egypt Zamalek 1–1
Saudi Arabia Ittihad Jeddah 3–1 Quarter-finals Morocco Raja CA 3–1
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 3–1 Semi-finals Iraq Al-Shorta 1–0

Match

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Details

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Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–2 (a.e.t.)Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
  • Michael 51'
Report
Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
GK 21 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Owais
RB 66 Saudi Arabia Saud Abdulhamid
CB 3 Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly Yellow card 43' downward-facing red arrow 83'
CB 5 Saudi Arabia Ali Al-Bulaihi Yellow card 43'
LB 12 Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Shahrani downward-facing red arrow 83'
DM 8 Portugal Rúben Neves downward-facing red arrow 105+1'
CM 28 Saudi Arabia Mohamed Kanno downward-facing red arrow 105+2'
CM 22 Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić
RW 77 Brazil Malcom downward-facing red arrow 105+1'
LW 29 Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari (c)
CF 96 Brazil Michael downward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Saudi Arabia Habib Al-Wotayan
DF 2 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Breik upward-facing green arrow 83'
DF 67 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khaibari
DF 70 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Jahfali upward-facing green arrow 83'
DF 88 Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Yami
MF 16 Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Dawsari
MF 19 Peru André Carrillo upward-facing green arrow 105+1'
MF 43 Saudi Arabia Musab Al-Juwayr upward-facing green arrow 105+2'
MF 44 Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Nasser
MF 56 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Qahtani
FW 14 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Hamdan upward-facing green arrow 90'
FW 49 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Radif upward-facing green arrow 105+1'
Manager:
Portugal Jorge Jesus
GK 44 Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Aqidi
RB 2 Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Ghannam Yellow card 43'
CB 78 Saudi Arabia Ali Lajami downward-facing red arrow 79'
CB 5 Saudi Arabia Abdulelah Al-Amri Red card 71'
LB 15 Brazil Alex Telles
DM 77 Croatia Marcelo Brozović Yellow card 32' downward-facing red arrow 120+2'
DM 17 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Khaibari downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 6 Ivory Coast Seko Fofana
RF 94 Brazil Talisca downward-facing red arrow 90'
CF 7 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (c) downward-facing red arrow 115'
LF 10 Senegal Sadio Mané Yellow card 48' downward-facing red arrow 120'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Saudi Arabia Amin Bukhari
DF 4 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Fatil upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 12 Saudi Arabia Nawaf Boushal Red card 78'
DF 13 Ivory Coast Ghislain Konan Yellow card 110' upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 8 Saudi Arabia Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem Yellow card 118' upward-facing green arrow 120+2'
MF 11 Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Ghannam
MF 14 Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Najei
MF 19 Saudi Arabia Ali Al-Hassan upward-facing green arrow 115'
MF 21 Saudi Arabia Mukhtar Ali
MF 29 Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Ghareeb upward-facing green arrow 90'
MF 46 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Elewai upward-facing green arrow 120'
FW 18 Saudi Arabia Abdulfattah Adam
Manager:
Portugal Luís Castro Yellow card 77'Red card 102'

Assistant referees:
Lahcen Azgaou (Morocco)
Mustapha Akerkad (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Video assistant referee:
Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

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  1. ^ "أنظار الجميع تتجه صوب محافظة الطائف.. غداً ..النصر والهلال السعوديان يلتقيان في نهائي كأس الملك سلمان للأندية" [Everyone's attention is directed towards Taif Governorate .. Tomorrow .. Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia will meet in the final of the King Salman Club Cup]. uafa-ac.com (in Arabic). UAFA. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Cristiano Ronaldo at the double as Al Nassr beat Al Hilal in King Salman Club Cup final". thenationalnews.com. The National News. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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