2023 Arab Club Champions Cup final

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2023 Arab Club Champions Cup Final
Event 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
After extra time
Date12 August 2023 (2023-08-12)
Venue King Fahd Stadium, Taif
Man of the Match Sergej Milinković-Savić (Al-Hilal)
Referee Redouane 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]

Contents

Teams

TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal 4 (1989, 1994 , 1995 , 2018–19)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Nassr None

Route to the final

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

Match

Details

Al-Hilal Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 1–2 (a.e.t.) Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Nassr
  • Michael Soccerball shade.svg51'
Report
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Al-Hilal
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Al-Nassr
GK21 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Owais
RB66 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saud Abdulhamid
CB3 Flag of Senegal.svg Kalidou Koulibaly Yellow card.svg 43'Sub off.svg 83'
CB5 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ali Al-Bulaihi Yellow card.svg 43'
LB12 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yasser Al-Shahrani Sub off.svg 83'
DM8 Flag of Portugal.svg Rúben Neves Sub off.svg 105+1'
CM28 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohamed Kanno Sub off.svg 105+2'
CM22 Flag of Serbia.svg Sergej Milinković-Savić
RW77 Flag of Brazil.svg Malcom Sub off.svg 105+1'
LW29 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Salem Al-Dawsari (c)
CF96 Flag of Brazil.svg Michael Sub off.svg 90'
Substitutes:
GK31 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Habib Al-Wotayan
DF2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Breik Sub on.svg 83'
DF67 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Khaibari
DF70 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Jahfali Sub on.svg 83'
DF88 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hamad Al-Yami
MF16 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nasser Al-Dawsari
MF19 Flag of Peru.svg André Carrillo Sub on.svg 105+1'
MF43 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Musab Al-Juwayr Sub on.svg 105+2'
MF44 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saad Al-Nasser
MF56 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Qahtani
FW14 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Al-Hamdan Sub on.svg 90'
FW49 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Radif Sub on.svg 105+1'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg Jorge Jesus
GK44 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nawaf Al-Aqidi
RB2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Sultan Al-Ghannam Yellow card.svg 43'
CB78 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ali Lajami Sub off.svg 79'
CB5 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulelah Al-Amri Red card.svg 71'
LB15 Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Telles
DM77 Flag of Croatia.svg Marcelo Brozović Yellow card.svg 32'Sub off.svg 120+2'
DM17 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Al-Khaibari Sub off.svg 80'
CM6 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Seko Fofana
RF94 Flag of Brazil.svg Talisca Sub off.svg 90'
CF7 Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo (c)Sub off.svg 115'
LF10 Flag of Senegal.svg Sadio Mané Yellow card.svg 48'Sub off.svg 120'
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Amin Bukhari
DF4 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Fatil Sub on.svg 79'
DF12 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nawaf Boushal Red card.svg 78'
DF13 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ghislain Konan Yellow card.svg 110'Sub on.svg 80'
MF8 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem Yellow card.svg 118'Sub on.svg 120+2'
MF11 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Khalid Al-Ghannam
MF14 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Sami Al-Najei
MF19 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ali Al-Hassan Sub on.svg 115'
MF21 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mukhtar Ali
MF29 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulrahman Ghareeb Sub on.svg 90'
MF46 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulaziz Al-Elewai Sub on.svg 120'
FW18 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulfattah Adam
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg Luís Castro Yellow card.svg 77'Red card.svg 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

  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

  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.