2007–08 Arab Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	12 September 2007 – 22 May 2008
Teams	32 (from UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Entente Sportive de Sétif (2nd title)
Runner-up	Wydad Casablanca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	75
Goals scored	192 (2.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Essa Al-Mehyani (8 goals)
Best player	Lamouri Djediat

The 5th Edition of Arab Champions League 2007-08

Contents 1 The Format 2 Participated teams 2.1 Asia 2.2 Africa 3 The System 4 The Awards 5 Round 32 5.1 Matches Dates 6 Round 16 6.1 Matches Dates 7 Round 8 7.1 Group A 7.2 Group B 8 The Semi-Finals 9 The Final 10 Top scorers 11 References 12 External links

[edit] The Format

• Each federation enter with (1~2) teams from their top Leagues

- The teams must be one of the top 5 teams in the latest season, or Cup Champions/Runners-up.

• The Number of teams of each federation enters based on the previous editions results of the Arab Champions League

• The official sponsor ART can choose the rest teams to complete the 32 teams, so it may can reach 3 teams from one country

- It's not necessary to be one of the top 5 teams.

• Entente Sportive de Sétif entered automatically as 2006-2007 Champion.

[edit] Participated teams

32 clubs will be competing from the following countries.

[edit] Asia

Bahrain (1)	Bahrein Riffa Club (2006-07 Bahraini Premier League Runners-up)
Iraq (2)	Najaf FC (Iraqi Premier League 2006-07 3rd Place) Al-Talaba (Iraqi Premier League 2006-07 4th Place)
Jordan (2)	Al-Wihdat (2006-07 Jordan League Champions) Al-Faisaly (2006-07 Jordan League Runners-up)
Kuwait (2)	Kazma Sporting Club (2006-07 Kuwaiti Premier League Champions) Al-Arabi (2006-07 Kuwaiti Premier League 6th Place)
Lebanon (1)	Al-Ansar (2006-07 Lebanese Premier League Champions)
Qatar (0)	Withdraw this season
Oman (1)	Al-Oruba (2006-07 Omani League Runners-up)
Palestine (1)	Shabab Rafah (Representing Palestine)
Saudi Arabia (2)	Al-Wahda Mecca (2006-07 Saudi Arabia Premier League 3rd Place) Al-Shabab (2006-07 Saudi Arabia Premier League 4th Place)
Syria (2)	Al-Taliya (2006-07 Syrian League 3rd Place) Al-Majd (2006-07 Syrian League 4th Place)
UAE (1)	Al-Shaab (2006-07 UAE League 5th Place)
Yemen (1)	Al-Ahli San'a (2006-07 Yemeni League Champions)

[edit] Africa

Algeria (3)	Entente Sportive de Sétif (2006-07 Algerian Championnat National Champions) USM Alger (2006-07 Algerian Championnat National 4th Place) Mouloudia Club D'Oran (2006-07 Algerian Championnat National 6th Place)
Comoros (1)	Chirazienne (Representing Comoros)
Djibouti (1)	CDE-Colas (Representing Djibouti)
Egypt (2)	El-Gaish (2006-07 Egyptian Premier League 4th Place) El-Masry (2006-07 Egyptian Premier League 10th Place)
Libya (1)	Al-Ittihad Tripoli (2006-07 Libyan Premier League Champions)
Mauritania (1)	ASC Mauritel (2006-07 Mauritanean Premier League Champions)
Morocco (3)	Moghreb Athletic Tétouan (2006-07 GNF 1 3rd Place) Wydad Casablanca (2006-07 GNF 1 4th Place) Raja Casablanca (2006-07 GNF 1 11th Place)
Somalia (0)	Withdraw this season (Elman FC withdraw)
Sudan (2)	Al-Hilal Omdurman (2006 Sudan Premier League Champions) Al-Merrikh (2006 Sudan Premier League Runners-up)
Tunisia (2)	Union Sportive Monastirienne (2006-07 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 4th Place) Club Athletique Bizertin (2006-07 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 12th Place)

[edit] The System

• Round 32: Knock out stage
• Round 16: Knock out stage
• Round 8: Groups Stage
• Semifinals and final: Knock out stage

[edit] The Awards

• The Champions: $1,500,000
• The Runner-up: $1,000,000
• Round 4: $400,000
• Round 8: $300,000
• Round 16: $60,000
• Round 32: $30,000

[edit] Round 32

32 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Moghreb Athletic Tétouan	1-4	Al-Wihdat	0-4	1-0
Al-Talaba	0-4	USM Alger	0-2	0-2
Al-Merrikh	5-1	Bahrein Riffa Club	2-0	3-1
ASC Mauritel	1-4	Entente Sportive de Sétif	1-1	0-3
Al-Hilal Omdurman	4-4(a)	Al-Majd	3-2	1-2
CDE-Colas	0-19	Al-Wahda Mecca	0-8	0-11
Kazma Sporting Club	1-2	Wydad Casablanca	0-1	1-1
Chirazienne	0-9	Najaf FC	0-8	0-1
El-Masry	0-1	Al-Taliya	0-1	0-0
Al-Ahli San'a	1-4	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	0-0	1-4
Mouloudia Club d'Oran	0-3	Al-Arabi	0-1	0-2
Al-Ansar	2-3	El-Gaish	1-1	1-2
Club Athletic Bizertin	3-3 (4-2)	Al-Shabab	1-2	2-1
Al-Oruba	1-1 (a)	Union Sportive Monastir	0-0	1-1
Al-Shaab	2-4	Al-Faisaly	0-2	2-2
Shabab Rafah	(w/o) 1	Raja Casablanca	-	-

¹ Shabab Rafah withdrew. ^[1]

[edit] Matches Dates

• The first legs on 12 and 17/18 September 2007
• The second legs on 1/2 October 2007

[edit] Round 16

16 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1-3	Al-Majd	1-1	0-2
Al-Wahda Mecca	2-4	Entente Sportive de Sétif	1-1	1-3
Al-Oruba	3-7	Wydad Casablanca	2-3	1-4
Al-Merrikh	3-5	Raja Casablanca	2-2	1-3
Najaf FC	0-3	Al-Taliya	0-3	0-0
Club Athletic Bizertin	3-4	Al-Faisaly	1-1	2-3
Al-Wihdat	1-2	El-Gaish	0-0	1-2
Al-Arabi	(w/o)	USM Alger	3-2	Sus1

¹ Al-Arabi Disqualified, Kuwait have been indefinitely suspended from international football competitions.

[edit] Matches Dates

• The first legs on 22/5 November 2007
• The second legs on 6/15 November 2007

[edit] Round 8

8 teams play home and away matches in 2 Groups, 4 teams in each group.

the Groups winners and the runners-up qulify to the semif-finals

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
ES Sétif	6	3	2	1	10	4	+6	11
Al-Faisaly	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
Raja Casablanca	6	1	4	1	3	4	-1	7
Al-Majd	6	0	3	3	5	12	-7	3

28 November 2007	Raja Casablanca	0 – 0	Al-Faisaly	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca Referee: A.Jadidi (Tunisia)

28 November 2007	ES Sétif	1 – 1	Al-Majd	Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif Referee: J.Ambia (Libya)
	Djediat  51'		Rafe  37'

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11 December 2007	Al-Faisaly	3 – 1	Al-Majd	Amman International Stadium, Amman
	Al-Shaikh  47' Al-Shaboul  65' Abo Koshk  92'		Rafe  56'

12 December 2007	ES Sétif	2 – 0	Raja Casablanca	Stade 8 Mai 1945, Setif Referee: T.Nadjm (Lebanon)
	Maïza  31' Touil  88'

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25 December 2007	Al-Majd	1 – 1	Raja Casablanca	Abbasiyyin Damascus Stadium, Damascus
	Al Zeno  28'		Aïni  93'

26 December 2007	Al-Faisaly	1 – 1	ES Sétif	Amman International Stadium, Amman
	Lafi  39'		Touil  63'

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19 February 2008	Al-Majd	2 – 3	Al-Faisaly	Abbasiyyin Damascus Stadium, Damascus
	Rafe  50' Masaes  56'		Farhan  27',  58' Lafi  90'

20 February 2008	Raja Casablanca	1 – 0	ES Sétif	Stade Mohamed V , Casablanca
	Senghor  60'

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5 March 2008	Raja Casablanca	0 – 0	Al-Majd	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

5 March 2008	ES Sétif	2 – 1	Al-Faisaly	Stade 8 Mai 1945, Setif
	Touil  89' Adiko  90+5'		Lafi  85'

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12 March 2008	Al-Faisaly	1 – 1	Raja Casablanca
	Abdul-Amir  25'		Cire  13'

18 March 2008	Al-Majd	0 – 4	ES Sétif
			Adiko  20' Laïfaoui  45' Djediat  66',  77'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wydad Casablanca	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10
El-Gaish	6	2	2	2	3	5	-2	8
USM Alger	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Al-Taliya	6	2	1	3	4	7	-3	7

27 November 2007	El-Gaish	1 – 2	Al-Taliya	Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: J.Mahmoud (Bahrain)
	Masaoud  82'		Aboud  36' Tatan  88'

28 November 2007	USM Alger	2 – 1	Wydad Casablanca	Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers Referee: S.Mahmoud (Jordan)
	Louissi  58' (o.g.) Doucoure  81'		Madihi  54'

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10 December 2007	El-Gaish	0 – 0	USM Alger	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo Referee: M.Omar (United Arab Emirates)

12 December 2007	Wydad Casablanca	3 – 1	Al-Taliya	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
	Doulyazal  38' Jouaya  65' Bidoudane  70'		Sulaiman  9'

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25 December 2007	Al-Taliya	0–0	USM Alger	Al Baladi Al Talyia Nahia Syria

26 December 2007	Wydad Casablanca	3–0	El-Gaish	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
	Abderrahim Saadi  44' Hamza Yacef  64' Abderrazak Sakim  70'

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18 February 2008	USM Alger	0–1	El-Gaish	Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers
			Mamdouh Abd El-Haee  77'

19 February 2008	Al-Taliya	0 – 2	Wydad Casablanca	Mohamed V , Casablanca
			Sadio Sow  35' Abderrazak Sakim  92'

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3 March 2008	USM Alger	0 – 1	Al-Taliya	Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers

3 March 2008	El-Gaish	0 – 0	Wydad Casablanca	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

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18 March 2008	Al-Taliya	0 – 1	El-Gaish
			Arko  75'

19 March 2008	Wydad Casablanca	2 – 3	USM Alger
	Oumansour  25' Sow  88'		Moncharé  12' Ammour  78' Doucoure  81'

[edit] The Semi-Finals

14 April 2008	Al-Faisaly	1 – 2	Wydad Casablanca	Amman International Stadium, Amman

30 April 2008	Wydad Casablanca	0 – 0	Al-Faisaly	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

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15 April 2008	El-Geish	2 – 1	ES Setif	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

1 May 2008	ES Setif	1 – 0	El-Geish	Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif

[edit] The Final

9 May 2008	Wydad Casablanca	0 – 1	ES Setif	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca Attendance: 54,000 Referee: A.Trabelsi (Tunisia)
			Touil  80'

22 May 2008	ES Sétif	1 – 0	Wydad Casablanca	Stade Frères Brakni, Blida Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Ziaya  30'

Arab Champions League 2007–08 Winners
ES Sétif Second Title

[edit] Top scorers

Last updated: 22 May 2008.

Pos.	Scorer	Goals	Club
1.	Essa Al-Mehyani	8	Al-Wahda Mecca
2.	Raja Rafe	6	Al-Majd
3.	Lamouri Djediat	5	ES Setif
=	Mohamed Madihi	5	Wydad Casablanca
=	Fadi Lafi	5	Al-Faysali

[edit] References

1. ^ Raja Casablanca goes straight through - Shabab Rafah withdrew (Kooora)

[edit] External links

• UA-FA
• Official website

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