2023 Arab Club Champions Cup final explained

2023 Arab Club Champions Cup Final
Event:2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
Team1:Al-Hilal
Team1score:1
Team2:Al-Nassr
Team2score:2
Details:After extra time
Stadium:King Fahd Stadium
City:Taif
Man Of The Match1a:Sergej Milinković-Savić (Al-Hilal)
Referee:Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Weather:Partly cloudy
33°C
Previous:2020
Next: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

TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal4 (1989, 1994, 1995, 2018–19)
Al-NassrNone

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-HilalRoundAl-Nassr
OpponentAgg.OpponentAgg.
Al Ahli Tripoli0–0Group stage Al-Shabab0–0
Al-Sadd2–3 US Monastir4–1
Wydad AC2–1 Zamalek1–1
Ittihad Jeddah3–1Quarter-finals Raja CA3–1
Al-Shabab3–1Semi-finals Al-Shorta1–0

Match

Details

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GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB 66 Saud Abdulhamid
CB 3
CB 5
LB 12
DM 8
CM 28
CM 22 Sergej Milinković-Savić
RW 77
LW 29 Salem Al-Dawsari (c)
CF 96
Substitutes:
GK 31 Habib Al-Wotayan
DF 2
DF 67 Mohammed Al-Khaibari
DF 70
DF 88 Hamad Al-Yami
MF 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari
MF 19
MF 43
MF 44 Saad Al-Nasser
MF 56 Mohammed Al-Qahtani
FW 14
FW 49
Manager:
Jorge Jesus
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GK 44 Nawaf Al-Aqidi
RB 2
CB 78
CB 5
LB 15 Alex Telles
DM 77
DM 17
CM 6 Seko Fofana
RF 94
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
LF 10
Substitutes:
GK 1 Amin Bukhari
DF 4
DF 12
DF 13
MF 8
MF 11 Khalid Al-Ghannam
MF 14 Sami Al-Najei
MF 19
MF 21 Mukhtar Ali
MF 29
MF 46
FW 18 Abdulfattah Adam
Manager:
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.

Notes and References

  1. News: 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 . ar . uafa-ac.com . . 11 August 2023 . 12 August 2023.
  2. Web site: 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 . 13 August 2023.