The 2004–05 Arab Champions League was the second edition of a new format called
Arab Champions League
The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by eli ...
replacing the former Arab Unified Club Championship. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia.
Al-Ittihad Jeddah of
Saudi Arabia
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won the final against
CS Sfaxien
Club Sportif Sfaxien ( ar, النادي الرياضي الصفاقسي) is a Tunisian professional association football club founded in 1928.
History
The club was founded in 1928 as ''Club Tunisien'', playing in green and red stripes. The team ...
of
Tunisia
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The competition's sponsor
ART
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invited Iraq's
Al-Talaba to compete. The
Iraqi FA then nominated two other clubs (
Erbil SC
Erbil Sports Club ( ar, نادي أربيل الرياضي, ) is a sports club based in the city of Erbil, Kurdistan Region that plays in the Iraqi Premier League, the first-tier of Iraqi football. The club is also known as "Yaney Hewlêr", the ...
and
Najaf FC
Al-Najaf Sports Club ( ar, نادي النجف الرياضي) is an Iraqi professional football club based in Najaf. They are members of the Iraqi Premier League. Al-Najaf has competed in the 2007 AFC Champions League.
History
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, 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)
Al-Hussein SC (Irbid) ( ar, الحسين إربد) is a professional football club based in Irbid which competes in the Jordanian Pro League.
Al-Hussein (Irbid) participated in the 2005 AFC Cup, winning its group. The club has never won the ...
apparently replaced
Al-Wehdat SC
Al-Wehdat Sport Club ( ar, نادي الوحدات الرياضي}) is a Jordanian sport club founded in 1956. The club is based in and represents the Amman New Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp which is also known as Al-Wehdat. Al-Wehdat's home ...
.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knock-out stage
Quarterfinals
''CS Sfaxien won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Al-Ittihad 1–1 MC Alger on aggregate. Al-Ittihad won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Semifinals
''CS Sfaxien won 7–4 on aggregate.''
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''Al-Ittihad won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Third place match
''Al-Hilal won 5–3 on aggregate.''
Final
''Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.''
Winners
External links
Arab Champions' League 2004–05– ''rsssf.com''
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