2023 Arab Club Champions Cup final

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)

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

Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal 4 (1989, 1994, 1995, 2018–19)
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
Opponent Agg. Opponent Agg.
Al Ahli Tripoli 0–0 Group stage Al-Shabab 0–0
Al-Sadd 2–3 US Monastir 4–1
Wydad AC 2–1 Zamalek 1–1
Ittihad Jeddah 3–1 Quarter-finals Raja CA 3–1
Al-Shabab 3–1 Semi-finals Al-Shorta 1–0

Match

Details

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