Runners-up CS Sfaxien Fourth place Al-Hilal | Third place Al-Ahli Jeddah | |
Dates 20 Sep 2004 – 1 Jul 2005 Teams 32 (from 1 association) Champions Al-Ittihad Jeddah (1st title) | ||
The 2004–05 Arab Champions League is the second edition of a new format called Arab Champions League replacing the former Arab Champions Cup and Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. Al-Ittihad Jeddah of Saudi Arabia won the final against CS Sfaxien of Tunisia.
Contents
Iraq were to have three representatives; ART invited Al-Talaba and the Iraqi FA designed Erbil SC and Najaf FC (leaders of the Northern and Southern groups when the domestic championship was abandoned in spring 2004), but these two were refused by the Union of Arab Football Associations (ostensibly preferring two Baghdad teams from the Central groups); the Iraqi FA then withdrew all three representatives and were subsequently suspended from the UAFA.
First round
Al-Hussein SC apparently replaced Al-Wehdat SC.
Quarterfinals
CS Sfaxien won 4–2 on aggregate.
Al-Ittihad 1–1 MC Alger on aggregate. Al-Ittihad won 5–4 on penalties.
Al-Ahli Jeddah won 2–1 on aggregate.
Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals
CS Sfaxien won 7–4 on aggregate.
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.