2007–08 Arab Champions League

2007–08 Arab Champions League
دوري أبطال العرب 2007–08
Tournament details
Dates	12 September 2007 – 22 May 2008
Teams	32 (from 1 association)
Final positions
Champions	ES Sétif (2nd title)
Runners-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(s)	Lamouri Djediat
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 5th Edition of Arab Champions League 2007–08

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.

Participated teams

32 clubs will be competing from the following countries.

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)

Africa

Algeria (3)	ES Sétif (2006–07 Algerian Championnat National Champions) USM Alger (2006–07 Algerian Championnat National 4th Place) MC Oran (2006–07 Algerian Championnat National 6th Place)
Comoros (1)	Chirazienne (2006–07 Comoros Cup Winners)
Djibouti (1)	CDE Colas (Representing Djibouti)
Egypt (2)	Tala'ea 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 Club (2006 Sudan Premier League Champions) Al-Merrikh SC (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)

The System

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

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

Round 32

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 SC	5–1	Bahrein Riffa Club	2–0	3–1
ASC Mauritel	1–4	ES Sétif	1–1	0–3
Al-Hilal Club	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
MC Oran	0–3	Al-Arabi	0–1	0–2
Al-Ansar	2–3	Tala'ea 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]

Match dates

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

Round 16

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1–3	Al-Majd	1–1	0–2
Al-Wahda Mecca	2–4	ES 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	Tala'ea 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.

Matches Dates

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

Round 8

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

the Groups winners and the runners-up qualify to the semifinals.

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Djediat 51'		Rafe 37'

Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif

Referee: J.Ambia (Libya)

11 December 2007

Al-Faisaly	3–1	Al-Majd
Al-Sheikh 47' Al-Shboul 65' Abu Keshek 92'		Rafe 56'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

12 December 2007

ES Sétif	2–0	Raja Casablanca
Maïza 31' Touil 88'

Stade 8 Mai 1945, Setif

Referee: T.Nadjm (Lebanon)

25 December 2007

Al-Majd	1–1	Raja Casablanca
Al Zeno 28'		Aïni 93'

Abbasiyyin Damascus Stadium, Damascus

26 December 2007

Al-Faisaly	1–1	ES Sétif
Lafi 39'		Touil 63'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

19 February 2008

Al-Majd	2–3	Al-Faisaly
Rafe 50' Masaes 56'		Farhan 27', 58' Lafi 90'

Abbasiyyin Damascus Stadium, Damascus

20 February 2008

Raja Casablanca	1–0	ES Sétif
Senghor 60'

Stade Mohamed V , Casablanca

5 March 2008

Raja Casablanca	0–0	Al-Majd

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

5 March 2008

ES Sétif	2–1	Al-Faisaly
Touil 89' Adiko 90 5'		Lafi 85'

Stade 8 Mai 1945, Setif

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'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wydad Casablanca	6	3	1	2	11	6	5	10
Tala'ea 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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

27 November 2007

Tala'ea El-Gaish	1–2	Al-Taliya
Masaoud 82'		Aboud 36' Tatan 88'

Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Referee: J.Mahmoud (Bahrain)

28 November 2007

USM Alger	2–1	Wydad Casablanca
Louissi 58' (o.g.) Doucoure 81'		Madihi 54'

Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers

Referee: S.Mahmoud (Jordan)

10 December 2007

Tala'ea 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
Doulyazal 38' Jouaya 65' Bidoudane 70'		Sulaiman 9'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

25 December 2007

Al-Taliya	0–0	USM Alger

Al Baladi Al Talyia Nahia Syria

26 December 2007

Wydad Casablanca	3–0	Tala'ea El-Gaish
Abderrahim Saadi 44' Hamza Yacef 64' Abderrazak Sakim 70'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

18 February 2008

USM Alger	0–1	Tala'ea El-Gaish
		Mamdouh Abd El-Haee 77'

Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers

19 February 2008

Al-Taliya	0–2	Wydad Casablanca
		Sadio Sow 35' Abderrazak Sakim 92'

Mohamed V , Casablanca

3 March 2008

USM Alger	0–1	Al-Taliya

Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers

3 March 2008

Tala'ea El-Gaish	0–0	Wydad Casablanca

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

18 March 2008

Al-Taliya	0–1	Tala'ea El-Gaish
		Arko 75'

19 March 2008

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

The Semi-Finals

14 April 2008

Al-Faisaly	1–2	Wydad Casablanca
El Adoua 35' (o.g.)		Bidoudane 4' Talbi 74'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

30 April 2008

Wydad Casablanca	0–0	Al-Faisaly

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

15 April 2008

Tala'ea El-Gaish	2–1	ES Setif
Abdelali 25', 53'		Mecheri 80'

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

1 May 2008

ES Setif	1–0	Tala'ea El-Gaish
Ziaya 65'

Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif

The Final

9 May 2008

Wydad Casablanca	0–1	ES Setif
		Touil 80'

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 54,000

Referee: Aouaz Trabelsi (Tunisia)

22 May 2008

ES Sétif	1–0	Wydad Casablanca
Ziaya 30'

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Winners

Arab Champions League 2007–08 Winners

ES Sétif Second Title

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

References

^ Raja Casablanca goes straight through – Shabab Rafah withdrew (Kooora)

External links

Arab Champions' League 2007/08 – rsssf.com
Official website

[1] Raja Casablanca goes straight through – Shabab Rafah withdrew (Kooora)

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