# 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup, officially named the 2019–20 Mohammed VI Champions Cup (Arabic: كأس محمد السادس للأندية الأبطال 2019–20) after Mohammed VI of Morocco, where the final was hosted, was the 29th season of the Arab Club Champions Cup, the Arab world's club football tournament organised by UAFA.
Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous edition. They were eliminated by Shabab Al-Ordon in the first round. The tournament was postponed for ten months in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the final was played on 21 August 2021, where Raja Casablanca defeated Al-Ittihad Jeddah on penalties after a 4–4 draw to earn their second title.

## Teams

A total of 38 teams participated in the tournament; 19 from Africa and 19 from Asia. 8 clubs started in the preliminary round where two of them advanced to the first round which consisted of 32 teams. From then on, the tournament was played in a knockout format with home and away legs, until the final which was a one-leg match played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco.

### Notes

* 1 2 3 Not including the club's appearance in the cancelled 1990 edition.

## Prize money

The prize money is as follows:
* Winners: $6,000,000
* Runners-up: $2,500,000
* Semi-finalists: $500,000
* Quarter-finalists: $200,000
* Second round: $50,000
* First round: $20,000

## Round and draw dates

The schedule is as follows.
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Preliminary round | 27 July 2019 | 18–25 August 2019 | 18–25 August 2019 |
| First round | 27 July 2019 | 20 August – 24 September 2019 | 30 August – 3 October 2019 |
| Second round | 5 October 2019 | 23 October – 8 November 2019 | 4 November – 16 December 2019 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 December 2019 | 23 December 2019 – 15 January 2020 | 20 January – 15 February 2020 |
| Semi-finals | 4 December 2019 | 16 February – 2 December 2020 | 4 January – 11 January 2021 |
| Final | 4 December 2019 | 21 August 2021 at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat | 21 August 2021 at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSC | IRT | ZSC | HOR |
| 1 | Al-Riffa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | Advance to First round | — | | | 5–0 |
| 2 | Ittihad Tanger | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Al-Zawraa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | | 0–1 | | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Horseed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | | | 1–6 | | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JSS | CAB | TEL | FOM |
| 1 | JS Saoura | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to First round | — | | 1–0 | |
| 2 | CA Bizertin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | |
| 3 | ASAS Djibouti Télécom | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | | | | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Fomboni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | | 0–5 | 0–7 | | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| JS Saoura | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Shabab | 3 | 2 | 5 | Al-Shabab | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | 2 | 1 | 3 | Shabab Al-Ordon | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | Al-Shabab | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | |
| Al-Jaish | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | Al-Shorta | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| FC Nouadhibou | 1 | 1 | 2 | FC Nouadhibou | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | Al-Shorta | 1 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Shorta (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Al-Shabab | 2 | 1 | 3 | | |
| Al-Wasl | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 2 | 2 | 4 | | |
| Al-Hilal | 0 | 2 | 2 | Al-Wasl | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 3 | 0 | 3 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Ahed | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Olympic Safi | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | Olympic Safi | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Al-Riffa | 1 | 0 | 1 | Olympic Safi (p) | 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nejmeh | 1 | 0 | 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 1 | 1 | 2 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Espérance de Tunis | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 4 (3) |
| Al-Arabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Raja Casablanca (p) | 4 (4) |
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 1 | 2 | 3 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| CS Constantine | 3 | 0 | 3 | Al-Muharraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Muharraq (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Ismaily | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | | Ismaily | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Al-Ahly Benghazi | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ismaily | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Nasr | 0 | 1 | 1 | Al-Jazira | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Jazira | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Ismaily | 1 | 0 | 1 | | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Raja Casablanca | 0 | 3 | 3 | | |
| Al-Salmiya | 1 | 1 | 2 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| MC Alger | 1 | 1 | 2 | MC Alger (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dhofar | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | MC Alger | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Raja Casablanca | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | Raja Casablanca (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Hilal Al-Quds | 0 | 0 | 0 | Raja Casablanca (a) | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Al-Merrikh | 1 | 0 | 1 | Wydad Casablanca | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wydad Casablanca | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### First round

The draw for the first round was held on 27 July 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 4–2 | Al-Salmiya | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Shabab Al-Ordon | 3–1 | Étoile du Sahel | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Jaish | 1–2 | FC Nouadhibou | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Merrikh | 1–3 | Wydad Casablanca | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Ismaily | 4–3 | Al-Ahly Benghazi | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Al-Nasr | 1–4 | Al-Jazira | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Al-Wasl | 3–2 | Al-Hilal | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Arabi | 0–3 | Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Olympic Safi | 2–1 | Al-Riffa | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Nejmeh | 1–3 | Espérance de Tunis | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| MC Alger | 2–1 | Dhofar | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Kuwait | 3–3 (a) | Al-Shorta | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Raja Casablanca | 3–0 | Hilal Al-Quds | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| JS Saoura | 1–5 | Al-Shabab | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| CS Constantine | 3–3 (a) | Al-Muharraq | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 3–0 | Al-Ahed | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Notes
* ↑ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

### Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 5 October 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 0–0 (2–4 p) | MC Alger | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 3–0 | Al-Muharraq | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Shabab | 2–1 | Shabab Al-Ordon | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Raja Casablanca | 5–5 (a) | Wydad Casablanca | 1–1 | 4–4 |
| FC Nouadhibou | 0–6 | Al-Shorta | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| Ismaily | 4–0 | Al-Jazira | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Olympic Safi | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Espérance de Tunis | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Wasl | 1–4 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1–2 | 0–2 |

### Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 4 December 2019.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Shabab | 7–0 | Al-Shorta | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 2–1 | Olympic Safi | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 0–1 | Ismaily | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| MC Alger | 2–2 (a) | Raja Casablanca | 1–2 | 1–0 |

### Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 4 December 2019 (after the quarter-finals draw).
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Shabab | 3–4 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Ismaily | 1–3 | Raja Casablanca | 1–0 | 0–3 |

### Final

The final was played on 21 August 2021 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.

## Top goalscorers

Statistics exclude preliminary round.
| Rank | Player | Team | FR1 | FR2 | SR1 | SR2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F | Total |
| 1 | Romarinho | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Mouhcine Moutouali | Raja Casablanca | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | 5 |
| 3 | Danilo Asprilla | Al-Shabab | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | | 4 |
| 3 | Khaled Kamar | Al-Ittihad Alexandria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 |
| 5 | Ben Malango | Raja Casablanca | | | | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | | 3 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Prijović | Al-Ittihad Jeddah | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | 3 |
| 5 | Amjad Attwan | Al-Shorta | | | | 3 | | | | | | | 3 |
| 5 | Zaid Al-Ameri | Al-Jazira | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 5 | Sebá | Al-Shabab | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 |
| 5 | Cristian Guanca | Al-Shabab | | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 |
| 11 | Wagih Abdel Hakim | Ismaily | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Waleed Bakhet | Al-Hilal | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Koffi Boua | Olympic Safi | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Samy Frioui | MC Alger | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | Al-Shabab | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Taha Yassine Khenissi | Espérance de Tunis | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Fábio Lima | Al-Wasl | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Junior Mapuku | Al-Shorta | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Mohamed Nahiri | Wydad Casablanca | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Fabrice Ngoma | Raja Casablanca | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Benson Shilongo | Ismaily | | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Nabeel Sabah | Al-Shorta | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 11 | Mahmoud Benhalib | Raja Casablanca | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Broadcasting

2019–20 Mohammed VI Champions Cup Media Coverage :
| Country/Region | Television Channel |
| Middle East and North Africa | AD Sports |