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2023 Arab Club Champions Cup

2023 King Salman Club Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia (final tournament)
Dates	Preliminary rounds: 2–5 March 2023 Qualifying rounds: 13 March – 7 July 2023 Competition proper: 27 July – 12 August 2023
Teams	Competition proper: 16 Total: 37 (from 2 confederations) (from 22 associations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Nassr (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	68 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cristiano Ronaldo (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Sergej Milinković-Savić
Best goalkeeper	Nawaf Al-Aqidi
← 2019–20 (Note: Statistics do not include preliminary and qualifying rounds)

The 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup, officially named the 2023 King Salman Club Cup (Arabic: كأس الملك سلمان للأندية 2023) after Salman of Saudi Arabia, where the final tournament was hosted, was the 30th season of the Arab Club Champions Cup, the Arab world's club football tournament organised by UAFA.

A total of 37 teams participated in the tournament, which started with preliminary and qualifying rounds, before the final tournament was held in Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2023 across four cities: Abha, Al Bahah, Khamis Mushait and Taif. A total of $10 million of prize money was awarded.

Moroccan side Raja CA were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous edition, but they lost 3–1 in the quarter-finals to Saudi team Al-Nassr. In the final, Al-Nassr defeated local rivals Al-Hilal 2–1 after extra time to win their first title.

Prize money and sponsorship

The prize money was as follows:

Sponsorship of 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup:

Sponsorship
Fly Emirates

Association team allocation

A total of 37 teams participated in the tournament.

On March 3, Egyptian club Al Ahly announced its withdrawal from the competition due to scheduling issues.

Association ranking

The team entries allocation was based on the FIFA World Ranking of the associations on 22 December 2022.

Asia Zone Zone Rank Association FIFA World Ranking Teams (19 total) Group stage Qualifying round Preliminary round 1  Saudi Arabia (host) 49 3 1 0 2  Qatar 60 1 1 0 3  Iraq 68 1 1 0 4  United Arab Emirates 70 0 1 0 5  Oman 75 0 2 0 6  Jordan 84 0 1 0 7  Bahrain 85 0 2 0 8  Syria 90 0 1 0 9  Palestine 93 0 1 0 10  Lebanon 100 0 1 0 11  Kuwait 148 0 1 0 12  Yemen 154 0 0 1

Africa Zone Zone Rank Association FIFA World Ranking Teams (18 total) Group stage Qualifying round Preliminary round 1  Morocco 11 2 1 0 2  Tunisia 30 1 2 0 3  Egypt 39 1 1 0 4  Algeria 40 1 1 0 5  Mauritania 103 0 1 0 6  Libya 120 0 2 0 7  Sudan 128 0 2 0 8  Comoros 129 0 0 1 9  Djibouti 193 0 0 1 10  Somalia 204 0 0 1

Format and distribution

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show each team's position from their last season domestic league table standing.

Entry round Teams Group stage Raja CA (2nd) Ittihad Jeddah (2nd) CR Belouizdad (1st) Zamalek (1st) Al-Shorta (1st) Wydad AC (1st) Al-Sadd (1st) Al-Hilal (1st) Espérance de Tunis (1st) Al-Nassr (3rd) Qualifying rounds JS Saoura (3rd) Manama Club (2nd) Al-Muharraq (4th) Tala'ea El-Gaish (4th) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (2nd) Shabab Al-Ordon (4th) Kuwait SC (1st) Bourj (3rd) Al-Ittihad Tripoli (1st) Al-Ahli Tripoli (2nd) FC Nouadhibou (1st) ASFAR (3rd) Al-Seeb (1st) Al-Nahda (2nd) Shabab Al-Khalil (1st) Qatar SC (9th) Al-Shabab (4th) Al-Hilal Omdurman (1st) Al-Merrikh (2nd) Tishreen (1st) US Monastir (2nd) CS Sfaxien (3rd) Al-Wahda (3rd) Preliminary rounds Volcan Club (1st) Arta Solar 7 (1st) Horseed FC (1st) Fahman (1st)

Notes

1. Title holders (TH): Raja CA were the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup title holders.
2. Runners-up (RU): Ittihad Jeddah were the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup runners-up.
3. Host nation team (HN): Al-Nassr were the highest-placed team in the 2021–22 Saudi Pro League that had not already qualified to the group stage.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.

Stage	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Host
Preliminary rounds	First round	No draw	2 March 2023		Saudi Arabia
	Playoff round		5 March 2023
Qualifying rounds	First round	6 March 2023	13 March – 7 April 2023	21 March – 16 April 2023	Home and away matches
	Second round		8 May – 4 July 2023	11 May – 7 July 2023
Group stage	Matchday 1		27–28 July 2023		Saudi Arabia
	Matchday 2		30–31 July 2023
	Matchday 3		2–3 August 2023
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals		5–6 August 2023
	Semi-finals		9 August 2023
	Final		12 August 2023

Preliminary rounds

4 teams played the preliminary rounds starting with the first round then a play-off round in a one-leg knockout format. 1 team from the preliminary round advanced to the qualifying rounds.

Preliminary rounds teams

The following teams entered the preliminary rounds as lowest FIFA ranking associations.

Bracket

	First preliminary round				Playoff round
	2 March – Jeddah
	Arta Solar 7	2
					5 March – Jeddah
	Volcan Club	0
					Arta Solar 7	1
	2 March – Jeddah
					Fahman	2
	Fahman	3
	Horseed FC	0

First preliminary round

Arta Solar 7	2–0	Volcan Club
Kalou 6' Akinbinu 86'	Report

Fahman	3–0	Horseed FC
Alratil 34' Rajeh 38' Mahdi 90'	Report

Playoff round

Arta Solar 7	1–2	Fahman
Traoré 45'	Report	Awad 42', 76'

Qualifying rounds

24 teams were drawn into two-leg knockout stage format. 23 teams entered directly to the first qualifying round, plus one team advanced from the preliminary round. 12 teams advanced to the second qualifying round playing a two-leg knockout stage format. 6 teams only advanced from the second qualifying round to the group stage.

Seeding

The following 24 teams were divided based on their football association's FIFA Ranking.

Notes

1. Preliminary (PRE): Fahman advanced to the first qualifying round via the preliminary rounds.

Bracket

Qualifier 1 First qualifying round Second qualifying round ASFAR 4 1 5 Al-Ittihad Tripoli 1 3 4 ASFAR 0 0 0 Al-Wahda 0 3 3 Bourj 0 0 0 Al-Wahda 3 1 4 Qualifier 2 First qualifying round Second qualifying round Al-Merrikh 2 0 2 Tishreen (a) 1 1 2 Tishreen 1 1 2 Al-Shabab 1 3 4 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 0 1 Al-Shabab 1 4 5 Qualifier 3 First qualifying round Second qualifying round Al-Hilal Omdurman 3 1 4 Manama Club 0 2 2 Al-Hilal Omdurman 1 0 1 CS Sfaxien 0 2 2 CS Sfaxien (a) 0 1 1 Qatar SC 0 1 1

Qualifier 4 First qualifying round Second qualifying round Tala'ea El-Gaish 1 1 2 Al-Ahli Tripoli 2 1 3 Al-Ahli Tripoli 4 0 4 Al-Nahda 2 0 2 Al-Nahda 2 3 (awd.) 5 Shabab Al-Khalil 0 0 (abd.) 0 Qualifier 5 First qualifying round Second qualifying round Fahman 0 0 0 US Monastir 4 2 6 US Monastir 2 1 3 Al-Muharraq 0 0 0 Al-Muharraq (p) 2 0 2 (5) Al-Seeb 0 2 2 (4) Qualifier 6 First qualifying round Second qualifying round FC Nouadhibou 4 0 4 Shabab Al-Ordon 1 1 2 FC Nouadhibou 1 0 1 Kuwait SC 2 1 3 Kuwait SC 1 1 2 JS Saoura 0 1 1

First qualifying round

The first legs were played between 13 March and 7 April 2023, and the second legs between 21 March and 16 April 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASFAR	5–4	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	4–1	1–3
Bourj	0–4	Al-Wahda	0–3	0–1
Al-Merrikh	2–2 (a)	Tishreen	2–1	0–1
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–5	Al-Shabab	1–1	0–4
Al-Hilal Omdurman	4–2	Manama Club	3–0	1–2
CS Sfaxien	1–1 (a)	Qatar SC	0–0	1–1
Tala'ea El-Gaish	2–3	Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–2	1–1
Al-Nahda	5–0	Shabab Al-Khalil	2–0	3–0 (awd.)
Fahman	0–6	US Monastir	0–4	0–2
Al-Muharraq	2–2 (5–4 p)	Al-Seeb	2–0	0–2
FC Nouadhibou	4–2	Shabab Al-Ordon	4–1	0–1
Kuwait SC	2–1	JS Saoura	1–0	1–1

Notes

1. Both legs played in Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
2. Both legs played in Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
3. Order of legs reversed after original draw.
4. Al-Nahda were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory for the second leg after Shabab Al-Khalil refused to change the home ground from Dura International Stadium, in Dura, Hebron, to Petra Stadium in Amman, Jordan.

ASFAR	4–1	Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Sahd 14' Ennafati 51' Gnadou 63' Hamoudan 82'	Report	Eisa 77'

Al-Ittihad Tripoli	3–1	ASFAR
Mihri 9', 35', 83'	Report	Sahd 43'

ASFAR won 5–4 on aggregate.

Bourj	0–3	Al-Wahda
	Report	Zouhir 16' Pereira 29' Al Karbi 35'

Al-Wahda	1–0	Bourj FC
Allan 90+6'	Report

Al-Wahda won 4–0 on aggregate.

Al-Merrikh	2–1	Tishreen
Nouh 29' Sergio 33'	Report	Al-Mohamad 13'

Tishreen	1–0	Al-Merrikh
Al-Mohamad 18'	Report

2–2 on aggregate. Tishreen won on away goals.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1	Al-Shabab
Nabeel 38'	Report	Boupendza 69'

Al-Shabab	4–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Boupendza 19' Banega 73' Al-Tambakti 80' Guanca 90+1'	Report

Al-Shabab won 5–1 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal Omdurman	3–0	Manama Club
Ngoma 77' Lilepo 87' Abdelrahman 90+3'	Report

Manama Club	2–1	Al-Hilal Omdurman
Moosa 33' (pen.) Al-Khatal 37'	Report	Abagna 23'

Al-Hilal Omdurman won 4–2 on aggregate.

CS Sfaxien	0–0	Qatar SC
	Report

Qatar SC	1–1	CS Sfaxien
Pastore 90'	Report	Kanté 41'

1–1 on aggregate. CS Sfaxien won on away goals.

Tala'ea El-Gaish	1–2	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Tarek 21'	Report	El Monir 54' Maatouk 89'

Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–1	Tala'ea El-Gaish
Saltou 64'	Report	Julius 20'

Al-Ahli Tripoli won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Nahda	2–0	Shabab Al-Khalil
Camara 13' Al-Maliki 72'	Report

Shabab Al-Khalil	0–3 (awarded)	Al-Nahda
	Report

Al-Nahda won 5–0 on aggregate.
Al-Nahda were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory for the second leg after Shabab Al-Khalil refused to change the home ground from Dura International Stadium, in Dura, Hebron to Petra Stadium in Amman, Jordan.

Fahman	0–4	US Monastir
	Report	Traoré 36', 60' Mhirsi 71', 77'

US Monastir	2–0	Fahman
Aloui 52' Jaffali 64'	Report

US Monastir won 6–0 on aggregate.

Al-Muharraq	2–0	Al-Seeb
Arboleda 21' Ogbi 44' (pen.)	Report

Al-Seeb	2–0	Al-Muharraq
Al-Muqbali 43', 79'	Report
Penalties
Al-Musalami Al-Yahyaei Ramadhan Mubarak Al-Muqbali	4–5	Mahrouq Al-Safi Al-Juban Al-Sherooqi Sulumba

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Muharraq won 5–4 on penalties.

FC Nouadhibou	4–1	Shabab Al-Ordon
Tanjy 17', 82' Faye 49', 52'	Report	Alrialat 2'

Shabab Al-Ordon	1–0	FC Nouadhibou
Obaid 44'	Report

FC Nouadhibou won 4–2 on aggregate.

Kuwait SC	1–0	JS Saoura
Marhoon 60'	Report

JS Saoura	1–1	Kuwait SC
Doucene 76'	Report	Khenissi 64'

Kuwait SC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

The second qualifying first legs were played between 7 May and 4 July 2023, and the second legs between 11 May and 7 July 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASFAR	0–3	Al-Wahda	0–0	0–3
Tishreen	2–4	Al-Shabab	1–1	1–3
Al-Hilal Omdurman	1–2	CS Sfaxien	1–0	0–2
Al-Ahli Tripoli	4–2	Al-Nahda	4–2	0–0
US Monastir	3–0	Al-Muharraq	2–0	1–0
FC Nouadhibou	1–3	Kuwait SC	1–2	0–1

Notes

1. Both legs were played in Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2. Both legs were played in Tunisia due to the Sudan conflict.

ASFAR	0–0	Al-Wahda
	Report

Al-Wahda	3–0	ASFAR
Kruspzky 16' Pedro 54' Allan 90+6'	Report

Al-Wahda won 3–0 on aggregate.

Tishreen	1–1	Al-Shabab
Mobayed 52'	Report	Mina 90+3'

Al-Shabab	3–1	Tishreen
Abdu Jaber 17', 75' Carlos 37' (pen.)	Report	Hatem 90+3'

Al-Shabab won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal Omdurman	1–0	CS Sfaxien
Abdelrahman 26' (pen.)	Report

CS Sfaxien	2–0	Al-Hilal Omdurman
Saihi 64' Hmidi 88'	Report

CS Sfaxien won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli Tripoli	4–2	Al-Nahda
Saltou 14' El Monir 20' Qulaib 30' El Trbi 45+2'	Report	Al-Alawi 33' Al Malki 90'

Al-Nahda	0–0	Al-Ahli Tripoli
	Report

Al-Ahli Tripoli won 4–2 on aggregate.

US Monastir	2–0	Al-Muharraq
Boutiche 53' (pen.) Traoré 75'	Report

Al-Muharraq	0–1	US Monastir
	Report	Oumarou 76'

US Monastir won 3–0 on aggregate.

FC Nouadhibou	1–2	Kuwait SC
Bodda 49'	Report	Marhoon 66' Khenissi 82'

Kuwait SC	1–0	FC Nouadhibou
Khenissi 7'	Report

Kuwait SC won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final tournament

The final tournament was held in Saudi Arabia from 27 July to 12 August 2023, across four cities: Abha, Al Bahah, Khamis Mushait and Taif. 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. Ten teams already entered the group stage directly as league champions from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. In addition the previous edition holders and runners-up, and one invitee selected by UAFA from the host nation enters directly to the group stage. Six teams advanced from the qualifying rounds to complete the 16-teams group stage. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Qualified teams

All of the qualified teams for the group stage were as follows:

Seeding

10 teams were directly qualified to the final tournament divided in pot 1, pot 2, and pot 3 based on their football association's FIFA Ranking. The other 6 teams' slots who qualified from the quaifying rounds were drawn in pot 3 and pot 4 prior to this stage.

Draw result

Group A Pos Team A1 Espérance de Tunis A2 Ittihad Jeddah A3 CS Sfaxien A4 Al-Shorta

Group B Pos Team B1 Al-Sadd B2 Wydad AC B3 Al-Ahli Tripoli B4 Al-Hilal

Group C Pos Team C1 Zamalek C2 US Monastir C3 Al-Nassr C4 Al-Shabab

Group D Pos Team D1 CR Belouizdad D2 Raja CA D3 Kuwait SC D4 Al-Wahda

Venues

Final tournament venues being played in Saudi Arabia in four host cities in Abha, Al Bahah, Khamis Mushait and Taif.

Saudi Arabia
Abha	Al Bahah	Khamis Mushait	Taif
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	King Saud Sport City Stadium	Damac Club Stadium	King Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 20,000
AbhaAl BahahKhamis MushaitTaif

Officials

Group stage

16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations IV. 8):

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Goals scored in all group matches;
3. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
5. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
6. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 point;
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
   • Direct red card: −4 points;
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ittihad Jeddah	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Shorta	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Espérance de Tunis	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	CS Sfaxien	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

CS Sfaxien	0–1	Al-Shorta
	Report	Abdul-Zahra 64' (pen.)

Espérance de Tunis	1–2	Ittihad Jeddah
Bouguerra 26'	Report	Hamdallah 35' Benzema 55'

Al-Shorta	0–0	Espérance de Tunis
	Report

Ittihad Jeddah	1–0	CS Sfaxien
Benzema 63'	Report

Espérance de Tunis	0–0	CS Sfaxien
	Report

Al-Shorta	1–2	Ittihad Jeddah
Moumouni 80'	Report	Bamsaud 36' Benzema 84' (pen.)

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Sadd	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Hilal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Wydad AC	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Al-Ahli Tripoli	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Al-Sadd	0–0	Wydad AC
	Report

Al-Ahli Tripoli	0–0	Al-Hilal
	Report

Wydad AC	1–1	Al-Ahli Tripoli
El Amloud 45+2'	Report	Krawa'a 48'

Al-Hilal	2–3	Al-Sadd
Michael 10' S. Al-Dawsari 68' (pen.)	Report	Bounedjah 40' Salman 51' Plata 90+3'

Al-Sadd	1–0	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Otávio 89'	Report

Al-Hilal	2–1	Wydad AC
Milinković-Savić 41' Neves 66'	Report	Bouhra 64'

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Shabab	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Nassr	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Zamalek	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
4	US Monastir	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Zamalek	4–0	US Monastir
Ben Saïd 26' (o.g.) Zizo 43' Abdallah 56', 64'	Report

Al-Nassr	0–0	Al-Shabab
	Report

Al-Shabab	1–0	Zamalek
Banega 44' (pen.)	Report

US Monastir	1–4	Al-Nassr
Lajami 66' (o.g.)	Report	Talisca 42' Ronaldo 74' Al-Amri 88' Al-Elewai 90'

Zamalek	1–1	Al-Nassr
Zizo 54' (pen.)	Report	Ronaldo 87'

Al-Shabab	1–0	US Monastir
Banega 26' (pen.)	Report

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Raja CA	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Wahda	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	CR Belouizdad	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
4	Kuwait SC	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

CR Belouizdad	1–2	Raja CA
Hadded 10'	Report	Bouzok 58' (pen.) Arrassi 90+4'

Kuwait SC	1–2	Al-Wahda
Al-Dhefiri 90+2'	Report	Al-Mansoori 72' Pedro 77'

Al-Wahda	2–1	CR Belouizdad
Kruspzky 44' Guanca 61'	Report	Bouguerra 84'

Raja CA	2–0	Kuwait SC
Rahimi 52' Zrida 63'	Report

CR Belouizdad	1–1	Kuwait SC
Belkhir 6'	Report	Khenissi 87' (pen.)

Al-Wahda	0–1	Raja CA
	Report	El Wardi 26'

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involved the 8 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage. The quarter-finals were followed by semi-finals, and the final played in a single leg knockout format. In the case of a draw after 90 minutes, extra time would be played only in the final.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Ittihad Jeddah	Al-Shorta
B	Al-Sadd	Al-Hilal
C	Al-Shabab	Al-Nassr
D	Raja CA	Al-Wahda

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	5 August – Taif
	Ittihad Jeddah	1
					9 August – Taif
	Al-Hilal	3
					Al-Hilal	3
	6 August – Taif
					Al-Shabab	1
	Al-Shabab (p)	0 (5)
									12 August – Taif
	Al-Wahda	0 (4)
									Al-Hilal	1
	5 August – Abha
									Al-Nassr (a.e.t.)	2
	Al-Sadd	2
					9 August – Abha
	Al-Shorta	4
					Al-Shorta	0
	6 August – Abha
					Al-Nassr	1
	Raja CA	1
	Al-Nassr	3

Quarter-finals

Ittihad Jeddah	1–3	Al-Hilal
Romarinho 56'	Report	Milinković-Savić 14' S. Al-Dawsari 45+3' (pen.) Malcom 70'

Al-Sadd	2–4	Al-Shorta
Afif 24' (pen.), 81'	Report	Sabah 32' Rostam 59' (pen.), 78' Farhan 70'

Al-Shabab	0–0	Al-Wahda
	Report
Penalties
Banega Al-Tambakti Bahebri Al-Ammar Kanabah	5–4	Pedro Guanca Jumaa Nourollahi Pimenta

Raja CA	1–3	Al-Nassr
Madu 41' (o.g.)	Report	Ronaldo 19' S. Al-Ghannam 29' Fofana 38'

Semi-finals

Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Shabab
Kanno 9' Malcom 45+3' Al-Hamdan 90+5'	Report	Cuéllar 56'

Al-Shorta	0–1	Al-Nassr
	Report	Ronaldo 75' (pen.)

Final

Al-Hilal	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Nassr
Michael 51'	Report	Ronaldo 74', 98'

Top goalscorers

Final tournament

Rank	Player	Team	GS1	GS2	GS3	QF	SF	F	Total
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Al-Nassr		1	1	1	1	2	6
2	Karim Benzema	Ittihad Jeddah	1	1	1				3
3	Malcom	Al-Hilal				1	1		2
	Michael	Al-Hilal		1				1
	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal		1		1
	Sergej Milinković-Savić	Al-Hilal			1	1
	Aso Rostam	Al-Shorta				2
	Éver Banega	Al-Shabab		1	1
	Akram Afif	Al-Sadd				2
	Sayed Abdallah	Zamalek	2
	Zizo	Zamalek	1		1

38 players scored 1 goal
Rank	Player	Team	GS1	GS2	GS3	QF	SF	F	Total
12	Rúben Neves	Al-Hilal			1				1
	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	Al-Hilal					1
	Mohamed Kanno	Al-Hilal					1
	Talisca	Al-Nassr		1
	Seko Fofana	Al-Nassr				1
	Abdulelah Al-Amri	Al-Nassr		1
	Abdulaziz Al-Elewai	Al-Nassr		1
	Sultan Al-Ghannam	Al-Nassr				1
	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Al-Shorta	1
	Ahmed Farhan	Al-Shorta				1
	Ameer Sabah Khudhair	Al-Shorta				1
	Abdoul Madjid Moumouni	Al-Shorta			1
	Gustavo Cuéllar	Al-Shabab					1
	Yousri Bouzok	Raja CA	1
	Bouchaib Arrassi	Raja CA	1
	Zakaria El Wardi	Raja CA			1
	Houssine Rahimi	Raja CA		1
	Mohamed Zrida	Raja CA		1
	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd		1
	Paulo Otávio	Al-Sadd			1
	Gonzalo Plata	Al-Sadd		1
	Tarek Salman	Al-Sadd		1
	Romarinho	Ittithad Jeddah				1
	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Ittithad Jeddah	1
	Ahmed Bamsaud	Ittithad Jeddah			1
	Cristian Guanca	Al-Wahda		1
	Facundo Kruspzky	Al-Wahda		1
	João Pedro	Al-Wahda	1
	Suhail Al-Mansoori	Al-Wahda	1
	Mohamed Islam Belkhir	CR Belouizdad			1
	Aimen Bouguerra	CR Belouizdad		1
	Mouad Hadded	CR Belouizdad	1
	Ahmed Al-Dhefiri	Kuwait SC	1
	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Kuwait SC			1
	Ahmed Krawa'a	Al-Ahli Tripoli		1
	Saifeddine Bouhra	Wydad AC			1
	Ayoub El Amloud	Wydad AC		1
	Oussama Bouguerra	Espérance de Tunis	1

Preliminary and qualifying rounds

Rank	Player	Team	P1	PO	1Q1	1Q2	2Q1	2Q2	Total
1	Taha Yassine Khenissi	Kuwait SC				1	1	1	3
	Boubacar Traore	US Monastir			2		1
	Abdelghafour Mihri	Al-Ittihad Tripoli				3
4	Mohamed Marhoon	Kuwait SC			1		1		2
	Mohamed El Monir	Al-Ahli Tripoli			1		1
	Anis Saltou	Al-Ahli Tripoli				1	1
	Hemeya Tanjy	FC Nouadhibou			2
	Ousmane Faye	FC Nouadhibou			2
	Mustapha Sahd	ASFAR			1	1
	Omar Al-Maliki	Al-Nahda			1		1
	Aaron Boupendza	Al-Shabab			1	1
	Ahmed Abdu Jaber	Al-Shabab
	Mohamed Abdelrahman	Al-Hilal Omdurman			1		1
	Abdulrazzaq Al-Mohamad	Tishreen			1	1
	Idriss Mhirsi	US Monastir			2
	Allan	Al-Wahda				1		1
	Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali	Al-Seeb				2
	Aidarous Awad	Fahman		2

51 players scored 1 goal
Rank	Player	Team	P1	PO	1Q1	1Q2	2Q1	2Q2	Total
19	Hacène Ogbi	Al-Muharraq			1				1
	Victor Arboleda	Al-Muharraq			1
	Ahmed El Trbi	Al-Ahli Tripoli					1
	Ali Maatouk	Al-Ahli Tripoli			1
	Noureddine Qulaib	Al-Ahli Tripoli					1
	Mouhsine Bodda	FC Nouadhibou					1
	Joseph Guédé Gnadou	ASFAR			1
	Adam Ennafati	ASFAR			1
	Ahmad Hamoudan	ASFAR			1
	Rabia Al-Alawi	Al-Nahda					1
	Demba Camara	Al-Nahda			1
	Ever Banega	Al-Shabab				1
	Cristian Guanca	Al-Shabab				1
	Carlos	Al-Shabab						1
	Hassan Al-Tambakti	Al-Shabab				1
	Santi Mina	Al-Shabab					1
	Makabi Lilepo	Al-Hilal Omdurman			1
	Fabrice Ngoma	Al-Hilal Omdurman			1
	David Abagna	Al-Hilal Omdurman				1
	Ahmad Hatem	Tishreen						1
	Khaled Mobayed	Tishreen					1
	Mohamed Kanté	CS Sfaxien				1
	Baraket Hmidi	CS Sfaxien						1
	Aziz Saihi	CS Sfaxien						1
	Abdelkader Boutiche	US Monastir					1
	Youssouf Oumarou	US Monastir						1
	Zied Aloui	US Monastir				1
	Ahmed Jaffali	US Monastir				1
	Facundo Kruspzky	Al-Wahda						1
	João Pedro	Al-Wahda						1
	Matheus Pereira	Al-Wahda			1
	Alaeddine Zouhir	Al-Wahda			1
	Abdullah Al Karbi	Al-Wahda			1
	Lyes Doucene	JS Saoura				1
	Ebrahim Al-Khatal	Manama Club				1
	Isa Moosa	Manama Club				1
	Karim Tarek	Tala'ea El-Gaish			1
	Paul Julius	Tala'ea El-Gaish				1
	Karrar Nabeel	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya			1
	Wasim Alrialat	Shabab Al-Ordon			1
	Saleem Obaid	Shabab Al-Ordon				1
	Muad Eisa	Al-Ittihad Tripoli			1
	Javier Pastore	Qatar SC				1
	Paulo Sergio	Al-Merrikh			1
	Al-Jezoli Nouh	Al-Merrikh			1
	Wajdi Alratil	Fahman	1
	Mohammed Mahdi	Fahman	1
	Suleiman Rajeh	Fahman	1
	Alain Traoré	Arta Solar 7		1
	Samuel Akinbinu	Arta Solar 7	1
	Salomon Kalou	Arta Solar 7	1

Broadcasting

The following channels broadcast the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup.

2023 Arab Club Champions Cup Media Coverage
Country/Region	Television Channel
Italy	Final: Sportitalia
Middle East and North Africa	Qualifying rounds only: Alkass Sports Channels KSA Sport AD Sports Dubai Sports Final tournament: SSC (Streaming via Shahid)

Notes

1. Not including the cancelled 1990 edition.

References

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12. "بحضور عبدالعزيز بن تركي الفيصل.. سحب قرعة الدورين الأول والثاني لبطولة كأس الملك سلمان للأندية 2023" [In the presence of Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal.. the draw for the first and second rounds of the King Salman Cup for Clubs 2023 was drawn]. uafaac.com (in Arabic). UAFA. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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14. "مواعيد مباريات الدور الأول" [First round dates]. twitter.com/UAFAAC (in Arabic). UAFA. 9 March 2023.
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External links

• UAFA Official website (in Arabic)