2004–05 Arab Champions League
| دوري أبطال العرب 2004–05 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 20 Sep 2004 – 1 Jul 2005 |
| Teams | 32 (from 1 association) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Al-Ittihad Jeddah (1st title) |
| Runners-up |
 CS Sfaxien |
| Third place |
Al-Ahli Jeddah |
| Fourth place |
Al-Hilal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 96 |
| Goals scored | 248 (2.58 per match) |
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.
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.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nejmeh SC  |
1–7 | CS Sfaxien |
0–1 | 1–6 |
Al-Karamah  |
0–1 |  Zamalek SC |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Al-Muharraq SC  |
2–3 |  MC Alger |
0–1 | 2–2 |
Kuwait SC  |
2–1 |  AS Salé |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Al-Ahli Doha  |
5–1 |  Al-Hussein SC |
3–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
12–0 |  Shaab Ibb |
10–0 | 2–0 |
ASAC Concorde  |
0–4 | ES Sétif |
0–2 | 0–2 |
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1–4 | Ghazl El-Mahalla |
1–2 | 0–2 |
| Al-Hilal |
18–0 |  Gendarmerie Nationale FC |
11–0 | 7–0 |
| Al-Qadsia |
1–1 (a) | Al-Faisaly |
1–1 | 0–0 |
| Tishreen |
0–5 | Al-Ismaily |
0–3 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ahed |
1–3 | Club Africain |
1–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ittihad Tripoli |
1–3 | NA Hussein Dey |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Muscat Club  |
3–4 | CA Bizertin |
1–1 | 1–3 |
Al-Aqsa SC  |
2–4 | Al-Ahli Jeddah |
1–3 | 1–1 |
| Riffa SC |
1–3 | Wydad Casablanca |
0–1 | 1–2 |
Group Stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knock-out stage
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli Doha |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| CS Sfaxien |
2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli Jeddah |
0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| CS Sfaxien |
3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| MC Alger |
1 | 0 | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad (p) |
0 | 1 | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||||
| CS Sfaxien |
0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad |
2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ahli Jeddah |
2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Ismaily |
0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal |
0 | 1 | 1 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Al-Ittihad |
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal |
1 | 1 | 2 | Al-Hilal |
3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Wydad AC |
0 | 1 | 1 | Al-Ahli Jeddah |
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
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
18 May 2005 |
| CS Sfaxien |
4–4 | Al-Ahli Jeddah |
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Guemamdia  9', 90'Massaoud 28'Nafti 64' |
Kim 24', 55' Lúcio Flávio 75'Al-Meshal 82' |
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.
Winners
| 2003–04 Arab Champions League |
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| Al-Ittihad Jeddah First title |
External links
- Arab Champions' League 2004–05 – rsssf.com