1985 Arab Club Champions Cup

The 1985 Arab Club Champions Cup took place in Baghdad, Iraq and featured three teams. Iraqi League representative Al-Rasheed took the championship back to Iraq.

1985 Arab Club Champions Cup

بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1985
Tournament details
Host country	Iraq
City	Baghdad
Dates	5–9 December 1985
Teams	3 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Rasheed SC (1st title)
Runners-up	USM El Harrach
Third place	Nejmeh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	13 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdelkader Meziani (3 goals)
← 1984 1986 →

Participants

Participants
Zone	Team	Qualifying method
Zone 1	Al-Rasheed	Iraqi League representative
	Al-Ahli	1983–84 Saudi Premier League winners
	Al-Ahli Sana'a	1983–84 Yemeni League winners
Zone 2	Nejmeh	1974–75 Lebanese Championship winners (no championship after 1975)
Zone 3	USM El Harrach	1983–84 Algerian Championship runners-up

Qualifying round

Zone 1

Preliminary round tournament held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Rasheed	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4
Al-Ahli	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
Al-Ahli Sana'a	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 September 1985

Al-Ahli	0 – 1	Al-Rasheed
		Mohammed 64'

Al Ahli Club Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: Omar Al-Bashir (Sudan)

4 September 1985

Al-Rasheed	2 – 01	Al-Ahli Sana'a
Abid –'		Jo'ra –'

Al Ahli Club Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

¹ The match originally finished 1-1, but Al-Rasheed were awarded a 2-0 win as Al-Ahli Sana'a played a Sudanese player who was not registered according to competition rules.

6 September 1985

Al-Ahli	2 – 0	Al-Ahli Sana'a
Hussain

Al Ahli Club Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: Mohammed Al-Mawlood (Bahrain)

Al-Rasheed advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2

Nejmeh advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3

USM El Harrach advanced to the final tournament.

Final tournament

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Rasheed	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	4
USM El Harrach	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	2
Nejmeh	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 December 1985

Al-Rasheed	6 – 1	Nejmeh
Dirjal 8' Abid 35', 71' Saddam 38' Hashim 76' Allawi 89'		Chatila 79'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

7 December 1985

Nejmeh	0 – 3	USM El Harrach
		Meziani 17', 30' Ould El-Hadj 66'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

9 December 1985

USM El Harrach	1 – 2	Al-Rasheed
Meziani 44'		Allawi 26' Radhi 85'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Winner

1985 Arab Club Champions Cup Winners
Al-Rasheed 1st Title

External links

• 3rd Arab Club Champions Cup 1985 - rsssf.com