2019 Arab Club Champions Cup final

The 2019 Arab Club Champions Cup Final was the final match of the 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup, the 28th season of the Arab League's main club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the 1st season since it was renamed from the Arab Club Championship to the Arab Club Champions Cup.^[1]

2019 Arab Club Champions Cup Final

2019 Zayed Champions Cup Final
Hazza bin Zayed Stadium hosted the podium where ES Sahel lifted the trophy
Event	2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al Hilal ES Sahel 1 2
Date	18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)
Venue	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Referee	Mohammed Abdulla (United Arab Emirates)
Attendance	15,000
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The match was played by Étoile Sportive du Sahel of Tunisia and Al Hilal SFC of Saudi Arabia, and held at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Étoile Sportive du Sahel defeated Al-Hilal SFC 2–1 in the final and won the title for the first time in their history, becoming the third Tunisian team to win the competition in the last five editions.^[2]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al Hilal SFC	3 (1989, 1994, 1995)
Étoile Sportive du Sahel	0

Venue

The Hazza bin Zayed Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the City of Al Ain, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is the home stadium of Al Ain FC of the UAE Pro-League. The stadium holds 22,717 spectators and opened in 2014. The stadium was named after the chairman of the club, Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

The 45,000 m² (480,000 sq ft) Hazza bin Zayed stadium is split over seven levels, and is one of the most modern sporting venues in the Middle East. It is one of the most sophisticated sports venues in the region.

Route to the final

Further information: 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup

Al Hilal SFC				Round	Étoile Sportive du Sahel
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Shabab	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	First round	Al-Ramtha	6–2	3–1 (A)	3–1 (H)
Al-Naft	6–0	4–0 (H)	2–0 (A)	Second round	Wydad Casablanca	0–1	0–0 (A)	0–1 (H)
Al-Ittihad Alexandria	3–0	3–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Raja CA	1–2	0–2 (A)	1–0 (H)
Al Ahli Saudi FC	1–1 (3–2 p)	1–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Al-Merrikh	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)

Match

Details

18 April 2019

17:50 UTC+4

Al-Hilal	1–2	Étoile du Sahel
Gomis 64' (pen.)	Report	Aribi 30' Mothnani 90+1'

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla (United Arab Emirates)

Al Hilal

ES Sahel

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf DF 2 Mohammed Al-Breik DF 4 Alberto Botía  45+5' DF 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi  90+5' DF 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani MF 6 Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri  46' MF 18 Mohamed Kanno MF 15 Ahmed Ashraf  56' MF 29 Salem Al-Dawsari FW 3 Carlos Eduardo FW 11 Bafétimbi Gomis Substitutions: GK 26 Mohammed Al-Waked DF 70 Mohammed Jahfali DF 13 Hassan Kadesh MF 7 Nasser Al-Dawsari MF 24 Nawaf Al-Abed  56' MF 10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub  46' MF 25 Jonathan Soriano Manager: Zoran Mamić

GK 1 Walid Kridene DF 15 Zied Boughattas  58' DF 2 Saddam Ben Aziza  45' DF 4 Mohamed Konaté MF 12 Mortadha Ben Ouanes  53' MF 25 Karim Aouadhi  45+1' MF 29 Mohamed Amine Ben Amor  88' MF 19 Maher Hannachi  75' MF 10 Iheb Msakni  72' MF 17 Yassine Chikhaoui (c)  45+7' FW 35 Karim Aribi Substitutions: GK 16 Makram Bediri MF 8 Alaya Brigui MF 14 Mohammad Mothnani  90+1'  88' MF 18 Firas Ben Larbi MF 20 Malek Baayou  72' FW 7 Darwin González FW 22 Hazem Haj Hassan Manager: Roger Lemerre

Assistant referees: Mohamed Ahmed Yousef Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)[3] Masoud Hassan Fard (United Arab Emirates)[4] Fourth official: Noureddine Jaafari (Morocco)[5]

Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions