2024–25 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League

The 2024–25 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League was the 31st edition of the football competition for clubs from the eight member nations of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF).^[1]

2024–25 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	22 October 2024 – 15 April 2025
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation) (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Duhok (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Qadsia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	76 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Mabkhout (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Haron Ahmed
Best goalkeeper	Khaled Al-Rashidi
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It was the first edition of the competition organised by the AGCFF under its new name and format, with clubs from Iraq and Yemen participating for the first time. The last edition of the tournament was held in 2015, when the competition was organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).^[2]

The winners of the competition were Duhok, who won their first title with a 2–1 aggregate victory over Al-Qadsia in the final.^[3]

Teams

Team	Qualification method
Al-Riffa	2023–24 Bahraini Premier League runners-up
Duhok	2023–24 Iraq Stars League regional competition play-off winners
Al-Qadsia	2023–24 Kuwaiti Premier League third place
Dhofar	2023–24 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners
Al-Arabi	2023–24 Qatar Stars League fifth place
Al-Ettifaq	2023–24 Saudi Pro League sixth place[Note KSA]
Al-Nasr	2023–24 UAE President's Cup runners-up
Al-Ahli Sanaa	2023–24 Yemeni League champions

Notes

1. ^
   Saudi Arabia (KSA): The 2023–24 Saudi Pro League's fifth-placed team, Al-Ittihad, declined to participate in the tournament.

Draw

The draw was held on 23 September 2024. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four, by selecting one team from each of the four ranked pots. For the draw, the clubs were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of their nations as at 19 September 2024.^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Al-Arabi Duhok	Al-Ettifaq Al-Nasr	Al-Riffa Dhofar	Al-Qadsia Al-Ahli Sanaa

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NSR	DHK	DHO	AHL
1	Al-Nasr	6	4	2	0	14	7	+7	14	Knockout stage		—	2–1	5–2	0–0
2	Duhok	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	9			2–2	—	1–1	2–0
3	Dhofar	6	1	2	3	7	12	−5	5			1–2	1–1	—	0–2
4	Al-Ahli Sanaa	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4			1–3	0–3	1–2	—

Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2024 (2024-10-22)

18:00 UTC+4

Al-Nasr	5–2	Dhofar
Taarabt 5', 60' Al-Suri 70' (o.g.) Ndiaye 72' Jashak 75'	Report	Al-Maghani 26' Adeniji 90+2'

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

22 October 2024 (2024-10-22)

20:00 UTC+3

Duhok	2–0	Al-Ahli Sanaa
Darwich 57' Younis 90+2'	Report

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari (Qatar)

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6 November 2024 (2024-11-06)

18:00 UTC+4

Dhofar	1–1	Duhok
Al-Nahar 22' (pen.)	Report	El Bahri 75'

Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah

Referee: Husain Al Showaikh (Bahrain)

6 November 2024 (2024-11-06)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Ahli Sanaa	1–3	Al-Nasr
Al-Haimi 43'	Report	Mabkout 8', 11' Al-Naaimi 38'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Abdullah Al-Kandari (Kuwait)

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26 November 2024 (2024-11-26)

20:00 UTC+3

Duhok	2–2	Al-Nasr
Zakri 25' Acquah 90'	Report	Mabkhout 53' (pen.) Gláuber 76'

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

27 November 2024 (2024-11-27)

18:00 UTC+4

Dhofar	0–2	Al-Ahli Sanaa
	Report	Al Khyat 40', 76'

Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah

Referee: Khaled Al-Teris (Saudi Arabia)

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3 December 2024 (2024-12-03)

19:00 UTC+4

Al-Nasr	2–1	Duhok
Taarabt 21' Mabkhout 29'	Report	Abdulla 58'

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

3 December 2024 (2024-12-03)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Ahli Sanaa	1–2	Dhofar
Suanon 79'	Report	Al-Saadi 13' Al-Maghani 76'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

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4 February 2025 (2025-02-04)

19:15 UTC+4

Dhofar	1–2	Al-Nasr
Al Saadi 39'	Report	Seferovic 60', 78'

Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah

Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

4 February 2025 (2025-02-04)

20:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahli Sanaa	0–3	Duhok
	Report	Abubakir 7' Gwargis 77' (pen.) Zakri 90+7' (pen.)

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

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19 February 2025 (2025-02-19)

20:00 UTC+4

Al-Nasr	0–0	Al-Ahli Sanaa
	Report

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Referee: Ismaeel Habib Ali (Bahrain)

19 February 2025 (2025-02-19)

19:00 UTC+3

Duhok	1–1	Dhofar
Ghazi 46'	Report	Al-Hamhami 52'

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

Referee: Mohammed Al-Sherif (Qatar)

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ETT	QAD	RIF	ARB
1	Al-Ettifaq	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Knockout stage		—	1–1	3–1	5–0
2	Al-Qadsia	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9			0–1	—	1–0	3–0
3	Al-Riffa	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8			2–1	2–2	—	2–0
4	Al-Arabi	6	0	2	4	3	14	−11	2			1–2	1–1	1–1	—

Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

23 October 2024 (2024-10-23)

18:15 UTC+3

Al-Arabi	1–1	Al-Qadsia
Verratti 71'	Report	Rossi 56'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

23 October 2024 (2024-10-23)

20:15 UTC+3

Al-Ettifaq	3–1	Al-Riffa
Toko Ekambi 44', 49' Wijnaldum 90+2'	Report	Vargas 42'

Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium, Dammam

Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

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5 November 2024 (2024-11-05)

17:45 UTC+3

Al-Qadsia	0–1	Al-Ettifaq
	Report	Dembélé 45+8' (pen.)

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally

Referee: Ahmed Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

5 November 2024 (2024-11-05)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Riffa	2–0	Al-Arabi
Al-Asfoor 42' Al-Hallak 58'	Report

Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Mohammed Ahmed (Iraq)

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27 November 2024 (2024-11-27)

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Riffa	2–2	Al-Qadsia
Frioui 31', 45+2'	Report	Khafi 24' Al-Mutawa 90+1'

Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

27 November 2024 (2024-11-27)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Arabi	1–2	Al-Ettifaq
Diallo 47'	Report	Toko Ekambi 18', 74'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

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4 December 2024 (2024-12-04)

17:45 UTC+3

Al-Qadsia	1–0	Al-Riffa
Khafi 28'	Report

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally

Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

4 December 2024 (2024-12-04)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Ettifaq	5–0	Al-Arabi
Fofana 29' Dembélé 40' Radif 41' Vitinho 81' Costa 88'	Report

Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium, Dammam

Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

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5 February 2025 (2025-02-05)

18:15 UTC+3

Al-Qadsia	3–0	Al-Arabi
Berrahma 28' Al-Mutar 39' Al-Mutawa 90+7' (pen.)	Report

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally

Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

5 February 2025 (2025-02-05)

20:15 UTC+3

Al-Riffa	2–1	Al-Ettifaq
Vargas 30' Fuentes 69'	Report	Fuentes 55' (o.g.)

Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Omar Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)

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18 February 2025 (2025-02-18)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Ettifaq	1–1	Al-Qadsia
Gray 56'	Report	Soulah 36'

Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium, Dammam

Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

18 February 2025 (2025-02-18)

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Arabi	1–1	Al-Riffa
Alaaeldin 6'	Report	Frioui 50'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Referee: Yousif Saeed Hasan (Iraq)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals						Final
	Al-Nasr	0	2	2 (3)
	Al-Qadsia (p)	1	1	2 (4)
							Al-Qadsia	0	1	1
							Duhok	0	2	2
	Al-Ettifaq	0	0	0
	Duhok	1	1	2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nasr	2–2 (3–4 p)	Al-Qadsia	0–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Al-Ettifaq	0–2	Duhok	0–1	0–1

4 March 2025 (2025-03-04)

22:00 UTC+4

Al-Nasr	0–1	Al-Qadsia
	Report	Khafi 39'

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11)

22:00 UTC+3

Al-Qadsia	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Nasr
Al-Mutawa 77'	Report	Oliveira 16' Memišević 56'
Penalties
Al-Mutawa Wadi Dehiri Al-Shamali El Ebrahim Khaled	4–3	Oliveira Idrees Fer Azarkan Alemão Memišević

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally

Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

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5 March 2025 (2025-03-05)

23:00 UTC+3

Al-Ettifaq	0–1	Duhok
	Report	Marlon 43'

Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium, Dammam

Referee: Yahya Ahmed Al Balushi (Oman)

12 March 2025 (2025-03-12)

21:00 UTC+3

Duhok	1–0	Al-Ettifaq
Gwargis 90+5'	Report

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

Referee: Ammar Mahfouz (Bahrain)

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Qadsia	1–2	Duhok	0–0	1–2

8 April 2025 (2025-04-08)

19:45 UTC+3

Al-Qadsia	0–0	Duhok
	Report

Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawally

Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

15 April 2025 (2025-04-15)

19:00 UTC+3

Duhok	2–1	Al-Qadsia
Ageed 66' Marlon 90+3'	Report	Soulah 70'

Duhok Stadium, Duhok

Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

Prize money and awards

Prize money

Position	Amount (USD)
Champions	3,000,000
Runners-up	1,000,000

Source: ^[5]

Player awards

The following awards were given:^[6]

Award	Player
Top Scorer	Ali Mabkhout
Most Valuable Player	Haron Ahmed
Best Goalkeeper	Khaled Al-Rashidi

See also

• 26th Arabian Gulf Cup