2023 Arab Club Champions Cup final

The 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup Final was the final match of the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup, the 30th season of the Arab League's main club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the 3rd season since it was renamed from the Arab Club Championship to the Arab Club Champions Cup. It was played at the King Fahd Stadium in Taif.[1] Al-Nassr beat Al-Hilal 2–1 after extra time to earn their first Arab Club Champions Cup title.[2]

2023 Arab Club Champions Cup Final
Event2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al-Hilal Al-Nassr
1 2
After extra time
Date12 August 2023 (2023-08-12)
VenueKing Fahd Stadium, Taif
Man of the MatchSergej Milinković-Savić (Al-Hilal)
RefereeRedouane Jiyed (Morocco)
WeatherPartly cloudy
33 °C (91 °F)

Teams
Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal 4 (1989, 1994, 1995, 2018–19)
Al-Nassr None

Route to the final
Further information: 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup

Both clubs entered the Arab Club Champions Cup at the group stage of the competition with the draw made on 6 March 2023. Al-Hilal was drawn in group B while Al-Nassr was drawn in group C.

Al-Hilal Round Al-Nassr
Opponent Agg. Opponent Agg.
Al Ahli Tripoli 0–0 Group stage Al-Shabab 0–0
Al-Sadd 2–3 US Monastir 4–1
Wydad AC 2–1 Zamalek 1–1
Ittihad Jeddah 3–1 Quarter-finals Raja CA 3–1
Al-Shabab 3–1 Semi-finals Al-Shorta 1–0

Match

Details
Al-Hilal 1–2 (a.e.t.) Al-Nassr
  • Michael 51'
 Report
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
GK21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB66 Saud Abdulhamid
CB3 Kalidou Koulibaly 43' 83'
CB5 Ali Al-Bulaihi 43'
LB12 Yasser Al-Shahrani 83'
DM8 Rúben Neves 105+1'
CM28 Mohamed Kanno 105+2'
CM22 Sergej Milinković-Savić
RW77 Malcom 105+1'
LW29 Salem Al-Dawsari (c)
CF96 Michael 90'
Substitutes:
GK31 Habib Al-Wotayan
DF2 Mohammed Al-Breik 83'
DF67 Mohammed Al-Khaibari
DF70 Mohammed Jahfali 83'
DF88 Hamad Al-Yami
MF16 Nasser Al-Dawsari
MF19 André Carrillo 105+1'
MF43 Musab Al-Juwayr 105+2'
MF44 Saad Al-Nasser
MF56 Mohammed Al-Qahtani
FW14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan 90'
FW49 Abdullah Radif 105+1'
Manager:
Jorge Jesus
GK44 Nawaf Al-Aqidi
RB2 Sultan Al-Ghannam 43'
CB78 Ali Lajami 79'
CB5 Abdulelah Al-Amri 71'
LB15 Alex Telles
DM77 Marcelo Brozović 32' 120+2'
DM17 Abdullah Al-Khaibari 80'
CM6 Seko Fofana
RF94 Talisca 90'
CF7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) 115'
LF10 Sadio Mané 48' 120'
Substitutes:
GK1 Amin Bukhari
DF4 Mohammed Al-Fatil 79'
DF12 Nawaf Boushal 78'
DF13 Ghislain Konan 110' 80'
MF8 Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem 118' 120+2'
MF11 Khalid Al-Ghannam
MF14 Sami Al-Najei
MF19 Ali Al-Hassan 115'
MF21 Mukhtar Ali
MF29 Abdulrahman Ghareeb 90'
MF46 Abdulaziz Al-Elewai 120'
FW18 Abdulfattah Adam
Manager:
Luís Castro 77' 102'

Assistant referees:
Lahcen Azgaou (Morocco)
Mustapha Akerkad (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Video assistant referee:
Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes
  1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References
  1. "أنظار الجميع تتجه صوب محافظة الطائف.. غداً ..النصر والهلال السعوديان يلتقيان في نهائي كأس الملك سلمان للأندية" [Everyone's attention is directed towards Taif Governorate .. Tomorrow .. Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia will meet in the final of the King Salman Club Cup]. uafa-ac.com (in Arabic). UAFA. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. "Cristiano Ronaldo at the double as Al Nassr beat Al Hilal in King Salman Club Cup final". thenationalnews.com. The National News. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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