{{Infobox international football competition | tourney_name = Arab Club Champions Cup | year = 1985 | other_titles = بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1985 | image = | size = | caption = | country = Iraq | city = [[Baghdad]] | dates = 5–9 December 1985 | num_teams = 3 | confederations = | associations = 1 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion_other = {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Al-Rasheed SC]] | count = 1 | second_other = {{flagicon|ALG}} [[USM El Harrach]] | third_other = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] | matches = 3 | goals = 13 | attendance = | top_scorer = {{flagicon|ALG}} [[Abdelkader Meziani]]<br>{{small|(3 goals)}} | player = | updated = | prevseason = [[1984 Arab Club Champions Cup|1984]] | nextseason = [[1986 Arab Club Champions Cup|1986]] }} The '''1985 Arab Club Champions Cup''' took place in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]] and featured three teams. [[Iraqi Premier League|Iraqi League]] representative [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] took the championship back to Iraq.
==Participants== {| class="wikitable" |- !colspan=4|Participants |- !Zone !Team !Qualifying method |- |rowspan=3|Zone 1 |{{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] |[[Iraqi Premier League|Iraqi League]] representative |- |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] |[[1983–84 Saudi Premier League]] winners |- |{{flagicon|YAR}} [[Al-Ahli Club Sana'a|Al-Ahli Sana'a]] |1983–84 [[Yemeni League]] winners |- |rowspan=1|Zone 2 |{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] |[[1974–75 Lebanese Premier League|1974–75 Lebanese Championship]] winners ''(no championship after 1975)'' |- |rowspan=1|Zone 3 |{{flagicon|ALG}} [[USM El Harrach]] |[[1983–84 Algerian Championnat National|1983–84 Algerian Championship]] runners-up |}
==Qualifying round== ===Zone 1=== Preliminary round tournament held in [[Jeddah]], [[Saudi Arabia]].
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|team1=RAS|name_RAS={{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] |team2=AHJ|name_AHJ={{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] |team3=AHS|name_AHS={{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Ahli Club Sana'a|Al-Ahli Sana'a]] |win_RAS=2|draw_RAS=0|loss_RAS=0|gf_RAS=3|ga_RAS=0 |win_AHJ=1|draw_AHJ=0|loss_AHJ=1|gf_AHJ=2|ga_AHJ=1 |win_AHS=0|draw_AHS=0|loss_AHS=2|gf_AHS=0|ga_AHS=4
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{{footballbox |date = 2 September 1985 |team1 = [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] {{flagicon|KSA}} |score = 0 – 1 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] |goals1 = |goals2 = [[Haris Mohammed|Mohammed]] {{goal|64}} |stadium = Al Ahli Club Stadium, [[Jeddah]] |attendance = |referee = Omar Al-Bashir ([[Sudan Football Association|Sudan]]) }}
{{footballbox |date = 4 September 1985 |team1 = [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} |score = 2 – 0<sup>'''1'''</sup> |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Ahli Club Sana'a|Al-Ahli Sana'a]] |goals1 = [[Anad Abid|Abid]] {{goal|–}} |goals2 = [[Yahia Jo'ra|Jo'ra]] {{goal|–}} |stadium = Al Ahli Club Stadium, [[Jeddah]] |attendance = |referee = [[Neji Jouini]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]]) }} <sup>1</sup> The match originally finished 1-1, but [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] were awarded a 2-0 win as [[Al-Ahli Club Sana'a|Al-Ahli Sana'a]] played a Sudanese player who was not registered according to competition rules.
{{footballbox |date = 6 September 1985 |team1 = [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] {{flagicon|KSA}} |score = 2 – 0 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Ahli Club Sana'a|Al-Ahli Sana'a]] |goals1 = Hussain {{goal}}{{goal}} |goals2 = |stadium = Al Ahli Club Stadium, [[Jeddah]] |attendance = |referee = Mohammed Al-Mawlood ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]]) }} ''[[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] advanced to the final tournament.''
===Zone 2=== {{Expand section|date=May 2015}} ''[[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] advanced to the final tournament.''
===Zone 3=== {{Expand section|date=May 2015}} ''[[USM El Harrach]] advanced to the final tournament.''
==Final tournament== {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |winpoints=2 |show_positions=n
|team1=RAS|name_RAS={{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] |team2=UHR|name_UHR={{flagicon|ALG}} [[USM El Harrach]] |team3=NEJ|name_NEJ={{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] |win_RAS=2|draw_RAS=0|loss_RAS=0|gf_RAS=8|ga_RAS=2 |win_UHR=1|draw_UHR=0|loss_UHR=1|gf_UHR=4|ga_UHR=2 |win_NEJ=0|draw_NEJ=0|loss_NEJ=2|gf_NEJ=1|ga_NEJ=9
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{{footballbox |date = 5 December 1985 |team1 = [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} |score = 6 – 1 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] |goals1 = [[Adnan Dirjal|Dirjal]] {{goal|8}}<br>[[Anad Abid|Abid]] {{goal|35||71}}<br>[[Karim Saddam|Saddam]] {{goal|38}}<br>[[Natik Hashim|Hashim]] {{goal|76}}<br>[[Khalil Allawi|Allawi]] {{goal|89}} |goals2 = [[Hasan Chatila|Chatila]] {{goal|79}} |stadium = [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] |attendance = |referee = }}
{{footballbox |date = 7 December 1985 |team1 = [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] {{flagicon|LIB}} |score = 0 – 3 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|ALG}} [[USM El Harrach]] |goals1 = |goals2 = [[Abdelkader Meziani|Meziani]] {{goal|17||30}}<br>[[Hacen Ould El-Hadj|Ould El-Hadj]] {{goal|66}} |stadium = [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] |attendance = |referee = }}
{{footballbox |date = 9 December 1985 |team1 = [[USM El Harrach]] {{flagicon|ALG}} |score = 1 – 2 |report = |team2 = {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]] |goals1 = [[Abdelkader Meziani|Meziani]] {{goal|44}} |goals2 = [[Khalil Allawi|Allawi]] {{goal|26}}<br>[[Ahmed Radhi|Radhi]] {{goal|85}} |stadium = [[Al-Shaab Stadium]], [[Baghdad]] |attendance = |referee = }}
==Winner== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; width: 20%" |- !1985 Arab Club Champions Cup<br> Winners |- |{{flagicon|Iraq|1963|size=100px}} |- |'''[[Al-Rasheed SC|Al-Rasheed]]'''<br>'''1st Title''' |}
==External links== *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp85.html 3rd Arab Club Champions Cup 1985] - ''rsssf.com''
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