{{Infobox football match | title = 2019 Arab Club Champions Cup final | other_titles = 2019 Zayed Champions Cup final | image = IRN-JPN 20190128 01.jpg | event = [[2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup]] | caption = [[Hazza bin Zayed Stadium]] hosted the podium where ES Sahel lifted the trophy | team1 = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al Hilal]] | team1image = | team1association = {{flagicon|KSA|size=30px}} | team1score = 1 | team2 = [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel|ES Sahel]] | team2image = | team2association = {{flagicon|TUN|size=30px}} | team2score = 2 | details = | date = {{Start date|2019|4|18|df=y}} | stadium = [[Hazza bin Zayed Stadium]] | city = [[Al Ain]] | man_of_the_match1a = | man_of_the_match1atitle = | man_of_the_match1b = | man_of_the_match1btitle = | fair_player1 = | fair_player1title = | woman_player1 = | woman_player1title = | referee = [[Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed|Mohammed Abdulla]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) | attendance = 15,000 | weather = | previous = [[2017 Arab Club Championship final|2017]] | next = [[2020 Arab Club Champions Cup final|2020]] }} 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 [[Association football|football]] tournament organised by [[Union of Arab Football Associations|UAFA]], and the 1st season since it was renamed from the Arab Club Championship to the [[Arab Club Champions Cup]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=UAFAAC|number=988831610350002176|date=24 Apr 2018|title=Regards to success in the teams participating in the Arab Cup of Clubs.|script-title=ar:كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال ، جدول البطولة|language=ar}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول|url=https://www.kooora.com/?c=15726|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.kooora.com}}</ref>
== Teams == {| class="wikitable" !Team !Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |- |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al Hilal SFC]] |3 ([[1989 Arab Club Champions Cup|1989]], [[1994 Arab Club Champions Cup|'''1994''']], '''[[1995 Arab Club Champions Cup|1995]]''') |- |{{flagicon|TUN}} [[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 m<sup>2</sup> (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|2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="4" |[[Al Hilal SFC]] !Round ! colspan="4" |[[Étoile Sportive du Sahel]] |- style="background:#c1e0ff" |Opponent |Agg. |1st leg |2nd leg | |Opponent |Agg. |1st leg |2nd leg |- | align="left" |{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Al-Shabab SC (Seeb)|Al-Shabab]] |2–0 |1–0 (H) |1–0 (A) | style="background:#c1e0ff;" |First round | align="left" |{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Ramtha SC|Al-Ramtha]] |6–2 |3–1 (A) |3–1 (H) |- | align="left" |{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Al-Naft SC|Al-Naft]] |6–0 |4–0 (H) |2–0 (A) | style="background:#c1e0ff;" |Second round | align="left" |{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Wydad AC|Wydad Casablanca]] |0–1 |0–0 (A) |0–1 (H) |- | align="left" |{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Al Ittihad Alexandria Club|Al-Ittihad Alexandria]] |3–0 |3–0 (H) |0–0 (A) | style="background:#c1e0ff;" |Quarter-finals | align="left" |{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Raja CA]] |1–2 |0–2 (A) |1–0 (H) |- | align="left" |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al Ahli Saudi FC]] |1–1 (3–2 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]]) |1–0 (H) |0–1 (A) | style="background:#c1e0ff;" |Semi-finals | align="left" |{{flagicon|SUD}} [[Al-Merrikh SC|Al-Merrikh]] |1–0 |1–0 (H) |0–0 (A) |}
== Match ==
=== Details === {{football box |id = Al-Hilal v Étoile du Sahel | bg = | date = 18 April 2019 | time = {{UTZ|17:50|4}} | team1 = [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] {{flagicon|KSA}} | score = 1–2 | report = https://www.filgoal.com/matches/255737/coverage/%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84/#id=2 | team2 = {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Étoile Sportive du Sahel|Étoile du Sahel]] | goals1 = [[Bafétimbi Gomis|Gomis]] {{goal|64|pen.}} | goals2 = [[Karim Aribi|Aribi]] {{goal|30}}<br />[[Mohammad Mothnani|Mothnani]] {{goal|90+1}} | stadium = [[Hazza bin Zayed Stadium]] | location = [[Al Ain]] | attendance = 15,000 | referee = [[Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed|Mohammed Abdulla]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) }} {| width="92%" |{{Football kit|pattern_la=_alhilal2019|pattern_b=_alhilal2019|pattern_ra=_alhilal2019|pattern_sh=_alhilal2019|pattern_so=_nikefootballblue2|leftarm=F40000|body=FFFFFF|rightarm=F40000|shorts=FFFFFF|socks=FFFFFF|title=Al Hilal}} |{{Football kit|pattern_la=_macron19r|pattern_b=_macronalhena19rw|pattern_ra=_macron19r|pattern_sh=_etoile1819h|pattern_so=|leftarm=FF0000|body=FF0000|rightarm=FF0000|shorts=FF0000|socks=FF0000|title=ES Sahel}} |} {| width="100%" | width="50%" valign="top" | {| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;margin:auto" ! width="25" | ! width="25" | |- |GK |'''1''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Abdullah Al-Mayouf]] |- |DF |'''2''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Breik]] | |- |DF |'''4''' |{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Botía]] |{{yel|45+5}} |- |DF |'''5''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Ali Al-Bulaihi]] |{{yel|90+5}} |- |DF |'''12''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Yasser Al-Shahrani]] | | |- |MF |'''6''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri]] | |{{suboff|46}} |- |MF |'''18''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohamed Kanno]] |- |MF |'''15''' |{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmed Ashraf]] | |{{suboff|56}} |- |MF |'''29''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Salem Al-Dawsari]] |- |<abbr>FW</abbr> |'''3''' |{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Carlos Eduardo (footballer, born 1989)|Carlos Eduardo]] |- |FW |'''11''' |{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Bafétimbi Gomis]] |- | colspan="3" |'''Substitutions:''' |- |GK |'''26''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Waked]] | | |- |DF |'''70''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Jahfali]] | | |- |DF |'''13''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Hassan Kadesh]] | | |- |MF |'''7''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Nasser Al-Dawsari]] | | |- |MF |'''24''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Nawaf Al-Abed]] | |{{subon|56}} |- |MF |'''10''' |{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammad Al-Shalhoub]] | |{{subon|46}} |- |MF |'''25''' |{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Jonathan Soriano]] | | |- | colspan="3" |'''Manager:''' |- | colspan="3" |{{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Zoran Mamić]] |} | valign="top" | | width="40%" valign="top" | {| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;margin:auto" ! width="25" | ! width="25" | |- |GK |'''1''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Walid Kridene]] |- |DF |'''15''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Zied Boughattas]] |{{yel|58}} |- |DF |'''2''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Saddam Ben Aziza]] |{{yel|45}} |- |DF |'''4''' |{{Flagicon|MLI}} [[Mohamed Konaté (footballer, born 1992)|Mohamed Konaté]] | |- |MF |'''12''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Mortadha Ben Ouanes]] |{{yel|53}} | |- |MF |'''25''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Karim Aouadhi]] |{{yel|45+1}} |- |MF |'''29''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Mohamed Amine Ben Amor]] | |{{suboff|88}} |- |MF |'''19''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Maher Hannachi]] |{{yel|75}} | |- |MF |'''10''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Iheb Msakni]] | |{{suboff|72}} |- |MF |'''17''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Yassine Chikhaoui]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) |{{yel|45+7}} |- |<abbr>FW</abbr> |'''35''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Karim Aribi]] | |- | colspan="3" |'''Substitutions:''' |- |GK |'''16''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Makram Bediri]] | | |- |MF |'''8''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Alaya Brigui]] | | |- |MF |'''14''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Mohammad Mothnani]] |{{yel|90+1}} |{{subon|88}} |- |MF |'''18''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Firas Ben Larbi]] | | |- |MF |'''20''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Malek Baayou]] | |{{subon|72}} |- |<abbr>FW</abbr> |'''7''' |{{Flagicon|VEN}} [[Darwin González]] | | |- |FW |'''22''' |{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Hazem Haj Hassan]] | | |- | colspan="3" |'''Manager:''' |- | colspan="3" |{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Roger Lemerre]] |} |} {| style="width:100%;font-size:90%" |'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''<br>Mohamed Ahmed Yousef Al Hammadi ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول|url=https://www.kooora.com/?referee=2175|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.kooora.com}}</ref> <br>Masoud Hassan Fard ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول|url=https://www.kooora.com/?referee=4100|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.kooora.com}}</ref> <br> '''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:''' <br>Noureddine Jaafari ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول|url=https://www.kooora.com/?referee=2853|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.kooora.com}}</ref> | style="width:60%;vertical-align:top" |'''Match rules''' * 90 minutes * [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level * Maximum of seven named substitutes * Maximum of three substitutions |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Arab Club Champions Cup}} {{2018 in Asian football (AFC)}} {{2019 in Asian football (AFC)}}
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