2025–26 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 September 2025 – 14 April 2026 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) (from 8 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.75 per match) |
| Top scorer | Abderrazak Hamdallah (7 goals) |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League is the 32nd edition of the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League, a football competition for clubs from the eight member nations of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF).[1]
Duhok are the reigning champions, but they are unable to defend their title as they failed to qualify.
Teams
| Team | Qualification method |
|---|---|
| Sitra | 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League third place[2] |
| Zakho | 2024–25 Iraq Stars League third place[3] |
| Al-Qadsia | 2024–25 Kuwaiti Premier League third place[4] |
| Al-Nahda | 2024–25 Oman Professional League runners-up[5] |
| Al-Rayyan | 2024–25 Qatar Stars League fifth place[6] |
| Al-Shabab | 2024–25 Saudi Pro League sixth place[Note KSA] |
| Al-Ain | 2024–25 UAE Pro League fifth place[7] |
| Al-Tadamun Hadramaut | 2023–24 Yemeni League runners-up[Note YEM] |
- Notes
- ^ Saudi Arabia (KSA): The 2024–25 Saudi Pro League's fourth-placed team, Al-Qadsiah, declined to participate in the tournament.[8]
- ^ Yemen (YEM): The Yemeni League was not held in the 2024–25 season. As the 2023–24 champions Al-Ahli Sanaa qualified for the previous season's tournament, the runners-up Al-Tadamun Hadramaut were entered into this season's competition.[9]
Draw
The draw was held on 11 August 2025.[10] 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 10 July 2025.[11]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Rayyan Zakho |
Al-Shabab Al-Ain |
Al-Nahda Sitra |
Al-Qadsia Al-Tadamun Hadramaut |
Group stage
| Tiebreakers |
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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:
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZAK | QAD | AIN | SIT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zakho | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13 | Knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | Al-Qadsia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Al-Ain | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | ||
| 4 | Sitra | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Al-Ain | 4–1 | Sitra |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)
| Sitra | 0–0 | Zakho |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
| Zakho | 2–0 | Al-Ain |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)
| Al-Ain | 0–1 | Zakho |
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| Report |
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Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)
| Sitra | 0–1 | Al-Ain |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
| Al-Ain | 0–1 | Al-Qadsia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Referee: Mohammed Sami Al-Ismail (Saudi Arabia)
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAY | SHB | NAH | TAD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Rayyan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 12 | Knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Al-Shabab | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 7 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | 13–0 | ||
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Al-Tadamun Hadramaut | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Al-Rayyan | 5–0 | Al-Tadamun Hadramaut |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Mohamed Al Harmodi (United Arab Emirates)
| Al-Tadamun Hadramaut | 2–0 | Al-Shabab |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
Referee: Ali Hussein Doshi (Iraq)
| Al-Nahda | 1–1 | Al-Tadamun Hadramaut |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Kuwait)
| Al-Shabab | 2–2 | Al-Rayyan |
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| Report |
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Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)
| Al-Nahda | 1–1 | Al-Shabab |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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Referee: Mohamed Al Harmodi (United Arab Emirates)
| Al-Tadamun Hadramaut | 0–3 | Al-Rayyan |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Attendance: Mohamed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
| Al-Shabab | 13–0 | Al-Tadamun Hadramaut |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
| Zakho | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Al-Shabab | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Winner Semi-final 1 | |||||||||||
| Winner Semi-final 2 | |||||||||||
| Al-Rayyan | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Al-Qadsia | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
Prize money and awards
Prize money
| Position | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|
| Champions | 3,000,000 |
| Runners-up | 1,000,000 |
Source:[12]
See also
References
- ^ "اعتماد قائمة الأندية المشاركة في النسخة الثانية من دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية 2025-2026" (in Arabic). Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. 28 July 2025.
- ^ "إنجاز تاريخي كبير.. سترة ممثلا للبحرين في دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية" (in Arabic). Akhbar Al-Khaleej. 28 May 2025.
- ^ "دهوك يكتب التاريخ ويحرز لقب كأس العراق بعد معركة كروية ضد زاخو" (in Arabic). Shafaq. 18 July 2025.
- ^ "القادسية يعلن مشاركته بدوري أبطال الخليج لـ «القدم»" (in Arabic). Al-Jarida. 18 June 2025.
- ^ "27 يوليو.. اتحاد الكرة ينظم دورة رباعية في صلالة" (in Arabic). Oman Daily. 9 July 2025.
- ^ "اكتمال عقد أندية أبطال الخليج" (in Arabic). Raya. 4 July 2025.
- ^ "نادي العين يُشارك في بطولة دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية" (in Arabic). UAE FA. 2 July 2025.
- ^ "الاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم يعتمد مشاركة صاحب المركز السادس في @SPL نادي الشباب في بطولة دوري أبطال الخليج 2026/2025 وذلك بعد اعتذار نادي القادسية صاحب المركز الرابع عن المشاركة" (in Arabic). Saudi FF. 25 June 2025.
- ^ "نادي تضامن حضرموت يمثل بلادنا في دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية للموسم 2025 /2026" (in Arabic). Nokhbat Hadramaut. 29 June 2025.
- ^ "قرعة دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية تُعقد في 11 أغسطس المقبل" (in Arabic). Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. 30 July 2025.
- ^ "منافسات قوية في النسخة الثانيه من بطولة دوري ابطال الخليج للاندية" (in Arabic). Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. 11 August 2025.
- ^ "قرعة بطولة دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية لكرة القدم تضع العربي على رأس المجموعة الثانية" (in Arabic). QNA. 23 September 2024.