2016–17 Arab Club Championship

2016–17 Arab Club Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt (from group stage onwards)
City	Alexandria
Dates	September 2016 – August 2017
Teams	20 (from 2 confederations) (from 18 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	2 (0.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Manier Kizza Billy Mohideen (1 goal each)

This tournament is currently in the preliminary rounds.

The 2016–17 Arab Club Championship will be the 27th season (not including 1990) of the Arab World's inter-club football tournament organised by UAFA, and the first season since it was renamed from the UAFA Club Cup to the Arab Club Championship.

Allocation of entries

The following team entries allocation were announced by the Union of Arab Football Associations on 20 June 2016.^[1] Each association was given entry either to the preliminary rounds or to the group stage based on the FIFA World Ranking of the associations on 2 June 2016.^[2] Only teams who were champions or runners-up of their nation's league or cup were allowed to participate in the tournament.

Participation for 2016–17 Arab Club Championship
	Allocated group stage slot(s)
	Allocated preliminary round slot
	Did not participate

Asia Zone
Rank		Member Association	Slots
Rank			Group stage	Preliminary rounds
Zone	All		Group stage	Play-off round	Prelim. round 2	Prelim. round 1
1	5	Saudi Arabia	2	0	0	0
2	6	United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	0
3	7	Jordan	1	0	0	0
4	8	Qatar^[A]	0	0	0	0
5	9	Oman	0	1	0	0
6	10	Syria	0	1	0	0
7	11	Iraq	0	1	0	0
8	12	Palestine	0	0	1	0
9	16	Bahrain	0	0	0	1
10	17	Kuwait^[B]	0	0	0	0
11	18	Lebanon	0	0	0	1
12	20	Yemen^[C]	0	0	0	0
Total			4	3	1	2
			4	6
			10

Africa Zone
Rank		Member Association	Slots
Rank			Group stage	Preliminary rounds
Zone	All		Group stage	Play-off round	Prelim. round 2	Prelim. round 1
1	1	Algeria^[D]	1	0	0	0
2	2	Egypt^[D]	2	0	0	0
3	3	Tunisia	1	0	0	0
4	4	Morocco	1	0	0	0
5	13	Mauritania	0	1	0	0
6	14	Libya^[E]	0	0	0	0
7	15	Sudan	0	0	1	0
8	19	Comoros	0	0	0	1
9	21	Djibouti	0	0	0	1
10	22	Somalia	0	0	0	1
Total			5	1	1	3
			5	5
			10

Notes

^ Qatar were allocated one group stage slot, but chose not to participate due to scheduling difficulties with other tournaments.
^ Kuwait were allocated one preliminary round slot, but could not participate due to FIFA's suspension of its football association.
^ Yemen were allocated one preliminary round slot, but did not participate due to war/security issues.
^ As the tournament's hosts (from the group stage onwards), Egypt were allocated two group stage slots as opposed to one, and Algeria were therefore allocated just one group stage slot rather than two.
^ Libya were allocated one preliminary round slot, but did not participate due to war/security issues.

Teams

The following 20 teams from 18 associations entered the competition.

Asia Zone
Team	Qualifying method	App	Last App
Group stage entrants
Al-Nassr	2016 King Cup runners-up	5th	2012–13
Al-Hilal	2015–16 Saudi Professional League runners-up	10th	2004–05
Al-Ain	2015–16 UAE Pro-League runners-up 2015–16 UAE President's Cup runners-up	1st	none
Al-Faisaly	2015–16 Jordan League runners-up	13th	2008–09
Play-off round entrants
Fanja	2015–16 Oman Professional League champions	3rd	1989
Al-Jaish	2015–16 Syrian Premier League champions	7th	2006–07
Naft Al-Wasat	2015–16 Iraqi Premier League runners-up	1st	none
Preliminary round 2 entrants
Shabab Al-Khalil	2015–16 West Bank Premier League champions	1st	none
Preliminary round 1 entrants
Riffa	2015–16 Bahraini King's Cup runners-up	7th	2007–08
Al-Ahed	2015–16 Lebanese Premier League runners-up 2015–16 Lebanese FA Cup runners-up	2nd	2004–05

Africa Zone
Team	Qualifying method	App	Last App
Group stage entrants
NA Hussein Dey	2015–16 Algerian Cup runners-up	4th	2004–05
Al-Ahly	2015–16 Egyptian Premier League champions 2016 Egypt Cup runners-up	6th	2003–04
Zamalek	2016 Egypt Cup winners 2015–16 Egyptian Premier League runners-up	5th	2006–07
ES Tunis	2015–16 Tunisian Cup winners 2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up	6th	2008–09
Fath Union Sport	2015–16 Botola champions 2015 Coupe du Trône runners-up	1st	none
Play-off round entrants
FC Tevragh-Zeina	2015–16 Ligue 1 Mauritania champions 2016 Coupe du Président de la République winners	1st	none
Preliminary round 2 entrants
Al-Merrikh	2016 Sudan Premier League runners-up	9th	2008–09
Preliminary round 1 entrants
Volcan Club	2015 Comoros Premier League champions 2016 Coupe des Comores winners	1st	none
ASAS Djibouti Télécom	2015–16 Djibouti Premier League champions 2016 Djibouti Cup winners	1st	none
Dekedaha	2015–16 Somali First Division runners-up	1st	none

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[1]^[3]

Stage	Round	First leg
Preliminary rounds	Round 1	14 September 2016 – 4 March 2017
	Round 2
	Play-off round
Group stage	Matchday 1	12 July – 5 August 2017
	Matchday 2
	Matchday 3
Knock-out stage	Semi-finals
Knock-out stage	Final

Preliminary rounds

Preliminary round 1

Asia Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahed	TBD	Riffa	14 Dec	21 Dec

Africa Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	D	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
1	ASAS Djibouti Télécom^[F] (Q)	2	2	1	1	2	Preliminary round 2
2	Dekedaha^[F]	2	2	1	1	2
3	Volcan Club	2	2	0	0	2

Source: UAFA
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Dekedaha v Volcan Club

14 September 2016
16:00 UTC+3

Dekedaha	0–0	Volcan Club

Stade du Ville, Djibouti City

ASAS Djibouti Télécom v Volcan Club

17 September 2016
16:00 UTC+3

ASAS Djibouti Télécom	0–0	Volcan Club

Stade du Ville, Djibouti City

ASAS Djibouti Télécom v Dekedaha

20 September 2016
16:00 UTC+3

ASAS Djibouti Télécom	1–1	Dekedaha
Kizza 7'		Mohideen

Stade du Ville, Djibouti City

Notes

^ ASAS Djibouti Télécom qualified via a drawing of lots.

Preliminary round 2

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asia Zone
Shabab Al-Khalil	TBD	Winner of Asia Zone Prelim. Round 1	5 Jan	12 Jan
Africa Zone
Al-Merrikh	TBD	ASAS Djibouti Télécom	20 Jan	4 Feb

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asia Zone
Naft Al-Wasat	TBD	Al-Jaish	26 Dec	28 Dec
Fanja	TBD	Winner of Asia Zone Prelim. Round 2	1 Feb	8 Feb
Africa Zone
FC Tevragh-Zeina	TBD	Winner of Africa Zone Prelim. Round 2	17 Feb	4 Mar

References

1 2 "Inviting the Arab Associations to Participate in the Arab Club Cup" (in Arabic). UAFA. 20 June 2016.
↑ "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Men's Ranking". FIFA.com. 2 June 2016.
↑ "تصفيات الدور الأول لكأس العرب للأندية بجيبوتي". UAFA. 14 September 2016. (Arabic)

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