Arab Champions League 2007-08

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = Arab Champions League
year = 2007–08
other_titles =
size = 150px
caption =
country =
dates = 12 September 2007 – 22 May 2008
num_teams = 32
confederations = UAFA
venues =
cities =
champion_other = flagicon|Algeria Entente Sportive de Sétif
count = 2
second_other = flagicon|MAR Wydad Casablanca
third_other =
fourth_other =
matches = 75
goals = 192
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|KSA Essa Al-Mehyani (8 goals)
player = flagicon|ALG Lamouri Djediat

The 5th Edition of Arab Champions League 2007-08

The Format

* Each federation enter with (1~2) teams from their top Leagues : - The teams must be one of the top 5 teams in the latest season, or Cup Champions/Runners-up.

* The Number of teams of each federation enters based on the previous editions results of the Arab Champions League

* The official sponsor ART can choose the rest teams to complete the 32 teams, so it may can reach 3 teams from one country : - It's not necessary to be one of the top 5 teams.

* Entente Sportive de Sétif entered automatically as 2006-2007 Champion.

Participated teams

32 clubs will be competing from the following countries.

Asia

: ¹ Flagicon|Palestine Shabab Rafah withdrew. [ [http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=27149&obj=0 Raja Casablanca goes straight through - Shabab Rafah withdrew] (Kooora)]

Matches Dates

* The first legs on 12 and 17/18 September, 2007
* The second legs on 1/2 October, 2007

Round 16

16 teams play home and away matches as Knock out stage.

: ¹ Flagicon|Kuwait Al-Arabi Disqualified, Kuwait have been indefinitely suspended from international football competitions. [ [http://goal.com/en-us/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=463220 FIFA Suspend Kuwait] , Mohamed S Chbaro, for goal.com, retrieved 31 October 2007]

Matches Dates

* The first legs on 22/5 November, 2007
* The second legs on 6/15 November, 2007

Round 8

: 8 teams play home and away matches in 2 Groups, 4 teams in each group.: the Groups winners and the runners-up qulify to the semif-finals

Group A

Top scorers

"Last updated: 22 May, 2008."

References

External links

* [http://www.ua-fa.com/ UA-FA]
* [http://82.201.143.69/acl/English/Index.asp Official website]