2023 Arab Club Champions Cup

2023 King Salman Club Cup
2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia (final tournament)
DatesPreliminary rounds:
2–5 March 2023
Qualifying rounds:
13 March – 7 July 2023
Competition proper:
27 July – 12 August 2023
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 37 (from 2 confederations) (from 22 associations)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsSaudi Arabia Al-Nassr (1st title)
Runners-upSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored68 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (6 goals)[1]
Best player(s)Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić[2]
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Aqidi[3]
(Note: Statistics do not include preliminary and qualifying rounds)

The 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup, officially named the 2023 King Salman Club Cup (Arabic: كأس الملك سلمان للأندية 2023) after Salman of Saudi Arabia, where the final tournament was hosted, was the 30th season[note 1] of the Arab Club Champions Cup, the Arab world's club football tournament organised by UAFA.[4]

A total of 37 teams participated in the tournament, which started with preliminary and qualifying rounds, before the final tournament was held in Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2023 across four cities: Abha, Al Bahah, Khamis Mushait and Taif. A total of $10 million of prize money was awarded.[5]

Moroccan side Raja CA were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous edition,[6] but they lost 3–1 in the quarter-finals to Saudi team Al-Nassr. In the final, Al-Nassr defeated local rivals Al-Hilal 2–1 after extra time to win their first title.

  1. ^ "تتويج قائد فريق النصر السعودي بجائزة هداف بطولة كأس الملك سلمان للأندية 2023" (in Arabic). UAFA. 12 August 2023.
  2. ^ "توج لاعب فريق الهلال السعودي ، سيرجي سافيتش بجائزة أفضل لاعب في بطولة كأس الملك سلمان للأندية 2023" (in Arabic). Union of Arab Football Associations. 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "توج حارس فريق النصر السعودي، نواف العقيدي بجائزة أفضل حارس في بطولة كأس الملك سلمان للأندية 2023" (in Arabic). Union of Arab Football Associations. 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ "عبدالعزيز بن تركي الفيصل يشكر خادم الحرمين الشريفين.. "الاتحاد العربي": إطلاق مسمى "كأس الملك سلمان" على بطولة الأندية" (in Arabic). Union of Arab Football Associations. 13 February 2023.
  5. ^ "الكشف عن تفاصيل كأس الملك سلمان للأندية العربية" (in Arabic). Kooora. 13 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Raja Casablanca Wins Final, Takes Home Mohammed VI Arab Cup". Morocco World News. 22 August 2021.


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