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2025–26 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League

2025–26 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League
Tournament details
Dates30 September 2025 – 14 April 2026
Teams8 (from 1 confederation) (from 8 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored43 (2.15 per match)
Top scorerSpain Rodrigo (3 goals)

The 2025–26 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League is the 32nd edition of the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League, an 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
Bahrain Sitra 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League third place[2]
Iraq Zakho 2024–25 Iraq Stars League third place[3]
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 2024–25 Kuwaiti Premier League third place[4]
Oman Al-Nahda 2024–25 Oman Professional League runners-up[5]
Qatar Al-Rayyan 2024–25 Qatar Stars League fifth place[6]
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 2024–25 Saudi Pro League sixth place[Note KSA]
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2024–25 UAE Pro League fifth place[7]
Yemen Al-Tadamun Hadramaut 2023–24 Yemeni League runners-up[Note YEM]
Notes
  1. ^
    Saudi Arabia (KSA): The 2024–25 Saudi Pro League's fourth-placed team, Al-Qadsiah, declined to participate in the tournament.[8]
  2. ^
    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
Qatar Al-Rayyan
Iraq Zakho 		Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 		Oman Al-Nahda
Bahrain Sitra 		Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Yemen Al-Tadamun Hadramaut

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAK AIN QAD SIT
1 Iraq Zakho (A) 5 3 1 1 6 2 +4 10 Knockout stage — 2–0 3–1 17 Feb
2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 5 3 0 2 6 4 +2 9 0–1 — 17 Feb 4–1
3 Kuwait Al-Qadsia 5 2 1 2 4 5 −1 7 1–0 0–1 — 2–1
4 Bahrain Sitra (E) 5 0 2 3 2 7 −5 2 0–0 0–1 0–0 —
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates4–1Bahrain Sitra
  • Jamal 21' (o.g.)
  • Suleiman 82'
  • H. Rahimi 88'
  • Sarki 90+1'
 Report
Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)
Zakho Iraq3–1Kuwait Al-Qadsia
  • Echeta 15'
  • Karim 45+6', 47'
 Report
Referee: Yahya Al-Balushi (Oman)
Sitra Bahrain0–0Iraq Zakho
Report
Al-Qadsia Kuwait0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report
  • Suleiman 68'
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Sitra Bahrain0–0Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Report
Zakho Iraq2–0United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
 Report
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates0–1Iraq Zakho
Report
Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Qadsia Kuwait2–1Bahrain Sitra
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Sitra Bahrain0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report
  • Naafo 90+1'
Al-Qadsia Kuwait1–0Iraq Zakho
  • Al‑Haqan 27'
 Report
Referee: Abdulhadi Al-Ruaile (Qatar)
Zakho IraqvBahrain Sitra
Report
Al-Ain United Arab EmiratesvKuwait Al-Qadsia
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAY NAH SHB TAD
1 Qatar Al-Rayyan (A) 5 2 3 0 12 4 +8 9 Knockout stage — 18 Feb 1–1 5–0
2 Oman Al-Nahda 5 1 4 0 5 4 +1 7 1–1 — 1–1 1–1
3 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 5 0 4 1 5 7 −2 4 2–2 1–1 — 18 Feb
4 Yemen Al-Tadamun Hadramaut (E) 5 1 1 3 3 10 −7 4 0–3 0–1 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 February 2026. Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Al-Rayyan Qatar5–0Yemen Al-Tadamun Hadramaut
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Al Harmodi (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia1–1Oman Al-Nahda
 Report
  • Al Habsi 73' (pen.)
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
Al-Tadamun Hadramaut Yemen2–0Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
  • Agag 8'
  • Elloh Nze 22'
 Report
Referee: Ali Hussein Doshi (Iraq)
Al-Nahda Oman1–1Qatar Al-Rayyan
  • Oloumou 35'
 Report
Referee: Husain Al Showaikh (Bahrain)
Al-Nahda Oman1–1Yemen Al-Tadamun Hadramaut
  • Oloumou 50'
 Report
  • Al-Golan 62' (pen.)
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Kuwait)
Al-Rayyan Qatar1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
 Report
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia2–2Qatar Al-Rayyan
 Report
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Tadamun Hadramaut Yemen0–1Oman Al-Nahda
Report
Al-Nahda Oman1–1Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Al Harmodi (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Tadamun Hadramaut Yemen0–3Qatar Al-Rayyan
Report
Attendance: Mohamed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
Al-Shabab Saudi ArabiavYemen Al-Tadamun Hadramaut
Report
Al-Rayyan QatarvOman Al-Nahda
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
Winner Group A
Runner-up Group B
Winner Semi-final 1
Winner Semi-final 2
Winner Group B
Runner-up Group A

Prize money and awards

Prize money

Position Amount (USD)
Champions 3,000,000
Runners-up 1,000,000

Source: [12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "اعتماد قائمة الأندية المشاركة في النسخة الثانية من دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية 2025-2026" (in Arabic). Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. 28 July 2025.
  2. ^ "إنجاز تاريخي كبير.. سترة ممثلا للبحرين في دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية" (in Arabic). Akhbar Al-Khaleej. 28 May 2025.
  3. ^ "دهوك يكتب التاريخ ويحرز لقب كأس العراق بعد معركة كروية ضد زاخو" (in Arabic). Shafaq. 18 July 2025.
  4. ^ "القادسية يعلن مشاركته بدوري أبطال الخليج لـ «القدم»" (in Arabic). Al-Jarida. 18 June 2025.
  5. ^ "27 يوليو.. اتحاد الكرة ينظم دورة رباعية في صلالة" (in Arabic). Oman Daily. 9 July 2025.
  6. ^ "اكتمال عقد أندية أبطال الخليج" (in Arabic). Raya. 4 July 2025.
  7. ^ "نادي العين يُشارك في بطولة دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية" (in Arabic). UAE FA. 2 July 2025.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "نادي تضامن حضرموت يمثل بلادنا في دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية للموسم 2025 /2026" (in Arabic). Nokhbat Hadramaut. 29 June 2025.
  10. ^ "قرعة دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية تُعقد في 11 أغسطس المقبل" (in Arabic). Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. 30 July 2025.
  11. ^ "منافسات قوية في النسخة الثانيه من بطولة دوري ابطال الخليج للاندية" (in Arabic). Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. 11 August 2025.
  12. ^ "قرعة بطولة دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية لكرة القدم تضع العربي على رأس المجموعة الثانية" (in Arabic). QNA. 23 September 2024.
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