The 2024–25 AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League was the 31st edition of the football competition for clubs from the eight member nations of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF).

It was the first edition of the competition organised by the AGCFF under its new name and format, with clubs from Iraq and Yemen participating for the first time. The last edition of the tournament was held in 2015, when the competition was organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

The winners of the competition were Duhok, who won their first title with a 2–1 aggregate victory over Al-Qadsia in the final.

Teams TeamQualification method Al-Riffa2023–24 Bahraini Premier League runners-up12th Duhok2023–24 Iraq Stars League regional competition play-off winners1st Al-Qadsia2023–24 Kuwaiti Premier League third place6th Dhofar2023–24 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners11th Al-Arabi2023–24 Qatar Stars League fifth place12th Al-Ettifaq2023–24 Saudi Pro League sixth place7th Al-Nasr2023–24 UAE President's Cup runners-up5th Al-Ahli Sanaa2023–24 Yemeni League champions1st

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Draw The draw was held on 23 September 2024. 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 19 September 2024.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Al-Arabi Duhok Al-Ettifaq Al-Nasr Al-Riffa Dhofar Al-Qadsia Al-Ahli Sanaa

Group stage TiebreakersTeams 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:

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Prize money and awards Prize money PositionAmount (USD)Champions3,000,000Runners-up1,000,000 Source:

Player awards The following awards were given:

AwardPlayerTop Scorer Ali MabkhoutMost Valuable Player Haron AhmedBest Goalkeeper Khaled Al-Rashidi

See also 26th Arabian Gulf Cup

References