1996 Arab Club Champions Cup

بطولة الأندية العربية لأبطال الدوري 1996
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
City	Cairo
Dates	4–15 September
Teams	7 (from 1 association)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ahly (1st title)
Runners-up	Raja Casablanca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	48 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Salaheddine Bassir (9 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ahmed Shobair
Fair play award	Shabab Rafah
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The 1996 Arab Club Champions Cup edition, was won by Egyptian side Al-Ahly, the hosts. It was the 12th tournament and was held from 4 September to 15 September 1996.

Preliminary round

Final tournament

Group stage

The seven teams were drawn into two groups of four and three. Each group was played on one leg basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahly	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	6
Shabab Rafah	2	1	0	1	1	7	−6	3
USM Blida	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

4 September 1996

Al-Ahly	5 – 1	USM Blida
Mosheer H.Hassan Walid Koushary Gharib		44' Réda Zouani

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Al-Ahly	7 – 0	Shabab Rafah
Koushary I. Hassan Tolba

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

7 September 1996

Shabab Rafah	1 – 0	USM Blida

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Raja Casablanca	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7
Al-Hilal (Riyadh)	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
Al-Hilal Club	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
Al-Wehdat	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3

Al-Hilal Club	2 – 3	Al-Wehda

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Al-Hilal	1 – 1	Raja Casablanca

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Raja Casablanca	4 – 0	Al-Wehdat

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Al-Hilal	0 – 1	Al-Hilal Club
		Walieldin

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Al-Hilal Club	0 – 5	Raja Casablanca

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Al-Hilal	3 – 0	Al-Wehdat

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	– Cairo
	Al-Ahly (aet)	2
					16 september – Cairo
	Al-Hilal	1
					Al-Ahly	3
	– Cairo
					Raja Casablanca	1
	Raja Casablanca	7
	Shabab Rafah	0

Semi-finals

Al-Ahly	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hilal
Tolba Nakhla

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Raja Casablanca	7 – 0	Shabab Rafah

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Final

16 September 1996

Al-Ahly	3 – 1	Raja CA
Tolba 2' Khashaba 49' (pen.) Walid 89'		Bassir 27'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Winners

1996 Arab Club Champions Cup
Al-Ahly First title