Sharjah hosts the start of the AFC Champions League for the 15th of this month
Kuala Lumpur on September 10 / WAM / The Emirate of Sharjah will host on September 15th, the start of the AFC Champions League, which is the most important continental championship at the club level; Where the first round matches in the West Asia region begin at the Sharjah Stadium at 5:45 pm, with the meeting of Sharjah Club, which is participating for the sixth time, the Qatar club Al -Gharafa.
Sharjah ended the 2024/2025 season in second place at the local league level, and was crowned its first continental title with the “ACL To” championship.
According to the AFC report issued today, the Emirati Al -Wahda Club, the local league champion 4 times and the third in the 2024/2025 season, begins its eleventh participation in the championship, and the first since 2021, at 8:00 pm the same day; Where the Saudi Al -Ittihad club will host the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, in a seventh meeting between the two clubs in the tournament.
For its part, Al -Ahly Youth Club returns to the championship for the tenth time, after achieving the local dualism in the 2024/2025 season, and it will host the Rashid Stadium in Dubai, the Iranian Club, in a meeting held at 8:00 pm on September 16.
On the other hand, the Saudi Al -Ahly Club, which was crowned the title in the last version without any loss, begins the campaign to defend its title at 9:15 pm on September 15th at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, and this is the fourteenth participation of the club, where Nassaf Al -Uzbek club, the domestic league champion in Uzbekistan for the first time in its history in 2024, which is running the championship for the seventh time. The two teams met 4 times previously, and Al -Ahly won twice and tied once.
It is noteworthy that the round of 16 of the tournament will be held between 2 and 11 March 2026, with the tournament to be concluded with the gathering system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the period from 17 to 25 April 2026.
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