2018–19 UAE League Cup

The 2018–19 UAE League Cup or 2018–19 Arabian Gulf Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1][2][3] was the 11th season of the UAE League Cup.

2018–19 UAE League Cup
Arabian Gulf Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates4 September 2018 – 22 March 2019
Defending championsAl Wahda
Final positions
ChampionsShabab Al Ahli (1st title)
Runner-upAl Wahda
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
Goals scored137 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Brazil Caio (7 goals)

All statistics correct as of 22 March 2019.

Al Wahda were the defending champions, after defeating Al Wasl 2–1 in the finals of 2017–18 edition.[4][5]

Shabab Al Ahli won their fourth UAE League Cup, first since renaming to their current name after defeating the defending champions, Al Wahda 3–1 in the finals in the extra-time.[6][7]

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Wahda 6 5 1 0 9 0 +9 16
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 6 3 1 2 6 2 +4 10
Baniyas Club 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9
Al Wasl 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
Dibba Al Fujairah 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7
Ajman Club 6 1 2 3 7 7 0 5
Al Ittihad Kalba 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2
Source: GSA
Al Wasl0–0Al Ittihad Kalba
Report
Referee: Abdulla Ali Al Zaabi
Ajman Club1–1Baniyas Club
Vander   86' (pen.) Report Leroy George   23'
Referee: Ahmed Hasan Al Hammadi
Shabab Al Ahli0–1Al Wahda
Report Leonardo   64'
Referee: Mohammed Obaid Khadim

Al Ittihad Kalba1–4Ajman Club
Ahmed Amir   39' Report Mohammed Hilal Khalifa   31', 61'
Hussain Abdulrahman   53'
Hassan Zahran   58'
Referee: Abdulla Naji Al Harthi
Baniyas Club3–0Dibba Al Fujairah
Leroy George   6'
Pedro Conde   41', 47'
Report
Referee: Mohammed Salem Al Ali
Al Wahda3–0Al Wasl
Leonardo   5', 44'
Yahya Ali   40'
Report
Referee: Adel Ali Al Naqbi

Ajman Club3–0Al Wahda
Report Leonardo   42'
Referee: Zayed Dhaif Allah Al Awlaqi
Al Wasl0–2Shabab Al Ahli
Report Emiliano Vecchio   65'
Jaime Ayoví   81'
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

Dibba Al Fujairah1–0Al Ittihad Kalba
Yahya Jabrane   20' (pen.) Report
Referee: Naser Ali Al Ali

Al Ittihad Kalba1–2Baniyas Club
Mana Saeed   29' Report Abdulla Hassan Buashwan   39'
Pedro Conde   83'
Referee: Mohammed Salem Al Ali
Al Wahda2–0Dibba Al Fujairah
Mohamed Rashid   19'
Khalil Ibrahim   42'
Report
Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi
Shabab Al Ahli Dubai2–1Ajman Club
Khalfan Hassan   39', 64' Report Stanley Ohawuchi   61'
Referee: Ahmed Salem Al Aleeli

Ajman Club0–1Al Wasl SC
Report Fábio Lima   82'
Referee: Ahmed Hasan Al Hammadi

Dibba Al Fujairah1–0Shabab Al Ahli
Yahya Jabran   50' (pen.) Report
Referee: Fahad Abdulla Al Kassar
Baniyas Club0–0Al Wahda
Report
Referee: Mohammed Obaid Khadim

Al Wasl4–2Dibba Al Fujairah
Fábio Lima   10'
Vinícius Moreira   64'
Caio   78' (pen.), 81'
Report Yahya Jabrane   42'
Driss Fettouhi   90+6'
Referee: Easa Khalifa Al Hajeri
Al Wahda2–0Al Ittihad Kalba
Myke Ramos   62' (o.g.)
Mohamed Rashid   69'
Report
Referee: Abdulla Naji Al Harthi
Shabab Al Ahli2–1Baniyas Club
Luvannor   27', 40' Report Hamad Ali Al Ahbabi   45'
Referee: Ahmed Salem Al Aleeli

Shabab Al Ahli0–0Al Ittihad Kalba
Report
Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi
Baniyas Club1–1Al Wasl
Pedro Conde   80' Report Ali Saleh   53'
Referee: Abdulla Ali Al Zaabi
Dibba Al Fujairah1–1Ajman Club
Juma Masud   81' Report Nashd Mohammed   63' (o.g.)
Referee: Yahya Ali Al Mulla

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Nasr 6 5 0 1 14 6 +8 15
Al Ain 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13
Al Jazira 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
Emirates 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8
Al Dhafra 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7
Fujairah 6 2 1 3 13 18 −5 7
Sharjah 6 0 0 6 5 15 −10 0
Source: GSA
Al Nasr Dubai1–0Emirates Club
Marquinhos Gabriel   44' Report
Referee: Khalid Abdulla Bu Hasan
Al Jazira5–2Fujairah
Ernest Asante   7'
Abdalla Ramadan   17'
Leonardo Pereira   39'
Salem Rashid   43'
Ahmed Rabia   57'
Report Omar Kossoko   69'
Ahmad Moosa   76'
Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi
Sharjah1–4Al Ain
Igor Coronado   80' Report Caio   10' (pen.), 35'
Tsukasa Shiotani   78'
Jamal Maroof   88'
Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi

Emirates Club1–1Al Jazira
Johar Banihammad   3' (pen.) Report Khalfan Mubarak   18'
Referee: Ahmed Hasan Al Hammadi
Fujairah2–2Al Dhafra
Fernando Gabriel   16' (pen.)
Khalifa Abdullah   42'
Report Suhail Salem   57'
Khaled Ba Wazir   62' (pen.)
Referee: Zayed Dhaif Allah Al Awlaqi
Al Ain1–2Al Nasr
Caio   32' Report Iury   2'
Salem Saleh   84'
Referee: Hamad Ali Al Ali

Al Dhafra4–2Emirates Club
Diego   25', 86' (pen.)
Amine Atouchi   45+3'
Rashed Muhayer   50'
Report Khaled Butti   55' (o.g.)
Cheick Diabaté   87'
Referee: Sultan Mohamed Al Hammadi

Al Nasr3–0Sharjah
Yohan Cabaye   37'
Mohamed Al-Akbari   54'
Álvaro Negredo   55'
Report
Referee: Yahya Ali Al Mulla
Al Jazira0–2Al Ain
Report Caio   59'
Jamal Maroof   90+4'
Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi

Al Ain1–0Al Dhafra
Caio   27' Report
Sharjah0–1Al Jazira
Report Nacer Barazite   44'
Referee: Hamad Ali Al Ali
Emirates Club4–2Fujairah
Saeed Salem   18', 36', 54'
Waleed Ambar   90+5'
Report Fernando Gabriel   74' (pen.), 83'
Referee: Abdulla Naji Al Harthi

Fujairah1–3Al Ain
Ahmad Moosa   86' Report Caio   24' (pen.), 77'
Jamal Maroof   60'
Referee: Yahya Ali Al Mulla
Al Jazira1–2Al Nasr
Leonardo Pereira   60' (pen.) Report Masoud Sulaiman   23'
Marquinhos Gabriel   48'
Referee: Yahya Ali Al Mulla

Al Dhafra1–0Sharjah
Diego   34' Report
Referee: Zayed Dhaif Allah Al Awlaqi

Al Ain0–0Sharjah
Report
Referee: Khalid Abdulla Bu Hasan
Al Nasr4–1Al Dhafra
Mohammad Ibrahim Saleh   5'
Samuel   18'
Habib Al Fardan   57' (pen.), 85'
Report Diego   9'
Referee: Adel Ali Al Naqbi
Sharjah2–3Fujairah
Igor Coronado   64' (pen.)
Mohamed Ibrahim   85'
Report Mohamed Benyettou   9'
Ali Mohamed   52' (o.g.)
Omar Kossoko   89'
Referee: Abdulla Mohamed Eshtairy

Emirates Club3–2Sharjah
Cheick Diabaté   20', 70' (pen.), 90+4' Report Hamad Jasem   86'
Moatasem Yassin   90+1'
Referee: Mohammed Obaid Khadim
Fujairah3–2Al Nasr
Fernando Gabriel   13', 80' (pen.)
Khalifa Abdullah   46'
Report Habib Al Fardan   15'
Jassim Yaqoob   68'
Referee: Ahmed Salem Al Aleeli
Al Dhafra0–2Al Jazira
Report Nacer Barazite   19'
Leonardo Pereira   90+6'
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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Al Wahda5–0Emirates Club
Yahya Ali   35'
Sebastián Tagliabúe   37'
Mourad Batna   41'
Hamdan Al-Kamali   45+4'
Leonardo   78' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Ahmed Salem Al Aleeli
Shabab Al Ahli4–2Al Jazira
Jaime Ayoví   39', 45+1'
Ahmed Dballa Jshak   90+3', 90+6'
Report Salmin Khamis   3' (o.g.)
Nacer Barazite   69'
Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi

Al Ain0–1Baniyas Club
Report Haboush Saleh   68'
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan
Al Nasr0–0 (a.e.t.)Al Wasl
Report
Penalties
4–3
Referee: Yaqoub Yousuf Qasem

Semi-finals

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Al Nasr1–1 (a.e.t.)Shabab Al Ahli
Álvaro Negredo   118' (pen.) Report Emiliano Vecchio   105+4' (pen.)
Penalties
1–3
Referee: Sultan Abdulrazzaq Al Marzouqi

Al Wahda4–1Baniyas Club
Khalil Ibrahim   2'
Sebastián Tagliabúe   59', 88'
Leonardo   83'
Report Pedro Conde   13'
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan

Finals

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Al Wahda1–3 (a.e.t.)Shabab Al Ahli
Sebastián Tagliabúe   45' Report Luvannor   40'
Jaime Ayoví   96', 107'

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Caio Al Ain 7
2   Leonardo Al Wahda 6
3   Pedro Conde Baniyas Club 5
  Fernando Gabriel Fujairah
  Jaime Ayoví Shabab Al Ahli
6   Cheick Diabaté Emirates Club 4
  Leonardo da Silva Souza Al Dhafra
  Sebastián Tagliabúe Al Wahda

Source:[8]

References

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  2. ^ "New identity released for Arabian Gulf Cup final". www.khaleejtimes.com.
  3. ^ Studios, XS. "Arabian Gulf Development renews League sponsorship - News - UAE Pro League Committee". beta.proleague.ae. Archived from the original on 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  4. ^ "Arabian Gulf Cup". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. ^ "League Cup (Arabian Gulf Cup)". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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