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
Country United Arab Emirates
Dates4 September 2018 – 22 March 2019
Defending championsAl Wahda
ChampionsShabab Al Ahli (1st title)
Runners-upAl Wahda
Matches played49
Goals scored137 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) 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

Group A
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'
Dubai Club Stadium, Dubai
Referee: Mohammed Obaid Khadim
Al Ittihad Kalba1–4Ajman Club
Ahmed Amir  39' Report Mohammed Hilal Khalifa  31', 61'
Hussain Abdulrahman  53'
Hassan Zahran  58'
Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium, Kalba
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'
Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium, Kalba
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'
Dubai Club Stadium, Dubai
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'
Dubai Club Stadium, Dubai
Referee: Ahmed Salem Al Aleeli
Shabab Al Ahli0–0Al Ittihad Kalba
Report
Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium, Kalba
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
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
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed
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

Quarter-finals
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
Dubai Club Stadium, Dubai
Referee: Yaqoub Yousuf Qasem

Semi-finals
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
Al Wahda1–3 (a.e.t.)Shabab Al Ahli
Sebastián Tagliabúe  45' Report Luvannor  40'
Jaime Ayoví  96', 107'
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Mohamed Darwish

Statistics

Top goalscorers
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.
  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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