2018–19 UAE President's Cup

2018–19 UAE President's Cup
Tournament details
Country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	5 October 2018 – 29 April 2019
Teams	16 (Knockout round); 22 (Total)
Defending champions	Al Ain
Final positions
Champions	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai (1st title)
Runners-up	Al Dhafra
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	114 (3.26 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Adeílson (5 goals)
	; All statistics correct as of 29 April 2019.

The 2018–19 UAE President's Cup was the 43rd edition of the UAE President's Cup, a football cup competition of the United Arab Emirates. The winner qualified for the 2020 AFC Champions League.^[1]

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, ten teams were divided into two groups of five.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dibba Al Hisn	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9
Al Hamriyah	4	2	1	1	10	8	+2	7
Masafi	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6
Khor Fakkan	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4
Al Arabi	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3

Source: GSA

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hatta	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
Al Urooba	4	2	1	1	10	6	+4	7
Masfut	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	5
Al Taawon	4	1	1	2	4	10	−6	4
Al Thaid	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2

Source: GSA

Bracket

As per UAE Football Association matches database: ^[2]

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Dibba Al Fujairah	6

Al Wahda	0
		Dibba Al Fujairah	0

		Al Dhafra	2
Al Dhafra	2

Dibba Al Hisn	1
				Al Dhafra	2

				Sharjah	1
Sharjah	1

Al Jazira	0
		Sharjah	2

		Emirates	1
Hatta	1

Emirates	4
						Al Dhafra	1

						Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	2
Fujairah	1

Ajman	0
		Fujairah	0

		Al Wasl	2
Al Wasl	5

Al Ain	3
				Al Wasl	1

				Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	5
Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	3

Kalba	0
		Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	1 (4)

		Al Nasr	1 (2)
Baniyas	0

Al Nasr	1

Round of 16

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)	Al Ain	3–5	Al Wasl	Abu Dhabi
15:45	Caio 47' Hussein 57' Diaky 76'		Lima 21', 63' Jassem 29' Caio 44', 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)	Dibba Al-Fujairah	6–0	Al Wahda	Dubai
18:30	Abbas 8' (o.g.) Juma 51', 90+3' Fettouhi 67', 77' Jabrane 81' (pen.)			Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)	Sharjah	1–0	Al Jazira	Dubai
16:40	Welliton 66'			Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)	Al Dhafra	2–1	Dibba Al-Hisn	Abu Dhabi
16:45	? 10' ? 63'		? 90+4'	Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)	Fujairah	1–0	Ajman	Ras Al Khaimah
18:30	? 76' (o.g.)			Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)	Hatta	1–4	Emirates	Kalba
18:30	Santos 46'		Diabaté 27', 29', 83', 90+6'	Stadium: Ittihad Kalba Stadium

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	3–0	Kalba	Ajman
	Ayoví 25' Silva 60' Vecchio 90'			Stadium: Ajman Stadium

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09)	Baniyas	0–1	Al Nasr	Sharjah
			Gabriel 24'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

Quarter-finals

8 February 2019	Dibba Al-Fujairah	0–2	Al Dhafra	Dubai
17:20			Rômulo 10' Ba Wazir 90+6'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

8 February 2019	Fujairah	0–2	Al Wasl	Ras Al Khaimah
20:00			Caio 32' Ali Saleh 56'	Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

9 February 2019	Sharjah	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Emirates	Fujairah
17:20	Ryan Mendes 11', 103'		Hossam Lotfi 90+4'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium

9 February 2019	Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Al Nasr	Dubai
20:00	Luvannor 89'		Al Akbari 79'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

Semi-finals

16 March 2019	Al Dhafra	2–1	Sharjah	Madinat Zayed
17:45	Diego 64' Rômulo 80'		Mendes 89'	Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium

16 March 2019	Al Wasl	1–5	Shabab Al Ahli	Dubai
20:45	Caio 23' (pen.)		Abbas 45+3' Luvannor 54' Díaz 65' Hassan 81' Ayoví 89'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium

Final

29 April 2019	Al Dhafra	1–2	Shabab Al Ahli	Abu Dhabi
19:00	Atouchi 81'		Khalil 35', 70'	Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Referee: Hamad Ali Yousuf Al-Ali

Al Dhafra

Shabab Al Ahli

References

^ UAE Presidents Cup 2018/2019 Goalzz.com
^ http://www.goalzz.com/?c=16541 UAE Presidents Cup 2018/2019 Goalzz.com

[1] UAE Presidents Cup 2018/2019 Goalzz.com

[2] ttp://www.goalzz.com/?c=16541 UAE Presidents Cup 2018/2019 Goalzz.com

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