2025 FIFA Arab Cup final

2025 FIFA Arab Cup final
Lusail Stadium, where the match was played
Event2025 FIFA Arab Cup
After extra time
Date18 December 2025 (2025-12-18)
VenueLusail Stadium, Lusail
Man of the MatchAbderrazak Hamdallah (Morocco)
RefereeGlenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Attendance84,517
WeatherRainy
16 °C (61 °F)
100% humidity[1]

The 2025 FIFA Arab Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup. The match was held at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar,[2][3][4] on 18 December 2025 and it was contested by Morocco and Jordan, the winners of the semi-finals. The date of the final marked three years to the day since the 2022 FIFA World Cup final, also held at Lusail.

Route to the final

 Jordan Round  Morocco
Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result
 United Arab Emirates 2–1 Match 1  Comoros 3–1
 Kuwait 3–1 Match 2  Oman 0–0
 Egypt 3–0 Match 3  Saudi Arabia 1–0
Group C winners

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Jordan 3 9
2  United Arab Emirates 3 4
3  Egypt 3 2
4  Kuwait 3 1
Source: FIFA
Final standings Group B winners

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Morocco 3 7
2  Saudi Arabia 3 6
3  Oman 3 4
4  Comoros 3 0
Source: FIFA
Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result
 Iraq 1–0 Quarter-final  Syria 1–0
 Saudi Arabia 1–0 Semi-final  United Arab Emirates 3–0

Match

Details

Jordan 2–3 (a.e.t.) Morocco
Olwan 48', 68' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 84,517
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
Jordan
Morocco
GK 1 Yazeed Abulaila
CB 3 Abdallah Nasib
CB 19 Saed Al-Rosan
CB 4 Husam Abu Dahab Yellow card 77' downward-facing red arrow 104'
RWB 17 Issam Smeeri downward-facing red arrow 46'
LWB 20 Mohannad Abu Taha
CM 21 Nizar Al-Rashdan
CM 6 Amer Jamous downward-facing red arrow 81'
RF 7 Mohammad Abu Zrayq downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 9 Ali Olwan
LF 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi (c) downward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutions:
MF 23 Adham Al-Quraishi upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 8 Odeh Al-Fakhouri upward-facing green arrow 46' downward-facing red arrow 112'
MF 14 Rajaei Ayed Yellow card 119' upward-facing green arrow 81'
DF 2 Mohammad Abu Hashish upward-facing green arrow 90'
DF 16 Ali Hajabi upward-facing green arrow 104'
FW 10 Ahmad Ersan upward-facing green arrow 112'
Manager:
Morocco Jamal Sellami
GK 12 Mehdi Benabid
RB 7 Mohamed Boulacsoute
CB 4 Soufiane Bouftini downward-facing red arrow 71'
CB 18 Marwane Saâdane
LB 19 Hamza El Moussaoui downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 3 Anas Bach downward-facing red arrow 71'
CM 6 Mohamed Rabie Hrimat (c)
RW 21 Karim El Berkaoui downward-facing red arrow 17'
AM 14 Oussama Tannane downward-facing red arrow 71'
LW 10 Amin Zahzouh Yellow card 113'
CF 11 Walid Azaro downward-facing red arrow 106'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Aschraf El Mahdioui upward-facing green arrow 17'
MF 8 Sabir Bougrine upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 9 Abderrazak Hamdallah upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 17 Mounir Chouiar upward-facing green arrow 71'
DF 5 Mahmoud Bentayg upward-facing green arrow 80'
DF 15 Marouane Louadni Yellow card 87' upward-facing green arrow 106'
Manager:
Tarik Sektioui

Man of the Match:
Abderrazak Hamdallah (Morocco)[5]

Assistant referees:
Mahbod Beigi (Sweden)
Andreas Söderkvist (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Ma Ning (China)
Reserve assistant referee:
Zhou Fei (China)
Video assistant referee:
Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Support video assistant referee:
Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)

Match rules[6]

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Maximum of twelve named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time[note 1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

  1. ^ "Doha, Qatar Weather History". Weather Underground. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Arab Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Draw procedures for the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025™" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Match Schedule: FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 September 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  5. ^ Elbotola (2025-12-18). "Hamdallah Named Man of the Match, Turns Tables on Jordan to Secure Morocco's Second Arab Cup Title". Elbotola. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
  6. ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Arab Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.