2020–21 UAE President's Cup

2020–21 UAE President's Cup
Tournament details
Country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	5 December 2020 – 13 May 2021
Teams	16 (Knockout round); 25 (Total)
Defending champions	Shabab Al Ahli
Final positions
Champions	Shabab Al Ahli (10th title)
Runner-up	Al Nasr
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	99 (2.75 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ahmed Abunamous; Igor Jesus; (3 goals each)
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The 2020–21 UAE President's Cup was the 44th edition of the UAE President's Cup, following the cancellation of the 2019–20 UAE President's Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shabab Al Ahli won their tenth title after beating Al Nasr in the final.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was contested between the teams of the UAE Division 1 teams divided into two groups, 6 teams in group A, 5 teams in group B, the winner of each group advances to the knockout stage.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Emirates	5	3	2	0	15	6	+9	11
Al Bataeh	5	2	2	1	9	8	+1	8
Al Hamriyah	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	8
Al Arabi	5	1	2	2	9	14	−5	5
Al Taawon	5	1	1	3	11	15	−4	4
Dibba Al Hisn	5	0	3	2	5	8	−3	3

Source: soccerway

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Urooba	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5	8
Dibba Al Fujairah	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	8
Masfout	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
Al Dhaid	4	0	2	2	3	8	−5	2
Masafi	4	0	1	3	5	9	−4	1

Source: soccerway

Bracket

Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Shabab Al Ahli	3

Hatta	0
		Shabab Al Ahli	2

		Emirates	0
Emirates (a.e.t.)	1

Kalba	0
				Shabab Al Ahli	1

				Baniyas	0
Baniyas	2

Al Urooba	0
		Baniyas	1

		Al Wasl	0
Fujairah	0

Al Wasl	1
						Shabab Al Ahli	2

						Al Nasr	1
Al Dhafra	1

Al Jazira	0
		Al Dhafra	0

		Sharjah	4
Khor Fakkan	0

Sharjah	2
				Sharjah	0

				Al Nasr	3
Al Wahda	0 (2)

Al Nasr (p)	0 (4)
		Al Nasr	2

		Ajman	0
Al Ain	0

Ajman	1

Knockout stage

The knockout stage was played between the UAE Pro League teams and two teams from the preliminary round, Emirates and Al Urooba as they both won their respective groups.^[1]^[2]

Round of 16

All times are local (UTC+04:00)

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)	Khor Fakkan	0–2	Sharjah	Khor Fakkan
16:35		Report	Luanzinho 11' Welliton 21'	Stadium: Saqr bin Mohammad al Qassimi Stadium

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)	Al Ain	0–1	Ajman	Al Ain
16:45		Report	Owusu 44'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)	Al Wahda	0–0 (2–4 p)	Al Nasr	Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi
19:45		Report		Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium
	Penalties
	Juma Pimenta Luvannor Esmaeel		Tozé Tagliabúe Saba Al Fardan

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05)	Fujairah	0–1	Al Wasl	Fujairah
19:45		Report	Figueiredo 50'	Stadium: Fujairah Club Stadium

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)	Emirates	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kalba	Ras Al Khaimah
16:40	Al-Hammadi 107'	Report		Stadium: Emirates Club Stadium

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)	Baniyas	2–0	Al Urooba	Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi
16:45	Abunamous 71', 78'	Report		Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)	Shabab Al Ahli	3–0	Hatta	Deira, Dubai
19:45	Jesus 52' Al-Bloushi 71' Jumaa 73'	Report		Stadium: Rashid Stadium

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06)	Al Dhafra	1–0	Al Jazira	Madinat Zayed
19:45	Denílson 21'	Report		Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium

Quarter-finals

Emirates was the only UAE First Division League team to participate in this round.

21 December 2020	Baniyas	1–0	Al Wasl	Al Shamkha, Abu Dhabi
16:50	Abunamous 84'	Report		Stadium: Baniyas Stadium

21 December 2020	Al Dhafra	0–4	Sharjah	Madinat Zayed
19:45		Report	Welliton 2' Coronado 58', 90+1' Caio 87'	Stadium: Al Dhafra Stadium

22 December 2020	Shabab Al Ahli	2–0	Emirates	Deira, Dubai
16:45	Jumaa 43' Jesus 77'	Report		Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium

22 December 2020	Al Nasr	2–0	Ajman	Al Nasr, Dubai
19:45	Saba 47' Tagliabúe 87'	Report		Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held in neutral stadiums.^[3]

22 February 2021	Shabab Al Ahli	1–0	Baniyas	Sharjah
17:30	Jesus 73'	Report		Stadium: Sharjah Stadium

22 February 2021	Sharjah	0–3	Al Nasr	Deira, Dubai
20:30		Report	Tozé 36' Abeid 41' Tagliabúe 88'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium

Final

16 May 2021	Shabab Al Ahli	2–1	Al Nasr	Al Ain
19:35	Cartabia 42', 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Abeid 82'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 3,800

References

^ "الصقور تحلّق إلى دور الـ 16 للكأس الغالية" (in Arabic). albayan. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ "العروبة يتأهل ويضرب موعداً مع بني ياس في 16 الكأس" (in Arabic). albayan. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ "نصف نهائي كأس رئيس الدولة 22 فبراير القادم". albayan. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[1] "الصقور تحلّق إلى دور الـ 16 للكأس الغالية" (in Arabic). albayan. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

[2] "العروبة يتأهل ويضرب موعداً مع بني ياس في 16 الكأس" (in Arabic). albayan. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

[3] "نصف نهائي كأس رئيس الدولة 22 فبراير القادم". albayan. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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