Indian Super League (ISL) side Mumbai City FC will play them AFC Champions League The group match in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh in April will mark their first appearance in the continent’s top-flight club competition. Riyadh will host Group B matches, which apart from Mumbai City, include Al Jazeera of the UAE, Al Shabab of Saudi Arabia and three-time AFC Cup winners Air Force Club of Iraq. Mumbai City FC qualified for the AFC Champions League after finishing at the top of the league stage of the ISL 2020-21.
Saudi Arabia is hosting matches from all four West Zone groups from April 7 to 27, subject to ratification by the AFC Executive Committee, the continental body said in a statement.
Riyadh will also host Group A matches, including four-time Continental Club champions Al Hilal, Tajikistan’s FC Istikol, Qatar’s Al Rayan SC as well as a play-off stage match between UAE and Iraqi side Sharjah. Winners included. Al Zawara Club.
Group C matches, which will feature Iranian side Fulad Khouzestan, 2015 finalist Shabab Al Ahli Dubai, Qatar’s Al Gharafa and Turkmenistan’s Ahl FC, will take place in Jeddah.
Meanwhile, northwest of Riyadh, Burada will host Group D matches, including Iran’s Sepahan FC, who reached the final of the 2007 edition, Qatar’s Al Duhail SC, two-time semifinalists Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. The winner of the play-off stage tie between K Al Tawon FC and Syrian side Al Jaish.
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The matches in the single round knockout stage of the AFC Champions League (West) will take place from February 3 to 10 next year. Round of 16 matches are scheduled for 3 and 4 February, before the quarter-finals to be played on 7 February and the semi-finals on 10 February.
The final will be played in two phases on February 19 and 26 next year.
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