CAIRO: Al-Gaish will be Egypt s representatives in the 2008-2009 Arab Champions League for the second season running.

The Arab Football Association invited the military side once again, after they finished fourth in the Egyptian Premier League last term.

Gaish were eliminated from the semi-finals by champions ES Setif of Algeria last season, in their first ever non-domestic tournament.

The ACL is scheduled to start in October, with Setif acting as number one candidates to lift the trophy for a third consecutive time.