2012 CAF Champions League Final

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2012 CAF Champions League Final
Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès).jpg
7 November Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event2012 CAF Champions League
Al Ahly ES Tunis
Egypt Tunisia
3 2
on aggregate
First leg
Al Ahly ES Tunis
1 1
Date4 November 2012
VenueBorg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Man of the MatchMoez Ben Cherifia (ES Tunis)
RefereeDjamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Attendance25,000
Second Leg
ES Tunis Al Ahly
1 2
Date17 November 2012
VenueStade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Man of the MatchAl-Sayed Hamdy (Al Ahly)
RefereeBouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)
Attendance31,000
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The 2012 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2012 CAF Champions League, the 48th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 16th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

The final was played between Al-Ahly from Egypt and Espérance ST from Tunisia. Al-Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate (first leg: 1–1; second leg: 2–1) to win a record seventh title.[1][2] As the winner of the 2012 CAF Champions League, they qualified to enter the quarterfinals of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup as the CAF representative, as well as participate in the 2013 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup.[3][4]

Qualified teams[]

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Team Region Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Egypt Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Tunisia ES Tunis UNAF (North Africa) 1994, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011

Venues[]

Borg El Arab Stadium Stadium[]

Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt hosted the first leg.

Borg El Arab Stadium, is a stadium commissioned in 2005 in the Mediterranean Sea resort of Borg El Arab; 25 km west of Alexandria, Egypt. It is the largest stadium in Egypt and the second largest in Africa (after FNB Stadium in Johannesburg) with a capacity of 86,000[5] and is an all-seater. It is also the 27th largest stadium in the world, and the 9th largest association football stadium in the world. It is located on the Cairo-Alexandria desert highway 10 km from Borg El Arab Airport and 15 km from Alexandria's city center. A running track runs around the pitch, and the ground has four large floodlights. Only one stand is covered by a roof.

The stadium is 145 feddans, is surrounded by a fence which is 3 km long, an internal road network its long is 6 km, a parking lot which could fit 5000 cars and 200 bus beside an airstrip, there are 136 electronic entrances. The main cabin is covered by an umbrella which covers 35% of the stadium total area, and it is considered the biggest umbrella in the Middle East. Its length is 200 m, its dimension is 60 m and its area is 12,000 m2, which is equal to 3 feddans.

The stadium is air-conditioned and that condition includes the clothes chambers, the salons and entrances, also the stadium includes 8 elevators for broadcasters, handicapped, services and important persons. There are 2 sub-stadiums for training and each ground can hold 2000 spectators, includes 2 locker rooms and a stadium for Athletics. The stadium also includes a hotel for 200 guests which is air-conditioned and has a swimming pool, gym and a department building which contains 80 people. The stadium includes a building which contains 300 presses. This building includes cabinets for broadcasters, entrances for emergency, ambulance cars, 39 and cafeterias, 337 bathrooms which classified to 33 bathrooms for women and 8 bathrooms for the handicapped.

Stade Olympique de Radès[]

7 November Stadium in Radès, Tunisia hosted the second leg.

Stade Olympique de Radès is a multi-purpose stadium in Radès, Tunis, Tunisia about 10 kilometers south-east of the city center of Tunis, in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium holds 60,000 and was built in 2001 for the 2001 Mediterranean Games and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa. The stadium was built for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, the 60,000-seat covered area covers 13,000 m2 and consists of a central area, 3 adjoining grounds, 2 warm-up rooms, 2 paintings and an official stand of 7,000 seats. The press gallery is equipped with 300 desks.

Club Africain and ES Tunis play their major league matches here. Before the construction of this stadium, the Tunis derby used to be played in the 45,000 seat-capacity Stade El Menzah. It is also the stadium of Tunisia national football team since 2001.

This stadium has hosted matches of the 2004 African Cup of Nations which was won by the Tunisian team.

Road to final[]

Further information: 2012 CAF Champions League
Egypt Al Ahly Round Tunisia ES Tunis
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Preliminary round Bye
Ethiopia Ethiopian Coffee 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H) First round The Gambia Brikama United 4–2 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H)
Mali Stade Malien 3–2 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Second round Zimbabwe Dynamos 7–1 6–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2–1 (H) Matchday 1 Nigeria Sunshine Stars 2–0 (A)
Egypt Zamalek 1–0 (A) Matchday 2 Algeria ASO Chlef 3–2 (H)
Ghana Berekum Chelsea 4–1 (H) Matchday 3 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1–0 (H) cancelled†
Ghana Berekum Chelsea 1–1 (A) Matchday 4 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–0 (A) cancelled†
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0–2 (A) Matchday 5 Nigeria Sunshine Stars 1–0 (H)
Egypt Zamalek 1–1 (H) Matchday 6 Algeria ASO Chlef 0–1 (A)
Group B Winner
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Egypt Al-Ahly 6 11
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 10
3 Ghana Berekum Chelsea 6 9
4 Egypt Zamalek SC 6 2
Source: CAF
 Final standings
Group A Winner
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 4 9
2 Nigeria Sunshine Stars 4 6
3 Algeria ASO Chlef 4 3
4 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0 0
Source: CAF
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria Sunshine Stars 4–3 3–3 (A) 1–0 (H) Semifinals Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
Notes

† The match Étoile du Sahel v Espérance ST on Matchday 4 was abandoned due to crowd disturbance. The CAF decided to disqualify Étoile du Sahel as a result and all results obtained previously by Étoile du Sahel within Group A were cancelled.[6]

Format[]

The final is decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule applied, and if still level, the tie proceed directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[7]

First leg[]

Al Ahly Egypt1–1Tunisia ES Tunis
Hamdy Goal 88' Report Hichri Goal 49'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Al Ahly
ES Tunis
GK 1 Egypt Sherif Ekramy
DF 24 Egypt Ahmed Fathy Yellow card 26'
DF 6 Egypt Wael Gomaa
DF 4 Egypt Sherif Abdel-Fadil Substituted off 46'
DF 23 Egypt Mohamed Nagieb
DF 14 Egypt Hossam Ghaly (c) Substituted off 60'
MF 25 Egypt Hossam Ashour
MF 19 Egypt Abdallah Said
MF 11 Egypt Walid Soliman
MF 22 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
FW 15 Egypt Geddo Substituted off 82'
Substitutes:
FW 18 Egypt Al-Sayed Hamdy Substituted in 46'
MF 8 Egypt Mohamed Barakat Substituted in 60'
FW 9 Egypt Emad Moteab Substituted in 82'
DF 2 Egypt Saad Samir
GK 16 Egypt Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
MF 30 Egypt Shehab El-Din Ahmed
DF 12 Egypt Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
Manager:
Egypt Hossam El-Badry
GK 1 Tunisia Moez Ben Cherifia
DF 26 Ghana Harrison Afful Yellow card 55' Substituted off 73'
DF 29 Tunisia Walid Hichri
DF 17 Tunisia Sameh Derbali Yellow card 10'
DF 12 Tunisia Khalil Chemmam (c) Yellow card 45'
DF 20 Tunisia Mohamed Ben Mansour
MF 19 Tunisia Khaled Mouelhi
MF 4 Tunisia Houcine Ragued Substituted off 86'
MF 18 Tunisia Wajdi Bouazzi
MF 13 Tunisia Karim Aouadhi Yellow card 9'
FW 15 Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng Substituted off 82'
Substitutes:
MF 21 Tunisia Mejdi Traoui Substituted in 73'
FW 7 Tunisia Khaled Ayari Substituted in 82'
MF 3 Tunisia Chaker Zouagi Substituted in 86'
FW 11 Algeria Youcef Belaïli
GK 22 Tunisia
MF 30 Tunisia Iheb Msakni
Manager:
Tunisia Nabil Maâloul

CAF's Man of the Match:
Moez Ben Cherifia (Espérance ST)

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Bechirène (Algeria)
Bouabdalah Omari (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Mokhtar Amalou (Algeria)

Second leg[]

ES Tunis Tunisia1 – 2Egypt Al Ahly
N'Djeng Goal 85' Report Geddo Goal 43'
Soliman Goal 63'
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)
Espérance de Tunis
Al Ahly
GK 1 Tunisia Moez Ben Cherifia Yellow card 90'
DF 29 Tunisia Walid Hichri
DF 12 Tunisia Khalil Chemmam (c)
DF 20 Tunisia Mohamed Ben Mansour Yellow card 90+3'
MF 19 Tunisia Khaled Mouelhi
MF 4 Tunisia Houcine Ragued Substituted off 73'
MF 18 Tunisia Wajdi Bouazzi Substituted off 56'
MF 13 Tunisia Karim Aouadhi Substituted off 46'
MF 3 Tunisia Chaker Zouagi
MF 28 Tunisia Youssef Msakni
FW 15 Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng
Substitutes:
MF 30 Tunisia Iheb Msakni Substituted in 46'
FW 11 Algeria Youcef Belaïli Substituted in 56'
FW 7 Tunisia Khaled Ayari Substituted in 73'
DF 5 Tunisia Aymen Ben Amor
GK 22 Tunisia
MF 24 Tunisia Oussama Boughanmi
DF 25 Tunisia
Manager:
Tunisia Nabil Maâloul
GK 1 Egypt Sherif Ekramy
DF 24 Egypt Ahmed Fathy
DF 6 Egypt Wael Gomaa
DF 12 Egypt Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
DF 23 Egypt Mohamed Nagieb
DF 14 Egypt Hossam Ghaly (c) Yellow card 77'
MF 25 Egypt Hossam Ashour
MF 19 Egypt Abdallah Said
MF 11 Egypt Walid Soliman Substituted off 71'
MF 18 Egypt Al-Sayed Hamdy Substituted off 66'
FW 15 Egypt Geddo Substituted off 88'
Substitutes:
FW 22 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Substituted in 66'
DF 26 Mauritania Dominique Da Silva Substituted in 71'
MF 30 Egypt Ramy Rabia Substituted in 88'
MF 8 Egypt Mohamed Barakat
FW 9 Egypt Emad Moteab
DF 2 Egypt Saad Samir
GK 16 Egypt Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
Manager:
Egypt Hossam El-Badry

CAF's Man of the Match:
Al-Sayed Hamdy (Al-Ahly)

Assistant referees:
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Bouazza Rouani (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

References[]

  1. ^ "Ahly and Esperance draw in Champions League final first leg". Confederation of African Football. 4 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Al Ahly win record seventh CAF Champions League title". Confederation of African Football. 17 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Ahly win seventh ACL crown". mtnfootball. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-22. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Al Ahly dedicate triumph to tragic fans". FIFA.com. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. ^ "The boys are ready", Al-Ahram Weekly, Al Ahram Publishing House (965), 17 September 2009, archived from the original on 10 October 2010, retrieved 6 June 2010
  6. ^ "Disqualification of Etoile Sportive du Sahel from the 16th Edition of Orange CAF Champions League 2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 26 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

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