2014 CAF Champions League Final

2014 CAF Champions League Final
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium hosted the second leg of the final
Event 2014 CAF Champions League
AS Vita Club ES Sétif
Democratic Republic of the Congo Algeria
3 3
on aggregate
ES Sétif won on away goals.
First leg
AS Vita Club ES Sétif
2 2
Date 26 October 2014
Venue Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa
Referee Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Attendance 40,000
Second leg
ES Sétif AS Vita Club
1 1
Date 1 November 2014
Venue Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
Referee Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Attendance 35,000

The 2014 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2014 CAF Champions League, the 50th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 18th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between AS Vita Club of Democratic Republic of the Congo and ES Sétif of Algeria. The first leg was hosted by AS Vita Club at the Stade Tata Raphaël in Kinshasa on 26 October 2014, while the second leg was hosted by ES Sétif at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida on 1 November 2014. The winner earned the right to represent the CAF at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage, as well as play in the 2015 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]

Both matches ended in draws, 2–2 in the first leg,[2] and 1–1 in the second leg,[3] giving ES Sétif the title on the away goals rule (3–3 on aggregate).

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)
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club UNIFFAC (Central Africa) 1973, 1981
Algeria ES Sétif UNAF (North Africa) 1988

Background

AS Vita Club had reached the final of the African Cup of Champions Clubs (predecessor of the CAF Champions League) twice, winning in 1973 and losing in 1981.[4]

ES Sétif had reached the final of the African Cup of Champions Clubs once, winning in 1988. They were the first Algerian side to reach the final of Africa's premier club championship since 1990.[5]

Road to final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club Round Algeria ES Sétif
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria Kano Pillars 4–3 3–1 (H) 1–2 (A) Preliminary round The Gambia Steve Biko w/o — (H) — (A)
Zimbabwe Dynamos 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H) First round Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga 5–0 5–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
South Africa Kaizer Chiefs 3–2 3–0 (H) 0–2 (A) Second round Cameroon Coton Sport 2–0 1–0 (H) 1–0 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Egypt Zamalek 2–1 (H) Matchday 1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2–1 (A)
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0–1 (A) Matchday 2 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–1 (H)
Sudan Al-Hilal 1–1 (A) Matchday 3 Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 1–1 (H)
Sudan Al-Hilal 2–1 (H) Matchday 4 Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 2–0 (A)
Egypt Zamalek 1–0 (A) Matchday 5 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2–2 (H)
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0–0 (H) Matchday 6 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–1 (A)
Group A runner-up
Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 5 2 +3 11
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11
Sudan Al-Hilal 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7
Egypt Zamalek 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 4
 Final standings Group B runner-up
Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11
Algeria ES Sétif 6 2 4 0 9 6 +3 10
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 4–2 2–1 (H) 2–1 (A) Semifinals Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 4–4 (a) 2–1 (H) 2–3 (A)

Rules

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

Matches

First leg

The opening goal came in the 17th minute when a corner from the right was turned in past his own goalkeeper by Firmin Ndombe Mubele at the near post to give ES Sétif the lead. AS Vita Club got the equalizer in injury time in the first half from a penalty after handball in the box by Mohamed Lagraâ. Chikito Lema Mabidi took the penalty, shooting right footed to the right of the goalkeeper. ES Sétif regained the lead in the 57th minute when Akram Djahnit finished low to the net from close range after taking the ball around the goalkeeper. Mabidi tied the game at 2-2 in the 77th minute with a long range shot from 30 yards with his right foot.[6][7]

AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–2 Algeria ES Sétif
Mabidi  45+3' (pen.), 77' Report Mubele  17' (o.g.)
Djahnit  57'
Attendance: 40,000
AS Vita Club[8]
ES Sétif[8]
GK16Cameroon Nelson Lukong
DF2Democratic Republic of the Congo Bawaka Mabele
DF8Burkina Faso Issoufou Dayo
DF29Cameroon Paolo Mondo Mouegni
DF3Democratic Republic of the Congo Patou Simbi Ebunga (c)
MF6Democratic Republic of the Congo Nelson Munganga
MF5Democratic Republic of the Congo Chikito Lema Mabidi
FW11Democratic Republic of the Congo Héritier Luvumbu Nzinga
FW10Democratic Republic of the Congo Guy Lusadisu Basisila 67'
FW19Democratic Republic of the Congo Firmin Ndombe Mubele 65'
FW4Uganda Yunus Sentamu
Substitutes:
GK1Democratic Republic of the Congo Landu Makiese
DF13Democratic Republic of the Congo Joyce Lomalisa
DF15Democratic Republic of the Congo Patrick Lema Mampuya
DF17Democratic Republic of the Congo Thierry Kasereka
MF12Democratic Republic of the Congo Yves Magola Mapanda 67'
FW18Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbala Ndombe
FW23Democratic Republic of the Congo Emmanuel Ngudikama 65'
Manager:
Democratic Republic of the Congo Florent Ibengé
GK1Algeria Sofiane Khedairia
DF6Algeria Amine Megateli
DF20Algeria Farid Mellouli (c)
DF26Algeria Mohamed Lagraâ
DF15Algeria Abdelghani Demmou
MF17Gabon Benjamin Zé Ondo
MF29Algeria Toufik Zerara
FW13Algeria Sid Ali LamriYellow card 83'
FW30Algeria Akram Djahnit 86'
FW3Algeria Sofiane Younès 90+3'
FW19Algeria Abdelmalek Ziaya 78'
Substitutes:
GK24Algeria Abderaouf Belhani
DF4Algeria Said Arroussi
DF18Algeria Lyes Boukria
MF8Algeria Mohamed Billel Raït 86'
FW9Algeria Mohamed Benyettou 78'
FW12Algeria Abdelhakim Amokrane
FW25Algeria El Hedi Belameiri 90+3'
Manager:
Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui

Assistant referees:
Jerson dos Santos (Angola)
Bruno Tembo (Zambia)
Fourth official:
Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

Second leg

Sofiane Younès scored the opening goal for ES Sétif in the second leg after 49 minutes when he turned the ball into the net from a yard out at the back post after a cross from the right. Chikito Lema Mabidi equalized for AS Vita Club in the 53rd minute with a powerful right footed shot from outside the penalty area after a pass from the right.[9] The draw meant that ES Sétif won the final on the away goals rule.[10][11]

ES Sétif Algeria 1–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Younès  50' Report Mabidi  54'
Attendance: 35,000
ES Sétif[12]
AS Vita Club[12]
GK1Algeria Sofiane Khedairia
DF6Algeria Amine Megateli
DF20Algeria Farid Mellouli (c)
DF26Algeria Mohamed Lagraâ
DF15Algeria Abdelghani Demmou
MF17Gabon Benjamin Zé OndoYellow card 63'
MF29Algeria Toufik Zerara
FW25Algeria El Hedi Belameiri
FW30Algeria Akram Djahnit 84'
FW3Algeria Sofiane Younès 80'
FW19Algeria Abdelmalek Ziaya 67'
Substitutes:
GK24Algeria Abderaouf Belhani
DF4Algeria Said Arroussi
DF18Algeria Lyes Boukria
MF8Algeria Mohamed Billel Raït 84'
FW9Algeria Mohamed Benyettou 67'
FW12Algeria Abdelhakim Amokrane
FW13Algeria Sid Ali Lamri 80'
Manager:
Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui
GK16Cameroon Nelson Lukong
DF2Democratic Republic of the Congo Bawaka Mabele
DF8Burkina Faso Issoufou DayoYellow card 52'
DF29Cameroon Paolo Mondo Mouegni
DF3Democratic Republic of the Congo Patou Simbi Ebunga (c)
MF6Democratic Republic of the Congo Nelson Munganga
MF5Democratic Republic of the Congo Chikito Lema MabidiYellow card 54'
FW11Democratic Republic of the Congo Héritier Luvumbu Nzinga
FW10Democratic Republic of the Congo Guy Lusadisu Basisila 74'
FW19Democratic Republic of the Congo Firmin Ndombe MubeleYellow card 49' 81'
FW4Uganda Yunus Sentamu 90+2'
Substitutes:
GK30Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomboto Nguemba
DF13Democratic Republic of the Congo Joyce Lomalisa
DF15Democratic Republic of the Congo Patrick Lema Mampuya
DF17Democratic Republic of the Congo Thierry Kasereka 90+2'
MF12Democratic Republic of the Congo Yves Magola Mapanda
FW23Democratic Republic of the Congo Emmanuel Ngudikama 81'
FW25Democratic Republic of the Congo Déo Kanda 74'
Manager:
Democratic Republic of the Congo Florent Ibengé

Assistant referees:
Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
Dickory Jawo (Gambia)
Fourth official:
Maudo Jallow (Gambia)

References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "All square in first leg of Champions League final: AS Vita 2-2 ES Setif". CAF. 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Setif crowned African Champions for the second time". CAF. 1 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "AS Vita edge Sfaxien for final place". Confederation of African Football. 28 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Setif shock Mazembe into final". Confederation of African Football. 28 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Memorable Mabidi strike salvages draw for AS Vita". FIFA.com. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "AS Vital 2 Es Setif 2". Goal.com. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 "V.Club vs. ES Sétif - 26 October 2014 - Soccerway". Soccerway. 26 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Black Eagles' draw enough to ascend Africa's summit". FIFA.com. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Entente Sportive Setif are the new Caf Champions League winners". Goal.com. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Algerians win battle of the underdogs". FIFA.com. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  12. 1 2 "ES Sétif vs. V.Club - 1 November 2014 - Soccerway". Soccerway. 1 November 2014.
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