2012 CAF Champions League Final

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.

2012 CAF Champions League Final
7 November Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event2012 CAF Champions League
on aggregate
First leg
Date4 November 2012
VenueBorg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Man of the MatchMoez Ben Cherifia (ES Tunis)
RefereeDjamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Attendance25,000
Second Leg
Date17 November 2012
VenueStade 7 November, Radès
Man of the MatchAl-Sayed Hamdy (Al Ahly)
RefereeBouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)
Attendance31,000

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)
Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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.

7 November Stadium

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

Stade 7 November is a multi-purpose stadium in Radès, 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

Al Ahly Round ES Tunis
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Preliminary round Bye
Ethiopian Coffee 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H) First round Brikama United 4–2 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H)
Stade Malien 3–2 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Second round Dynamos 7–1 6–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
TP Mazembe 2–1 (H) Matchday 1 Sunshine Stars 2–0 (A)
Zamalek 1–0 (A) Matchday 2 ASO Chlef 3–2 (H)
Berekum Chelsea 4–1 (H) Matchday 3 Étoile du Sahel 1–0 (H) cancelled
Berekum Chelsea 1–1 (A) Matchday 4 Étoile du Sahel 2–0 (A) cancelled
TP Mazembe 0–2 (A) Matchday 5 Sunshine Stars 1–0 (H)
Zamalek 1–1 (H) Matchday 6 ASO Chlef 0–1 (A)
Group B Winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Al-Ahly 6 11
2 TP Mazembe 6 10
3 Berekum Chelsea 6 9
4 Zamalek SC 6 2
Source: CAF
Final standings
Group A Winner
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Espérance de Tunis 4 9
2 Sunshine Stars 4 6
3 ASO Chlef 4 3
4 Étoile du Sahel 0 0
Source: CAF
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Sunshine Stars 4–3 3–3 (A) 1–0 (H) Semifinals 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 1–1 ES Tunis
Hamdy  88' Report Hichri  49'
Al Ahly
ES Tunis
GK1 Sherif Ekramy
DF24 Ahmed Fathy 26'
DF6 Wael Gomaa
DF4 Sherif Abdel-Fadil 46'
DF23 Mohamed Nagieb
DF14 Hossam Ghaly (c) 60'
MF25 Hossam Ashour
MF19 Abdallah Said
MF11 Walid Soliman
MF22 Mohamed Aboutrika
FW15 Geddo 82'
Substitutes:
FW18 Al-Sayed Hamdy 46'
MF8 Mohamed Barakat 60'
FW9 Emad Moteab 82'
DF2 Saad Samir
GK16 Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
MF30 Shehab El-Din Ahmed
DF12 Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
Manager:
Hossam El-Badry
GK1 Moez Ben Cherifia
DF26 Harrison Afful 55' 73'
DF29 Walid Hichri
DF17 Sameh Derbali 10'
DF12 Khalil Chemmam (c) 45'
DF20 Mohamed Ben Mansour
MF19 Khaled Mouelhi
MF4 Houcine Ragued 86'
MF18 Wajdi Bouazzi
MF13 Karim Aouadhi 9'
FW15 Yannick N'Djeng 82'
Substitutes:
MF21 Mejdi Traoui 73'
FW7 Khaled Ayari 82'
MF3 Chaker Zouagi 86'
FW11 Youcef Belaïli
GK22 Wassim Naouara
MF30 Iheb Msakni
Manager:
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 1 – 2 Al Ahly
N'Djeng  85' Report Geddo  43'
Soliman  63'
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)
Espérance de Tunis
Al Ahly
GK1 Moez Ben Cherifia 90'
DF29 Walid Hichri
DF12 Khalil Chemmam (c)
DF20 Mohamed Ben Mansour 90+3'
MF19 Khaled Mouelhi
MF4 Houcine Ragued 73'
MF18 Wajdi Bouazzi 56'
MF13 Karim Aouadhi 46'
MF3 Chaker Zouagi
MF28 Youssef Msakni
FW15 Yannick N'Djeng
Substitutes:
MF30 Iheb Msakni 46'
FW11 Youcef Belaïli 56'
FW7 Khaled Ayari 73'
DF5 Aymen Ben Amor
GK22 Wassim Naouara
MF24 Oussama Boughanmi
DF25 Seifallah Hosni
Manager:
Nabil Maâloul
GK1 Sherif Ekramy
DF24 Ahmed Fathy
DF6 Wael Gomaa
DF12 Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
DF23 Mohamed Nagieb
DF14 Hossam Ghaly (c) 77'
MF25 Hossam Ashour
MF19 Abdallah Said
MF11 Walid Soliman 71'
MF18 Al-Sayed Hamdy 66'
FW15 Geddo 88'
Substitutes:
FW22 Mohamed Aboutrika 66'
DF26 Dominique Da Silva 71'
MF30 Ramy Rabia 88'
MF8 Mohamed Barakat
FW9 Emad Moteab
DF2 Saad Samir
GK16 Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
Manager:
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. 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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