2007 CAF Champions League final

2007 CAF Champions League final Cairo International Stadium.jpg Cairo International Stadium hosted the podium where Étoile du Sahel lifted the trophy 2007 CAF Champions League Étoile du Sahel TUN 30px 3 Al-Ahly EGY 30px 1 First leg 0 0 27 October 2007 Stade Olympique de Sousse Sousse Raphaël Evehe Divine (Cameroon) 25,000 Second Leg 3 1 9 November 2007 Cairo International Stadium Cairo Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco) 74,000 2006 2008 The 2007 CAF Champions League final was the final of the 2007 CAF Champions League, the 43rd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 11th edition under the current CAF Champions League format. The final was played between Étoile du Sahel from Tunisia and Al-Ahly from Egypt. After a goal-less first leg, EsS Sahel won the second leg 3–1 in Cairo to win their first African title . As a result, ES Sahel qualified to enter the quarterfinals of the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup as the CAF representative, as well as participate in the 2008 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup. 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. TeamRegionPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)TUN Étoile du SahelUNAF (North Africa)2004, 2005EGY Al AhlyUNAF (North Africa)1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006 Background Both teams had met in the same round in 2005 when the Egyptian team won (3-0) in Cairo. Al-Ahly were the defending champions, and also the most successful club in the African Champions Cup/CAF Champions League with Zamalek, reaching a total of six finals, winning five (1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006) and losing one (1983). Étoile du Sahel reached the final twice but they lost against Enyimba in 2004 and against Al Ahly in 2005. Both teams qualified as winners of their groups. Both teams qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday. In the semifinals Étoile du Sahel defeated the Sudanese side Al Hilal 3–2 on aggregate, losing the first leg in Omdurman (1-2), with the second leg ending in a win (3-1). Al Ahly faced Al Iittihad from Libya and draw the first leg (0-0) away from home. In need of a win in the second leg, Al Ahly were victorious 1–0 and reached the final to face Étoile du Sahel again after 2 years. Venues Stade Olympique de Sousse thumb|right|200px|Stade Olympique in Sousse, Tunisia hosted the first leg. Stade olympique de Sousse is a multi-purpose stadium in Sousse, Tunisia. It is used by the football team Étoile du Sahel, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 28,000 people. It hosts within it the meetings played by the football team of the city: Étoile sportive du Sahel (ESS). For many decades, Sousse footballers knew only the clay surfaces and knew the turf surfaces only when the stadium was inaugurated with an initial capacity of 10,000 places. It passes over the years to 15,000 seats and is then expanded again on the occasion of the 1994 African Cup of Nations with 6,000 additional seats to reach a capacity of 21,000 seats; A luminous panel is installed at the same time. The last expansion was carried out in 1999 to bring the capacity of the stadium to 28,000 seats for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, a reorganization of the gallery of honor was carried out, from a capacity of 70 to 217 places. It hosted 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1994 African Cup of Nations, 2001 Mediterranean Games and 2004 African Cup of Nations. Cairo International Stadium thumb|right|170px|International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg. Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000.http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/articlesdetail.aspx?id=N10 International Cairo Stadium www.cairo-stadium.org.eg 2017-02-11 The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC currently use the Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium for most of their home games. The Stadium is located about 10 km west of Cairo International Airport and about 10 kmhttp://g.co/maps/qa5bd https://archive.today/20120711093148/http://g.co/maps/qa5bd dead July 11, 2012 Distance & Directions from Cairo Stadium to Downtown Google 9 November 2011 (30 min) from downtown Cairo. In 2005, in preparation for the 2006 African Cup of Nations it underwent a major renovation, and was brought up to 21st century world standard along with all its multi-game Olympic facilities which did not enable the same two teams to play the 2005 final on this stadium. Road to final 2007 CAF Champions League TUN Étoile du SahelRoundEGY Al-AhlyOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legGUI Fello Star5–11–0 (A)4–1 (H)First roundZIM Highlanders2–00–0 (A)2–0 (H)TOG Maranatha3–00–0 (A)3–0 (H)Second roundRSA Mamelodi Sundowns4–22–2 (A)2–0 (H)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultMAR FAR Rabat1–0 (A)Matchday 1SDN Al-Hilal2–0 (H)LBY 1977 Al-Ittihad0–0 (H)Matchday 2CIV ASEC Mimosas1–0 (A)ALG JS Kabylie3–0 (H)Matchday 3TUN Espérance de Tunis3–0 (H)ALG JS Kabylie2–0 (A)Matchday 4TUN Espérance de Tunis0–1 (A)MAR FAR Rabat0–0 (H)Matchday 5SDN Al-Hilal0–3 (A)LBY 1977 Al-Ittihad0–2 (A)Matchday 6CIV ASEC Mimosas2–0 (H)n Group A Group A Winner ESSFinal standingsn Group B Group B Winner AHLOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnock-out stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSUD Al Hilal4–31–2 (A)3–1 (H)SemifinalsLBY 1977 Al Ittihad1–00–0 (A)1–0 (H) Format The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).Regulations of the CAF Champions League Matches First leg 27 October 2007 18:00 GMT Étoile du Sahel TUN 0–0 July 2025 EGY Al-Ahly Stade Olympique, Sousse 25,000 Evehe Divine (Cameroon) _whitestar FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 ES Sahel 000033 000033 000033 000033 000033 Al Ahly ES Sahel: GK 1 TUN Aymen MathlouthiDF 13 TUN Saber Ben Frej 30DF 4TUN Radhouene Felhi DF 6 TUN Saïf Ghezal 72DF 10 TUN Mehdi Meriah 0 79MF 19TUN Mohamed Ali NafkhaMF 24 GHA Moussa NarryMF 25BEN Mouritala Ogunbiyi 84MF 5TUN Mejdi Traoui 66 MF 14CPV Gilson SilvaFW 21 TUN Amine Chermiti 24Substitutes:FW 16GHA Sadat Bukari 66DF 4TUN Hatem Bejaoui 84Manager:FRA Bertrand MarchandAl Ahly: GK 1EGY Essam El Hadary DF 4EGY Emad El-NahhasDF 26EGY Wael GomaaDF 7EGY Shady MohamedDF 2EGY Islam El-Shater 90DF 25EGY Hossam AshourMF 17TUN Anis Boujelbene MF 5EGY Ahmad El-Sayed 12MF 8EGY Mohamed Barakat 18MF 22EGY Mohamed Aboutrika 87 FW 23 ANG Flávio 82 84 Substitutes:MF 9 EGY Emad Meteb 84FW 6 EGY Ahmed Sedik 87MF 18 EGY Osama Hosny 90Manager:POR Manuel José Assistant referees: Efarist Mikwande (Cameroon) Zogo Ndang (Cameroon) Fourth official: Fathi Amina (Tunisia) Second leg 9 November 2007 17:30 GMT Al Ahly EGY 1–3 July 2025 TUN Étoile du Sahel El-Nahhas 48 Gharbi 44Chermiti 90+3Narry 90+5 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 74,000 Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco) _puma_ahly_vodafone_red _puma_ahly_vodafone_red _puma_ahly_vodafone_red FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Al Ahly_stella1914 ffffff ffffff ffffff ff0000 ffffff ES Sahel Al Ahly: GK 1EGY Essam El HadaryDF 4EGY Emad El-Nahhas 0 61DF 7EGY Shady MohamedMF 5EGY Ahmad El-SayedDF 2EGY Islam El-Shater 46DF 12ANG Gilberto 75 DF 25EGY Hossam AshourMF 17TUN Anis Boujelbene 66 MF 22EGY Mohamed AboutrikaMF 9EGY Emad MetebFW 23 ANG FlávioSubstitutes:MF 9 EGY Hassan Mostafa 46FW 6 EGY Mohamed Sedik 66MF 18 EGY Ahmed Qenawi 75Manager:POR Manuel JoséES Sahel: GK 1 TUN Aymen Mathlouthi DF 13 TUN Saber Ben Frej DF 4TUN Radhouene Felhi DF 5 TUN Ammar JemalDF 6 TUN Hatem BejaouiMF 24 GHA Moussa NarryDF 19TUN Mohamed Ali NafkhaMF 25BEN Mouritala Ogunbiyi 84MF 10TUN Afouène Gharbi 66 MF 7CPV Gilson Silva 87FW 27 TUN Amine ChermitiSubstitutes:FW 18TUN Mejdi Traoui 66MF 26TUN Bassem Ben Nasser 84MF 15TUN Mahmoud Khemiri 87Manager:FRA Bertrand Marchand Assistant referees: Ayoub Mohamed (Morocco) Radhouan Achik (Morocco) Fourth official: Walid Ibrahim (Egypt) Notes and references External links 2007 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com 2007 1 Category:Étoile Sportive du Sahel matches Category:Al Ahly SC matches Category:Sousse Governorate Category:October 2007 sports events in Africa Category:November 2007 sports events in Africa Category:2007–08 in Tunisian football Category:2007–08 in Egyptian football Category:Football matches in Cairo Category:2000s in Cairo Category:Football matches in Tunisia