2004 CAF Champions League final

2004 CAF Champions League final Abuja Stadium 1.jpg Abuja Stadium hosted the podium where Enyimba lifted the trophy 2004 CAF Champions League Étoile du Sahel TUN 30px 3 Enyimba NGA 30px 3 First leg 2 1 4 December 2004 Stade Olympique de Sousse Sousse Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) 28,000 Second Leg 1 2 After extra time Enyimba won 5–3 on penalties 12 December 2004 Nigeria National Stadium Abuja Coffi Codjia (Benin) 60,000 2003 2005 The 2004 CAF Champions League final was the final of the 2004 CAF Champions League. It was a football tie held over two legs in December 2004 between Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia, and Enyimba of Nigeria. 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)noneNGA EnyimbaWAFU (West Africa)2003 Venues Stade Olympique de Sousse thumb|left|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. Abuja National Stadium thumb|right|200px|National Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria hosted the second leg. Abuja National Stadium, Abuja is a multipurpose national sports stadium located in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The stadium serves as a home to the Nigerian national football team, as well as a center for various social, cultural, and religious events. The Federal Government of Nigeria approved the contract for the construction of the National Stadium complex and Games Village on 18 July 2000. The stadium was constructed to host the 8th All Africa Games which took place in October 2003. In fact, CAF refused to hold the match in the city of Aba, the stronghold of Enyimba, because it did not comply with the CAF standards adopted for the stadiums. Enyimba announced that the African Champions League final will be played in the National Stadium of Lagos, but the Confederation of African Football has announced the transfer of the match from Lagos to the Nigerian capital Abuja. Road to final 2004 CAF Champions League TUN Étoile du SahelRoundNGA EnyimbaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legMAR Hassania Agadir2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A)First roundSEN ASC Diaraf3–23–0 (H)0–2 (A)GHA Hearts of Oak1–1 (5-4 p)0–1 (A)1–0 (H)Second roundANG Petro Atlético3–21–1 (H)2–1 (A)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultMWI Bakili Bullets1–0 (A)Matchday 1CIV Africa Sports National3–0 (A)CIV Africa Sports National2–0 (H)Matchday 2MWI Bakili Bullets6–0 (H)NGA Enyimba1–0 (H)Matchday 3TUN Étoile du Sahel0–1 (A)NGA Enyimba1–1 (A)Matchday 4TUN Étoile du Sahel1–1 (H)MWI Bakili Bullets1–1 (H)Matchday 5CIV Africa Sports National0–1 (H)CIV Africa Sports National2–3 (A)Matchday 6MWI Bakili Bullets1–1 (A)n Group A Group A Winner ESSFinal standingsn Group A Group A Runner-up ENYOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnock-out stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSEN Jeanne d'Arc4–2 1–2 (A)3–0 (H)SemifinalsTUN ES Tunis2–2 (6-5 p)1–1 (H)1–1 (A) 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 Étoile du Sahel v Enyimba 2004 12 04 y 17:00 1 Étoile du Sahel TUN 2–1 NGA Enyimba Mhadhbi 44 pen. Traoré 53 Nwanna 15 Stade Olympique, Sousse 28,000 Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) _whitestar ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 bbbbb ff0000 Etoile du Sahel 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Enyimba GK 16 NGA Austin EjideDF 27GUI Oumar KalabaneDF 14TUN Kais ZouaghiDF 15TUN Lotfi Sellami 0 72DF 5TUN Mohamed Miladi 88MF 26TUN Hakim BarguiMF 6 TUN Ahmed HammiMF 7 TUN Zoubeir BayaMF 25TUN Imed Mhadhbi 64MF 12NGA Emeka Opara FW 30CIV Kandia TraoréSubstitutes:GK 8TUN Mohamed Jedidi 64DF 28 TUN Marouane Bokri 88Manager:TUN Abdelmajid Chetali GK 1NGA Vincent EnyeamaDF 4NGA Musa AliyuDF 3NGA Obinna NwaneriDF 7NGA Yusuf MohamedDF 13 NGA Ajibade OmoladeMF 6 NGA Jerome Ezoba MF 8 NGA Ekene Ezenwa 81MF 29NGA David TyavkaseFW 28 BEN Mouritala Ogunbiyi 89FW 26NGA Onyekachi Okonkwo 0 31FW 23NGA Emeka Nwanna 47Substitutes:GK 14NGA Damien Udeh fr 47DF 10NGA Eric Fasindo 81DF 21GHA Joetex Frimpong 89Manager:NGA Okey Emordi Assistant referees: Olivier Safari Kabene (DR Congo) Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan) Fourth official: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon) Second leg Enyimba v Étoile du Sahel 2004 12 12 y 15:00 0 Enyimba NGA 2–1 TUN Étoile du Sahel Enyeama 43 pen. Ogunbiyi 53 Zouaghi 63 Nigeria National Stadium, Abuja 60,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/21steditionoftotalcafchampionsleague/MatchDetails?MatchId=CEWEHwEoIG%2b8R%2beP9FOQ75m%2bcmimBumR7wEzMmfOMLVtb2gAOit5vnqKb4HKVPGg Ezoba Aliyu Ezenwa Udeh Yusuf 5–3 Miladi Ben Frej Traoré Baya 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Enyimba_redlines _stella1914 _redlines ffffff ffffff ffffff bbbbb ffffff Etoile du Sahel GK 1NGA Vincent Enyeama 90DF 4NGA Musa AliyuDF 3NGA Obinna Nwaneri 54DF 7 NGA Yusuf MohamedDF 13 NGA Ajibade OmoladeMF 14 NGA Damian UdehMF 6 NGA Jerome EzobaMF ?NGA Ndidi AnumnuMF 23NGA Emeka Nwanna 80FW 29NGA David TyavkaseFW 28BEN Mouritala OgunbiyiSubstitutes:GK ?NGA Dele Aiyenugba 90DF 8NGA Ekene Ezenwa 80FW 21GHA Joetex FrimpongManager:NGA Okey Emordi GK 16 NGA Austin EjideDF 27GUI Oumar KalabaneDF 13 TUN Saber Ben FrejDF 5TUN Mohamed MiladiDF ? TUN Marouane Bokri MF 7TUN Zoubeir Baya MF 6TUN Ahmed HammiMF ? TUN Mejdi Traoui 60MF 25TUN Imed MhadhbiMF 30CIV Kandia Traoré FW 14TUN Kais Zouaghi 47Substitutes:MF 26TUN Hakim Bargui 60FW ?NGA Ogochukwu ObiakorManager:TUN Abdelmajid Chetali Assistant referees: Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) Marwa Range (Kenya) Fourth official: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) Notes and references External links 2004 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com Final 2004 1 Category:Enyimba FC matches Category:2004–05 in Tunisian football Category:2004–05 in Nigerian football Category:Sports competitions in Abuja Category:December 2004 sports events in Africa Category:Football matches in Nigeria Category:Football matches in Tunisia Category:Sousse Governorate