2002 CAF Champions League final

2002 CAF Champions League final Cairo International Stadium.jpg Cairo International Stadium hosted the podium where Zamalek lifted the trophy 2002 CAF Champions League Raja CA Morocco 30px 0 Zamalek EGY 30px 1 Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate First leg 0 0 30 November 2002 Stade Mohamed V Casablanca Falla N'Doye (Senegal) 60,000 Second leg 0 1 13 December 2002 Cairo International Stadium Cairo Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya) Hazem Emam (Zamalek) CAF Tamer Abdel Hamid (Zamalek) Fans' 67,310 Clear17 °C °F59% humidity 2001 2003 The 2002 CAF Champions League final was a football match that took place on Friday, 13 December 2002 at 17:00 UTC (19:00 local time). The match was played at the Cairo Stadium, in Cairo, Egypt, to determine the winner of the 2002 CAF Champions League. The final was contested by Zamalek and Raja CA. The game was won by Zamalek 1–0 by Abdelhamid's Goal, after a 0–0 draw in Casablanca. 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)MAR Raja CAUNAF (North Africa)1989, 1997, 1999EGY ZamalekUNAF (North Africa)1984, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996 Background Zamalek went into the Champions League final as champions of Egypt for the 11th time, and had lost just one Champions League game, the quarter-final second leg away to ASEC Mimosas. Raja also came first in their league. In the Moroccan League games between the two sides in the Champions League Final, They draw 0–0 at Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca, while Zamalek won 1–0 at Cairo Stadium in the return game on 13 December 2002. Venues Mohamed V Stadium thumb|right|200px|Mohamed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco hosted the first leg. Mohammed V Athletic Complex is situated in the heart of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of the Maarif neighborhood. It was inaugurated March 6, 1955, and currently has a capacity of 67,000. Often hosting the games of the Morocco national football team, the Mohammed V Stadium is equally known as the home of Wydad Casablanca and Raja CA. It is named after King Mohammed V of Morocco. Mohammed V Stadium is located in the centre of Casablanca. The international airport of Casablanca is 25 kilometres from the stadium, and the Casa-Voyageurs rail station is 5 kilometres from the stadium. The stadium has a parking lot with a capacity of 1,000 cars. It currently has a semi-artificial lawn of a high standard. Cairo International Stadium thumb|right|170px|International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg. Cairo International 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. Road to final 2002 CAF Champions League MAR Raja CARoundEGY ZamalekOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legGAM Wallidan FC5–22–1 (H)3–1 (A)First roundRWA APR FC6–06–0 (H)0–0 (A)CGO Étoile du Congo5–33–0 (H)2–3 (A)Second roundZAM Nkana FC3–12–0 (H)1–1 (A)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultCOD 1997 TP Mazembe0–2 (A)Matchday 1CIV ASEC Mimosas3–1 (H)EGY Al Ahly2–1 (H)Matchday 2TUN ES Tunis1–1 (A)SEN Jeanne d'Arc2–1 (A)Matchday 3MOZ Costa do Sol2–0 (A)SEN Jeanne d'Arc2–1 (H)Matchday 4MOZ Costa do Sol3–0 (H)COD 1997 TP Mazembe1–0 (H)Matchday 5CIV ASEC Mimosas0–1 (A)EGY Al Ahly3–3 (A)Matchday 6TUN ES Tunis1–0 (H)n Group A Group A WinnerFinal standingsn Group B Group B WinnerOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnock-out stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legCIV ASEC Mimosas4–2 0–2 (A)4–0 (H)SemifinalsCOD 1997 TP Mazembe3–11–1 (A)2–0 (H) Zamalek In the first knockout round, Zamalek were won against APR FC, against whom they won the Home leg 6–0 while Hossam Hassan, Mohamed Abdel Wahed, Hazem Emam, Gamal Hamza and Mohamed Sabry scored the six goals. The Royal Club then drawn the second leg 0–0 to ensure a 6–0 aggregate win and a place in the second Round, where they were again won against Nkana. The second Round matches represented the first time these two clubs had met in Africa . Zamalek went to Kitwe and secured a very creditable 2–0 win, before qualify to the Group stage of the Champions League, by drawing 0–0. Zamalek were drawn in Group F along with ASEC Mimosas, Espérance and Costa do Sol. Zamalek won their first group game before securing a 1–1 draw away against Espérance, Zamalek as group winners and with the most points out of all the group winners, 13. The semi-final pitted Zamalek against Mazembe; the teams had not met ever in the group stage of the Champions League tournament, the first time Zamalek won it. The first leg at the Stade de la Kenya was a drab affair, with Zamalek spending most of the game defending, whilst Mazembe tried to pass the ball around them. That was about as exciting as the first leg got for either team and it ended 1–1 thanks to a goal from Abdel Halim Ali. The second leg at Cairo Stadium was a game of higher tempo, which Zamalek won 2–0 and Hossam Hassan scored twice. This result increased Zamalek's consecutive home win record in the Champions League to 5 and ensured that Zamalek reached the final unbeaten except losing a match in the quarter-final second leg away against ASEC Mimosas . 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 30 November 2002 19:00 Raja CA MAR 0–0 [April 2025 (Report)] EGY Zamalek Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca Falla N'Doye (Senegal) 60,000 _blacklines _blacklines FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Raja CA _whiteborder __thinwhitesides _whiteborder _white_stripes 008055 008055 008055 008055 008055 Zamalek Raja CA: GK 1 MAR Mustapha ChadliCB 4 MAR Abdelouahad AbdessamadCB 16 MAR El-Amine ErbateCB 23MAR Noureddine KacemiRM8 MAR Abdellatif JrindouCM 27 MAR Nabil MesloubCM 29MAR Zakaria Aboub 60LM 5BFA Mohamed Ali Diallo 77CM 20 MAR Hamid NaterCF 11MAR Hicham AboucherouaneCF 9Cameroon François EndeneSubstitutes:CM 24MAR Sami Tajeddine 60FW 30MAR Omar Zoubit 77Manager:Belgium Walter MeeuwsZamalek: GK 26 EGY Abdel Wahed Al SayedRB 2 EGY Ibrahim HassanCB 5EGY Besheer El-TabeiCB 15 EGY Wael El-QuabbaniCB 1 EGY Mehdat AbdelhadiLB 13 EGY Tarek El-SayedCF 10EGY Walid Salah Abdel LatifCM 20EGY Tamer Abdel HamidMF 22EGY Hossam Abdel Moniem ?CM 11 EGY Mohamed Aboul Ela ?CF 9EGY Hossam Hassan ? 89Substitutes:FW 24EGY Abdel Halim Ali 89Manager:Brazil Carlos Roberto Cabral Assistant referees: Amadou Diop (Senegal) Sow Magueye (Senegal) Second leg 13 December 2002 17:00 GMT Zamalek EGY 1–0 [April 2025 (Report)] MAR Raja CA Abdel Hamid 45+4 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Al-Shelmani (Libya) 67,310 _redlines _zamalek2002Chipsy_home _redlines FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF Zamalek _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_half _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_half _white_stripes _3_stripes_white 008055 008055 008055 008055 008055 Raja CA Zamalek: GK 26 EGY Abdel Wahed Al SayedRB 2 EGY Ibrahim Hassan 40CB 1 EGY Mehdat AbdelhadiCB 5EGY Besheer El-TabeiCB 15 EGY Wael El-QuabbaniLB 13 EGY Tarek El-SayedCM 20EGY Tamer Abdel HamidCM 11 EGY Mohamed Aboul ElaCM 14EGY Hazem Emam (c) 78CF 10EGY Walid Salah Abdel Latif 82CF 9EGY Hossam Hassan Substitutes:FW 24EGY Abdel Halim Ali 82MF 22EGY Hossam Abdel Moniem 78Manager:Brazil Carlos Roberto CabralRaja CA: GK 1 MAR Mustapha ChadliCB 4 MAR Abdelouahad Abdessamad 15CB 8 MAR Abdellatif Jrindrou 19CB 16MAR El Amin Erbate 80RM24 MAR Tajeddine Sami 58 64CM 29 MAR Zakaria AboubCM 27MAR Nabil MasloubLM 23MAR Noureddine Kacemi 60CM 20 MAR Hamid NaterCF 9Cameroon François EndeneCF 11MAR Hicham AboucherouaneSubstitutes:FW30MAR Omar Zoubit 80FW5BFA Mohamed Ali Diallo 64Manager:Belgium Walter Meeuws Assistant referees: Gamal El-Hawary (Libya) Khaeri El-Magouri (Libya) References External links https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekAfr2002.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/caf_club_competitions/2573103.stm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuKJSR5_U8o Final 2002 1 CCL CCL Category:2002–03 in Moroccan football Category:2002–03 in Egyptian football Category:Football in Casablanca Category:21st century in Casablanca Category:2000s in Cairo Category:Football matches in Morocco