2011 CAF Champions League final

2011 CAF Champions League final STADE DE RADES.jpg 7 November Stadium hosted the podium where ES Tunis lifted the trophy 2011 CAF Champions League Wydad AC MAR 30px 0 ES Tunis TUN 30px 1 First leg 0 0 6 November 2011 Stade Mohammed V Casablanca Neant Alioum (Cameroon) 70,000 Cloudy15 °C °F Second Leg 0 1 12 November 2011 Stade Olympique de Radès Tunis Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast) 50,000 Partly Cloudy16 °C °F 2010 2012 The 2011 CAF Champions League final was the final of the 2011 CAF Champions League, the 47th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 15th edition under the current CAF Champions League format. The final was played between Wydad AC from Morocco and Espérance ST from Tunisia.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15324665 Esperance reach African Champions League final 15 October 2011 BBC Sport 1 November 2011https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15324788 Wydad Casablanca into African Champions League final 16 October 2011 BBC Sport 1 November 2011 After a goal-less first leg,Esperance force Wydad to a barren draw Espérance ST won the second leg 1–0 to win their second African title (the first being the 1994 African Cup of Champions Clubs).Esperance conquer Africa thanks to Afful goal https://web.archive.org/web/20111216181046/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2010/news/11967-esperance-conquer-africa-thanks-to-afful-goal.html 2011-12-16 The win saw Espérance ST complete the Treble, and as a result, Espérance ST qualified to enter the quarterfinals of the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup as the CAF representative, as well as participate in the 2012 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2011 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)MAR Wydad ACUNAF (North Africa)1992TUN ES TunisUNAF (North Africa)1994, 1999, 2000, 2010 Venues Mohamed V Stadium thumb|left|200px|Mohamed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco hosted the first leg. Mohammed V Stadium is part of a big athletic complex 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 AC and Raja CA. It is named after King Mohammed V of Morocco. Mohammed V Stadium is located right in the centre of the city 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. Stade Olympique de Radès thumb|right|170px|Stade Olympique de Radès in Tunis, Tunisia hosted the second leg. Stade Olympique de Radès 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 2011 CAF Champions League MAR Wydad ACRoundTUN ES TunisOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legGHA Aduana Stars3–13–0 (H)0–1 (A)Preliminary roundbyeNGA Kano Pillars2–02–0 (H)0–0 (A)First roundBEN ASPAC5–25–0 (H)0–2 (A)COD TP Mazembe1–2*1–0 (H)0–2 (A)Second roundSEN Diaraf6–05–0 (H)1–0 (A)TAN Simba3–0Special play-off*—OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultEGY Al Ahly3–3 (A)Matchday 1ALG MC Alger1–1 (A)ALG MC Alger4–0 (H)Matchday 2EGY Al Ahly1–0 (H)TUN ES Tunis2–2 (H)Matchday 3MAR Wydad AC2–2 (A)TUN ES Tunis0–0 (A)Matchday 4MAR Wydad AC0–0 (H)EGY Al Ahly1–1 (H)Matchday 5ALG MC Alger4–0 (H)ALG MC Alger1–3 (A)Matchday 6EGY Al Ahly1–1 (A)n Group B Group B Runner-up WACFinal standingsn Group B Group B Winner ESTOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnock-out stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legNGA Enyimba1–01–0 (H)0–0 (A)SemifinalsSUD Al-Hilal3–01–0 (A)2–0 (H) * TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the first round. As a result, Wydad Casablanca played against Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to TP Mazembe in the first round, in a play-off for a place in the group stage. 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 First leg 6 November 2011 20:00 UTC±00:00 Wydad AC MAR 0–0 Report TUN ES Tunis Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca 70,000Ligue des Champions d'Afrique (Finale aller): Wydad AC vs ES TunisAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Neant Alioum (Cameroon)http://www.koora.com/details_article.php?a=20640&temp=1&lang=fr&t=132 Ligue des Champions: Un Camerounais pour l'aller, un Ivoirien pour le retour 2011-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425161502/http://www.koora.com/details_article.php?a=20640&temp=1&lang=fr&t=132 2012-04-25 dead FF0000 _white_stripes _red_stripes _white_stripes FF0000 FF0000 ffffff ff0000 Wydad AC 000033 000033 000033 000033 000033 ES Tunis GK 1 MAR Nadir LamyaghriDF 13 MAR Youssef Rabeh DF 3MAR Mourad Lemsen DF 6 MAR Hicham El Amrani 88 DF 10 MAR Mohamed BerrabehDF 7MAR Ahmed Ajeddou ?MF 28 MAR Said Fettah ?MF 8MAR Yassine Lakhal 77MF 5MAR Abderrahmane MssassiMF 14MAR Yassine Rami 64FW 21 CGO Fabrice OndamaSubstitutes:FW 16MAR Houcine Zaidoune 64MF 4MAR Youssef Kaddioui Idrissi 77FW 24MAR Younes Mankari 88Manager:SUI Michel Decastel GK 1TUN Moez Ben Cherifia DF 29TUN Walid HichriDF 6MLI Idrissa Coulibaly 29DF 12TUN Khalil ChemmamDF 3CMR Banana YayaDF 19TUN Khaled MouelhiMF 21TUN Mejdi Traoui MF 18TUN Wajdi Bouazzi 13 90MF 23TUN Khaled KorbiMF 28TUN Youssef Msakni 83 FW 15 CMR Yannick N'Djeng 90+5 Substitutes:MF 10 TUN Oussama Darragi 83FW 26 GHA Harrison Afful 90MF 14 TUN Mohamed Ali Slama 90+5Manager:TUN Nabil Maâloul Assistant referees: Efarist Mikwande (Cameroon) Moussa Yanoussa (Cameroon) Fourth official: Christopher Ndy (Cameroon) Second leg 12 November 2011 18:00 UTC+01:00 ES Tunis TUN 1–0 Report MAR Wydad AC Afful 21 Stade 7 November, Tunis 60,000 Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast) _yellow_stripes _esperance1011h _yellow_stripes F71804 F71804 000000 000000 ES Tunis_wac2 _wac2 _wac2 _wac2 _wac2 _wac2 _wac2 _wac2 _wac2 _wac2 Wydad AC GK 1TUN Moez Ben CherifiaDF 26GHA Harrison AffulDF 29TUN Walid HichriDF 12TUN Khalil ChemmamMF 3CMR Banana Yaya MF 21TUN Mejdi Traoui 84MF 18TUN Wajdi BouazziMF 23TUN Khaled Korbi 75MF 10TUN Oussama Darragi 84MF 28 TUN Youssef Msakni 76FW 15 CMR Yannick N'Djeng 88Substitutes:MF 6 MLI Idrissa Coulibaly 76FW 19 TUN Khaled Mouelhi 84FW 7 TUN Khaled Ayari 88Manager:TUN Nabil Maâloul GK 17 MAR Yassine BounouDF 13 MAR Youssef Rabeh DF 3MAR Mourad Lemsen 0 44DF 6 MAR Hicham El AmraniDF 10 MAR Mohamed Berrabeh 65DF 7MAR Ahmed AjeddouMF 28 MAR Said Fettah 59 MF 8MAR Yassine Lakhal 70 MF 5MAR Abderrahmane Mssassi 48MF 14MAR Yassine Rami 89 FW 21 CGO Fabrice OndamaSubstitutes:FW 2MAR Ayoub Skouma 59 DF 4 MAR Youssef Kaddioui 70 MF 27BEN Pascal Angan 89 Manager:SUI Michel Decastel Assistant referees: Pio Sangui (Ivory Coast) Pierre Moussa (Ivory Coast) Fourth official: Ndre Koam (Ivory Coast) References External links CAF Champions League 2011 CAF Champions League Final at Soccerway 2011 Final CCL CCL Category:Sports competitions in Radès Category:21st century in Radès Category:Football in Casablanca Category:21st century in Casablanca Category:November 2011 sports events in Africa Category:2011–12 in Tunisian football Category:2011–12 in Moroccan football Category:Football matches in Tunisia Category:Football matches in Morocco