2005 CAF Champions League final

2005 CAF Champions League final EGY x GUI. August 12, 2009.jpg Cairo Military Academy Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy 2005 CAF Champions League Étoile du Sahel TUN 30px 0 Al Ahly EGY 30px 3 First leg 0 0 28 October 2005 Stade Olympique de Sousse Sousse Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco) 20,000 Second Leg 0 3 12 November 2005 Cairo Military Academy Stadium Cairo Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso) 35,000 2004 2006 The 2005 CAF Champions League final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2005 between Al Ahly, and Étoile du Sahel. 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)2004EGY Al AhlyUNAF (North Africa)1982, 1983, 1987, 2001 Background Al Ahly reached a total of four finals, winning three (1982, 1987, 2001) and losing one (1983). Étoile du Sahel reached the second consecutive final in his history after they lost against Enyimba in the previous edition 2004. Both teams qualified as winners of their groups. Both teams also qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday. In the semifinals Étoile du Sahel defeated the Moroccan side Raja Casablanca 2–0 on aggregate, after winning twice with the same result (1–0): the first leg in Casablanca, and the second leg in Sousse. Al Ahly faced his compatriot Zamalek winning the first leg (2–1) and the second leg (2–0) after playing the two matches in Cairo. 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 Military Academy Stadium thumb|right|200px|Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg. Cairo Military Academy Stadium is located in Cairo, Egypt and has a total capacity of 28,500. Seven miles up the road from Cairo International Stadium, heading for Cairo International Airport, there is the Cairo Military Academy Stadium at the far end of Orouba Street in the north-eastern Heliopolis district of Cairo. It was built in 1989 for the use of military teams and students at the military academy. The ground accommodated home games of Al Ahly and Zamalek during the refurbishing of the Cairo International Stadium and occasionally still serves to stage matches of the old foes. Al Ahly was forced to move out of its usual stadium, that is, the Cairo International Stadium, due to the work that started in it because of Egypt organizing the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations after three months, it underwent a major renovation, and was brought up to 21st century world standard along with all its multi-game Olympic facilities. Road to final 2005 CAF Champions League TUN Étoile du SahelRoundEGY Al AhlyOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSEN AS Douanes3–10–0 (A)3–1 (H)First roundUGA Villa SC6–00–0 (A)6–0 (H)MAR FAR Rabat2–10–1 (A)2–0 (H)Second roundALG USM Alger3–21–0 (A)2–2 (H)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultTUN ES Tunis0–0 (H)Matchday 1MAR Raja Casablanca1–0 (H)EGY Zamalek1–1 (A)Matchday 2NGA Enyimba1–0 (A)CIV ASEC Mimosas1–1 (A)Matchday 3RSA Ajax Cape Town2–0 (H)CIV ASEC Mimosas2–1 (H)Matchday 4RSA Ajax Cape Town0–0 (A)TUN ES Tunis1–1 (A)Matchday 5MAR Raja Casablanca1–1 (A)EGY Zamalek2–1 (H)Matchday 6NGA Enyimba2–1 (H)n Group B Group B Winner ESSFinal standingsn Group A Group A Winner AHLOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnock-out stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legMAR Raja Casablanca2–01–0 (A)1–0 (H)SemifinalsEGY Zamalek4–12–1 (A)2–0 (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 29 October 2005 18:00 GMT Étoile du Sahel TUN 0–0 [April 2025 Rapport] EGY Al Ahly Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse 25,000 Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco) _whitestar ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 bbbbb ff0000 Étoile du Sahel_puma_ahly_vodafone_blue 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF 0033FF Al Ahly GK 1 NGA Austin EjideDF 26 TUN Saïf Ghezal DF 7TUN Kais Zouaghi DF 6 TUN Saber Ben FrejDF 29 TUN Lotfi Sallami DF 25TUN Chaker ZouaghiMF 17 TUN Marouane BakriMF 22TUN Ahmed HammiMF 8CPV Gilson Silva MF 23TUN Mohamed JedidiFW 19 NGA Emeka Opara 52Substitutes:FW 2TUN Yassine Chikhaoui 52 85MF 24TUN Mejdi Traoui MF 10TUN Sabeur Trabelsi 85Manager:BIH Mehmed Baždarević GK 1 EGY Essam El HadaryDF 16 EGY Emad El Nahhas DF 7EGY Ahmad El-Sayed DF 26 EGY Wael GomaaDF 2 EGY Islam El-Shater DF 14EGY Hassan MostafaMF 17 EGY Mohamed ShawkyMF 12ANG GilbertoMF 22EGY Mohamed Aboutrika 90MF 8EGY Mohamed BarakatFW 19 EGY Emad Meteb Substitutes:FW 2EGY Osama Hosny 90Manager:POR Manuel José Assistant referees: Ahmed Belkhater (Morocco) Mohamed Ayoub (Morocco) Fourth official: Chokri Saadallah (Tunisia) Second leg 12 November 2005 17:30 GMT Al Ahly EGY 3–0 [April 2025 Rapport] TUN Étoile du Sahel Aboutrika 20Hosny 51Barakat 90+2 Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 35,000 Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso) _puma_ahly_vodafone_red FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Al Ahly 2A448C 2A448C 2A448C 2A448C 2A448C Étoile du Sahel GK 1 EGY Essam El HadaryDF 16 EGY Emad El Nahhas DF 26 EGY Wael GomaaDF 5EGY Ahmad El-Sayed DF 8 EGY Mohamed BarakatDF 14EGY Hassan MostafaMF 17 EGY Mohamed ShawkyMF 12ANG Gilberto 30MF 22EGY Mohamed Aboutrika MF 13EGY Emad Meteb 84FW 18 EGY Osama Hosny 65Substitutes:FW 3EGY Mohamed Abdelwahab 30FW 2EGY Islam El-Shater 65FW 2EGY Hossam Ashour 84Manager:POR Manuel José GK 1 NGA Austin EjideDF 26 TUN Saïf Ghezal DF 7TUN Kais Zouaghi DF 6 TUN Saber Ben FrejDF 29 TUN Lotfi Sallami DF 25TUN Chaker ZouaghiMF 17 TUN Marouane BakriMF 22TUN Ahmed HammiMF 8CPV Gilson SilvaMF 23TUN Mohamed Jedidi 79FW 19 NGA Emeka Opara 53Substitutes:FW 2TUN Yassine Chikhaoui 53MF 24TUN Bassem Ben NasserMF 10TUN Sabeur Trabelsi 79Manager:BIH Mehmed Baždarević Assistant referees: Losséni Paré (Burkina Faso) Brama Millogo (Burkina Faso) Fourth official: Nasser Sadek (Egypt) Notes and references External links 2005 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com Final 2005 1 Category:Al Ahly SC matches Category:Étoile Sportive du Sahel matches Category:Football matches in Cairo Category:2000s in Cairo Category:Sousse Governorate Category:Football matches in Tunisia Category:November 2005 sports events in Africa Category:2005–06 in Tunisian football Category:2005–06 in Egyptian football