2012 CAF Champions League Final
7 November Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event2012 CAF Champions League
Al Ahly ES Tunis
Egypt Tunisia
3 2
on aggregate
First leg
Al Ahly ES Tunis
1 1
Date4 November 2012
VenueBorg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Man of the MatchMoez Ben Cherifia (ES Tunis)
RefereeDjamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Attendance25,000
Second Leg
ES Tunis Al Ahly
1 2
Date17 November 2012
VenueStade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Man of the MatchAl-Sayed Hamdy (Al Ahly)
RefereeBouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)
Attendance31,000
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The 2012 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2012 CAF Champions League, the 48th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 16th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

The final was played between Al Ahly from Egypt and ES Tunis from Tunisia. Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate (first leg: 1–1; second leg: 2–1) to win a record seventh title.[1][2] As the winner of the 2012 CAF Champions League, they qualified for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup as the African representative, as well as participating in the 2013 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup.[3][4]

Qualified teams

Team Region Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Egypt Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Tunisia ES Tunis UNAF (North Africa) 1994, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011

Road to the final

Further information: 2012 CAF Champions League
Egypt Al Ahly Round Tunisia ES Tunis
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Preliminary round Bye
Ethiopia Ethiopian Coffee 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H) First round The Gambia Brikama United 4–2 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H)
Mali Stade Malien 3–2 0–1 (A) 3–1 (H) Second round Zimbabwe Dynamos 7–1 6–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2–1 (H) Matchday 1 Nigeria Sunshine Stars 2–0 (A)
Egypt Zamalek 1–0 (A) Matchday 2 Algeria ASO Chlef 3–2 (H)
Ghana Berekum Chelsea 4–1 (H) Matchday 3 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1–0 (H) cancelled†
Ghana Berekum Chelsea 1–1 (A) Matchday 4 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–0 (A) cancelled†
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0–2 (A) Matchday 5 Nigeria Sunshine Stars 1–0 (H)
Egypt Zamalek 1–1 (H) Matchday 6 Algeria ASO Chlef 0–1 (A)

Group B Winner
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Egypt Al-Ahly 6 8
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 7
3 Ghana Berekum Chelsea 6 7
4 Egypt Zamalek SC 6 2
Source: CAF
 Final standings

Group A Winner
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Tunisia ES Tunis 4 6
2 Nigeria Sunshine Stars 4 4
3 Algeria ASO Chlef 4 2
4 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0 0
Source: CAF
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria Sunshine Stars 4–3 3–3 (A) 1–0 (H) Semifinals Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
Notes

† The match between Espérance and Étoile du Sahel on Matchday 4 was abandoned due to crowd disturbance. The CAF decided to disqualify Étoile du Sahel as a result and all results obtained previously by them within Group A were cancelled.[5]

Format

The final is decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule applied, and if still level, the tie proceed directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[6]

First leg

Al Ahly Egypt1–1Tunisia ES Tunis
Hamdy 88' Report Hichri 49'
Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Al Ahly
ES Tunis
GK 1 Egypt Sherif Ekramy
RB 24 Egypt Ahmed Fathy Yellow card 26'
CB 6 Egypt Wael Gomaa
CB 4 Egypt Sherif Abdel-Fadil downward-facing red arrow 46'
LB 23 Egypt Mohamed Nagieb
DM 14 Egypt Hossam Ghaly (c) downward-facing red arrow 60'
DM 25 Egypt Hossam Ashour
AM 19 Egypt Abdallah El Said
AM 11 Egypt Walid Soliman
CF 22 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
CF 15 Egypt Gedo downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutes:
FW 18 Egypt El Sayed Hamdy upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 8 Egypt Mohamed Barakat upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 9 Egypt Emad Moteab upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 2 Egypt Saad Samir
DF 12 Egypt Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
GK 16 Egypt Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
MF 30 Egypt Shehab El-Din Ahmed
Manager:
Egypt Hossam El Badry
GK 1 Tunisia Moez Ben Cherifia
RWB 26 Ghana Harrison Afful Yellow card 55' downward-facing red arrow 73'
CB 29 Tunisia Walid Hichri
CB 17 Tunisia Sameh Derbali Yellow card 10'
CB 12 Tunisia Khalil Chemmam (c) Yellow card 45'
LWB 20 Tunisia Mohamed Ben Mansour
DM 4 Tunisia Houcine Ragued downward-facing red arrow 86'
DM 13 Tunisia Karim Aouadhi Yellow card 9'
AM 19 Tunisia Khaled Mouelhi
AM 18 Tunisia Wajdi Bouazzi
CF 15 Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutes:
MF 21 Tunisia Mejdi Traoui upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 7 Tunisia Khaled Ayari upward-facing green arrow 82'
DF 3 Tunisia Chaker Zouagi upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW 11 Algeria Youcef Belaïli
GK 22 Tunisia Wassim Naouara
MF 30 Tunisia Iheb Msakni
Manager:
Tunisia Nabil Maâloul

CAF's Man of the Match:
Moez Ben Cherifia (ES Tunis)

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Bechirène (Algeria)
Bouabdalah Omari (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Mokhtar Amalou (Algeria)

Second leg

ES Tunis Tunisia1–2Egypt Al Ahly
N'Djeng 85' Report Gedo 43'
Soliman 63'
Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)
ES Tunis
Al Ahly
GK 1 Tunisia Moez Ben Cherifia Yellow card 90'
RB 29 Tunisia Walid Hichri
CB 12 Tunisia Khalil Chemmam (c)
CB 3 Tunisia Chaker Zouagi
LB 20 Tunisia Mohamed Ben Mansour Yellow card 90+3'
DM 4 Tunisia Houcine Ragued downward-facing red arrow 73'
DM 13 Tunisia Karim Aouadhi downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 19 Tunisia Khaled Mouelhi
RW 28 Tunisia Youssef Msakni
CF 15 Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng
LW 18 Tunisia Wajdi Bouazzi downward-facing red arrow 56'
Substitutes:
MF 30 Tunisia Iheb Msakni upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 11 Algeria Youcef Belaïli upward-facing green arrow 56'
FW 7 Tunisia Khaled Ayari upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 5 Tunisia Aymen Ben Amor
GK 22 Tunisia Wassim Naouara
MF 24 Tunisia Oussama Boughanmi
DF 25 Tunisia Seifallah Hosni
Manager:
Tunisia Nabil Maâloul
GK 1 Egypt Sherif Ekramy
RB 24 Egypt Ahmed Fathy
CB 6 Egypt Wael Gomaa
CB 12 Egypt Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
LB 23 Egypt Mohamed Nagieb
DM 14 Egypt Hossam Ghaly (c) Yellow card 77'
DM 25 Egypt Hossam Ashour
AM 19 Egypt Abdallah El Said
AM 11 Egypt Walid Soliman downward-facing red arrow 71'
CF 18 Egypt El Sayed Hamdy downward-facing red arrow 66'
CF 15 Egypt Gedo downward-facing red arrow 88'
Substitutes:
FW 22 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika upward-facing green arrow 66'
DF 26 Mauritania Dominique Da Silva upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF 30 Egypt Ramy Rabia upward-facing green arrow 88'
DF 2 Egypt Saad Samir
MF 8 Egypt Mohamed Barakat
FW 9 Egypt Emad Moteab
GK 16 Egypt Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
Manager:
Egypt Hossam El Badry

CAF's Man of the Match:
El Sayed Hamdy (Al Ahly)

Assistant referees:
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Bouazza Rouani (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

References

  1. ^ "Ahly and Esperance draw in Champions League final first leg". Confederation of African Football. 4 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Al Ahly win record seventh CAF Champions League title". Confederation of African Football. 17 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Ahly win seventh ACL crown". mtnfootball. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-22. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Al Ahly dedicate triumph to tragic fans". FIFA.com. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Disqualification of Etoile Sportive du Sahel from the 16th Edition of Orange CAF Champions League 2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 26 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

External links

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