1999 CAF Champions League Final

The 1999 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in November and December 1999. Raja Casablanca of Morocco beat ES Tunis of Tunisia on penalties after their two-legged tie ended goalless.[1]

1999 CAF Champions League Final
El Menzah Stadium hosted the podium where Raja Casablanca lifted the trophy
Event1999 CAF Champions League
Raja Casablanca ES Tunis
0 0
Raja Casablanca won 4–3 on penalties
First leg
Raja Casablanca ES Tunis
0 0
Date27 November 1999
VenueStade Père Jégo, Casablanca
RefereeMathabella Petros (South Africa)
Attendance10 000
Second leg
ES Tunis Raja Casablanca
0 0
Date12 December 1999
VenueStade El Menzah, Tunis
RefereeManuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)
Attendance50 000

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.

Team Region Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Raja Casablanca UNAF (North Africa) 1989, 1997
ES Tunis UNAF (North Africa) 1994

Venues

Stade Père Jégo
Casablanca, Morocco hosted the first leg.

Stade Père Jégo is a multi-purpose stadium in Casablanca, Morocco. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Racing Casablanca.

The stadium currently holds 10,000 spectators.[2]

Raja Casablanca was forced to play the first leg og the final match on this stadium, due to the start of renovation at Mohammed V Stadium in view of Morocco's bid for the organization of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, green and red seats were installed on the side stands limiting its capacity to 45,891 seats without counting South (Magana) and North (Frimija) turns which have no seat.

Stade El Menzah
Stade El Menzah in Tunis, Tunisia hosted the second leg.

Stade Olympique El Menzah is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia.

It is built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games at the same time as the Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium. Since then, it is an integral part of Tunisia's main sports complex. Tunisia's three major football teams, ES Tunis, Club Africain and Stade Tunisien played their games there. The stadium is completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. It has a capacity of 39,858 seats.[3] The VIP section consists of a grandstand and 2 salons that can accommodate 300 people in a "cocktail" configuration.

Road to final
Further information: 1999 CAF Champions League
Raja Casablanca Round ES Tunis
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Ndiambour 4–1 0–1 (A) 4–0 (H) First round Al-Mahalah 4–1 2–1 (A) 2–0 (H)
Djoliba AC 3–3 (7-6 p) 2–1 (H) 1–2 (A) Second round Al-Hilal 8–3 5–0 (H) 3–3 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Hearts of Oak 1–0 (H) Matchday 1 ASEC Mimosas 3–0 (H)
Al Ahly 1–0 (A) Matchday 2 Dynamos Harare 2–0 (A)
Shooting Stars 1–0 (H) Matchday 3 SS Saint-Louisienne 5–0 (H)
Shooting Stars 0–1 (A) Matchday 4 SS Saint-Louisienne 2–0 (A)
Hearts of Oak 0–0 (A) Matchday 5 ASEC Mimosas 0–1 (A)
Al Ahly 1–1 (H) Matchday 6 Dynamos Harare 1–0 (H)
Group A Winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 11
Al Ahly 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10
Hearts of Oak 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8
Shooting Stars 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4
Source:
Final standings
Group B Winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
ES Tunis 6 5 0 1 13 1 +12 15
ASEC Mimosas 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10
Dynamos Harare 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6
SS Saint-Louisienne 6 1 1 4 4 17 −13 4
Source:

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).[4]

Matches

First leg
Raja Casablanca 0–0 ES Tunis
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mathabella Petros (South Africa)

Second leg
ES Tunis 0–0 Raja Casablanca
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

References
  1. Stokkermans, Karel. "African Club Competitions 1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. https://int.soccerway.com/teams/morocco/racing-athletique-club/7515/venue/
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Regulations of the CAF Champions League
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