2002 CAF Champions League Final

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 Casablanca, making it an all-Arabic club final for the fifth time in the history of the competition . The game was won by Zamalek 1–0 by Abdelhamid's Goal, after a 0–0 draw in Casablanca.

2002 CAF Champions League Final
Cairo International Stadium hosted the podium where Zamalek lifted the trophy
Event2002 CAF Champions League
Raja Casablanca Zamalek
0 1
Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate
First leg
Raja Casablanca Zamalek
0 0
Date30 November 2002
VenueStade Mohamed V, Casablanca
RefereeFalla N'Doye (Senegal)
Attendance60,000
Second leg
Zamalek Raja Casablanca
1 0
Date13 December 2002
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo
RefereeAbdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
Attendance67,310
WeatherClear
17 °C (63 °F)
59% humidity

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, 1999
Zamalek UNAF (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
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 Casablanca. 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
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.[1] 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
Further information: 2002 CAF Champions League
Raja Casablanca Round Zamalek
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Wallidan FC 5–2 2–1 (H) 3–1 (A) First round APR FC 6–0 6–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
Étoile du Congo 5–3 3–0 (H) 2–3 (A) Second round Nkana FC 3–1 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
TP Mazembe 0–2 (A) Matchday 1 ASEC Mimosas 3–1 (H)
Al Ahly 2–1 (H) Matchday 2 ES Tunis 1–1 (A)
Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 (A) Matchday 3 Costa do Sol 2–0 (A)
Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 (H) Matchday 4 Costa do Sol 3–0 (H)
TP Mazembe 1–0 (H) Matchday 5 ASEC Mimosas 0–1 (A)
Al Ahly 3–3 (A) Matchday 6 ES Tunis 1–0 (H)
Group A Winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Raja Casablanca 6 4 1 1 10 8 +2 13
TP Mazembe 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10
Jeanne d'Arc 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6
Al Ahly 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
Source:
Final standings
Group B Winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Zamalek 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13
ASEC Mimosas 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12
ES Tunis 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
Costa do Sol 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0
Source:
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas 4–2 0–2 (A) 4–0 (H) Semifinals TP Mazembe 3–1 1–1 (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).[2]

Matches

First leg
Raja Casablanca 0–0 Zamalek
(Report)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 60,000
Raja Casablanca
Zamalek
Raja Casablanca:
GK1 Mustapha Chadli
CB4 Abdelouahad Abdessamad
CB16 El-Amine Erbate
CB23 Noureddine Kacemi
RM8 Abdellatif Jrindou
CM27 Nabil Mesloub
CM29 Zakaria Aboub 60'
LM5 Mohamed Ali Diallo 77'
CM20 Hamid Nater
CF11 Hicham Aboucherouane
CF9 François Endene
Substitutes:
CM24 Sami Tajeddine 60'
FW30 Omar Zoubit 77'
Manager:
Walter Meeuws
Zamalek:
GK26 Abdel Wahed Al Sayed
RB2 Ibrahim Hassan
CB5 Besheer El-Tabei
CB15 Wael El-Quabbani
CB1 Mehdat Abdelhadi
LB13 Tarek El-Sayed
CF10 Walid Salah Abdel Latif
CM20 Tamer Abdel Hamid
MF22 Hossam Abdel Moniem ?'
CM11 Mohamed Aboul Ela ?'
CF9 Hossam Hassan ?' 89'
Substitutes:
FW24 Abdel Halim Ali 89'
Manager:
Carlos Roberto Cabral

Assistant referees:
Amadou Diop (Senegal)
Sow Magueye (Senegal)

Second leg
Zamalek 1–0 Raja Casablanca
Abdel Hamid  45+4' (Report)
Attendance: 67,310
Referee: Al-Shelmani (Libya)
Zamalek
Raja Casablanca
Zamalek:
GK26 Abdel Wahed Al Sayed
RB2 Ibrahim Hassan 40'
CB1 Mehdat Abdelhadi
CB5 Besheer El-Tabei
CB15 Wael El-Quabbani
LB13 Tarek El-Sayed
CM20 Tamer Abdel Hamid
CM11 Mohamed Aboul Ela
CM14 Hazem Emam (c) 78'
CF10 Walid Salah Abdel Latif 82'
CF9 Hossam Hassan
Substitutes:
FW24 Abdel Halim Ali 82'
MF22 Hossam Abdel Moniem 78'
Manager:
Carlos Roberto Cabral
Raja Casablanca:
GK1 Mustapha Chadli
CB4 Abdelouahad Abdessamad 15'
CB8 Abdellatif Jrindrou 19'
CB16 El Amin Erbate 80'
RM24 Tajeddine Sami 58' 64'
CM29 Zakaria Aboub
CM27 Nabil Masloub
LM23 Noureddine Kacemi 60'
CM20 Hamid Nater
CF9 François Endene
CF11 Hicham Aboucherouane
Substitutes:
FW30 Omar Zoubit 80'
FW5 Mohamed Ali Diallo 64'
Manager:
Walter Meeuws

Assistant referees:
Gamal El-Hawary (Libya)
Khaeri El-Magouri (Libya)

References
  1. "International Cairo Stadium". www.cairo-stadium.org.eg. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  2. Regulations of the CAF Champions League
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