2005 CAF Champions League Final

The 2005 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2005 between Al Ahly, and Étoile du Sahel.

2005 CAF Champions League Final
Cairo Military Academy Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event2005 CAF Champions League
Étoile du Sahel Al Ahly
0 3
First leg
Étoile du Sahel Al Ahly
0 0
Date28 October 2005
VenueStade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
RefereeAbderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Attendance20,000
Second Leg
Al Ahly Étoile du Sahel
3 0
Date12 November 2005
VenueCairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
RefereeLassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Attendance35,000

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)
Étoile du Sahel UNAF (North Africa) 2004
Al Ahly UNAF (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
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
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
Further information: 2005 CAF Champions League
Étoile du Sahel Round Al Ahly
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Douanes 3–1 0–0 (A) 3–1 (H) First round Villa SC 6–0 0–0 (A) 6–0 (H)
FAR Rabat 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Second round USM Alger 3–2 1–0 (A) 2–2 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
ES Tunis 0–0 (H) Matchday 1 Raja Casablanca 1–0 (H)
Zamalek 1–1 (A) Matchday 2 Enyimba 1–0 (A)
ASEC Mimosas 1–1 (A) Matchday 3 Ajax Cape Town 2–0 (H)
ASEC Mimosas 2–1 (H) Matchday 4 Ajax Cape Town 0–0 (A)
ES Tunis 1–1 (A) Matchday 5 Raja Casablanca 1–1 (A)
Zamalek 2–1 (H) Matchday 6 Enyimba 2–1 (H)
Group B Winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Étoile du Sahel 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 10
Zamalek 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9
ASEC Mimosas 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6
Espérance de Tunis 6 0 4 2 3 5 −2 4
Source:
Final standings
Group A Winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ahly 6 4 2 0 7 2 +5 14
Raja Casablanca 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 8
Enyimba 6 2 1 3 6 5 +1 7
Ajax Cape Town 6 0 3 3 2 9 −7 3
Source:
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca 2–0 1–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Semifinals Zamalek 4–1 2–1 (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).[1]

Matches

First leg
Étoile du Sahel 0–0 Al Ahly
Rapport
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Étoile du Sahel
Al Ahly
GK1 Austin Ejide
DF26 Saïf Ghezal
DF7 Kais Zouaghi
DF6 Saber Ben Frej
DF29 Lotfi Sallami
DF25 Chaker Zouaghi
MF17 Marouane Bakri
MF22 Ahmed Hammi
MF8 Gilson Silva
MF23 Mohamed Jedidi
FW19 Emeka Opara 52'
Substitutes:
FW2 Yassine Chikhaoui 52' 85'
MF24 Mejdi Traoui
MF10 Sabeur Trabelsi 85'
Manager:
Mehmed Baždarević
GK1 Essam El Hadary
DF16 Emad El Nahhas
DF7 Ahmad El-Sayed
DF26 Wael Gomaa
DF2 Islam El-Shater
DF14 Hassan Mostafa
MF17 Mohamed Shawky
MF12 Gilberto
MF22 Mohamed Aboutrika 90'
MF8 Mohamed Barakat
FW19 Emad Meteb
Substitutes:
FW2 Osama Hosny 90'
Manager:
Manuel José

Assistant referees:
Ahmed Belkhater (Morocco)
Mohamed Ayoub (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Chokri Saadallah (Tunisia)

Second leg
Al Ahly 3–0 Étoile du Sahel
Aboutrika  20'
Hosny  51'
Barakat  90+2'		 Rapport
Attendance: 35,000
Al Ahly
Étoile du Sahel
GK1 Essam El Hadary
DF16 Emad El Nahhas
DF26 Wael Gomaa
DF5 Ahmad El-Sayed
DF8 Mohamed Barakat
DF14 Hassan Mostafa
MF17 Mohamed Shawky
MF12 Gilberto 30'
MF22 Mohamed Aboutrika
MF13 Emad Meteb 84'
FW18 Osama Hosny 65'
Substitutes:
FW3 Mohamed Abdelwahab 30'
FW2 Islam El-Shater 65'
FW2 Hossam Ashour 84'
Manager:
Manuel José
GK1 Austin Ejide
DF26 Saïf Ghezal
DF7 Kais Zouaghi
DF6 Saber Ben Frej
DF29 Lotfi Sallami
DF25 Chaker Zouaghi
MF17 Marouane Bakri
MF22 Ahmed Hammi
MF8 Gilson Silva
MF23 Mohamed Jedidi 79'
FW19 Emeka Opara 53'
Substitutes:
FW2 Yassine Chikhaoui 53'
MF24 Bassem Ben Nasser
MF10 Sabeur Trabelsi 79'
Manager:
Mehmed Baždarević

Assistant referees:
Losséni Paré (Burkina Faso)
Brama Millogo (Burkina Faso)
Fourth official:
Nasser Sadek (Egypt)

Notes and references
  1. Regulations of the CAF Champions League
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