2005 CAF Champions League final

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

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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)
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel UNAF (North Africa) 2004
Egypt Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001

Background

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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

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Stade Olympique de Sousse

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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

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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

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Tunisia Étoile du Sahel Round Egypt Al Ahly
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Senegal AS Douanes 3–1 0–0 (A) 3–1 (H) First round Uganda Villa SC 6–0 0–0 (A) 6–0 (H)
Morocco FAR Rabat 2–1 0–1 (A) 2–0 (H) Second round Algeria USM Alger 3–2 1–0 (A) 2–2 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Tunisia ES Tunis 0–0 (H) Matchday 1 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–0 (H)
Egypt Zamalek 1–1 (A) Matchday 2 Nigeria Enyimba 1–0 (A)
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1–1 (A) Matchday 3 South Africa Ajax Cape Town 2–0 (H)
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–1 (H) Matchday 4 South Africa Ajax Cape Town 0–0 (A)
Tunisia ES Tunis 1–1 (A) Matchday 5 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–1 (A)
Egypt Zamalek 2–1 (H) Matchday 6 Nigeria Enyimba 2–1 (H)

Group B Winner
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt Zamalek 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 7
3 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 5
4 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 0 4 2 3 5 −2 4
Source: [citation needed]
Final standings

Group A Winner
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Egypt Al Ahly 6 4 2 0 7 2 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Morocco Raja Casablanca 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 6
3 Nigeria Enyimba 6 2 1 3 6 5 +1 5
4 South Africa Ajax Cape Town 6 0 3 3 2 9 −7 3
Source: [citation needed]
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco Raja Casablanca 2–0 1–0 (A) 1–0 (H) Semifinals Egypt Zamalek 4–1 2–1 (A) 2–0 (H)

Format

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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

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First leg

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Étoile du Sahel Tunisia0–0Egypt Al Ahly
Rapport
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Étoile du Sahel
Al Ahly
GK 1 Nigeria Austin Ejide
DF 26 Tunisia Saïf Ghezal
DF 7 Tunisia Kais Zouaghi
DF 6 Tunisia Saber Ben Frej
DF 29 Tunisia Lotfi Sallami
DF 25 Tunisia Chaker Zouaghi
MF 17 Tunisia Marouane Bakri
MF 22 Tunisia Ahmed Hammi
MF 8 Cape Verde Gilson Silva
MF 23 Tunisia Mohamed Jedidi
FW 19 Nigeria Emeka Opara downward-facing red arrow 52'
Substitutes:
FW 2 Tunisia Yassine Chikhaoui upward-facing green arrow 52' downward-facing red arrow 85'
MF 24 Tunisia Mejdi Traoui
MF 10 Tunisia Sabeur Trabelsi upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević
GK 1 Egypt Essam El Hadary
DF 16 Egypt Emad El Nahhas
DF 7 Egypt Ahmad El-Sayed
DF 26 Egypt Wael Gomaa
DF 2 Egypt Islam El-Shater
DF 14 Egypt Hassan Mostafa
MF 17 Egypt Mohamed Shawky
MF 12 Angola Gilberto
MF 22 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika downward-facing red arrow 90'
MF 8 Egypt Mohamed Barakat
FW 19 Egypt Emad Meteb
Substitutes:
FW 2 Egypt Osama Hosny upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Portugal Manuel José

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

Second leg

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Al Ahly Egypt3–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Aboutrika 20'
Hosny 51'
Barakat 90+2'
Rapport
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Al Ahly
Étoile du Sahel
GK 1 Egypt Essam El Hadary
DF 16 Egypt Emad El Nahhas
DF 26 Egypt Wael Gomaa
DF 5 Egypt Ahmad El-Sayed
DF 8 Egypt Mohamed Barakat
DF 14 Egypt Hassan Mostafa
MF 17 Egypt Mohamed Shawky
MF 12 Angola Gilberto downward-facing red arrow 30'
MF 22 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
MF 13 Egypt Emad Meteb downward-facing red arrow 84'
FW 18 Egypt Osama Hosny downward-facing red arrow 65'
Substitutes:
FW 3 Egypt Mohamed Abdelwahab upward-facing green arrow 30'
FW 2 Egypt Islam El-Shater upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 2 Egypt Hossam Ashour upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Portugal Manuel José
GK 1 Nigeria Austin Ejide
DF 26 Tunisia Saïf Ghezal
DF 7 Tunisia Kais Zouaghi
DF 6 Tunisia Saber Ben Frej
DF 29 Tunisia Lotfi Sallami
DF 25 Tunisia Chaker Zouaghi
MF 17 Tunisia Marouane Bakri
MF 22 Tunisia Ahmed Hammi
MF 8 Cape Verde Gilson Silva
MF 23 Tunisia Mohamed Jedidi downward-facing red arrow 79'
FW 19 Nigeria Emeka Opara downward-facing red arrow 53'
Substitutes:
FW 2 Tunisia Yassine Chikhaoui upward-facing green arrow 53'
MF 24 Tunisia Bassem Ben Nasser
MF 10 Tunisia Sabeur Trabelsi upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević

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

Notes and references

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