2012 CAF Champions League final

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.

7 November Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy

Event

2012 CAF Champions League

on aggregate

First leg

Date

4 November 2012

Venue

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Man of the Match

Moez Ben Cherifia (ES Tunis)

Referee

Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Attendance

25,000

Second Leg

Date

17 November 2012

Venue

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Man of the Match

Al-Sayed Hamdy (Al Ahly)

Referee

Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)

Attendance

31,000

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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. 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.

Qualified teams

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

Road to the final

Al Ahly

Round

ES Tunis

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Qualifying rounds

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Bye

Preliminary round

Bye

Ethiopian Coffee

3–0

0–0 (A)

3–0 (H)

First round

Brikama United

4–2

1–1 (A)

3–1 (H)

Stade Malien

3–2

0–1 (A)

3–1 (H)

Second round

Dynamos

7–1

6–0 (H)

1–1 (A)

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

TP Mazembe

2–1 (H)

Matchday 1

Sunshine Stars

2–0 (A)

Zamalek

1–0 (A)

Matchday 2

ASO Chlef

3–2 (H)

Berekum Chelsea

4–1 (H)

Matchday 3

Étoile du Sahel

1–0 (H) cancelled^†

Berekum Chelsea

1–1 (A)

Matchday 4

Étoile du Sahel

2–0 (A) cancelled^†

TP Mazembe

0–2 (A)

Matchday 5

Sunshine Stars

1–0 (H)

Zamalek

1–1 (H)

Matchday 6

ASO Chlef

0–1 (A)

Group B Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Al-Ahly	6	8
2	TP Mazembe	6	7
3	Berekum Chelsea	6	7
4	Zamalek SC	6	2

Source: CAF

Final standings

Group A Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	ES Tunis	4	6
2	Sunshine Stars	4	4
3	ASO Chlef	4	2
4	Étoile du Sahel	0	0

Source: CAF

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knock-out stage

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Sunshine Stars

4–3

3–3 (A)

1–0 (H)

Semifinals

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.

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).

First leg

4 November 2012

19:00 UTC+02:00

Al Ahly	1–1	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	Sherif Ekramy
RB	24	Ahmed Fathy	26'
CB	6	Wael Gomaa
CB	4	Sherif Abdel-Fadil		46'
LB	23	Mohamed Nagieb
DM	14	Hossam Ghaly (c)		60'
DM	25	Hossam Ashour
AM	19	Abdallah El Said
AM	11	Walid Soliman
CF	22	Mohamed Aboutrika
CF	15	Gedo		82'
Substitutes:
FW	18	El Sayed Hamdy		46'
MF	8	Mohamed Barakat		60'
FW	9	Emad Moteab		82'
DF	2	Saad Samir
DF	12	Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
GK	16	Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
MF	30	Shehab El-Din Ahmed
Manager:
Hossam El Badry


GK	1	Moez Ben Cherifia
RWB	26	Harrison Afful	55'	73'
CB	29	Walid Hichri
CB	17	Sameh Derbali	10'
CB	12	Khalil Chemmam (c)	45'
LWB	20	Mohamed Ben Mansour
DM	4	Houcine Ragued		86'
DM	13	Karim Aouadhi	9'
AM	19	Khaled Mouelhi
AM	18	Wajdi Bouazzi
CF	15	Yannick N'Djeng		82'
Substitutes:
MF	21	Mejdi Traoui		73'
FW	7	Khaled Ayari		82'
DF	3	Chaker Zouagi		86'
FW	11	Youcef Belaïli
GK	22	Wassim Naouara
MF	30	Iheb Msakni
Manager:
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

17 November 2012

18:30 UTC+01:00

ES Tunis	1–2	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	Moez Ben Cherifia	90'
RB	29	Walid Hichri
CB	12	Khalil Chemmam (c)
CB	3	Chaker Zouagi
LB	20	Mohamed Ben Mansour	90+3'
DM	4	Houcine Ragued		73'
DM	13	Karim Aouadhi		46'
CM	19	Khaled Mouelhi
RW	28	Youssef Msakni
CF	15	Yannick N'Djeng
LW	18	Wajdi Bouazzi		56'
Substitutes:
MF	30	Iheb Msakni		46'
FW	11	Youcef Belaïli		56'
FW	7	Khaled Ayari		73'
DF	5	Aymen Ben Amor
GK	22	Wassim Naouara
MF	24	Oussama Boughanmi
DF	25	Seifallah Hosni
Manager:
Nabil Maâloul


GK	1	Sherif Ekramy
RB	24	Ahmed Fathy
CB	6	Wael Gomaa
CB	12	Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
LB	23	Mohamed Nagieb
DM	14	Hossam Ghaly (c)	77'
DM	25	Hossam Ashour
AM	19	Abdallah El Said
AM	11	Walid Soliman		71'
CF	18	El Sayed Hamdy		66'
CF	15	Gedo		88'
Substitutes:
FW	22	Mohamed Aboutrika		66'
DF	26	Dominique Da Silva		71'
MF	30	Ramy Rabia		88'
DF	2	Saad Samir
MF	8	Mohamed Barakat
FW	9	Emad Moteab
GK	16	Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
Manager:
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)