2005 CAF Champions League final

Football match

2005 CAF Champions League Final

Cairo Military Academy Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy

Event| 2005 CAF Champions League
| Étoile du Sahel | Al Ahly

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0 | 3
First leg
| Étoile du Sahel | Al Ahly

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0 | 0
Date| 28 October 2005
Venue| Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee| Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Attendance| 20,000
Second Leg
| Al Ahly | Étoile du Sahel

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3 | 0
Date| 12 November 2005
Venue| Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Referee| Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Attendance| 35,000

← 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)

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Étoile du Sahel | UNAF (North Africa) | 2004
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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Further information: 2005 CAF Champions League

Étoile du Sahel | Round  |  Al Ahly

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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  | Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Étoile du Sahel | 6  | 2  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 6  | +2  | 8  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Zamalek | 6  | 2  | 3  | 1  | 8  | 7  | +1  | 7
3  |  ASEC Mimosas | 6  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 5  | 6  | −1  | 5  |
4  |  Espérance de Tunis | 6  | 0  | 4  | 2  | 3  | 5  | −2  | 4

Source: [citation needed]

Final standings  |

Group A Winner  | Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Al Ahly | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 7  | 2  | +5  | 10  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Raja Casablanca | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 6
3  |  Enyimba | 6  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 5  |
4  |  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
Raja Casablanca | 2–0  | 1–0 (A)  | 1–0 (H)  | Semifinals  |  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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29 October 2005

18:00 GMT

Étoile du Sahel | 0–0|  Al Ahly

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| [[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] Rapport] |

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Étoile du Sahel

Al Ahly

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GK | 1 |  Austin Ejide
DF | 26 |  Saïf Ghezal
DF | 7 |  Kais Zouaghi
DF | 6 |  Saber Ben Frej
DF | 29 |  Lotfi Sallami
DF | 25 |  Chaker Zouaghi
MF | 17 |  Marouane Bakri
MF | 22 |  Ahmed Hammi
MF | 8 |  Gilson Silva
MF | 23 |  Mohamed Jedidi
FW | 19 |  Emeka Opara |  |  52'
Substitutes:
FW | 2 |  Yassine Chikhaoui |  |  52' |  |  85'
MF | 24 |  Mejdi Traoui
MF | 10 |  Sabeur Trabelsi |  |  85'
Manager:
Mehmed Baždarević
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GK | 1 |  Essam El Hadary
DF | 16 |  Emad El Nahhas
DF | 7 |  Ahmad El-Sayed
DF | 26 |  Wael Gomaa
DF | 2 |  Islam El-Shater
DF | 14 |  Hassan Mostafa
MF | 17 |  Mohamed Shawky
MF | 12 |  Gilberto
MF | 22 |  Mohamed Aboutrika |  |  90'
MF | 8 |  Mohamed Barakat
FW | 19 |  Emad Meteb
Substitutes:
FW | 2 |  Osama Hosny |  |  90'
Manager:
Manuel José

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

### Second leg

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12 November 2005

17:30 GMT

Al Ahly | 3–0|  Étoile du Sahel

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Aboutrika 20'
Hosny 51'
Barakat 90+2' | [[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] Rapport] |

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

Al Ahly

Étoile du Sahel

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GK | 1 |  Essam El Hadary
DF | 16 |  Emad El Nahhas
DF | 26 |  Wael Gomaa
DF | 5 |  Ahmad El-Sayed
DF | 8 |  Mohamed Barakat
DF | 14 |  Hassan Mostafa
MF | 17 |  Mohamed Shawky
MF | 12 |  Gilberto |  |  30'
MF | 22 |  Mohamed Aboutrika
MF | 13 |  Emad Meteb |  |  84'
FW | 18 |  Osama Hosny |  |  65'
Substitutes:
FW | 3 |  Mohamed Abdelwahab |  |  30'
FW | 2 |  Islam El-Shater |  |  65'
FW | 2 |  Hossam Ashour |  |  84'
Manager:
Manuel José
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GK | 1 |  Austin Ejide
DF | 26 |  Saïf Ghezal
DF | 7 |  Kais Zouaghi
DF | 6 |  Saber Ben Frej
DF | 29 |  Lotfi Sallami
DF | 25 |  Chaker Zouaghi
MF | 17 |  Marouane Bakri
MF | 22 |  Ahmed Hammi
MF | 8 |  Gilson Silva
MF | 23 |  Mohamed Jedidi |  |  79'
FW | 19 |  Emeka Opara |  |  53'
Substitutes:
FW | 2 |  Yassine Chikhaoui |  |  53'
MF | 24 |  Bassem Ben Nasser
MF | 10 |  Sabeur Trabelsi |  |  79'
Manager:
Mehmed Baždarević

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

## Notes and references

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1. ^ Regulations of the CAF Champions League

## External links

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* 2005 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com

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