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.

The final was played between Al-Ahly from Egypt and Espérance ST from Tunisia. Al-Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate (first leg: 1–1; second leg: 2–1) to win a record seventh title.^[1]^[2] As the winner of the 2012 CAF Champions League, they qualified to enter the quarterfinals of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup as the CAF representative, as well as participate in the 2013 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup.^[3]^[4]

Road to final

For more details on this topic, see 2012 CAF Champions League.

Al-Ahly

Round

Espérance ST

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahly	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11
TP Mazembe	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
Berekum Chelsea	6	2	3	1	9	10	−1	9
Zamalek	6	0	2	4	5	10	−5	2

Final standings

Group A winner

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Espérance ST	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
Sunshine Stars	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
ASO Chlef	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3
Étoile du Sahel	Disqualified^†

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 Étoile du Sahel v Espérance ST 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 Étoile du Sahel within Group A were cancelled.^[5]

Rules

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).^[6]

First leg

Al-Ahly v Espérance ST

4 November 2012
19:00 UTC+02:00

Al-Ahly	1–1	Espérance ST
Hamdy 88'	Report	Hichri 49'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

Al-Ahly

Espérance ST


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


GK	1	Moez Ben Cherifia
DF	26	Harrison Afful	55'	73'
DF	29	Walid Hichri
DF	17	Sameh Derbali	10'
DF	12	Khalil Chemmam (c)	45'
DF	20	Mohamed Ben Mansour
MF	19	Khaled Mouelhi
MF	4	Houcine Ragued		86'
MF	18	Wajdi Bouazzi
MF	13	Karim Aouadhi	9'
FW	15	Yannick N'Djeng		82'
Substitutes:
MF	21	Mejdi Traoui		73'
FW	7	Khaled Ayari		82'
MF	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 (Espérance ST)

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Bechirène (Algeria)
Bouabdalah Omari (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Mokhtar Amalou (Algeria)

Second leg

Espérance ST v Al-Ahly

17 November 2012
18:30 UTC+01:00

Espérance ST	1 – 2	Al-Ahly
N'Djeng 85'	Report	Geddo 43' Soliman 63'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

Espérance ST

Al-Ahly


GK	1	Moez Ben Cherifia	90'
DF	29	Walid Hichri
DF	12	Khalil Chemmam (c)
DF	20	Mohamed Ben Mansour	90+3'
MF	19	Khaled Mouelhi
MF	4	Houcine Ragued		73'
MF	18	Wajdi Bouazzi		56'
MF	13	Karim Aouadhi		46'
MF	3	Chaker Zouagi
MF	28	Youssef Msakni
FW	15	Yannick N'Djeng
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
DF	24	Ahmed Fathy
DF	6	Wael Gomaa
DF	12	Ahmad Shedid Qinawi
DF	23	Mohamed Nagieb
DF	14	Hossam Ghaly (c)	77'
MF	25	Hossam Ashour
MF	19	Abdallah Said
MF	11	Walid Soliman		71'
MF	18	Al-Sayed Hamdy		66'
FW	15	Geddo		88'
Substitutes:
FW	22	Mohamed Aboutrika		66'
DF	26	Dominique Da Silva		71'
MF	30	Ramy Rabia		88'
MF	8	Mohamed Barakat
FW	9	Emad Moteab
DF	2	Saad Samir
GK	16	Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud
Manager:
Hossam El-Badry

CAF's Man of the Match:
Al-Sayed Hamdy (Al-Ahly)

Assistant referees:
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Bouazza Rouani (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

References

↑ "Ahly and Esperance draw in Champions League final first leg". Confederation of African Football. 4 November 2012.
↑ "Al Ahly win record seventh CAF Champions League title". Confederation of African Football. 17 November 2012.
↑ "Ahly win seventh ACL crown". mtnfootball. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
↑ "Al Ahly dedicate triumph to tragic fans". FIFA.com. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
↑ "Disqualification of Etoile Sportive du Sahel from the 16th Edition of Orange CAF Champions League 2012" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 26 August 2012.
↑ "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

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