2024 CAF Champions League final

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2024 CAF Champions League final
Event2023–24 CAF Champions League
Espérance de Tunis Al Ahly
Tunisia Egypt
First leg
Espérance de Tunis Al Ahly
0 0
Date18 May 2024 (2024-05-18)
VenueStade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
RefereeMustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Attendance35,000
WeatherPartially covered
24 °C (75 °F)
64% humidity
Second leg
Al Ahly Espérance de Tunis
Date25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo
RefereeJean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
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The 2024 CAF Champions League final are the final matches of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League, the 60th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 28th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.[1][2]

Teams[edit]

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 Zone Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis UNAF (North Africa) 8 (1994, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
Egypt Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 16 (1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Venues[edit]

Stade Hammadi Agrebi in Tunis, Tunisia, hosted the first leg.
Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, will host the second leg.

Road to the final[edit]

Further information: 2023–24 CAF Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Tunisia Espérance de Tunis Round Egypt Al Ahly
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye First round Bye
Burkina Faso AS Douanes Burkina Faso 1–0 1–0 (A) 0–0 (H) Second round Ethiopia Saint George 7–0 3–0 (A) 4–0 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–0 (H) Matchday 1 Ghana Medeama 3–0 (H)
Sudan Al Hilal 1–3 (A) Matchday 2 Tanzania Young Africans 1–1 (A)
Angola Petro de Luanda 0–0 (H) Matchday 3 Algeria CR Belouizdad 0–0 (H)
Angola Petro de Luanda 0–0 (A) Matchday 4 Algeria CR Belouizdad 0–0 (A)
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–0 (A) Matchday 5 Ghana Medeama 1–0 (A)
Sudan Al Hilal 1–0 (H) Matchday 6 Tanzania Young Africans 1–0 (H)
Group C runners-up
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Angola Petro de Luanda 6 12
2 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 11
3 Sudan Al Hilal 6 5
4 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 4
Source: CAF
 Final standings Group D winners
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Egypt Al Ahly 6 12
2 Tanzania Young Africans 6 8
3 Algeria CR Belouizdad 6 8
4 Ghana Medeama 6 4
Source: CAF
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout stage Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–0 (4–2 p) 0–0 (H) 0–0 (A) Quarter-finals Tanzania Simba 3–0 1–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 1–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Semi-finals Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H)

Format[edit]

The final is being played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still tied, extra time will be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner.

Matches[edit]

First leg[edit]

Details[edit]

Espérance de Tunis Tunisia0–0Egypt Al Ahly
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Espérance de Tunis
Al Ahly
GK 1 Tunisia Amenallah Memmiche
DF 2 Tunisia Mohamed Ben Ali downward-facing red arrow 69'
DF 5 Tunisia Yassine Meriah
MF 8 Tunisia Houssem Tka downward-facing red arrow 69'
FW 9 Brazil Rodrigo Rodrigues Yellow card 70' downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
MF 10 Brazil Yan Sasse downward-facing red arrow 82'
DF 15 Algeria Mohamed Amine Tougai
FW 18 Algeria Houssam Ghacha
DF 20 Tunisia Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
MF 25 Tunisia Ghailene Chaalali (c)
MF 38 Togo Roger Aholou Yellow card 16'
Substitutes:
FW 11 Tunisia Oussama Bouguerra upward-facing green arrow 82'
GK 12 Tunisia Moez Ben Cherifia
DF 13 Tunisia Raed Bouchniba upward-facing green arrow 69'
DF 22 Tunisia Hani Amamou
FW 27 The Gambia Kebba Sowe
FW 29 Tunisia Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
MF 31 Tunisia Zakaria El Ayeb downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF 36 Nigeria Onuche Ogbelu downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
FW 37 Democratic Republic of the Congo André Bukia
Manager:
Portugal Miguel Cardoso
DF 5 Egypt Rami Rabia (c)
MF 8 Egypt Akram Tawfik
FW 10 South Africa Percy Tau downward-facing red arrow 81'
MF 13 Egypt Marwan Attia
FW 14 Egypt Hussein El Shahat
DF 21 Tunisia Ali Maâloul downward-facing red arrow 7'
MF 22 Egypt Emam Ashour downward-facing red arrow 81'
DF 24 Egypt Mohamed Abdelmonem
DF 30 Egypt Mohamed Hany Yellow card 39'
GK 31 Egypt Mostafa Shobeir
FW 39 State of Palestine Wessam Abou Ali
Substitutes:
GK 1 Egypt Mohamed El Shenawy
DF 4 Egypt Mahmoud Metwalli
DF 6 Egypt Yasser Ibrahim
FW 7 Egypt Mahmoud Kahraba
FW 12 Morocco Reda Slim upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 15 Mali Aliou Dieng
MF 19 Egypt Mohamed Magdy Afsha upward-facing green arrow 81'
FW 27 France Anthony Modeste
DF 28 Egypt Karim Fouad Yellow card 33' upward-facing green arrow 7'
Manager:
Switzerland Marcel Koller

Assistant referees:
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Video assistant referee:
Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)

Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.[note 1]

Statistics[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Al Ahly EgyptvTunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report

Assistant referees:
Souru Phatsoane (Lesotho)
Seydou Tiama (Burkina Faso)
Fourth official:
Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Video assistant referee:
Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)
Mohamed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)

Match rules

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Esperance edge past Sundowns in Pretoria to book final place". Confederation of African Football. 26 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Al Ahly stage late rally to defeat Mazembe and reach final". Confederation of African Football. 26 April 2024.

External links[edit]

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