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.

2012 CAF Champions League Final

7 November Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event	2012 CAF Champions League
Al Ahly ES Tunis 3 2
on aggregate
First leg
Al Ahly ES Tunis 1 1
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
ES Tunis Al Ahly 1 2
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.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4]

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

Further information: 2012 CAF Champions League

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.^[5]

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).^[6]

First leg

Al Ahly	1–1	ES Tunis
Hamdy 88'	Report	Hichri 49'

4 November 2012

19:00 UTC+02:00

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

ES Tunis	1–2	Al Ahly
N'Djeng 85'	Report	Gedo 43' Soliman 63'

17 November 2012

18:30 UTC+01:00

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)