The 2024 CAF Champions League final were 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]
Event | 2023–24 CAF Champions League | ||||||
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Date | 18 May 2024 | ||||||
Venue | Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis | ||||||
Referee | Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) | ||||||
Attendance | 35,000 | ||||||
Weather | Partially covered 24 °C (75 °F) 64% humidity | ||||||
Second leg | |||||||
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Date | 25 May 2024 | ||||||
Venue | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo | ||||||
Referee | Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo) | ||||||
Attendance | 52,000 | ||||||
Weather | Clear weather with some clouds 29 °C (84 °F) 26% humidity | ||||||
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) |
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Espérance de Tunis | UNAF (North Africa) | 8 (1994, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019) |
Al Ahly | UNAF (North Africa) | 16 (1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
Venues edit
Road to the final edit
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
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Opponent | Agg | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Qualifying rounds | Opponent | Agg | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bye | First round | Bye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AS Douanes Burkina Faso | 1–0 | 1–0 (A) | 0–0 (H) | Second round | Saint George | 7–0 | 3–0 (A) | 4–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Étoile du Sahel | 2–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | Medeama | 3–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Hilal | 1–3 (A) | Matchday 2 | Young Africans | 1–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Petro de Luanda | 0–0 (H) | Matchday 3 | CR Belouizdad | 0–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Petro de Luanda | 0–0 (A) | Matchday 4 | CR Belouizdad | 0–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Étoile du Sahel | 2–0 (A) | Matchday 5 | Medeama | 1–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Al Hilal | 1–0 (H) | Matchday 6 | Young Africans | 1–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group C runners-up
Source: CAF |
Final standings | Group D winners
Source: CAF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opponent | Agg | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout stage | Opponent | Agg | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ASEC Mimosas | 0–0 (4–2 p) | 0–0 (H) | 0–0 (A) | Quarter-finals | Simba | 3–0 | 1–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mamelodi Sundowns | 2–0 | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (A) | Semi-finals | TP Mazembe | 3–0 | 0–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) |
Format edit
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.
Matches edit
First leg edit
Details edit
Espérance de Tunis
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Al Ahly
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Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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Statistics edit
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Second leg edit
Details edit
Al Ahly
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Espérance de Tunis
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Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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Statistics edit
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See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "Esperance edge past Sundowns in Pretoria to book final place". Confederation of African Football. 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Al Ahly stage late rally to defeat Mazembe and reach final". Confederation of African Football. 26 April 2024.
External links edit
- TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2023/2024, CAFonline.com