1999 CAF Champions League final

1999 CAF Champions League Final
	El Menzah Stadium hosted the podium where Raja CA lifted the trophy
Event	1999 CAF Champions League
	Raja CA won 4–3 on penalties
First leg
Date	27 November 1999
Venue	Stade Père Jégo, Casablanca
Referee	Mathabella Petros (South Africa)
Attendance	10 000
Second leg
Date	12 December 1999
Venue	Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee	Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)
Attendance	50 000
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The 1999 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in November and December 1999. Raja CA of Morocco beat ES Tunis of Tunisia on penalties after their two-legged tie ended goalless.^[1]

Qualified 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	Region	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Raja CA	UNAF (North Africa)	1989, 1997
ES Tunis	UNAF (North Africa)	1994

Venues edit

Stade Père Jégo edit

Stade Père Jégo is a multi-purpose stadium in Casablanca, Morocco. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Racing Casablanca.

The stadium currently holds 10,000 spectators.^[2]

Raja CA was forced to play the first leg of the final match on this stadium, due to the start of renovation at Mohammed V Stadium in view of Morocco's bid for the organization of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, green and red seats were installed on the side stands limiting its capacity to 45,891 seats without counting South (Magana) and North (Frimija) turns which have no seat.

Stade El Menzah edit

Stade El Menzah in Tunis, Tunisia hosted the second leg.

Stade Olympique El Menzah is a multi-purpose stadium, located in the north of Tunis, Tunisia.

It is built to host the 1967 Mediterranean Games at the same time as the Olympic swimming pool and gymnasium. Since then, it is an integral part of Tunisia's main sports complex. Tunisia's three major football teams, ES Tunis, Club Africain and Stade Tunisien played their games there. The stadium is completely renovated for the 1994 African Cup of Nations. It has a capacity of 39,858 seats.^[3] The VIP section consists of a grandstand and 2 salons that can accommodate 300 people in a "cocktail" configuration.

Road to final edit

Raja CA

Round

ES Tunis

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Qualifying rounds

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

ASEC Ndiambour

4–1

0–1 (A)

4–0 (H)

First round

Al-Mahalah

4–1

2–1 (A)

2–0 (H)

Djoliba AC

3–3 (7-6 p)

2–1 (H)

1–2 (A)

Second round

Al-Hilal

8–3

5–0 (H)

3–3 (A)

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Hearts of Oak

1–0 (H)

Matchday 1

ASEC Mimosas

3–0 (H)

Al Ahly

1–0 (A)

Matchday 2

Dynamos Harare

2–0 (A)

Shooting Stars

1–0 (H)

Matchday 3

SS Saint-Louisienne

5–0 (H)

Shooting Stars

0–1 (A)

Matchday 4

SS Saint-Louisienne

2–0 (A)

Hearts of Oak

0–0 (A)

Matchday 5

ASEC Mimosas

0–1 (A)

Al Ahly

1–1 (H)

Matchday 6

Dynamos Harare

1–0 (H)

Group A Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Raja Casablanca	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	11	Final
2	Al Ahly	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10
3	Hearts of Oak	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
4	Shooting Stars	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final standings

Group B Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ES Tunis	6	5	0	1	13	1	+12	15	Final
2	ASEC Mimosas	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10
3	Dynamos Harare	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	6
4	SS Saint-Louisienne	6	1	1	4	4	17	−13	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Format edit

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).^[4]