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2024 CAF Champions League final

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]

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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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)
  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

 
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).

  Espérance de Tunis Round   Al Ahly
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
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Petro de Luanda 6 12
2   Espérance de Tunis 6 11
3   Al Hilal 6 5
4   Étoile du Sahel 6 4
Source: CAF
 Final standings Group D winners
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Al Ahly 6 12
2   Young Africans 6 8
3   CR Belouizdad 6 8
4   Medeama 6 4
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 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  0–0  Al Ahly
Report
Attendance: 35,000
 
 
 
 
 
Espérance de Tunis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Al Ahly
GK 1   Amenallah Memmiche
DF 2   Mohamed Ben Ali   69'
DF 5   Yassine Meriah
MF 8   Houssem Tka   69'
FW 9   Rodrigo Rodrigues   70'   90+2'
MF 10   Yan Sasse   82'
DF 15   Mohamed Amine Tougai
FW 18   Houssam Ghacha
DF 20   Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida   90+2'
MF 25   Ghailene Chaalali (c)
MF 38   Roger Aholou   16'
Substitutes:
FW 11   Oussama Bouguerra   82'
GK 12   Moez Ben Cherifia
DF 13   Raed Bouchniba   69'
DF 22   Hani Amamou
FW 27   Kebba Sowe
FW 29   Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda   90+2'
MF 31   Zakaria El Ayeb   69'
MF 36   Onuche Ogbelu   90+2'
FW 37   André Bukia
Manager:
  Miguel Cardoso
DF 5   Rami Rabia (c)
MF 8   Akram Tawfik
FW 10   Percy Tau   81'
MF 13   Marwan Attia
FW 14   Hussein El Shahat
DF 21   Ali Maâloul   7'
MF 22   Emam Ashour   81'
DF 24   Mohamed Abdelmonem
DF 30   Mohamed Hany   39'
GK 31   Mostafa Shobeir
FW 39   Wessam Abou Ali
Substitutes:
GK 1   Mohamed El Shenawy
DF 4   Mahmoud Metwalli
DF 6   Yasser Ibrahim
FW 7   Mahmoud Kahraba
FW 12   Reda Slim   81'
MF 15   Aliou Dieng
MF 19   Mohamed Magdy Afsha   81'
FW 27   Anthony Modeste
DF 28   Karim Fouad   33'   7'
Manager:
  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  v  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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