2004 CAF Champions League final

2004 CAF Champions League Final
	Abuja Stadium hosted the podium where Enyimba lifted the trophy
Event	2004 CAF Champions League
First leg
Date	4 December 2004
Venue	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee	Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Attendance	28,000
Second Leg
	After extra time ; Enyimba won 5–3 on penalties
Date	12 December 2004
Venue	Nigeria National Stadium, Abuja
Referee	Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Attendance	60,000
	← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2004 CAF Champions League.

It was a football tie held over two legs in December 2004 between Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia, and Enyimba of Nigeria.

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)
Étoile du Sahel	UNAF (North Africa)	none
Enyimba	WAFU (West Africa)	2003

Venues edit

Stade Olympique de Sousse edit

Stade Olympique in Sousse, Tunisia hosted the first leg.

Stade olympique de Sousse is a multi-purpose stadium in Sousse, Tunisia. It is used by the football team Étoile du Sahel, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 28,000 people. It hosts within it the meetings played by the football team of the city: Étoile sportive du Sahel (ESS).

For many decades, Sousse footballers knew only the clay surfaces and knew the turf surfaces only when the stadium was inaugurated with an initial capacity of 10,000 places. It passes over the years to 15,000 seats and is then expanded again on the occasion of the 1994 African Cup of Nations with 6,000 additional seats to reach a capacity of 21,000 seats; A luminous panel is installed at the same time. The last expansion was carried out in 1999 to bring the capacity of the stadium to 28,000 seats for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, a reorganization of the gallery of honor was carried out, from a capacity of 70 to 217 places.

It hosted 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1994 African Cup of Nations, 2001 Mediterranean Games and 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Abuja National Stadium edit

National Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria hosted the second leg.

Abuja National Stadium, Abuja is a multipurpose national sports stadium located in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The stadium serves as a home to the Nigerian national football team, as well as a center for various social, cultural, and religious events. The Federal Government of Nigeria approved the contract for the construction of the National Stadium complex and Games Village on 18 July 2000. The stadium was constructed to host the 8th All Africa Games which took place in October 2003.

In fact, CAF refused to hold the match in the city of Aba, the stronghold of Enyimba, because it did not comply with the CAF standards adopted for the stadiums. Enyimba announced that the African Champions League final will be played in the National Stadium of Lagos, but the Confederation of African Football has announced the transfer of the match from Lagos to the Nigerian capital Abuja.

Road to final edit

Étoile du Sahel

Round

Enyimba

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Qualifying rounds

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Hassania Agadir

2–0

2–0 (H)

0–0 (A)

First round

ASC Diaraf

3–2

3–0 (H)

0–2 (A)

Hearts of Oak

1–1 (5-4 p)

0–1 (A)

1–0 (H)

Second round

Petro Atlético

3–2

1–1 (H)

2–1 (A)

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Bakili Bullets

1–0 (A)

Matchday 1

Africa Sports National

3–0 (A)

Africa Sports National

2–0 (H)

Matchday 2

Bakili Bullets

6–0 (H)

Enyimba

1–0 (H)

Matchday 3

Étoile du Sahel

0–1 (A)

Enyimba

1–1 (A)

Matchday 4

Étoile du Sahel

1–1 (H)

Bakili Bullets

1–1 (H)

Matchday 5

Africa Sports National

0–1 (H)

Africa Sports National

2–3 (A)

Matchday 6

Bakili Bullets

1–1 (A)

Group A Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Enyimba	6	2	2	2	11	4	+7	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Africa Sports National	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	5
4	Bakili Bullets	6	1	3	2	5	11	−6	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final standings

Group A Runner-up
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Enyimba	6	2	2	2	11	4	+7	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Africa Sports National	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	5
4	Bakili Bullets	6	1	3	2	5	11	−6	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knock-out stage

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Jeanne d'Arc

4–2

1–2 (A)

3–0 (H)

Semifinals

ES Tunis

2–2 (6-5 p)

1–1 (H)

1–1 (A)

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).^[1]

Matches edit

First leg edit

4 December 2004

17:00 UTC+1

Étoile du Sahel	2–1	Enyimba
Mhadhbi 44' (pen.) Traoré 53'		Nwanna 15'

Stade Olympique, Sousse

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

Etoile du Sahel

Enyimba


GK	16	Austin Ejide
DF	27	Oumar Kalabane
DF	14	Kais Zouaghi
DF	15	Lotfi Sellami	72'
DF	5	Mohamed Miladi	88'
MF	26	Hakim Bargui
MF	6	Ahmed Hammi
MF	7	Zoubeir Baya
MF	25	Imed Mhadhbi	64'
MF	12	Emeka Opara
FW	30	Kandia Traoré
Substitutes:
GK	8	Mohamed Jedidi	64'
DF	28	Marouane Bokri	88'
Manager:
Abdelmajid Chetali


GK	1	Vincent Enyeama
DF	4	Musa Aliyu
DF	3	Obinna Nwaneri
DF	7	Yusuf Mohamed
DF	13	Ajibade Omolade
MF	6	Jerome Ezoba
MF	8	Ekene Ezenwa	81'
MF	29	David Tyavkase
FW	28	Mouritala Ogunbiyi	89'
FW	26	Onyekachi Okonkwo	31'
FW	23	Emeka Nwanna	47'
Substitutes:
GK	14	Damien Udeh [fr]	47'
DF	10	Eric Fasindo	81'
DF	21	Joetex Frimpong	89'
Manager:
Okey Emordi

Assistant referees:
Olivier Safari Kabene (DR Congo)
Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan)
Fourth official:
Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Second leg edit

12 December 2004

15:00 UTC±0

Enyimba	2–1	Étoile du Sahel
Enyeama 43' (pen.) Ogunbiyi 53'	Report	Zouaghi 63'
Penalties
Ezoba Aliyu Ezenwa Udeh Yusuf	5–3	Miladi Ben Frej Traoré Baya

Nigeria National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Enyimba

Etoile du Sahel


GK	1	Vincent Enyeama		90'
DF	4	Musa Aliyu
DF	3	Obinna Nwaneri	54'
DF	7	Yusuf Mohamed
DF	13	Ajibade Omolade
MF	14	Damian Udeh
MF	6	Jerome Ezoba
MF	?	Ndidi Anumnu
MF	23	Emeka Nwanna		80'
FW	29	David Tyavkase
FW	28	Mouritala Ogunbiyi
Substitutes:
GK	?	Dele Aiyenugba		90'
DF	8	Ekene Ezenwa		80'
FW	21	Joetex Frimpong
Manager:
Okey Emordi


GK	16	Austin Ejide
DF	27	Oumar Kalabane
DF	13	Saber Ben Frej
DF	5	Mohamed Miladi
DF	?	Marouane Bokri
MF	7	Zoubeir Baya
MF	6	Ahmed Hammi
MF	?	Mejdi Traoui	60'
MF	25	Imed Mhadhbi
MF	30	Kandia Traoré
FW	14	Kais Zouaghi	47'
Substitutes:
MF	26	Hakim Bargui	60'
FW	?	Ogochukwu Obiakor
Manager:
Abdelmajid Chetali

Assistant referees:
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Marwa Range (Kenya)
Fourth official:
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Notes and references edit

^ Regulations of the CAF Champions League

External links edit

2004 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com

[regulations-1] Regulations of the CAF Champions League

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