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 ES Tunis 0 0
Raja CA won 4–3 on penalties
First leg
Raja CA ES Tunis 0 0
Date	27 November 1999
Venue	Stade Père Jégo, Casablanca
Referee	Mathabella Petros (South Africa)
Attendance	10 000
Second leg
ES Tunis Raja CA 0 0
Date	12 December 1999
Venue	2000 →

The 1999 CAF Champions League Final was a

Qualified teams

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

Stade Père Jégo

Stade Père Jégo is a

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

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

It is built to host the

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

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

The final was decided over

Matches

First leg

Second leg

References