2006 CAF Champions League final

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2006 CAF Champions League Final
7 November Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event2006 CAF Champions League
Al-Ahly
 CS Sfaxien
Egypt Tunisia
2 1
on aggregate
First leg
Al-Ahly
 CS Sfaxien
1 1
Date29 October 2006
Venue
Gambia
)
Attendance74,000
Second leg
CS Sfaxien
Al-Ahly
0 1
Date11 November 2006
Venue
2007
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The 2006 CAF Champions League Final was a

Al-Ahly of Egypt beat CS Sfaxien of Tunisia
2-1.

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)
Egypt Al Ahly
UNAF (North Africa)
2005
Tunisia CS Sfaxien
UNAF (North Africa)
 none

Background

2005) and losing one (1983) while CS Sfaxien
reached the final for the first time ever. Both teams met in the Group stage, with each victorious in their home matches - CS Sfaxien winning 1–0, while Al Ahly won 2–1. Both teams qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday. In the semifinals CS Sfaxien defeated Orlando Pirates 1–0 on aggregate, winning the second leg at home by that score, with the first leg ending in a scoreless draw. Al Ahly faced ASEC Mimosas from Ivory Coast and won the first leg 2–0 at home. In the second leg, Al Ahly lost 1–2 but reached the final.

Venues

Cairo International Stadium

International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the first leg.

Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use

Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium
for most of their home games.

7 November Stadium

7 November Stadium in Radès, Tunisia hosted the second leg.

7 November Stadium is a

football matches and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium holds 60,000 and was built in 2001 for the 2001 Mediterranean Games and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa. The stadium was built for the 2001 Mediterranean Games
, the 60,000-seat covered area covers 13,000 m2 and consists of a central area, 3 adjoining grounds, 2 warm-up rooms, 2 paintings and an official stand of 7,000 seats. The press gallery is equipped with 300 desks.

Stade El Menzah. It is also the stadium of Tunisia national football team
since 2001.

This stadium has hosted matches of the 2004 African Cup of Nations which was won by the Tunisian team.

The management of CS Sfaxien confirmed that it was necessary to transfer the match from the

Stade Taïeb Mhiri in Sfax
, which was held by all the matches of the team in the African competition this season to the Radès Stadium, because the capacity of the Radès Stadium is 60,000 spectators, while the capacity of the Stade Taïeb Mhiri does not exceed 20,000, which is what confirms the organization of the match on the field of the stadium of Sfax was difficult.

Road to the final

Further information: 2006 CAF Champions League

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Egypt Al-Ahly Round Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye Preliminary round Niger AS-FNIS 7–1 3–1 (A) 4–0 (H)
Tusker FC
 5–0 2–0 (A) 3–0 (H) First round
DC Motema Pembe
 2–1 1–1 (H) 1–0 (A)
Equatorial Guinea Renacimiento FC 4–0 0–0 (A) 4–0 (A) Second round
FAR Rabat
 2–1 1–1 (H) 1–0 (A)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0–1 (A) Matchday 1
Al-Ahly
 1–0 (H)
Algeria JS Kabylie 2–0 (H) Matchday 2
Asante Kotoko
 2–4 (A)
Asante Kotoko
 0–0 (A) Matchday 3 Algeria JS Kabylie 1–0 (A)
Asante Kotoko
 4–0 (H) Matchday 4 Algeria JS Kabylie 2–0 (H)
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2–1 (H) Matchday 5
Al-Ahly
 1–2 (A)
Algeria JS Kabylie 2–2 (A) Matchday 6
Asante Kotoko
 2–1 (H)
Group A runner-up

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 8
3
Asante Kotoko
 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 5
4 Algeria JS Kabylie 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
 Final standings Group A winner

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 8
3
Asante Kotoko
 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 5
4 Algeria JS Kabylie 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knock-out stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 3–2 2–0 (H) 1–2 (A) Semifinals
Orlando Pirates
 1–0 0–0 (A) 0–1 (H)

Format

The final was decided over

extra time is played).[2]

Matches

First leg

18:00 GMT
Al-Ahly Egypt1–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Aboutrika 27' Report
Frimpong
53'
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
Al-Ahly
CS Sfaxien
GK 1 Egypt Essam El Hadary
DF 26 Egypt Wael Gomaa
DF 7 Egypt Shady Mohamed
DF 6 Egypt Mohamed Sedik
DF 29
Ahmed Shedid
 downward-facing red arrow 71'
DF 25 Egypt Hossam Ashour
MF 17 Egypt Mohamed Shawky
MF 22 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
MF 8 Egypt Mohamed Barakat downward-facing red arrow 81'
MF 23 Angola Flávio
FW 19
Emad Meteb
 downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutes:
FW 2 Egypt Islam El-Shater upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF 24 Egypt Ahmed Hassan upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 10 Egypt Wael Riad upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Portugal Manuel José
GK 1 Tunisia Ahmed Jaouachi
DF 4
Wissem Abdi
 Yellow card
DF 26 Tunisia Issam Merdassi
DF 7 Tunisia Fateh Gharbi
DF 2 Tunisia Amir Haj Massaoud
DF 25
Chedi Hammami
MF 17 Tunisia Anis Boujelbene
MF 5
Haythem Mrabet
MF 8 Tunisia Abdelkarim Nafti
MF 22 Ghana Joetex Asamoah Frimpong downward-facing red arrow 90'
FW 23 Tunisia Tarek Ziadi downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
MF 9 Ivory Coast Blaise Kouassi upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW 6 Tunisia Chaker Bargaoui upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Tunisia Mrad Mahjoub

Assistant referees:
Lamine Camara (Gambia)
Hday Menah (Gambia)
Fourth official:
Sadek Abd Nabi (Egypt)

Second leg

CS Sfaxien Tunisia0–1Egypt Al-Ahly
Report Aboutrika 90+2'
Stade 7 November, Tunis
Attendance: 60,000
)
CS Sfaxien
Al Ahly
GK 1 Tunisia Ahmed Jaouachi
DF 4 Tunisia Bechir Mechergui
DF 26 Tunisia Issam Merdassi
DF 7 Tunisia Fateh Gharbi Yellow card
DF 2 Tunisia Amir Haj Massaoud
DF 25
Chedi Hammami
 downward-facing red arrow 90+5'
MF 17 Tunisia Anis Boujelbene Yellow card
MF 5
Haythem Mrabet
MF 8 Tunisia Abdelkarim Nafti
MF 22 Ghana Joetex Asamoah Frimpong
FW 23 Tunisia Tarek Ziadi downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutes:
MF 9 Ivory Coast Blaise Kouassi upward-facing green arrow 95'
FW 6
Hamza Younes
 upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Tunisia Mrad Mahjoub
GK 1 Egypt Essam El Hadary
DF 26 Egypt Wael Gomaa
DF 7 Egypt Shady Mohamed
DF 6 Egypt Mohamed Sedik downward-facing red arrow 71'
DF 29
Ahmed Shedid
DF 25 Egypt Mohamed Abdallah downward-facing red arrow 64'
MF 17 Egypt Hossam Ashour
MF 22 Ghana Akwetey Mensah downward-facing red arrow 43'
MF 8 Egypt Hassan Mostafa downward-facing red arrow 81'
MF 23 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
FW 19
Flávio
Substitutes:
FW 2
Emad Meteb
 upward-facing green arrow 43'
MF 24 Egypt Islam El-Shater upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 10 Egypt Wael Riad upward-facing green arrow 71'
Manager:
Portugal Manuel José

Assistant referees:
Hong Adogovi (Benin)
Shanti Adrian (Benin)
Fourth official:
Jalloul Azouz (Tunisia)

Notes and references

  1. ^ "International Cairo Stadium". www.cairo-stadium.org.eg. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ^ Regulations of the CAF Champions League
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