| 2012 CAF Champions League Final | |
| Event: | 2012 CAF Champions League |
| Team1: | Al Ahly |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team1score: | 3 |
| Team2: | ES Tunis |
| Team2association: |  |
| Team2score: | 2 |
| Details: | on aggregate |
| Firstleg: | First leg |
| Team1score1: | 1 |
| Team2score1: | 1 |
| Date1: | 4 November 2012 |
| Stadium1: | Borg El Arab Stadium |
| City1: | Alexandria |
| Man Of The Match1a: | Moez Ben Cherifia (ES Tunis) |
| Referee1: | Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) |
| Secondleg: | Second Leg |
| Team1score2: | 2 |
| Team2score2: | 1 |
| Date2: | 17 November 2012 |
| Stadium2: | Stade Olympique de Radès |
| City2: | Tunis |
| Man Of The Match2a: | Al-Sayed Hamdy (Al Ahly) |
| Referee2: | Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco) |
| Previous: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2013 |
The 2012 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2012 CAF Champions League, the 48th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 16th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.
The final was played between Al Ahly from Egypt and ES Tunis from Tunisia. Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate (first leg: 1–1; second leg: 2–1) to win a record seventh title.[1] [2] As the winner of the 2012 CAF Champions League, they qualified for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup as the African representative, as well as participating in the 2013 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup.[3] [4]
| Team | Region | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahly | UNAF (North Africa) | 1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 | |
| ES Tunis | UNAF (North Africa) | 1994, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011 |
| Al Ahly | Round | ES Tunis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Qualifying rounds | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Bye | Preliminary round | Bye | |||||||
 Ethiopian Coffee | 3–0 | 0–0 (A) | 3–0 (H) | First round | Brikama United | 4–2 | 1–1 (A) | 3–1 (H) | |
 Stade Malien | 3–2 | 0–1 (A) | 3–1 (H) | Second round | Dynamos | 7–1 | 6–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) | |
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | |||||
 TP Mazembe | 2–1 (H) | Matchday 1 |  Sunshine Stars | 2–0 (A) | |||||
| Zamalek | 1–0 (A) | Matchday 2 | ASO Chlef | 3–2 (H) | |||||
 Berekum Chelsea | 4–1 (H) | Matchday 3 | Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 (H) cancelled† | |||||
| Berekum Chelsea | 1–1 (A) | Matchday 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 2–0 (A) cancelled† | |||||
| TP Mazembe | 0–2 (A) | Matchday 5 | Sunshine Stars | 1–0 (H) | |||||
| Zamalek | 1–1 (H) | Matchday 6 | ASO Chlef | 0–1 (A) | |||||
| Final standings | |||||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knock-out stage | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
| Sunshine Stars | 4–3 | 3–3 (A) | 1–0 (H) | Semifinals | TP Mazembe | 1–0 | 0–0 (A) | 1–0 (H) | |
The final is decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule applied, and if still level, the tie proceed directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[6]
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| CAF's Man of the Match: Moez Ben Cherifia (ES Tunis)
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| CAF's Man of the Match: El Sayed Hamdy (Al Ahly)
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