2024 CAF Champions League final explained

2024 CAF Champions League final
Team1:Espérance de Tunis
Team1association:
Team1score:0
Team2:Al Ahly
Team2association:
Team2score:1
Firstleg:First leg
Team1score1:0
Team2score1:0
Stadium1:Stade Hammadi Agrebi
City1:Tunis
Referee1:Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Attendance1:35,000
Weather1:Partially covered
24°C
64% humidity
Secondleg:Second leg
Team1score2:0
Team2score2:1
Stadium2:Cairo International Stadium
City2:Cairo
Referee2:Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Attendance2:52,000
Weather2:Clear weather with some clouds
29°C
26% humidity
Previous:2023
Next:2025

The 2024 CAF Champions League final were 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]

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.

TeamZonePrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Espérance de TunisUNAF (North Africa)8 (1994, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
Al AhlyUNAF (North Africa)16 (1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Espérance de TunisRound Al Ahly
Opponent1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponent1st leg2nd leg
ByeFirst roundBye
AS Douanes Burkina Faso1–01–0 (A)0–0 (H)Second round Saint George7–03–0 (A)4–0 (H)
OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult
Étoile du Sahel2–0 (H)Matchday 1 Medeama3–0 (H)
Al Hilal1–3 (A)Matchday 2 Young Africans1–1 (A)
Petro de Luanda0–0 (H)Matchday 3 CR Belouizdad0–0 (H)
Petro de Luanda0–0 (A)Matchday 4 CR Belouizdad0–0 (A)
Étoile du Sahel2–0 (A)Matchday 5 Medeama1–0 (A)
Al Hilal1–0 (H)Matchday 6 Young Africans1–0 (H)
Group C runners-upFinal standingsGroup D winners
Opponent1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponent1st leg2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas0–0 0–0 (H)0–0 (A)Quarter-finals Simba3–01–0 (A)2–0 (H)
Mamelodi Sundowns2–01–0 (H)1–0 (A)Semi-finals TP Mazembe3–00–0 (A)3–0 (H)

Format

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

Matches

First leg

Details

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GK1 Amenallah Memmiche
DF2
DF5 Yassine Meriah
MF8
FW9
MF10
DF15 Mohamed Amine Tougai
FW18 Houssam Ghacha
DF20
MF25 Ghailene Chaalali (c)
MF38
Substitutes:
FW11
GK12 Moez Ben Cherifia
DF13
DF22 Hani Amamou
FW27 Kebba Sowe
FW29
MF31
MF36
FW37 André Bukia
Manager:
Miguel Cardoso
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DF5 Ramy Rabia (c)
MF8 Akram Tawfik
FW10
MF13 Marwan Attia
FW14 Hussein El Shahat
DF21
MF22
DF24 Mohamed Abdelmonem
DF30
GK31 Mostafa Shobeir
FW39 Wessam Abou Ali
Substitutes:
GK1 Mohamed El Shenawy
DF4 Mahmoud Metwalli
DF6 Yasser Ibrahim
FW7 Mahmoud Kahraba
FW12
MF15 Aliou Dieng
MF19
FW27 Anthony Modeste
DF28
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.

Statistics

First half
StatisticEspérance de TunisAl Ahly
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots52
scope=rowShots on target00
scope=rowSaves00
scope=rowBall possession55%45%
scope=rowCorner kicks01
scope=rowOffsides10
scope=rowYellow cards12
scope=rowRed cards00
Second half
StatisticEspérance de TunisAl Ahly
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots58
scope=rowShots on target01
scope=rowSaves10
scope=rowBall possession49%51%
scope=rowCorner kicks02
scope=rowOffsides11
scope=rowYellow cards10
scope=rowRed cards00
Overall
StatisticEspérance de TunisAl Ahly
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots1010
scope=rowShots on target01
scope=rowSaves10
scope=rowBall possession52%48%
scope=rowCorner kicks03
scope=rowOffsides21
scope=rowYellow cards22
scope=rowRed cards00

Second leg

Details

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DF5 Ramy Rabia (c)
DF8 Akram Tawfik
FW10
MF13
FW14
MF22
DF24 Mohamed Abdelmonem
DF28 Karim Fouad
DF30 Mohamed Hany
GK31 Mostafa Shobeir
FW39
Substitutes:
GK1 Mohamed El Shenawy
DF6
FW7
MF11 Ahmed Abdel Kader
FW12 Reda Slim
MF15
MF19
FW27 Anthony Modeste
FW29
Manager:
Marcel Koller
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GK1 Amenallah Memmiche
DF2
DF5 Yassine Meriah
MF8
FW9 Rodrigo Rodrigues
MF10
DF15 Mohamed Amine Tougai
FW18
DF20
MF25 Ghailene Chaalali (c)
MF38
Substitutes:
FW11
GK12 Moez Ben Cherifia
DF13
DF22 Hani Amamou
MF23 Ghaith Ouahabi
FW29
MF31 Zakaria El Ayeb
MF36
FW37
Manager:
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

Statistics

First half
StatisticAl AhlyEspérance de Tunis
scope=rowGoals scored10
scope=rowTotal shots70
scope=rowShots on target10
scope=rowSaves00
scope=rowBall possession51%49%
scope=rowCorner kicks40
scope=rowOffsides00
scope=rowYellow cards01
scope=rowRed cards00
Second half
StatisticAl AhlyEspérance de Tunis
scope=rowGoals scored00
scope=rowTotal shots45
scope=rowShots on target11
scope=rowSaves11
scope=rowBall possession31%69%
scope=rowCorner kicks31
scope=rowOffsides00
scope=rowYellow cards03
scope=rowRed cards00
Overall
StatisticAl AhlyEspérance de Tunis
scope=rowGoals scored10
scope=rowTotal shots115
scope=rowShots on target21
scope=rowSaves11
scope=rowBall possession41%59%
scope=rowCorner kicks71
scope=rowOffsides00
scope=rowYellow cards04
scope=rowRed cards00

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Esperance edge past Sundowns in Pretoria to book final place . Confederation of African Football . 26 April 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: Al Ahly stage late rally to defeat Mazembe and reach final . Confederation of African Football . 26 April 2024 . en.