2002 CAF Champions League final

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2002 CAF Champions League Final
Cairo International Stadium.jpg
Cairo International Stadium hosted the podium where Zamalek lifted the trophy
Event 2002 CAF Champions League
Raja CA Zamalek
Flag of Morocco.svg Flag of Egypt.svg
01
Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate
First leg
Raja CA Zamalek
00
Date30 November 2002
Venue Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Attendance60,000
Second leg
Zamalek Raja CA
10
Date13 December 2002
Venue Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
CAF Man of the Match Hazem Emam (Zamalek)
Fans' Man of the Match Tamer Abdel Hamid (Zamalek)
Referee Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
Attendance67,310
WeatherClear
17 °C (63 °F)
59% humidity
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The 2002 CAF Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Friday, 13 December 2002 at 17:00 UTC (19:00 local time). The match was played at the Cairo Stadium, in Cairo, Egypt, to determine the winner of the 2002 CAF Champions League. The final was contested by Zamalek and Raja CA, making it an all-Arabic club final for the fifth time in the history of the competition . The game was won by Zamalek 1–0 by Abdelhamid's Goal, after a 0–0 draw in Casablanca.

Contents

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.

TeamRegionPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA UNAF (North Africa) 1989 , 1997 , 1999
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek UNAF (North Africa) 1984 , 1986 , 1993 , 1994, 1996

Background

Zamalek went into the Champions League final as champions of Egypt for the 11th time, and had lost just one Champions League game, the quarter-final second leg away to ASEC Mimosas. Raja also came first in their league. In the Moroccan League games between the two sides in the Champions League Final, They draw 0–0 at Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca, while Zamalek won 1–0 at Cairo Stadium in the return game on 13 December 2002.

Venues

Mohamed V Stadium

Mohamed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco hosted the first leg. Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca.jpg
Mohamed V Stadium in Casablanca, Morocco hosted the first leg.

Mohammed V Athletic Complex is situated in the heart of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, in the western part of the Maarif neighborhood. It was inaugurated March 6, 1955, and currently has a capacity of 67,000.

Often hosting the games of the Morocco national football team, the Mohammed V Stadium is equally known as the home of Wydad Casablanca and Raja CA. It is named after King Mohammed V of Morocco.

Mohammed V Stadium is located in the centre of Casablanca. The international airport of Casablanca is 25 kilometres from the stadium, and the Casa-Voyageurs rail station is 5 kilometres from the stadium. The stadium has a parking lot with a capacity of 1,000 cars.

It currently has a semi-artificial lawn of a high standard.

Cairo International Stadium

International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg. Cairo International Stadium.jpg
International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg.

Cairo International Stadium is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. [1] The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Zamalek SC currently use the Petro Sport Stadium for most of their home games and Al Ahly use Al Salam Stadium for most of their home games.

Road to final

Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Round Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Flag of The Gambia.svg Wallidan FC 5–2 2–1 (H) 3–1 (A)First round Flag of Rwanda.svg APR FC 6–0 6–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Étoile du Congo 5–3 3–0 (H) 2–3 (A)Second round Flag of Zambia.svg Nkana FC 3–1 2–0 (H) 1–1 (A)
OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg TP Mazembe 0–2 (A)Matchday 1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 3–1 (H)
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 2–1 (H)Matchday 2 Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Tunis 1–1 (A)
Flag of Senegal.svg Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 (A)Matchday 3 Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa do Sol 2–0 (A)
Flag of Senegal.svg Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 (H)Matchday 4 Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa do Sol 3–0 (H)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg TP Mazembe 1–0 (H)Matchday 5 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 0–1 (A)
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 3–3 (A)Matchday 6 Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Tunis 1–0 (H)

Group A Winner
Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca 6411108+213
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg TP Mazembe 631263+310
Flag of Senegal.svg Jeanne d'Arc 6204710−36
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 612379−25
Source: [ citation needed ]
Final standings

Group B Winner
Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 6411103+713
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 6402126+612
Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Tunis 631296+310
Flag of Mozambique.svg Costa do Sol 6006117−160
Source: [ citation needed ]
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnock-out stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 4–2 0–2 (A) 4–0 (H)Semifinals Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg TP Mazembe 3–1 1–1 (A) 2–0 (H)

Zamalek

In the first knockout round, Zamalek were won against APR FC, against whom they won the Home leg 6–0 while Hossam Hassan, Mohamed Abdel Wahed, Hazem Emam, Gamal Hamza and Mohamed Sabry scored the six goals. The Royal Club then drawn the second leg 0–0 to ensure a 6–0 aggregate win and a place in the second Round, where they were again won against Nkana.

The second Round matches represented the first time these two clubs had met in Africa . Zamalek went to Kitwe and secured a very creditable 2–0 win, before qualify to the Group stage of the Champions League, by drawing 0–0.

Zamalek were drawn in Group F along with ASEC Mimosas, Espérance and Costa do Sol. Zamalek won their first group game before securing a 1–1 draw away against Espérance, Zamalek as group winners and with the most points out of all the group winners, 13.

The semi-final pitted Zamalek against Mazembe; the teams had not met ever in the group stage of the Champions League tournament, the first time Zamalek won it. The first leg at the Stade de la Kenya was a drab affair, with Zamalek spending most of the game defending, whilst Mazembe tried to pass the ball around them. That was about as exciting as the first leg got for either team and it ended 1–1 thanks to a goal from Abdel Halim Ali. The second leg at Cairo Stadium was a game of higher tempo, which Zamalek won 2–0 and Hossam Hassan scored twice. This result increased Zamalek's consecutive home win record in the Champions League to 5 and ensured that Zamalek reached the final unbeaten except losing a match in the quarter-final second leg away against ASEC Mimosas .

Format

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). [2]

Matches

First leg

Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 0–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek
(Report)
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
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Raja CA
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Zamalek
Raja CA:
GK1 Flag of Morocco.svg Mustapha Chadli
CB4 Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelouahad Abdessamad
CB16 Flag of Morocco.svg El-Amine Erbate
CB23 Flag of Morocco.svg Noureddine Kacemi
RM8 Flag of Morocco.svg Abdellatif Jrindou
CM27 Flag of Morocco.svg Nabil Mesloub
CM29 Flag of Morocco.svg Zakaria Aboub Sub off.svg 60'
LM5 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Mohamed Ali Diallo Sub off.svg 77'
CM20 Flag of Morocco.svg Hamid Nater
CF11 Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham Aboucherouane
CF9 Flag of Cameroon.svg François Endene
Substitutes:
CM24 Flag of Morocco.svg Sami Tajeddine Sub on.svg 60'
FW30 Flag of Morocco.svg Omar Zoubit Sub on.svg 77'
Manager:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Walter Meeuws
Zamalek:
GK26 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel Wahed Al Sayed
RB2 Flag of Egypt.svg Ibrahim Hassan
CB5 Flag of Egypt.svg Besheer El-Tabei
CB15 Flag of Egypt.svg Wael El-Quabbani
CB1 Flag of Egypt.svg Mehdat Abdelhadi
LB13 Flag of Egypt.svg Tarek El-Sayed
CF10 Flag of Egypt.svg Walid Salah Abdel Latif
CM20 Flag of Egypt.svg Tamer Abdel Hamid
MF22 Flag of Egypt.svg Hossam Abdel Moniem Yellow card.svg ?'
CM11 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Aboul Ela Yellow card.svg ?'
CF9 Flag of Egypt.svg Hossam Hassan Yellow card.svg ?'Sub off.svg 89'
Substitutes:
FW24 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel Halim Ali Sub on.svg 89'
Manager:
Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Roberto Cabral

Assistant referees:
Amadou Diop (Senegal)
Sow Magueye (Senegal)

Second leg

Zamalek Flag of Egypt.svg 1–0 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA
Abdel Hamid Soccerball shade.svg45+4' (Report)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 67,310
Referee: Al-Shelmani (Libya)
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Raja CA
Zamalek:
GK26 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel Wahed Al Sayed
RB2 Flag of Egypt.svg Ibrahim Hassan Yellow card.svg 40'
CB1 Flag of Egypt.svg Mehdat Abdelhadi
CB5 Flag of Egypt.svg Besheer El-Tabei
CB15 Flag of Egypt.svg Wael El-Quabbani
LB13 Flag of Egypt.svg Tarek El-Sayed
CM20 Flag of Egypt.svg Tamer Abdel Hamid
CM11 Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Aboul Ela
CM14 Flag of Egypt.svg Hazem Emam (c)Sub off.svg 78'
CF10 Flag of Egypt.svg Walid Salah Abdel Latif Sub off.svg 82'
CF9 Flag of Egypt.svg Hossam Hassan
Substitutes:
FW24 Flag of Egypt.svg Abdel Halim Ali Sub on.svg 82'
MF22 Flag of Egypt.svg Hossam Abdel Moniem Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Roberto Cabral
Raja CA:
GK1 Flag of Morocco.svg Mustapha Chadli
CB4 Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelouahad Abdessamad Yellow card.svg 15'
CB8 Flag of Morocco.svg Abdellatif Jrindrou Yellow card.svg 19'
CB16 Flag of Morocco.svg El Amin Erbate Sub off.svg 80'
RM24 Flag of Morocco.svg Tajeddine Sami Yellow card.svg 58'Sub off.svg 64'
CM29 Flag of Morocco.svg Zakaria Aboub
CM27 Flag of Morocco.svg Nabil Masloub
LM23 Flag of Morocco.svg Noureddine Kacemi Yellow card.svg 60'
CM20 Flag of Morocco.svg Hamid Nater
CF9 Flag of Cameroon.svg François Endene
CF11 Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham Aboucherouane
Substitutes:
FW30 Flag of Morocco.svg Omar Zoubit Sub on.svg 80'
FW5 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Mohamed Ali Diallo Sub on.svg 64'
Manager:
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Walter Meeuws

Assistant referees:
Gamal El-Hawary (Libya)
Khaeri El-Magouri (Libya)

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References

  1. ↑ "International Cairo Stadium". www.cairo-stadium.org.eg. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  2. ↑ Regulations of the CAF Champions League
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