2007 CAF Champions League

2007 CAF Champions League
Confederation of African Football Champions League
Dates	February–16 November
Teams	(from CAF confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Étoile du Sahel
Runners-up	Al-Ahly
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Mabi Mputu

The 2007 CAF Champions League was the 11th occurrence of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competition in Africa. Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al-Ahly of Egypt 3–1 in a two-legged final.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

The 1st legs were played on 26–28 January 2007.
The 2nd legs were played on 9–11 February 2007.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Highlanders	1–1 (9–8 p)	Pamplemousses SC	1–0	0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns	6–2	Royal Leopards	4–2	2–0
JS Saint-Pierroise	w/o	Grupo Desportivo de Maputo	¹
El Zamalek	5–1	Vital'O FC	4–1	1–0
Al-Hilal	6–0	Polisi	4–0	2–0
Asante Kotoko	1–1 (2–4 p)	Gambia Ports Authority	1–0	0–1
ASFA Yennenga	1–3	Nasarawa United	1–1	0–2
Fello Star	0–4	Sporting Clube da Praia	0–1	0–3²
ASC Diaraf	1–2	Maranatha	1–0	0–2
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo	1–4	APR FC	1–2	0–2
USM Alger	3–3 (a)	AS-FNIS	3–1	0–2
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	4–0	Mogas 90 FC	3–0	1–0
Canon Yaoundé	1–2	Étoile du Congo	1–0	0–2
Saint-George SA	w/o	Super ESCOM	³
Wydad Casablanca	5–2	ASC Mauritel Mobile FC	4–0	1–2
Stade Malien	1–4 ⁴	AS Douanes	1–2	0–2
Ocean Boys FC	0–1	Kallon	0–0	0–1
Atlético Petróleos Luanda	2–1	FC Civics	1–0	1–1
Young Africans FC	5–1	AJSM	5–1	⁵
Likhopo	0–1	Zanaco FC	0–0	0–1
Espérance ST	6–1	Renaissance FC	4–0	2–1
Renacimiento FC	0–2	Ashanti Gold SC	0–1	0–1
TP Mazembe	7–2	Police XI	3–0	4–2
AS ADEMA	3–0	Anse Réunion FC	0–0	3–0
JS Kabylie	5–2	Clube de Futebol "Os Balantas"	3–1	2–1
CD Primeiro de Agosto	1–2	AS Mangasport	0–1	1–1
Coton Sport FC	3–0	Uganda Revenus Authority SC	3–0	0–0
Séwé Sports	3–2	Mighty Barolle	3–1	0–1

¹ JS Saint-Pierroise withdrew due to high travel costs; they were banned from AFC competitions for three years and fined $3500.
² Sporting Clube da Praia refused to travel due to civil unrest and a violent general strike in Guinea.
³ Super ESCOM withdrew.
⁴ AS Douanes were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
⁵ The tie was played over one leg because AGSM did not have an international-standard ground.

First Round

1st legs were played on 2–4 March 2007.
2nd legs were played on 16–18 March 2007.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Highlanders	0–2	Al-Ahly	0–0	0–2
Grupo Desportivo de Maputo	1–3	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1	0–2
Al-Hilal	4–2	El Zamalek	2–0	2–2
Nasarawa United	4–2	Gambia Ports Authority	3–0	1–2
Fello Star	1–5	Etoile du Sahel	0–1	1–4
APR FC	2–2	Maranatha	2–0	0–2¹
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	5–1	AS-FNIS	4–1	1–0
Saint-George SA	1–2	Étoile du Congo	1–0	0–2
Stade Malien	1–3	Wydad Casablanca	0–0	1–3
Kallon	1–3	ASEC Mimosas	0–1	1–2
Young Africans FC	3–2	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	3–0	0–2
Espérance ST	6–1	Zanaco FC	2–0	4–1
Ashanti Gold SC	2–2 (6–7 p)	FAR Rabat	2–0	0–2
AS ADEMA	3–5	TP Mazembe	2–2	1–4
AS Mangasport	3–4	JS Kabylie	3–1	0–3
Séwé Sports	1–4	Coton Sport FC	1–0	0–4

¹The match was abandoned in the 82nd minute with Maranatha leading 2-0 after APR FC walked off protesting a penalty award against them; APR FC were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years.

Second round

1st legs were played on 6–8 April 2007.
2nd legs were played on 20–22 April 2007.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mamelodi Sundowns	2–4	Al-Ahly	2–2	0–2
Nasarawa United	3–3 (2–3 p)	Al-Hilal	3–0	0–3
Maranatha	0–3	Etoile du Sahel	0–0	0–3
Étoile du Congo	3–3 (a)	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	3–1	0–2
ASEC Mimosas	2–0	Wydad Casablanca	2–0	0–0
Espérance ST	3–0	Young Africans FC	3–0	0–0
TP Mazembe	1–2	FAR Rabat	1–0	0–2
Coton Sport FC	1–2	JS Kabylie	1–0	0–2

Group stage

	Teams qualified for next phase

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Etoile du Sahel	11	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4
Al Ittihad	10	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2
JS Kabylie	7	6	2	1	3	6	8	-2
FAR Rabat	5	6	1	2	3	2	6	-2

Al Ittihad v JS Kabylie

June 22, 2007
21:00 EET

Al Ittihad	1–0	JS Kabylie
Camara 83'	(Report)

June 11 Stadium, Libya
Attendance: 25 000
Referee: Sowe (GAM)

FAR Rabat v Etoile du Sahel

June 23, 2007
20:00 WET

FAR Rabat	0–1	Etoile du Sahel
	(Report)	Ben Frej 70'

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Morocco
Attendance: 32 000
Referee: Coulibaly (MLI)

JS Kabylie v FAR Rabat

July 6, 2007
20:00 CET

JS Kabylie	2–0	FAR Rabat
Dabo 29' (pen), 44'	(Report)

Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria
Referee: Codjia (BEN)

Etoile du Sahel v Al Ittihad

July 7, 2007
19:10 CEST

Etoile du Sahel	0–0	Al Ittihad
	(Report)

Stade Olympique, Tunisia
Referee: Pare (BFA)

FAR Rabat v Al Ittihad

July 21, 2007
20:00 WET

FAR Rabat	1–0	Al Ittihad
Ouadouch 90+3'	(Report)

Stade Moulay Abdellah , Morocco
Referee: Imiere (NGA)

Etoile du Sahel v JS Kabylie

July 21, 2007
19:10 CEST

Etoile du Sahel	3–0	JS Kabylie
Chermiti 1' Ben Mohamed 48' Silva Alves 53'	(Report)

Stade Olympique , Tunisia
Referee: Louzaya (CGO)

Al Ittihad v FAR Rabat

August 3, 2007
19:30 EET

Al Ittihad	2–0	FAR Rabat
Shibani 44' Rewani 61'

June 11 Stadium , Libya
Referee: Abd El Fatah (EGY)

JS Kabylie v Etoile du Sahel

August 3, 2007
21:00 CET

JS Kabylie	0–2	Etoile du Sahel
		Ogunbiyi 46' Chermiti 90+2'

Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria
Referee: Khalid (SUD)

JS Kabylie v Al Ittihad

August 17, 2007
20:00 CET

JS Kabylie	3–1	Al Ittihad
Athmani 22' Hemani 54' Saïbi 69'		Rewani 19'

Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou) , Algeria
Referee: Sharaf (CIV)

Etoile du Sahel v FAR Rabat

August 18, 2007
19:10 CEST

Etoile du Sahel	0–0	FAR Rabat

Stade Olympique , Tunisia
Referee: Kotey (GHA)

Al Ittihad v Etoile du Sahel

September 1, 2007
21:00 EET

Al Ittihad	2–0	Etoile du Sahel
Shibani 14' Rewani 58'(pen)

June 11 Stadium, Libya
Referee: Djaoupe (TOG)

FAR Rabat v JS Kabylie

September 1, 2007
19:00 WET

FAR Rabat	1–1	JS Kabylie
Benkasou 22' (pen.)		Derrag 85'

Stade Moulay Abdellah , Morocco
Referee: Diouf Abdou

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al Ahly	12	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4
Al Hilal	10	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3
ASEC Mimosas	7	6	2	1	3	4	5	-1
Esperance	5	6	1	2	3	2	8	-6

Esperance v ASEC Mimosas

June 23, 2007
19:10 CEST

Esperance	0–0	ASEC Mimosas
	(Report)

Stade El Menzah, Tunisia
Referee: Maillet (SEY)

Al Ahly v Al Hilal

June 24, 2007
20:30 EEST

Al Ahly	2–0	Al Hilal
Flavio 84' Hosny 90+2'	(Report)

Cairo Stadium, Egypt
Referee: Diatta (SEN)

Al Hilal v Esperance

July 8, 2007
20:30 EAT

Al Hilal	2–0	Esperance
Eze 29' 90+2'	(Report)

AlHilal Stadium, Sudan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ssegonga (UGA)

ASEC Mimosas v Al Ahly

July 8, 2007
15:00 GMT

ASEC Mimosas	0–1	Al Ahly
	(Report)	Aboutreika 40'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory Coast
Referee: Marange (ZIM)

Al Ahly v Esperance

July 20, 2007
20:00 EEST

Al Ahly	3–0	Esperance
Aboutreika 12' Flavio 77' Hosny 85'	(Report)

Cairo Stadium , Egypt
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Haimoudi ( ALG)

Al Hilal v ASEC Mimosas

July 22, 2007
20:00 EAT

Al Hilal	2–1	ASEC Mimosas
Eze 12' Mohamed 90'	(Report)	Idrissu 52'

AlHilal Stadium, Sudan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: El Arjoun (MAR)

Esperance v Al Ahly

August 4, 2007
19:10 CEST

Esperance	1–0	Al Ahly
Kasdaoui 38'

Stade Rades , Tunisia
Referee: Ncobo (RSA)

ASEC Mimosas v Al Hilal

August 5, 2007
15:30 GMT

ASEC Mimosas	1–0	Al Hilal
N'Gossan 30'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny , Ivory Coast
Referee: Evehe (CMR)

Al Hilal v Al Ahly

August 19, 2007
20:30 EAT

Al Hilal	3–0	Al Ahly
Khan 56' Korongo 67' Eze 85'

AlHilal Stadium , Sudan
Referee: Benouza (ALG)

ASEC Mimosas v Esperance

August 19, 2007
15:00 GMT

ASEC Mimosas	2–0	Esperance
Zaïem 60' (o.g.) Diarra 78'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory Coast
Referee: Hicuburundi (BDI)

Esperance v Al Hilal

September 2, 2007
19:00 CEST

Esperance	1–1	Al Hilal
Ltaief 41'		Eze 44' (pen.)

Stade El Menzah , Tunisia
Referee: Paré (BFA)

Al Ahly v ASEC Mimosas

September 2, 2007
20:00 EEST

Al Ahly	2–0	ASEC Mimosas
Flavio 76' Aboutreika 90'

Cairo Stadium, Egypt
Referee: Guezzaz (MAR)

Final stage

Bracket

Semi-Finals			Final


	Al Hilal	3

	Etoile du Sahel	4
				Etoile du Sahel	3

				Al Ahly	1
	Al Ittihad	0

	Al Ahly	1

Semi-Finals

The first legs were played on 21–23 September and the second legs on 5–7 October.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Hilal	3–4	Etoile du Sahel	2–1	1–3
Al Ittihad	0–1	Al Ahly	0–0	0–1

Final

The final's two legs were played on October 27 and November 9.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel	3–1	Al Ahly	0–0	3–1

Top Scorers

Place	Player	Club	Goals
1st	Mabi Mputu	TP Mazembe	9
2nd	Mohamed Amine Chermiti	Étoile du Sahel	8
2nd	Ndubuisi Eze	Al Hilal	8
4th	Cheick Oumar Dabo	JS Kabylie	7
4th	Salem Al Rewani	Al Ittihad	7
6th	Amine Ltaïef	Espérance	6
7th	Kelechi Osunwa	Al Hilal	5
7th	Flavio Amado	Al-Ahly	5

External links

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List of finals Records and statistics

2007 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Angola 07-08 Cameroon 07 07–08 Cape Verde 07 Egypt 06–07 07–08 Libya 06–07 07–08 Mali 07–08 Morocco 06–07 07–08 Senegal 07 South Africa 06–07 07–08 Sudan 07 Tunisia 06–07 07–08

Domestic cups	Algeria 06–07 07–08 Libya 07–08

Regional cups	CECAFA Cup

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup Super Cup

International club football

FIFA FIFA Club World Cup List of association football clubs

Africa	CAF – Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup Top-division clubs

Asia	AFC – Champions League AFC Cup Top-division clubs

Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Super Cup Top-division clubs

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions League Top-division clubs

Oceania	OFC – Champions League Top-division clubs

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Top-division clubs

See also: International women's club football

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