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2005 CAF Champions League Final

Stade Olympique de Sousse that hosted the first leg of the final
Event	2005 CAF Champions League
Étoile du Sahel Al Ahly 0 3
First leg
Étoile du Sahel Al Ahly 0 0
Date	28 October 2005
Venue	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee	Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Attendance	20,000
Second Leg
Al Ahly Étoile du Sahel 3 0
Date	12 November 2005
Venue	Cairo Military Production Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Attendance	35,000
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The 2005 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2005 between Al Ahly, and Étoile du Sahel.

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)
Étoile du Sahel	UNAF (North Africa)	2004
Al Ahly	UNAF (North Africa)	1982, 1983, 1987, 2001

Background

Al Ahly reached a total of four finals, winning three (1982, 1987, 2001) and losing one (1983).
Étoile du Sahel reached the second consecutive final in his history after they lost against Enyimba in the previous edition 2004.

Both teams qualified as winners of their groups. Both teams also qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday. In the semifinals Étoile du Sahel defeated the Moroccan side Raja Casablanca 2–0 on aggregate, after winning twice with the same result (1–0): the first leg in Casablanca, and the second leg in Sousse. Al Ahly faced his compatriot Zamalek winning the first leg (2–1) and the second leg (2–0) after playing the two matches in Cairo.

Road to final

Étoile du Sahel				Round	Al Ahly
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Douanes	3–1	0–0 (A)	3–1 (H)	First round	Villa SC	6–0	0–0 (A)	6–0 (H)
FAR Rabat	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	USM Alger	3–2	1–0 (A)	2–2 (H)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
ES Tunis	0–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Raja Casablanca	1–0 (H)
Zamalek	1–1 (A)			Matchday 2	Enyimba	1–0 (A)
ASEC Mimosas	1–1 (A)			Matchday 3	Ajax Cape Town	2–0 (H)
ASEC Mimosas	2–1 (H)			Matchday 4	Ajax Cape Town	0–0 (A)
ES Tunis	1–1 (A)			Matchday 5	Raja Casablanca	1–1 (A)
Zamalek	2–1 (H)			Matchday 6	Enyimba	2–1 (H)
Group B Winner Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Étoile du Sahel 10 6 2 4 0 8 6 +2 Zamalek 9 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 ASEC Mimosas 6 6 1 3 2 5 6 -1 ES Tunis 4 6 0 4 2 3 5 -2				Final standings	Group A winner Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Al Ahly 14 6 4 2 0 7 2 +5 Raja Casablanca 8 6 2 2 2 6 5 +1 Enyimba 7 6 2 1 3 6 5 +1 Ajax Cape Town 3 6 0 3 3 2 9 -7
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knock-out stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Raja Casablanca	2–0	1–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Semifinals	Zamalek	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)

Rules

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).^[1]

First leg

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Etoile Du Sahel

Al Ahly

GK 1 Austin Ejide DF 26 Saïf Ghezal DF 7 Kais Zouaghi DF 6 Saber Ben Frej DF 29 Lotfi Sallami  71' DF 25 Chaker Zouaghi MF 17 Marouane Bakri MF 22 Ahmed Hammi MF 8 Gilson Silva  81' MF 23 Mohamed Jedidi FW 19 Emeka Opara  81' Substitutes: FW 2 Yassine Chikhaoui  71' MF 24 Mejdi Traoui  81' MF 10 Saber Trabelsi  81' Manager: Mehmed Baždarević

GK 1 Essam El Hadary DF 16 Emad El Nahhas DF 7 Ahmad El-Sayed DF 26 Wael Gomaa DF 2 Islam El-Shater  71' DF 14 Hassan Mostafa MF 17 Mohamed Shawky MF 12 Gilberto MF 22 Mohamed Aboutrika  81' MF 8 Mohamed Barakat FW 19 Emad Meteb  81' Substitutes: FW 2 Osama Hosny  71' Manager: Manuel José

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

Second leg

Al Ahly

Etoile Du Sahel

GK 1 Essam El Hadary DF 16 Emad El Nahhas DF 26 Wael Gomaa DF 5 Ahmad El-Sayed DF 8 Mohamed Barakat  71' DF 14 Hassan Mostafa MF 17 Mohamed Shawky MF 12 Gilberto MF 22 Mohamed Aboutrika  81' MF 13 Emad Meteb FW 18 Osama Hosny  81' Substitutes: FW 3 Mohamed Abdelwahab  71' FW 2 Islam El-Shater  71' FW 2 Hossam Ashour  71' Manager: Manuel José

GK 1 Austin Ejide DF 26 Saïf Ghezal DF 7 Kais Zouaghi DF 6 Saber Ben Frej DF 29 Lotfi Sallami  71' DF 25 Chaker Zouaghi MF 17 Marouane Bakri MF 22 Ahmed Hammi MF 8 Gilson Silva  81' MF 23 Mohamed Jedidi FW 19 Emeka Opara  81' Substitutes: FW 2 Yassine Chikhaoui  71' MF 24 Bassem Ben Nasser  81' MF 10 Saber Trabelsi  81' Manager: Mehmed Baždarević

Assistant referees:

Hong Adogovi (Benin)

Shanti Adrian (Benin)

Fourth official:

Jalloul Azouz (Tunisia)

Notes and references

External links

• 2005 CAF Champions League - cafonline.com