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 CAF Champions League 2007 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.

Contents

Results/Fixtures

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 pk) 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 4 - 1 1 - 0
Al-Hilal 6 - 0 Polisi Dodoma 4 - 0 2 - 0
Asante Kotoko 1 - 1 (2 - 4 pk) Gambia Ports Authority 1 - 0 0 - 1
ASFA Yennega 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 AGSM 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
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto 1 - 2 AS Mangasport 0 - 1 1 - 1
Cotonsport Garoua 3 - 0 Uganda Revenus Authority SC 3 - 0 0 - 0
Séwé Sports de San Pedro 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 SC 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.

Last 32

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 pen) 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 de San Pedro 1 - 4 Cotonsport Garoua 1 - 0 0 - 4

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

Last 16

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 pk) 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
Cotonsport Garoua 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
June 22, 2007
21:00 EET
 Al Ittihad 1 – 0 JS Kabylie June 11 Stadium, Libya
Attendance: 25 000
Referee: Sowe (GAM)
Camara  83' (Report)
June 23, 2007
20:00 WET
 FAR Rabat 0 – 1 Etoile du Sahel Stade Moulay Abdellah, Morocco
Attendance: 32 000
Referee: Coulibaly (MLI)
(Report) Ben Frej  70'
July 6, 2007
20:00 CET
 JS Kabylie 2 – 0 FAR Rabat Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria
Referee: Codjia (BEN)
Dabo 29' (pen), 44' (Report)
July 7, 2007
19:10 CEST
 Etoile du Sahel 0 – 0 Al Ittihad Stade Olympique, Tunisia
Referee: Pare (BFA)
(Report)
July 21, 2007
20:00 WET
 FAR Rabat 1 – 0 Al Ittihad Stade Moulay Abdellah , Morocco
Referee: Imiere (NGA)
Ouadouch  90+3' (Report)
July 21, 2007
19:10 CEST
 Etoile du Sahel 3 – 0 JS Kabylie Stade Olympique , Tunisia
Referee: Louzaya (CGO)
Chermiti  1'
Ben Mohamed  48'
Silva Alves  53'		 (Report)
August 3, 2007
19:30 EET
 Al Ittihad 2 – 0 FAR Rabat June 11 Stadium , Libya
Referee: Abd El Fatah (EGY)
Shibani  44'
Rewani  61'
August 3, 2007
21:00 CET
 JS Kabylie 0 – 2 Etoile du Sahel Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria
Referee: Khalid (SUD)
Ogunbiyi  46'
Chermiti  90+2'
August 18, 2007
19:10 CEST
 Etoile du Sahel 0 – 0 FAR Rabat Stade Olympique , Tunisia
Referee: Kotey (GHA)
August 17, 2007
20:00 CET
 JS Kabylie 3 – 1 Al Ittihad Stade 1er Novembre (Tizi Ouzou) , Algeria
Referee: Sharaf (CIV)
Athmani 22'
Hemani  54'
Saïbi  69'		 Rewani  19'
September 1, 2007
21:00 EET
 Al Ittihad 2 – 0 Etoile du Sahel June 11 Stadium, Libya
Referee: Djaoupe Kokou
Shibani  14'
Rewani  58'(pen)
September 1, 2007
19:00 WET
 FAR Rabat 1 – 1 JS Kabylie Stade Moulay Abdellah , Morocco
Referee: Diouf Abdou
Benkasou  22' (pen.) Derrag  85'

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
June 23, 2007
19:10 CEST
 Esperance 0 – 0 ASEC Mimosas Stade El Menzah, Tunisia
Referee: Maillet (SEY)
(Report)
June 24, 2007
20:30 EEST
 Al Ahly 2 – 0 Al Hilal Cairo Stadium, Egypt
Referee: Diatta (SEN)
Flavio  84'
Hosny  90+2'		 (Report)
July 8, 2007
20:30 EAT
 Al Hilal 2 – 0 Esperance AlHilal Stadium, Sudan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ssegonga (UGA)
Eze  29' 90+2' (Report)
July 8, 2007
15:00 GMT
 ASEC Mimosas 0 – 1 Al Ahly Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory Coast
Referee: Marange (ZIM)
(Report) Aboutreika  40'
July 20, 2007
20:00 EEST
 Al Ahly 3 - 0 Esperance Cairo Stadium , Egypt
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Haimoudi (

ALG)
Aboutreika  12'
Flavio  77'
Hosny  85'		 (Report)
July 22, 2007
20:00 EAT
 Al Hilal 2 – 1 ASEC Mimosas AlHilal Stadium, Sudan
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: El Arjoun (MAR)
Eze  12'
Mohamed  90'		 (Report) Idrissu  52'
August 4, 2007
19:10 CEST
 Esperance 1 – 0 Al Ahly Stade Rades , Tunisia
Referee: Ncobo (RSA)
Kasdaoui  38'
August 5, 2007
15:30 GMT
 ASEC Mimosas 1 – 0 Al Hilal Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny , Ivory Coast
Referee: Evehe (CMR)
N'Gossan  30'
August 19, 2007
20:30 EAT
 Al Hilal 3 – 0 Al Ahly AlHilal Stadium , Sudan
Referee: Benouza (ALG)
Khan  56'
Korongo  67'
Eze  85'
August 19, 2007
15:00 GMT
 ASEC Mimosas 2 – 0 Esperance Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory Coast
Referee: Hicuburundi (BDI)
Zaïem  60' (o.g.)
Diarra  78'
September 2, 2007
19:00 CEST
 Esperance 1 – 1 Al Hilal Stade El Menzah , Tunisia
Referee: pare lassina
Ltaief  41' Eze  44' (pen.)
September 2, 2007
20:00 EEST
 Al Ahly 2 – 0 ASEC Mimosas Cairo Stadium, Egypt
Referee: Guezzaz Mohamed
Flavio  76'
Aboutreika  90'

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
 CAF Champions League 2007 Winners 

Étoile du Sahel
First title

Best 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

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