2009 North African Cup of Champions

2009 North African Cup of Champions
Tournament details
Dates October 2009 19 December 2009
Teams 4 (from UNAF confederations)
Final positions
Champions Algeria ES Sétif (1st title)
Runners-up Tunisia ES Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 15 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Algeria Abdelmalek Ziaya (3 goals)
Best player Algeria Hocine Metref

The 2009 North African Cup of Champions was the second edition of the competition initiated by the North African Football Union (UNAF). Algerian side ES Sétif were crowned champions after beating Tunisian champions ES Tunis in a penalty shootout in the final. Midfielder Hocine Metref was chosen as the Best Player of the competition, while goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi was chosen as the Best Goalkeeper.[1]

Participating teams

Draw

The draw was made in Djerba, Tunisia on July 25, 2009 at an UNAF meeting.[2][3]

Semi finals

First Legs

October 27, 2009
19:15 EET
Raja Casablanca Morocco 1 1 Algeria ES Sétif
Dia Cire  81'
Nabil Masloub Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 44', 84'
Omar Najdi  90+4'
Report (Arabic) Nabil Hemani  34'
Abdelmalek Ziaya  69'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Libya Adil Arra'ee

October 29, 2009
18:15 EET
ES Tunis Tunisia 2 1 Libya Ittihad
Khalil Chemmam  19'
Khaled Ayari  90+8'
Report (Arabic) Ahmed Zuway  35'
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Morocco Abdallah Achiri

Second Legs


November 24, 2009
17:00 GMT
ES Sétif Algeria 2 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca
Abdelmalek Ziaya  32', 49' Ismail Belmaalam  36'
Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
Referee: Tunisia Aouaz Trabelsi

ES Sétif go through with an aggregate score of 31

November 9, 2009
18:00 GMT
Ittihad Tripoli Libya 2 2 Tunisia ES Tunis
Waleed Mhadeb  9'
Ahmed Zuway  54'
(Report) (Arabic) Henri Bienvenu  62'
Wajdi Bouazzi  90+4'
11 June Stadium, Tripoli
Referee: Algeria Mokhtar Amalou

ES Tunis go through with an aggregate score of 43.

Final

First leg

December 11, 2009
ES Sétif Algeria 1 1 Tunisia ES Tunis
Bouazza Feham  65' Report Syam Ben Youssef  83'
Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
Referee: Libya Wahid Tamuni

Second leg

December 20, 2009
ES Tunis Tunisia 1 1 (a.e.t.)
(5 6 pen.)
Algeria ES Sétif
Michael Eneramo  70' (pen.) Lazhar Hadj Aïssa  35'
Stade 7 Novembre, Rades
Referee: Morocco Khalil Rouissi

Champions

2009 North African Cup of Champions Winners
Algeria
ES Sétif
First title

References

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