2011 CAF Champions League Final

2011 CAF Champions League Final

Event	2011 CAF Champions League
Wydad Casablanca Espérance ST 0 1
First leg
Wydad Casablanca Espérance ST 0 0
Date	6 November 2011
Venue	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee	Neant Alioum (Cameroon)
Weather	Cloudy 15 °C (59 °F)
Second Leg
Espérance ST Wydad Casablanca 1 0
Date	12 November 2011
Venue	Stade 14 January, Radès
Referee	Noumandiez Doue (Côte d'Ivoire)
Weather	Partly Cloudy 16 °C (61 °F)

The 2011 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2011 CAF Champions League, the 47th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 15th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

The final was played between Wydad Casablanca from Morocco and Espérance ST from Tunisia.^[1][2] After a goal-less first leg,^[3] Espérance ST won the second leg 1–0 to win their second African title (the first being the 1994 African Cup of Champions Clubs).^[4] The win saw Espérance ST complete the Treble, and as a result, Espérance ST qualified to enter the quarterfinals of the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup as the CAF representative, as well as participate in the 2012 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup.

Road to final

Wydad Casablanca				Round	Espérance ST
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Aduana Stars	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Preliminary round	bye
Kano Pillars	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	First round	ASPAC	5–2	5–0 (H)	0–2 (A)
TP Mazembe	1–2*	1–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	Second round	Diaraf	6–0	5–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
Simba	3–0			Special play-off*	—
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Al-Ahly	3–3 (A)			Matchday 1	MC Alger	1–1 (A)
MC Alger	4–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Al-Ahly	1–0 (H)
Espérance ST	2–2 (H)			Matchday 3	Wydad Casablanca	2–2 (A)
Espérance ST	0–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Wydad Casablanca	0–0 (H)
Al-Ahly	1–1 (H)			Matchday 5	MC Alger	4–0 (H)
MC Alger	1–3 (A)			Matchday 6	Al-Ahly	1–1 (A)
Group B runner-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Espérance ST 6 2 4 0 9 4 +5 10 Wydad Casablanca 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 7 Al-Ahly 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 7 MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5				Final standings	Group B winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Espérance ST 6 2 4 0 9 4 +5 10 Wydad Casablanca 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 7 Al-Ahly 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 7 MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knock-out stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Enyimba	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	Semifinals	Al-Hilal	3–0	1–0 (A)	2–0 (H)

* TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the first round. As a result, Wydad Casablanca played against Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to TP Mazembe in the first round, in a play-off for a place in the group stage.

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).^[5]

Match details

First Leg

Wydad Casablanca v Espérance ST

6 November 2011 20:00 UTC±00:00

Wydad Casablanca	0 – 0	Espérance ST
	Report

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca Attendance: 70,000[6] Referee: Neant Alioum (Cameroon)[7]

Second Leg

Espérance ST v Wydad Casablanca

12 November 2011 18:00 UTC+01:00

Espérance ST	1 – 0	Wydad Casablanca
Afful  21'	Report

Stade 14 January, Radès Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Noumandiez Doue (Côte d'Ivoire)[7]

References

External links

• CAF Champions League
• 2011 CAF Champions League Final at Soccerway