2004 CAF Champions League

The 2004 CAF Champions League was the 40th edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Enyimba of Nigeria defeated Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia in the final to win their second title.

2004 CAF Champions League

Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	7 March – 12 December
Teams	53 (from 52 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Enyimba (2nd title)
Runners-up	Étoile du Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	102
Goals scored	294 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mamadou Diallo (10 goals)
← 2003 2005 →

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2004 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
US Stade Tamponnaise	w/o1	AS Port-Louis 2000	–	–
Supersport United	6–0	FC Civics	5–0	1–0
Saint George	2–3	Al-Hilal	1–2	1–1
Ecoredipharm	0–2	St.-Michel United	0–0	0–2
Matlama FC	0–7	Orlando Pirates	0–3	0–4
Simba SC	2–3	Zanaco FC	1–0	1–3
Bakili Bullets	2–1	Villa SC	2–1	0–0
APR FC	11–3	Anseba S.C.	7–1	4–2
Dragons de l'Ouémé	1–1 (a)	AS Douanes	1–1	0–0
Al Ittihad Tripoli	1–2	Sahel SC	1–0	0–2
Saint Michel de Ouenzé	2–2 (4-3 p)	US Bitam	2–0	0–2
ASFA Yennenga	3–2	Julius Berger	3–2	0–0
Asante Kotoko	w/o2	AS Tempête Mocaf	–	–
Armed Forces	0–6	Jeanne d'Arc	0–3	0–3
AS Vita Club	w/o2	Ulinzi Stars	–	–
Stade Malien	0–2	Hearts of Oak	0–0	0–2
Atlético Sport Aviação	2–1	SC Cilu	1–1	1–0
Hassania Agadir	10–0	ASC Nasr de Sebkha	7–0	3–03
ASFAG	1–3	ASC Diaraf	0–1	1–2
Amazulu FC	7–4	Maxaquene	3–1	4–3
Petro Atlético	6–2	Atlético Malabo	3–1	3–1

¹ US Stade Tamponnaise refused to participate; they were banned from CAF competitions for two years and fined $3000.
² AS Tempête Mocaf and Ulinzi Stars withdrew before 1st leg.
³ ASC Nasr de Sebkha withdrew before the 2nd leg.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Port-Louis 2000	1–3	Supersport United	1–1	0–2
Al Ahly	0–1	Al-Hilal	0–1	0–0
St.-Michel United	3–8	Orlando Pirates	2–3	1–5
Zanaco FC	1–1 (5-6 p)	Bakili Bullets	0–1	1–0
Zamalek	4–6	APR FC	3–2	1–4
Africa Sports National	5–1	AS Douanes	4–1	1–0
ES Tunis	5–0	Sahel SC	4–0	1–0
Coton Sport FC	4–2	Saint Michel de Ouenzé	4–1	0–1
USM Alger	10–3	ASFA Yennenga	8–1	2–2
ASEC Mimosas	1–1 (a)	Asante Kotoko	1–1	0–0
Raja Casablanca	2–2 (4-5 p)	Jeanne d'Arc	2–0	0–2
Canon Yaoundé	4–1	AS Vita Club	3–0	1–1
Hearts of Oak	5–2	Atlético Sport Aviação	4–1	1–1
Étoile du Sahel	2–0	Hassania Agadir	2–0	0–0
Enyimba	3–2	ASC Diaraf	3–0	0–2
Amazulu FC	1–2	Petro Atlético	0–0	1–2

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Supersport United	2–0	Al-Hilal	2–0	0–0
Orlando Pirates	2–2 (a)	Bakili Bullets	2–1	0–1
APR FC	1–1 (1-3 p)	Africa Sports National	1–0	0–1
ES Tunis	3–1	Coton Sport FC	3–0	0–1
USM Alger	2–2 (3-1 p)	Asante Kotoko	2–0	0–2
Jeanne d'Arc	3–2	Canon Yaoundé	2–0	1–2
Hearts of Oak	1–1 (4-5 p)	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	0–1
Enyimba	3–2	Petro Atlético	1–1	2–1

Group stage

Main article: 2004 CAF Champions League group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESS	ENY	AFR	BUL
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	8	Advance to knockout stage		—
2	Enyimba	6	2	2	2	11	4	+7	6				—
3	Africa Sports National	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	5					—
4	Bakili Bullets	6	1	3	2	5	11	−6	5						—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESP	JEA	USM	SSU
1	ES Tunis	6	4	0	2	12	7	+5	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	5–0	2–1	2–0
2	Jeanne d'Arc	6	3	2	1	8	9	−1	8			2–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	USM Alger	6	2	1	3	8	8	0	5			3–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Supersport United	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	3			1–2	1–1	2–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Main article: 2004 CAF Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals						Final
	Jeanne d'Arc	2	0	2
	Étoile du Sahel	1	3	4
							Étoile du Sahel	2	1	3 (3)
							Enyimba (p)	1	2	3 (5)
	Enyimba (p)	1	1	2 (6)
	ES Tunis	1	1	2 (5)

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jeanne d'Arc	2–4	Étoile du Sahel	2–1	0–3
Enyimba	2–2 (6-5 p)	ES Tunis	1–1	1–1

Final

Main article: 2004 CAF Champions League Final

4 December 2004 (2004-12-04)

17:00 UTC+1

Étoile du Sahel	2–1	Enyimba
Mhadhbi 44' (pen.) Traoré 51'		Nwanna 15'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

12 December 2004 (2004-12-12)

15:00 UTC+0

Enyimba	2–1	Étoile du Sahel
Enyeama 43' (pen.) Ogunbiyi 53'	Report	Zouaghi 63'
Penalties
Ezoba Aliyu Ezenwa Udeh Yusuf	5–3	Miladi Ben Frej Traoré Baya

Nigeria National Stadium, Abuja

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Best Scorers

The top scorers from the 2004 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mamadou Diallo	USM Alger	10
2	Ali Zitouni	ES Tunis	9
3	Lamine Diarra	Jeanne d'Arc	6
	Makhete Ndiaye	Jeanne d'Arc
	Abram Raselemane	Supersport United
6	Dame N'Doye	Jeanne d'Arc	5
	Benedict Vilakazi	Orlando Pirates
8	Blaise Kouassi	Africa Sports	4
	Emeka Nwanna	Enyimba
	Bheka Phakathi	Orlando Pirates
	Kandia Traoré	Étoile du Sahel
	Emeka Opara	Étoile du Sahel

External links

• Champions' Cup 2004 - rsssf.com