2004 CAF Champions League final

The 2004 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2004 CAF Champions League.

2004 CAF Champions League Final

Abuja Stadium hosted the podium where Enyimba lifted the trophy
Event	2004 CAF Champions League
Étoile du Sahel Enyimba 3 3
First leg
Étoile du Sahel Enyimba 2 1
Date	4 December 2004
Venue	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee	Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
Attendance	28,000
Second Leg
Enyimba Étoile du Sahel 2 1
After extra time Enyimba won 5–3 on penalties
Date	12 December 2004
Venue	Nigeria National Stadium, Abuja
Referee	Coffi Codjia (Benin)
Attendance	60,000
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It was a football tie held over two legs in December 2004 between Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia, and Enyimba of Nigeria.

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)	none
Enyimba	WAFU (West Africa)	2003

Venues

Stade Olympique de Sousse

Stade Olympique in Sousse, Tunisia hosted the first leg.

Stade olympique de Sousse is a multi-purpose stadium in Sousse, Tunisia. It is used by the football team Étoile du Sahel, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 28,000 people. It hosts within it the meetings played by the football team of the city: Étoile sportive du Sahel (ESS).

For many decades, Sousse footballers knew only the clay surfaces and knew the turf surfaces only when the stadium was inaugurated with an initial capacity of 10,000 places. It passes over the years to 15,000 seats and is then expanded again on the occasion of the 1994 African Cup of Nations with 6,000 additional seats to reach a capacity of 21,000 seats; A luminous panel is installed at the same time. The last expansion was carried out in 1999 to bring the capacity of the stadium to 28,000 seats for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, a reorganization of the gallery of honor was carried out, from a capacity of 70 to 217 places.

It hosted 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1994 African Cup of Nations, 2001 Mediterranean Games and 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Abuja National Stadium

National Stadium in Abuja, Nigeria hosted the second leg.

Abuja National Stadium, Abuja is a multipurpose national sports stadium located in Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The stadium serves as a home to the Nigerian national football team, as well as a center for various social, cultural, and religious events. The Federal Government of Nigeria approved the contract for the construction of the National Stadium complex and Games Village on 18 July 2000. The stadium was constructed to host the 8th All Africa Games which took place in October 2003.

In fact, CAF refused to hold the match in the city of Aba, the stronghold of Enyimba, because it did not comply with the CAF standards adopted for the stadiums. Enyimba announced that the African Champions League final will be played in the National Stadium of Lagos, but the Confederation of African Football has announced the transfer of the match from Lagos to the Nigerian capital Abuja.

Road to final

Further information: 2004 CAF Champions League

Étoile du Sahel				Round	Enyimba
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Hassania Agadir	2–0	2–0 (H)	0–0 (A)	First round	ASC Diaraf	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)
Hearts of Oak	1–1 (5-4 p)	0–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Second round	Petro Atlético	3–2	1–1 (H)	2–1 (A)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Bakili Bullets	1–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Africa Sports National	3–0 (A)
Africa Sports National	2–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Bakili Bullets	6–0 (H)
Enyimba	1–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Étoile du Sahel	0–1 (A)
Enyimba	1–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Étoile du Sahel	1–1 (H)
Bakili Bullets	1–1 (H)			Matchday 5	Africa Sports National	0–1 (H)
Africa Sports National	2–3 (A)			Matchday 6	Bakili Bullets	1–1 (A)
Group A Winner Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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]				Final standings	Group A Runner-up Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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]
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knock-out stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Jeanne d'Arc	4–2	1–2 (A)	3–0 (H)	Semifinals	ES Tunis	2–2 (6-5 p)	1–1 (H)	1–1 (A)

Format

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]

Matches

First leg

4 December 2004 (2004-12-04)

17:00 UTC+1

Étoile du Sahel	2–1	Enyimba
Mhadhbi 44' (pen.) Traoré 53'		Nwanna 15'

Stade Olympique, Sousse

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

Etoile du Sahel

Enyimba

GK 16 Austin Ejide DF 27 Oumar Kalabane DF 14 Kais Zouaghi DF 15 Lotfi Sellami  72' DF 5 Mohamed Miladi  88' MF 26 Hakim Bargui MF 6 Ahmed Hammi MF 7 Zoubeir Baya MF 25 Imed Mhadhbi  64' MF 12 Emeka Opara FW 30 Kandia Traoré Substitutes: GK 8 Mohamed Jedidi  64' DF 28 Marouane Bokri  88' Manager: Abdelmajid Chetali

GK 1 Vincent Enyeama DF 4 Musa Aliyu DF 3 Obinna Nwaneri DF 7 Yusuf Mohamed DF 13 Ajibade Omolade MF 6 Jerome Ezoba MF 8 Ekene Ezenwa  81' MF 29 David Tyavkase FW 28 Mouritala Ogunbiyi  89' FW 26 Onyekachi Okonkwo  31' FW 23 Emeka Nwanna  47' Substitutes: GK 14 Damien Udeh [fr]  47' DF 10 Eric Fasindo  81' DF 21 Joetex Frimpong  89' Manager: Okey Emordi

Assistant referees: Olivier Safari Kabene (DR Congo) Waleed Ahmed Ali (Sudan) Fourth official: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Second leg

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)

Enyimba

Etoile du Sahel

GK 1 Vincent Enyeama  90' DF 4 Musa Aliyu DF 3 Obinna Nwaneri  54' DF 7 Yusuf Mohamed DF 13 Ajibade Omolade MF 14 Damian Udeh MF 6 Jerome Ezoba MF ? Ndidi Anumnu MF 23 Emeka Nwanna  80' FW 29 David Tyavkase FW 28 Mouritala Ogunbiyi Substitutes: GK ? Dele Aiyenugba  90' DF 8 Ekene Ezenwa  80' FW 21 Joetex Frimpong Manager: Okey Emordi

GK 16 Austin Ejide DF 27 Oumar Kalabane DF 13 Saber Ben Frej DF 5 Mohamed Miladi DF ? Marouane Bokri MF 7 Zoubeir Baya MF 6 Ahmed Hammi MF ? Mejdi Traoui  60' MF 25 Imed Mhadhbi MF 30 Kandia Traoré FW 14 Kais Zouaghi  47' Substitutes: MF 26 Hakim Bargui  60' FW ? Ogochukwu Obiakor Manager: Abdelmajid Chetali

Assistant referees: Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) Marwa Range (Kenya) Fourth official: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)