2007 CAF Champions League

The 2007 CAF Champions League was the 43rd 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 SC of Egypt 3–1 in a two-legged final. Étoile du Sahel participated in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan as the representative from CAF.

2007 CAF Champions League

Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	26 January – 9 November
Teams	60
Final positions
Champions	Étoile du Sahel (1st title)
Runners-up	Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played	131
Goals scored	282 (2.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mabi Mputu (9 goals)
← 2006 2008 →

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2007 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Highlanders	1–1 (9–8 p)	Pamplemousses SC	1–0	0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns	6–2	Royal Leopards	4–2	2–0
JS Saint-Pierroise	w/o1	Desportivo Maputo	–	–
Zamalek	5–1	Vital'O FC	4–1	1–0
Al-Hilal	6–0	Polisi	4–0	2–0
Asante Kotoko	1–1 (2–4 p)	Gambia Ports Authority	1–0	0–1
ASFA Yennenga	1–3	Nasarawa United	1–1	0–2
Fello Star	3–1	Sporting Clube da Praia	0–1	3–02
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	4–0	Mogas 90 FC	3–0	1–0
Canon Yaoundé	1–2	Étoile du Congo	1–0	0–2
Saint-George SA	w/o3	Super ESCOM	–	–
Wydad AC	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
Petro Atlético	2–1	FC Civics	1–0	1–1
Young Africans FC	5–1	AJSM	5–1	5
Likhopo	0–1	Zanaco FC	0–0	0–1
Espérance	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
CD Primeiro de Agosto	1–2	AS Mangasport	0–1	1–1
Coton Sport FC	3–0	Uganda Revenus Authority SC	3–0	0–0
Séwé Sports	3–2	Mighty Barrolle	3–1	0–1

¹ JS Saint-Pierroise withdrew on the weekend before the tie due to high travel costs; they were banned from CAF competitions for three years and fined $3500.
² Sporting Clube da Praia refused to travel to Guinea due to civil unrest and a violent general strike.
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 as AJSM did not have a FIFA or CAF-standard stadium.

First round

1st legs were played on 2–4 March 2007.
2nd legs were played on 16–18 March 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Highlanders	0–2	Al Ahly SC	0–0	0–2
Desportivo 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	Étoile du Sahel	0–1	1–4
APR FC	2–2	Maranatha	2–0	0–21
Al-Ittihad	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 AC	0–0	1–3
Kallon	1–3	ASEC Mimosas	0–1	1–2
Young Africans FC	3–2	Petro Atlético	3–0	0–2
Espérance	6–1	Zanaco FC	2–0	4–1
Ashanti Gold SC	2–2 (6–7 p)	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	1–4	Coton Sport FC	1–0	0–4

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

Second round

1st legs were played on 6–8 April 2007.
2nd legs were played on 20–22 April 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mamelodi Sundowns	2–4	Al Ahly SC	2–2	0–2
Nasarawa United	3–3 (2–3 p)	Al-Hilal	3–0	0–3
Maranatha	0–3	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	0–3
Étoile du Congo	3–3 (a)	Al-Ittihad	3–1	0–2
ASEC Mimosas	2–0	Wydad AC	2–0	0–0
Espérance	3–0	Young Africans FC	3–0	0–0
TP Mazembe	1–2	FAR Rabat	1–0	0–2
Coton Sport FC	1–2	JS Kabylie	1–0	0–2

Group stage

Main article: 2007 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	ITT	JSK	FAR
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	3–0	0–0
2	Al-Ittihad	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	7			2–0	—	1–0	2–0
3	JS Kabylie	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	5			0–2	3–1	—	2–0
4	FAR Rabat	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	4			0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	HIL	ASE	EST
1	Al Ahly SC	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	2–0	3–0
2	Al-Hilal	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	7			3–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	ASEC Mimosas	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	5			0–1	1–0	—	2–0
4	Espérance de Tunis	6	1	2	3	2	8	−6	4			1–0	1–1	0–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Main article: 2007 CAF Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Final
		Al-Hilal	2	1	3
		Étoile du Sahel	1	3	4
									Étoile du Sahel	0	3	3
									Al Ahly	0	1	1
		Al-Ittihad	0	0	0
		Al Ahly	0	1	1

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 21–23 September and the second legs on 5–7 October.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Hilal	3–4	Étoile du Sahel	2–1	1–3
Al-Ittihad	0–1	Al Ahly SC	0–0	0–1

Final

Main article: 2007 CAF Champions League Final

27 October 2007

18:00 GMT

Étoile du Sahel	0–0	Al Ahly SC
	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] Report]

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Evehe Divine (Cameroon)

9 November 2007

17:30 GMT

Al Ahly SC	1–3	Étoile du Sahel
El-Nahhas 48'	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] Report]	Gharbi 44' Chermiti 90+3' Narry 90+5'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 74,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2007 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mabi Mputu	TP Mazembe	9
2	Ndubuisi Eze	Al Hilal	8
	Amine Chermiti	Étoile du Sahel
4	Cheick Oumar Dabo	JS Kabylie	7
	Salem Al Rewani	Al-Ittihad
6	Amine Ltaïef	Espérance de Tunis	6
7	Flávio	Al-Ahly	5
	Younes Al Shibani	Al-Ittihad
	Kelechi Osunwa	Al Hilal
10	Mohamed Aboutrika	Al-Ahly	4
	Abdessamad Rafik	Wydad AC
	José Torrealba	Mamelodi Sundowns

See also

• 2007 CAF Confederation Cup
• 2008 CAF Super Cup
• 2007 FIFA Club World Cup

External links

• Official Site
• "African Club Competitions 2007" at RSSSF
• Official MTN CAF Champions League Website
• Jose: African Refereeing A Disgrace