2005 CAF Champions League

The 2005 CAF Champions League was the 41st edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was started on 29 January 2005 with a preliminary round. Al Ahly of Egypt defeated Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia in the final to win their fourth title.

2005 CAF Champions League

Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	29 January – 12 November
Teams	52 (from 47 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (4th title)
Runners-up	Étoile du Sahel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104
Goals scored	266 (2.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohamed Barakat Joetex Frimpong (7 goals each)
← 2004 2006 →

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2005 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	w/o	Wallidan FC	1
FAR Rabat	4–1	ASC Ksar	4–0	0–1
Djoliba AC	1–2	AS Douanes	1–1	0–1
RC Bafoussam	3–0	Donjo	1–0	2–0
DC Motema Pembe	3–2	Rayon Sport	3–0	0–2
Dolphin FC	3–1	Renacimiento FC	3–0	0–1
Sagrada Esperança	2–1	AS Mangasport	0–0	2–1
ASA	4–2	Blue Waters F.C.	3–0	1–2
Tusker FC	7–1	KMKM	4–1	3–0
TP Mazembe	2–2 (4–5 pk)	ASFA Yennenga	2–0	0–2
Ajax Cape Town	2–1	Mhlambanyatsi Rovers	1–0	1–1
Diaraf Dakar	2–2	Fello Star	2–1	0–1
Al-Hilal Omdurman	3–2	Awassa City FC	2–1	1–1
La Passe	3–6	USJF Ravinala	2–2	1–4
Kaizer Chiefs	3–2	AS Port Louis 2000	2–0	1–2
Simba SC	3–2	Ferroviário Nampula	2–1	1–1
CAPS United	8–4	Lesotho Defence Force FC	4–1	4–3
Red Arrows	0–0 (3–2 pk)	CSMD Diables Noirs	0–0	0–0
Al Olympic	4–3	Renaissance FC	2–0	2–3
Villa SC	3–0	Adulis Club	1–0	2–0

¹ Wallidan FC were withdrawn by the Gambia Football Federation.

First round

|Ajax Cape Town won 5–3 on penalties

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	1–2	FAR Rabat	1–0	0–2
AS Douanes	1–3	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	1–3
RC Bafoussam	2–3	Africa Sports National	1–0	1–3
DC Motema Pembe	1–3	Raja Casablanca	1–1	0–2
Dolphin FC	5–2	Hearts of Oak SC	4–0	1–2
Sagrada Esperança	2–3	ASEC Mimosas	2–2	0–1
ASA	2–1	Coton Sport FC	2–0	0–1
Tusker FC	1–4	Zamalek	0–1	1–3
ASFA Yennenga	1–1	Ajax Cape Town	1–0	0–1
Fello Star	1–0	JS Kabylie	1–0	0–0
Al-Hilal	3–5	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	1–5
USJF Ravinala	1–5	Kaizer Chiefs	0–1	1–4
Simba SC	1–5	Enyimba	1–1	0–4
CAPS United	2–3	Red Arrows	1–1	1–2
Al Olympic	0–7	USM Alger	0–2	0–5
Al Ahly	6–0	Villa SC	0–0	6–0

Second round

|ASEC Mimosas won 5–3 on penalties |Ajax Cape Town won 3–2 on penalties

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FAR Rabat	1–2	Étoile Sahel	1–0	0–2
Africa Sports National	1–2	Raja Casablanca	1–1	0–1
Dolphin FC	2–2	ASEC Mimosas	2–0	0–2
ASA	1–3	Zamalek	1–1	0–2
Ajax Cape Town	2–2	Fello Star	2–0	0–2
Espérance de Tunis	5–2	Kaizer Chiefs	4–0	1–2
Enyimba	9–1	Red Arrows	3–0	6–1
USM Alger	2–3	Al Ahly	0–1	2–2

Group stage

Main article: 2005 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		AHL	RCA	ENY	AJA
1	Al Ahly	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage		—
2	Raja Casablanca	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6				—
3	Enyimba	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	5					—
4	Ajax Cape Town	6	0	3	3	2	9	−7	3						—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESS	ZAM	ASEC	ESP
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	2	4	0	8	6	+2	8	Advance to knockout stage		—
2	Zamalek	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	7				—
3	ASEC Mimosas	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	5					—
4	Espérance de Tunis	6	0	4	2	3	5	−2	4						—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Main article: 2005 CAF Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals							Final
		Raja Casablanca	0	0	0
		Étoile du Sahel	1	1	2
									Étoile du Sahel	0	0	0
									Al Ahly	0	3	3
		Zamalek	1	0	1
		Al Ahly	2	2	4

Semi-finals

The first leg was played on 24–25 September and the second on 15–16 October.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Raja Casablanca	0–2	Étoile du Sahel	0–1	0–1
Zamalek	1–4	Al Ahly	1–2	0–2

Final

Main article: 2005 CAF Champions League Final

29 October 2005

18:00 GMT

Etoile du Sahel	0–0	Al Ahly
	[citation needed]

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

12 November 2005

17:30 GMT

Al Ahly	3–0	Etoile du Sahel
Aboutrika 20' Hosny 51' Barakat 90+2'	[citation needed]

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2005 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mohamed Barakat	Al Ahly	7
	Joetex Frimpong	Enyimba
3	Emad Moteab	Al Ahly	6
4	Leonard Tsipa	CAPS United	5
5	Pamphil Rabefitia	USJF Ravinala	4
	Collins Mbesuma	Kaizer Chiefs

See also

• 2005 FIFA Club World Championship

External links

• Champions' Cup 2005 - rsssf.com
• Results/fixtures