2005 CAF Champions League Final

Cairo Military Academy Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event	2005 CAF Champions League
Étoile du Sahel Al Ahly 0 3
First leg
Étoile du Sahel Al Ahly 0 0
Date	28 October 2005
Venue	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee	Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Attendance	20,000
Second Leg
Al Ahly Étoile du Sahel 3 0
Date	12 November 2005
Venue	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Attendance	35,000
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The 2005 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2005 between Al Ahly, and Étoile du Sahel.

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)	2004
Al Ahly	UNAF (North Africa)	1982, 1983, 1987, 2001

Al Ahly reached a total of four finals, winning three (1982, 1987, 2001) and losing one (1983). Étoile du Sahel reached the second consecutive final in his history after they lost against Enyimba in the previous edition 2004.

Both teams qualified as winners of their groups. Both teams also qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday. In the semifinals Étoile du Sahel defeated the Moroccan side Raja Casablanca 2–0 on aggregate, after winning twice with the same result (1–0): the first leg in Casablanca, and the second leg in Sousse. Al Ahly faced his compatriot Zamalek winning the first leg (2–1) and the second leg (2–0) after playing the two matches in Cairo.

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.

Cairo Military Academy Stadium is located in Cairo, Egypt and has a total capacity of 28,500.

Seven miles up the road from Cairo International Stadium, heading for Cairo International Airport, there is the Cairo Military Academy Stadium at the far end of Orouba Street in the north-eastern Heliopolis district of Cairo.

It was built in 1989 for the use of military teams and students at the military academy. The ground accommodated home games of Al Ahly and Zamalek during the refurbishing of the Cairo International Stadium and occasionally still serves to stage matches of the old foes.

Al Ahly was forced to move out of its usual stadium, that is, the Cairo International Stadium, due to the work that started in it because of Egypt organizing the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations after three months, it underwent a major renovation, and was brought up to 21st century world standard along with all its multi-game Olympic facilities.

Étoile du Sahel				Round	Al Ahly
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Douanes	3–1	0–0 (A)	3–1 (H)	First round	Villa SC	6–0	0–0 (A)	6–0 (H)
FAR Rabat	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	USM Alger	3–2	1–0 (A)	2–2 (H)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
ES Tunis	0–0 (H)			Matchday 1	Raja Casablanca	1–0 (H)
Zamalek	1–1 (A)			Matchday 2	Enyimba	1–0 (A)
ASEC Mimosas	1–1 (A)			Matchday 3	Ajax Cape Town	2–0 (H)
ASEC Mimosas	2–1 (H)			Matchday 4	Ajax Cape Town	0–0 (A)
ES Tunis	1–1 (A)			Matchday 5	Raja Casablanca	1–1 (A)
Zamalek	2–1 (H)			Matchday 6	Enyimba	2–1 (H)
Group B Winner Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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]				Final standings	Group A Winner Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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]
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knock-out stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Raja Casablanca	2–0	1–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Semifinals	Zamalek	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)

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]

29 October 2005

18:00 GMT

Étoile du Sahel	0–0	Al Ahly
	Rapport

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Étoile du Sahel

Al Ahly

GK 1 Austin Ejide DF 26 Saïf Ghezal DF 7 Kais Zouaghi DF 6 Saber Ben Frej DF 29 Lotfi Sallami DF 25 Chaker Zouaghi MF 17 Marouane Bakri MF 22 Ahmed Hammi MF 8 Gilson Silva MF 23 Mohamed Jedidi FW 19 Emeka Opara  52' Substitutes: FW 2 Yassine Chikhaoui  52'  85' MF 24 Mejdi Traoui MF 10 Sabeur Trabelsi  85' Manager: Mehmed Baždarević

GK 1 Essam El Hadary DF 16 Emad El Nahhas DF 7 Ahmad El-Sayed DF 26 Wael Gomaa DF 2 Islam El-Shater DF 14 Hassan Mostafa MF 17 Mohamed Shawky MF 12 Gilberto MF 22 Mohamed Aboutrika  90' MF 8 Mohamed Barakat FW 19 Emad Meteb Substitutes: FW 2 Osama Hosny  90' Manager: Manuel José

12 November 2005

17:30 GMT

Al Ahly	3–0	Étoile du Sahel
Aboutrika 20' Hosny 51' Barakat 90+2'	Rapport

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

Al Ahly

Étoile du Sahel

GK 1 Essam El Hadary DF 16 Emad El Nahhas DF 26 Wael Gomaa DF 5 Ahmad El-Sayed DF 8 Mohamed Barakat DF 14 Hassan Mostafa MF 17 Mohamed Shawky MF 12 Gilberto  30' MF 22 Mohamed Aboutrika MF 13 Emad Meteb  84' FW 18 Osama Hosny  65' Substitutes: FW 3 Mohamed Abdelwahab  30' FW 2 Islam El-Shater  65' FW 2 Hossam Ashour  84' Manager: Manuel José

GK 1 Austin Ejide DF 26 Saïf Ghezal DF 7 Kais Zouaghi DF 6 Saber Ben Frej DF 29 Lotfi Sallami DF 25 Chaker Zouaghi MF 17 Marouane Bakri MF 22 Ahmed Hammi MF 8 Gilson Silva MF 23 Mohamed Jedidi  79' FW 19 Emeka Opara  53' Substitutes: FW 2 Yassine Chikhaoui  53' MF 24 Bassem Ben Nasser MF 10 Sabeur Trabelsi  79' Manager: Mehmed Baždarević

Assistant referees:
Losséni Paré (Burkina Faso)
Brama Millogo (Burkina Faso)
Fourth official:
Nasser Sadek (Egypt)

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