2024 CAF Champions League final

The 2024 CAF Champions League final will be the final matches of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League, the 60th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 28th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.[1][2]

2024 CAF Champions League final
Event2023–24 CAF Champions League
First leg
Date18 May 2024 (2024-05-18)
VenueStade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
RefereeMustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Second leg
Date25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
VenueCairo International Stadium, Cairo
RefereeJean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
2023
2025

Teams edit

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 Zone Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
  Espérance de Tunis UNAF (North Africa) 8 (1994, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019)
  Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 16 (1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Venues edit

 
Stade Hammadi Agrebi in Tunis, Tunisia, will host the first leg.
 
Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, will host the second leg.

Road to the final edit

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

  Espérance de Tunis Round   Al Ahly
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye First round Bye
  AS Douanes Burkina Faso 1–0 1–0 (A) 0–0 (H) Second round   Saint George 7–0 3–0 (A) 4–0 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
  Étoile du Sahel 2–0 (H) Matchday 1   Medeama 3–0 (H)
  Al Hilal 1–3 (A) Matchday 2   Young Africans 1–1 (A)
  Petro de Luanda 0–0 (H) Matchday 3   CR Belouizdad 0–0 (H)
  Petro de Luanda 0–0 (A) Matchday 4   CR Belouizdad 0–0 (A)
  Étoile du Sahel 2–0 (A) Matchday 5   Medeama 1–0 (A)
  Al Hilal 1–0 (H) Matchday 6   Young Africans 1–0 (H)
Group C runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Petro de Luanda 6 12
2   Espérance de Tunis 6 11
3   Al Hilal 6 5
4   Étoile du Sahel 6 4
Source: CAF
Final standings Group D winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Al Ahly 6 12
2   Young Africans 6 8
3   CR Belouizdad 6 8
4   Medeama 6 4
Source: CAF
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout stage Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
  ASEC Mimosas 0–0 (4–2 p) 0–0 (H) 0–0 (A) Quarter-finals   Simba 3–0 1–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
  Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 1–0 (H) 1–0 (A) Semi-finals   TP Mazembe 3–0 0–0 (A) 3–0 (H)

Format edit

The final will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule will be applied, and if still tied, extra time will be played, and a penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner.

Matches edit

First leg edit

Assistant referees:
Mokrane Gourari (Algeria)
Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria)
Fourth official:
Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Video assistant referee:
Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)

Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.[note 1]

Second leg edit

Assistant referees:
Souru Phatsoane (Lesotho)
Seydou Tiama (Burkina Faso)
Fourth official:
Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Video assistant referee:
Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)
Mohamed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)

Match rules

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Each team will be only given three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References edit

  1. ^ "Esperance edge past Sundowns in Pretoria to book final place". Confederation of African Football. 26 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Al Ahly stage late rally to defeat Mazembe and reach final". Confederation of African Football. 26 April 2024.

External links edit