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
Dates26 January – 9 November
Teams60
Final positions
Champions Étoile du Sahel (1st title)
Runners-up Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played131
Goals scored282 (2.15 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mabi Mputu (9 goals)

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. 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 0–4 Sporting Clube da Praia 0–1 0–32
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 Casablanca 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 due to high travel costs; they were banned from AFC competitions for three years and fined $3500.
2 Sporting Clube da Praia refused to travel due to civil unrest and a violent general strike in Guinea.
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 because AGSM did not have an international-standard ground.

First round

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

Team 1 Agg. 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 Casablanca 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. 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 Casablanca 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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Étoile du Sahel 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 11
Al-Ittihad 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10
JS Kabylie 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
FAR Rabat 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al Ahly SC 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 12
Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10
ASEC Mimosas 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7
Espérance 6 1 2 3 2 8 −6 5
Source:

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. 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
Étoile du Sahel 0–0 Al Ahly SC
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Al Ahly SC 1–3 Étoile du Sahel
El-Nahhas  48' Report Gharbi  44'
Chermiti  90+3'
Narry  90+5'
Attendance: 74,000

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 8
4 Cheick Oumar Dabo JS Kabylie 7
Salem Al Rewani Al-Ittihad 7
6 Amine Ltaïef Espérance de Tunis 6
7 Flávio Al-Ahly 5
Younes Al Shibani Al-Ittihad 5
Kelechi Osunwa Al Hilal 5
10 Mohamed Aboutrika Al-Ahly 4
Abdessamad Rafik Wydad Casablanca 4
José Torrealba Mamelodi Sundowns 4

See also
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