CAF Champions League 2007

The CAF Champions League 2007 was the 11th occurance of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competion in Africa. Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al-Ahly of Egypt 3–1 in a two-legged final.

Results/Fixtures

Preliminary round

The 1st legs were played on 26-28 January 2007.
The 2nd legs were played on 9-11 February 2007.

*1 JS Saint-Pierroise withdrew due to high travelling costs
*2 Super ESCOM withdrew
*3 Young Africans qualify 5-1 on aggregate in tie reduced to one leg because AGSM do not have an international-standard ground
*4 SC Praia refused to travel due to a violent general strike in Guinea
*5 AS Douanes was disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.

Last 32

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

TwoLegResult|Highlanders|ZIM|0 - 2|Al-Ahly|EGY|0 - 0|0 - 2

Last 16

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

Group stage

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20:00 EEST |team1 = Al Ahly Flagicon|EGY |score = 3 - 0 |report = [http://www.cafonline.com/left_index.php?head=115.htm&loc=cl_stats/115.htm (Report)] |team2 = Flagicon|TUN Esperance |goals1 = Aboutreika goal|12
Flavio goal|77
Hosny goal|85| <|goals2 = |stadium = Cairo Stadium , Egypt |attendance=30,000 |referee= Haimoudi (
ALG)--------------------------------

Bracket

4TeamBracket | RD1=Semi-Finals
RD2=Final

RD1-seed1=Flagicon|SUD
RD1-team1=Al Hilal
RD1-score1=3
RD1-seed2=Flagicon|TUN
RD1-team2=Etoile du Sahel
RD1-score2=4

RD1-seed3=Flagicon|LBY
RD1-team3=Al Ittihad
RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=Flagicon|EGY
RD1-team4=Al Ahly
RD1-score4=1

RD2-seed1=Flagicon|TUN
RD2-team1=Etoile du Sahel
RD2-score1=3
RD2-seed2=Flagicon|EGY
RD2-team2=Al Ahly
RD2-score2=1

emi-Finals

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

Final

The final's two legs were played on October 27 and November 9.

Best Scorers

ee also

*CAF Champions League 2007
*CAF Confederation Cup 2007
*CAF Super Cup

External links

* [http://www.cafonline.com/champion_league.php?loc=competitions/champion_league/home.htm# Official Site]

* [http://championsleague.mtnfootball.com/live/index.php# Official MTN CAF Champions League Website]

* [http://www.mtnfootball.com/live/content.php?Item_ID=11871# Jose: African Refereeing A Disgrace]