2024 CAF Champions League final

2024 CAF Champions League final
Event	2023–24 CAF Champions League
First leg
Date	18 May 2024
Venue	Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis
Referee	Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Attendance	35,000
Weather	Partially covered; 24 °C (75 °F); 64% humidity
Second leg
Date	25 May 2024
Venue	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Attendance	52,000
Weather	Clear weather with some clouds; 29 °C (84 °F); 26% humidity
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The 2024 CAF Champions League final were 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]

The contesting teams, Espérance de Tunis and Al Ahly, previously contested each other at the 2018 final, with either one of those teams also reaching the final in every edition of the CAF Champions League since 2017.

Teams

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

Road to the final

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

Espérance de Tunis

Round

Al Ahly

Opponent

1st leg

2nd leg

Qualifying rounds

Opponent

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 v t e	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 v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Al Ahly	6	12
2	Young Africans	6	8
3	CR Belouizdad	6	8
4	Medeama	6	4

Source: CAF

Opponent

1st leg

2nd leg

Knockout stage

Opponent

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

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

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

Matches

First leg

Details

18 May 2024

20:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis	0–0	Al Ahly
	Report

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Espérance de Tunis

Al Ahly


GK	1	Amenallah Memmiche
DF	2	Mohamed Ben Ali		69'
DF	5	Yassine Meriah
MF	8	Houssem Tka		69'
FW	9	Rodrigo Rodrigues	70'	90+2'
MF	10	Yan Sasse		82'
DF	15	Mohamed Amine Tougai
FW	18	Houssam Ghacha
DF	20	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida		90+2'
MF	25	Ghailene Chaalali (c)
MF	38	Roger Aholou	16'
Substitutes:
FW	11	Oussama Bouguerra		82'
GK	12	Moez Ben Cherifia
DF	13	Raed Bouchniba		69'
DF	22	Hani Amamou
FW	27	Kebba Sowe
FW	29	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda		90+2'
MF	31	Zakaria El Ayeb		69'
MF	36	Onuche Ogbelu		90+2'
FW	37	André Bukia
Manager:
Miguel Cardoso


DF	5	Ramy Rabia (c)
MF	8	Akram Tawfik
FW	10	Percy Tau		81'
MF	13	Marwan Attia
FW	14	Hussein El Shahat
DF	21	Ali Maâloul		7'
MF	22	Emam Ashour		81'
DF	24	Mohamed Abdelmonem
DF	30	Mohamed Hany	39'
GK	31	Mostafa Shobeir
FW	39	Wessam Abou Ali
Substitutes:
GK	1	Mohamed El Shenawy
DF	4	Mahmoud Metwalli
DF	6	Yasser Ibrahim
FW	7	Mahmoud Kahraba
FW	12	Reda Slim		81'
MF	15	Aliou Dieng
MF	19	Mohamed Magdy Afsha		81'
FW	27	Anthony Modeste
DF	28	Karim Fouad	33'	7'
Manager:
Marcel Koller

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]}

Statistics

First half
Statistic	Espérance de Tunis	Al Ahly
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	5	2
Shots on target	0	0
Saves	0	0
Ball possession	55%	45%
Corner kicks	0	1
Offsides	1	0
Yellow cards	1	2
Red cards	0	0

Second half
Statistic	Espérance de Tunis	Al Ahly
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	5	8
Shots on target	0	1
Saves	1	0
Ball possession	49%	51%
Corner kicks	0	2
Offsides	1	1
Yellow cards	1	0
Red cards	0	0

Overall
Statistic	Espérance de Tunis	Al Ahly
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	10	10
Shots on target	0	1
Saves	1	0
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	0	3
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	2	2
Red cards	0	0

Second leg

Details

25 May 2024

20:00 UTC+3

Al Ahly	1–0	Espérance de Tunis
Aholou 4' (o.g.)	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Al Ahly

Espérance de Tunis


DF	5	Ramy Rabia (c)
DF	8	Akram Tawfik
FW	10	Percy Tau	67'
MF	13	Marwan Attia	78'
FW	14	Hussein El Shahat	90+2'
MF	22	Emam Ashour	90+2'
DF	24	Mohamed Abdelmonem
DF	28	Karim Fouad
DF	30	Mohamed Hany
GK	31	Mostafa Shobeir
FW	39	Wessam Abou Ali	78'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Mohamed El Shenawy
DF	6	Yasser Ibrahim	90+2'
FW	7	Mahmoud Kahraba	78'
MF	11	Ahmed Abdel Kader
FW	12	Reda Slim
MF	15	Aliou Dieng	67'
MF	19	Mohamed Magdy Afsha	78'
FW	27	Anthony Modeste
FW	29	Taher Mohamed	90+2'
Manager:
Marcel Koller


GK	1	Amenallah Memmiche
DF	2	Mohamed Ben Ali		45'
DF	5	Yassine Meriah
MF	8	Houssem Tka		76'
FW	9	Rodrigo Rodrigues
MF	10	Yan Sasse		85'
DF	15	Mohamed Amine Tougai
FW	18	Houssam Ghacha		75'
DF	20	Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida	90+5'
MF	25	Ghailene Chaalali (c)	86'
MF	38	Roger Aholou	20'	85'
Substitutes:
FW	11	Oussama Bouguerra		85'
GK	12	Moez Ben Cherifia
DF	13	Raed Bouchniba		45'
DF	22	Hani Amamou
MF	23	Ghaith Ouahabi
FW	29	Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda		85'
MF	31	Zakaria El Ayeb
MF	36	Onuche Ogbelu	86'	76'
FW	37	André Bukia		75'
Manager:
Miguel Cardoso			90+4'