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
ChampionsTunisia Étoile du Sahel (1st title)
Runners-upEgypt Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played131
Goals scored282 (2.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)Democratic Republic of the Congo Mabi Mputu (9 goals)
2006
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Qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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   3–1   Sporting Clube da Praia 0–1 3–02
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 AC   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 on the weekend before the tie due to high travel costs; they were banned from CAF competitions for three years and fined $3500.
2 Sporting Clube da Praia refused to travel to Guinea due to civil unrest and a violent general strike.
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 as AJSM did not have a FIFA or CAF-standard stadium.

First round

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 AC 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

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 AC 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

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS ITT JSK FAR
1   Étoile du Sahel 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 8 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 3–0 0–0
2   Al-Ittihad 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 7 2–0 1–0 2–0
3   JS Kabylie 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 5 0–2 3–1 2–0
4   FAR Rabat 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 4 0–1 1–0 1–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL HIL ASE EST
1   Al Ahly SC 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 8 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 2–0 3–0
2   Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 7 3–0 2–1 2–0
3   ASEC Mimosas 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 5 0–1 1–0 2–0
4   Espérance de Tunis 6 1 2 3 2 8 −6 4 1–0 1–1 0–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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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

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Étoile du Sahel  0–0  Al Ahly SC
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Al Ahly SC  1–3  Étoile du Sahel
El-Nahhas   48' Report Gharbi   44'
Chermiti   90+3'
Narry   90+5'

Top goalscorers

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

See also

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