CAF Champions League 2012

The CAF Champions League 2012 is the 16th edition of this tournament organized by the CAF . It started on February 17, 2012 with the preliminary round. The defending champion was Espérance Sportive de Tunis from Tunisia . On November 17, 2012, Al Ahly Cairo won its seventh title after the team beat last year's winner after a 1-1 draw in the first leg and 2-1 in the second leg.

qualification

In theory, all 55 CAF member associations are entitled to send teams. Two starting places are automatically reserved for the twelve best national associations in the CAF five-year ranking. For qualification for the Champions League 2012, the rating for the years 2006 to 2010 applies. Thus, the number of football associations belonging to the CAF means that a maximum of 67 teams could participate in the Champions League.

Two teams from the following countries are entitled to start, in the order of the five-year rating:

• Tunisia
• Egypt
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• Algeria
• Morocco
• Mali
• Zimbabwe
• Libya
• Cameroon
• Ivory Coast

All other countries have a starting place.

Results

Preliminary round

First legs from February 17 to 19, second legs from March 2 to 4, 2012.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ASFA-Yennenga Ouagadougou	1: 4	ASO Chlef	0-0	1: 4
AS Vita Club	6: 4	Athlético Olympic	5-0	1: 4
DFC8	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Les Astres FC	1-0	1: 2
Young Africans FC	1: 2	al Zamalek SC	1: 1	0: 1
Missile FC	3: 4	Africa Sports National	3: 2	0: 2
Ports Authority	0: 1	Horoya AC	0-0	0: 1
Foullah Edifice	1: 3	JSM Béjaïa	0-0	1: 3
AFAD Djékanou	2-0	Diables Noirs	1-0	1-0
Tusker FC	0: 1	APR FC	0-0	0: 1
Coin Nord de Mitsamiouli	2: 4	Ethiopian Coffee	1-0	1: 4
AS GNN	0: 1	Tonnerre d'Abomey FC	0-0	0: 1
Orlando Pirates	2: 4	CRD Libolo	1: 3	1: 1
Uganda Revenue Authority SC	3-0	Lesotho Correctional Services FC	3-0	0-0
Mafunzo FC	0: 5	Liga Muçulmana de Maputo	0: 2	0: 3
Brikama United	1: 1 (3: 1 i.E.)	US Ouakam	0: 1	1: 0 a.d.
CD Elá Nguema	0: 6	Dolphins FC	0: 3	0: 3
LSCRFC	0: 5	Berekum Chelsea	0: 2	0: 3
Green Mamba FC	2: 8	Platinum FC	2: 4	0: 4
Japan Actuel's FC	1: 8	Power dynamos	1: 5	0: 3

First round

First legs from 23 to 25 March, second legs from 6 to 8 April 2012.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ASO Chlef	3: 2	AS Vita Club	0-0	3: 2
DFC8	1: 8	Al-Hilal Khartoum	0: 3	1: 5
al Zamalek SC	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Africa Sports National	1-0	1: 2
Horoya AC	1: 4	Maghreb Fez	1: 1	0: 3
JSM Béjaïa	1: 5	AFAD Djékanou	1: 2	0: 3
APR FC	2: 3	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	0-0	2: 3
Ethiopian Coffee	0: 3	al Ahly Cairo	0-0	0: 3
Tonnerre d'Abomey FC	2: 5	Stade Malien	0-0	2: 5
CRD Libolo	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Sunshine Stars FC	4: 1	0: 3
Uganda Revenue Authority SC	-	Djoliba AC	0: 2	-
Liga Muçulmana de Maputo	2: 3	Dynamos FC	2: 2	0: 1
Brikama United	2: 4	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	1: 1	1: 3
Dolphins FC	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Cotonsport Garoua	2: 1	0: 1
Berekum Chelsea	5: 3	Raja Casablanca	5-0	0: 3
Platinum FC	2: 5	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	2: 2	0: 3
Power dynamos	1: 7	Tout Puissant Mazembe	1: 1	0: 6

1. ↑ URA refused to travel to Bamako because of the political unrest in Mali . That's why Djoliba AC went into the next round.

Round of 16

First legs from April 27 to 29, second legs from May 11 to 13, 2012.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Al-Hilal Khartoum	2: 2 (2: 4 on behalf)	ASO Chlef	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
Maghreb Fez	0: 4	al Zamalek SC	0: 2	0: 2
Étoile Sportive du Sahel	4: 2	AFAD Djékanou	4: 1	0: 1
Stade Malien	2: 3	al Ahly Cairo	1-0	1: 3
Djoliba AC	1: 2	Sunshine Stars FC	1: 1	0: 1
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	7: 1	Dynamos FC	6-0	1: 1
Berekum Chelsea	2: 1	Cotonsport Garoua	0-0	2: 1
Tout Puissant Mazembe	3: 1	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	2-0	1: 1

Quarter-finals (group stage)

In the quarter-final group stage, four teams compete against each other in two groups. The group first and second qualify for the semi-finals.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	4th	3	0	1	006: 300	+3	09
2.	Sunshine Stars FC	4th	2	0	2	004: 400	± 0	06th
3.	ASO Chlef	4th	1	0	3	004: 700	−3	03
04th	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	Disqualified

July 7, 2012
Sunshine Stars	0: 2 (0: 2)	ES Tunis
July 8, 2012
ASO Chlef	[VG 2]0: 1 (0: 1)	ES Sahel
20th July 2012
ES Tunis	3: 2 (1: 1)	ASO Chlef
July 21, 2012
ES Sahel	[VG 2]0-0	Sunshine Stars
5th August 2012
Sunshine Stars	2: 0 (0: 0)	ASO Chlef
5th August 2012
ES Tunis	[VG 2]1: 0 (1: 0)	ES Sahel
17th August 2012
ASO Chlef	1: 2 (0: 1)	Sunshine Stars
August 18, 2012
ES Sahel	[VG 2]0: 2 (0: 1)	ES Tunis
August 31, 2012
ES Sahel	[VG 3]-: -	ASO Chlef
2nd September 2012
ES Tunis	1: 0 (0: 0)	Sunshine Stars
September 14, 2012
ASO Chlef	1: 0 (1: 0)	ES Tunis
September 14, 2012
Sunshine Stars	[VG 3]-: -	ES Sahel

1. ↑ The game between ES Sahel and ES Tunis on August 18, 2012 was canceled in the 71st minute after crowd riots. CAF has decided to disqualify ES Sahel and to cancel or not play all their games.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} The game is annulled.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The game will not be played because of the disqualification of ES Sahel.

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	al Ahly Cairo	6th	3	2	1	009: 600	+3	11
2.	Tout Puissant Mazembe	6th	3	1	2	009: 600	+3	10
3.	Berekum Chelsea	6th	2	3	1	009:100	−1	09
4th	al Zamalek SC	6th	0	2	4th	005:100	−5	02

July 7, 2012
Berekum Chelsea	3: 2 (1: 2)	al Zamalek SC
July 8, 2012
al Ahly Cairo	2: 1 (1: 0)	TP Mazembe
July 22, 2012
TP Mazembe	2: 2 (2: 0)	Berekum Chelsea
July 22, 2012
al Zamalek SC	0: 1 (0: 0)	al Ahly Cairo
4th August 2012
TP Mazembe	2: 0 (0: 0)	al Zamalek SC
4th August 2012
al Ahly Cairo	4: 1 (2: 1)	Berekum Chelsea
19th August 2012
Berekum Chelsea	1: 1 (0: 1)	al Ahly Cairo
19th August 2012
al Zamalek SC	1: 2 (1: 2)	TP Mazembe
September 1, 2012
al Zamalek SC	1: 1 (1: 1)	Berekum Chelsea
2nd September 2012
TP Mazembe	2: 0 (0: 0)	al Ahly Cairo
September 16, 2012
Berekum Chelsea	1: 0 (0: 0)	TP Mazembe
September 16, 2012
al Ahly Cairo	1: 1 (0: 1)	al Zamalek SC

Semifinals

First legs on October 6 and 7, second legs on October 20 and 21, 2012.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Tout Puissant Mazembe	0: 1	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	0-0	0: 1
Sunshine Stars FC	3: 4	al Ahly Cairo	3: 3	0: 1

final

First leg

al Ahly Cairo		Espérance Sportive de Tunis
	First leg November 4, 2012 in Alexandria ( Borg el-ʿArab ) Result: 1: 1 (0: 0) Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Djamel Haimoudi ( Algeria )
	Sherif Ekramy - Ahmed Fathy , Wael Gomaa , Sherif Abdel-Fadil (46th El Sayed Hamdy ), Mohamed Nagieb , Hossam Ghaly (60th Mohamed Barakat ) - Hossam Ashour , Abdallah Said , Walid Soliman , Mohamed Abo Treka - Mohamed Nagy (82 . Emad Moteab ) coach: Hossam El-Badry	Moez Ben Cherifia - Harrison Afful (73rd Mejdi Traoui ), Walid Hichri , Sameh Derbali , Khalil Chemmam , Mohamed Ben Mansour - Khaled Mouelhi , Houcine Ragued (86th Chaker Zouaghi ), Wajdi Bouazzi , Karim Aouadhi - Yannick N'Djeng (82 . Khaled Ayari ) coach: Nabil Maaloul
	1: 1 El Sayed Hamdy (88th)	0: 1 Walid Hichri (49.)
	Ahmed Fathy (26.)	Karim Aouadhi (9th), Sameh Derbali (10th), Khalil Chemmam (45th), Harrison Afful (55th)

Return leg

Espérance Sportive de Tunis		al Ahly Cairo
	Return leg November 17th, 2012 in Radès ( Stadium of January 14th ) Result: 1: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 31,000 Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach ( Morocco )
	Moez Ben Cherifia - Walid Hichri , Khalil Chemmam , Mohamed Ben Mansour - Khaled Mouelhi , Houcine Ragued (73rd Khaled Ayari ), Wajdi Bouazzi (56th Youcef Belaïli ), Karim Aouadhi (46th Iheb Msakni ), Youssef Msakni - Yannick N ' Djeng coach: Nabil Maaloul	Sherif Ekramy - Ahmed Fathy , Wael Gomaa , Ahmad Shedid Qinawi , Mohamed Nagieb , Hossam Ghaly - Hossam Ashour , Abdallah Said , Walid Soliman (71st Dominique Da Silva ), El Sayed Hamdy (66th Mohamed Abo Treka ) - Mohamed Nagy (88th) . Ramy Rabia ) coach: Hossam El-Badry
	1: 2 Yannick N'Djeng (85.)	0: 1 Mohamed Nagy (43.) 0: 2 Walid Soliman (63.)
	Moez Ben Cherifia (90th), Mohamed Ben Mansour (90 + 3rd)	Hossam Ghaly (77.)

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