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2005 CAF Champions League Final
	Cairo Military Academy Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event	2005 CAF Champions League
First leg
Date	28 October 2005
Venue	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee	Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)
Attendance	20,000
Second Leg
Date	12 November 2005
Venue	Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)
Attendance	35,000
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The 2005 CAF Champions League Final was a football tie held over two legs in December 2005 between Al Ahly, and Étoile du Sahel.

Qualified 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	Region	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Étoile du Sahel	UNAF (North Africa)	2004
Al Ahly	UNAF (North Africa)	1982, 1983, 1987, 2001

Background

Al Ahly reached a total of four finals, winning three (1982, 1987, 2001) and losing one (1983). Étoile du Sahel reached the second consecutive final in his history after they lost against Enyimba in the previous edition 2004.

Both teams qualified as winners of their groups. Both teams also qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday. In the semifinals Étoile du Sahel defeated the Moroccan side Raja Casablanca 2–0 on aggregate, after winning twice with the same result (1–0): the first leg in Casablanca, and the second leg in Sousse. Al Ahly faced his compatriot Zamalek winning the first leg (2–1) and the second leg (2–0) after playing the two matches in Cairo.

Venues

Stade Olympique de Sousse

Stade olympique de Sousse is a multi-purpose stadium in Sousse, Tunisia. It is used by the football team Étoile du Sahel, and was used for the 2004 African Cup of Nations. The stadium holds 28,000 people. It hosts within it the meetings played by the football team of the city: Étoile sportive du Sahel (ESS).

For many decades, Sousse footballers knew only the clay surfaces and knew the turf surfaces only when the stadium was inaugurated with an initial capacity of 10,000 places. It passes over the years to 15,000 seats and is then expanded again on the occasion of the 1994 African Cup of Nations with 6,000 additional seats to reach a capacity of 21,000 seats; A luminous panel is installed at the same time. The last expansion was carried out in 1999 to bring the capacity of the stadium to 28,000 seats for the 2001 Mediterranean Games, a reorganization of the gallery of honor was carried out, from a capacity of 70 to 217 places.

It hosted 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1994 African Cup of Nations, 2001 Mediterranean Games and 2004 African Cup of Nations.

Cairo Military Academy Stadium

Military Academy Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg.

Cairo Military Academy Stadium is located in Cairo, Egypt and has a total capacity of 28,500.

Seven miles up the road from Cairo International Stadium, heading for Cairo International Airport, there is the Cairo Military Academy Stadium at the far end of Orouba Street in the north-eastern Heliopolis district of Cairo.

It was built in 1989 for the use of military teams and students at the military academy. The ground accommodated home games of Al Ahly and Zamalek during the refurbishing of the Cairo International Stadium and occasionally still serves to stage matches of the old foes.

Al Ahly was forced to move out of its usual stadium, that is, the Cairo International Stadium, due to the work that started in it because of Egypt organizing the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations after three months, it underwent a major renovation, and was brought up to 21st century world standard along with all its multi-game Olympic facilities.

Road to final

Étoile du Sahel

Round

Al Ahly

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Qualifying rounds

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

AS Douanes

3–1

0–0 (A)

3–1 (H)

First round

Villa SC

6–0

0–0 (A)

6–0 (H)

FAR Rabat

2–1

0–1 (A)

2–0 (H)

Second round

USM Alger

3–2

1–0 (A)

2–2 (H)

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

ES Tunis

0–0 (H)

Matchday 1

Raja Casablanca

1–0 (H)

Zamalek

1–1 (A)

Matchday 2

Enyimba

1–0 (A)

ASEC Mimosas

1–1 (A)

Matchday 3

Ajax Cape Town

2–0 (H)

ASEC Mimosas

2–1 (H)

Matchday 4

Ajax Cape Town

0–0 (A)

ES Tunis

1–1 (A)

Matchday 5

Raja Casablanca

1–1 (A)

Zamalek

2–1 (H)

Matchday 6

Enyimba

2–1 (H)

Group B Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	2	4	0	8	6	+2	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Zamalek	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	ASEC Mimosas	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	5
4	Espérance de Tunis	6	0	4	2	3	5	−2	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final standings

Group A Winner
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Ahly	6	4	2	0	7	2	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Raja Casablanca	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Enyimba	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	5
4	Ajax Cape Town	6	0	3	3	2	9	−7	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knock-out stage

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Raja Casablanca

2–0

1–0 (A)

1–0 (H)

Semifinals

Zamalek

4–1

2–1 (A)

2–0 (H)

Format

The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).^[1]

Matches

First leg

29 October 2005

18:00 GMT

Étoile du Sahel	0–0	Al Ahly
	Rapport

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Étoile du Sahel

Al Ahly


GK	1	Austin Ejide
DF	26	Saïf Ghezal
DF	7	Kais Zouaghi
DF	6	Saber Ben Frej
DF	29	Lotfi Sallami
DF	25	Chaker Zouaghi
MF	17	Marouane Bakri
MF	22	Ahmed Hammi
MF	8	Gilson Silva
MF	23	Mohamed Jedidi
FW	19	Emeka Opara	52'
Substitutes:
FW	2	Yassine Chikhaoui	52'	85'
MF	24	Mejdi Traoui
MF	10	Sabeur Trabelsi	85'
Manager:
Mehmed Baždarević


GK	1	Essam El Hadary
DF	16	Emad El Nahhas
DF	7	Ahmad El-Sayed
DF	26	Wael Gomaa
DF	2	Islam El-Shater
DF	14	Hassan Mostafa
MF	17	Mohamed Shawky
MF	12	Gilberto
MF	22	Mohamed Aboutrika	90'
MF	8	Mohamed Barakat
FW	19	Emad Meteb
Substitutes:
FW	2	Osama Hosny	90'
Manager:
Manuel José

Assistant referees:
Ahmed Belkhater (Morocco)
Mohamed Ayoub (Morocco)
Fourth official:
Chokri Saadallah (Tunisia)

Second leg

12 November 2005

17:30 GMT

Al Ahly	3–0	Étoile du Sahel
Aboutrika 20' Hosny 51' Barakat 90+2'	Rapport

Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

Al Ahly

Étoile du Sahel


GK	1	Essam El Hadary
DF	16	Emad El Nahhas
DF	26	Wael Gomaa
DF	5	Ahmad El-Sayed
DF	8	Mohamed Barakat
DF	14	Hassan Mostafa
MF	17	Mohamed Shawky
MF	12	Gilberto	30'
MF	22	Mohamed Aboutrika
MF	13	Emad Meteb	84'
FW	18	Osama Hosny	65'
Substitutes:
FW	3	Mohamed Abdelwahab	30'
FW	2	Islam El-Shater	65'
FW	2	Hossam Ashour	84'
Manager:
Manuel José


GK	1	Austin Ejide
DF	26	Saïf Ghezal
DF	7	Kais Zouaghi
DF	6	Saber Ben Frej
DF	29	Lotfi Sallami
DF	25	Chaker Zouaghi
MF	17	Marouane Bakri
MF	22	Ahmed Hammi
MF	8	Gilson Silva
MF	23	Mohamed Jedidi	79'
FW	19	Emeka Opara	53'
Substitutes:
FW	2	Yassine Chikhaoui	53'
MF	24	Bassem Ben Nasser
MF	10	Sabeur Trabelsi	79'
Manager:
Mehmed Baždarević