2022 CAF Champions League final

2022 CAF Champions League Final
Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco, hosted the final.
Event2021–22 CAF Champions League
Al Ahly Wydad AC
0 2
Date30 May 2022 (2022-05-30)
VenueStade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco
Man of the MatchZouhair El Moutaraji
(Wydad AC)[1]
RefereeVictor Gomes (South Africa)[2]
Attendance80,000[3]
WeatherFair
15 °C (59 °F)
64% humidity[4]

The 2022 CAF Champions League Final was the final match of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League, the 58th season of Africa's premier club football tournament organised by CAF, and the 26th edition under the current CAF Champions League title. It was played at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, in Morocco on 30 May 2022.

Wydad AC won the match 2–0 to clinch their third Champions League title.[5]

As winners, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup, RS Berkane, in the 2022 CAF Super Cup.

When Morocco won the right to host 2022 FIFA Club World Cup, Al Ahly took Morocco's slot as Morocco's Wydad AC took CAF slot which was decided by this match.

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)
Al Ahly UNAF (North Africa) 14 (1982, 1983, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Wydad AC UNAF (North Africa) 4 (1992, 2011, 2017, 2019)

Venue

For the third consecutive year, the final was played as a single match at a pre-selected venue by CAF instead of a two-legged fixtures format, which was being used in the CAF competitions since 1966.

On 12 April 2022, Royal Moroccan Football Federation submitted its bid to host the match,[6] while the Senegalese Football Federation bidding date is unknown.

Country Stadium City Capacity Notes
 Morocco Stade Mohammed V Casablanca 45,891 Hosted matches at the 1988 African Cup of Nations, including the final and 2021 CAF Champions League Final
 Senegal Diamniadio Olympic Stadium Dakar 50,000

On 9 May 2022, Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco was chosen by a CAF Executive Committee to host the final after the Senegalese Football Federation subsequently withdrew their bid.[7]

Road to the final

Further information: 2021–22 CAF Champions League

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

Al Ahly Round Wydad AC
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Bye First round Bye
USGN 7–2 1–1 (A) 6–1 (H) Second round Hearts of Oak 6–2 0–1 (A) 6–1 (H)
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Al Merrikh 3–2 (H) Matchday 1 Sagrada Esperança 3–0 (H)
Al Hilal 0–0 (A) Matchday 2 Petro de Luanda 1–2 (A)
Mamelodi Sundowns 0–1 (H) Matchday 3 Zamalek 3–1 (H)
Mamelodi Sundowns 0–1 (A) Matchday 4 Zamalek 1–0 (A)
Al Merrikh 3–1 (A) Matchday 5 Sagrada Esperança 2–1 (A)
Al Hilal 1–0 (H) Matchday 6 Petro de Luanda 5–1 (H)
Group A runners-up
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Mamelodi Sundowns 6 16
2 Al Ahly 6 10
3 Al Hilal 6 4
4 Al Merrikh 6 4
Source: CAF
 Final standings Group D winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Wydad AC 6 15
2 Petro de Luanda 6 11
3 Zamalek 6 4
4 Sagrada Esperança 6 2
Source: CAF
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca 3–2 2–1 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals CR Belouizdad 1–0 1–0 (A) 0–0 (H)
ES Sétif 6–2 4–0 (H) 2–2 (A) Semi-finals Petro de Luanda 4–2 3–1 (A) 1–1 (H)

Format

The final was played as a single match at a pre-selected venue, with the winner of semi-final 1 according to the knockout stage draw designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes. If scores were level after full time, extra time was played and if it was still level, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article III. 28).[8]

Match

Details

Al Ahly 0–2 Wydad AC
Report
  • El Moutaraji 15', 48'
Attendance: 80,000[3]
Al Ahly
Wydad AC
GK 1 Mohamed El Shenawy
RB 30 Mohamed Hany  71'
CB 6 Yasser Ibrahim
CB 12 Ayman Ashraf
LB 21 Ali Maâloul
RM 27 Taher Mohamed
CM 15 Aliou Dieng  56'  84'
CM 8 Hamdy Fathy  71'
LM 14 Hussein El Shahat  52'
CF 23 Percy Tau
CF 35 Ahmed Abdel Kader  52'
Substitutes:
DF 5 Ramy Rabia  90+2'
FW 10 Mohamed Sherif  52'
MF 11 Walid Soliman  84'
GK 16 Ali Lotfi
MF 17 Amr El Solia  71'
FW 18 Salah Mohsen  71'
MF 19 Mohamed "Afsha" Magdy  52'
DF 20 Mahmoud Wahid
DF 28 Karim Fouad
Manager:
Pitso Mosimane
GK 26 Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
RB 22 Ayoub El Amloud
CB 3 Achraf Dari
CB 25 Amine Farhane  44'
LB 14 Yahia Attiyat Allah
DM 15 Jalal Daoudi  90+5'
DM 5 Yahya Jabrane
CM 19 Reda Jaadi  90+1'
RF 10 Ayman El Hassouni  90'
CF 9 Guy Mbenza  84'
LF 7 Zouhair El Moutaraji  83'
Substitutes:
MF 6 Anas Serrhat  90+1'
MF 13 Abdellah Haimoud  84'
FW 16 Hamza Asrir  90+5'
FW 17 Badie Aouk  90'
GK 27 Aissa Sioudi
DF 29 Cheick Comara
MF 31 Hamza Ait Allal
FW 37 Mounsef Chrachem
FW 40 Juvhel Tsoumou  83'
Manager:
Walid Regragui

Man of the Match:
Zouhair El Moutaraji (Wydad AC)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Souru Phatsoane (Lesotho)
Fourth official:[2]
Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Assistant video assistant referees:[2]
Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)
Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

Match rules[9]
  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level.
  • Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.[a]

Statistics

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Each team was only given three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

  1. ^ a b @CAFCLCC (31 May 2022). "Zouheir El Moutaraji couldn't have had any better performance vs. Al Ahly SC in the #TotalEnergiesCAFCL final" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b c d e "فيكتور جوميز حكما لنهائي إفريقيا بين الأهلي والوداد" [Victor Gomes to referee the African final between Al Ahly and Wydad]. FilGoal.com (in Arabic). 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  3. ^ a b "CAF, Morocco FA announce TotalEnergies 2021-2022 Champions League final ticketing and spectator information". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  4. ^ "Weather History for Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  5. ^ "El Moutaraji double delivers third TotalEnergies CAF Champions League title to Wydad". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  6. ^ "اجتماع المكتب المديري للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم – الثلاثاء 12 أبريل 2022 – FRMF". FRMF.ma (in Arabic). Royal Moroccan Football Federation. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  7. ^ "Morocco to host TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2022 Final". CAF website. 9 May 2022.
  8. ^ "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  9. ^ "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  10. ^ a b c "Team statistics". sofascore.com. SofaScore. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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