2002 CAF Champions League Final

Cairo International Stadium hosted the podium where Zamalek lifted the trophy
Event	2002 CAF Champions League
Raja CA Zamalek 0 1
Zamalek won 1–0 on aggregate
First leg
Raja CA Zamalek 0 0
Date	30 November 2002
Venue	Stade Mohamed V,Casablanca
Referee	Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Attendance	60,000
Second leg
Zamalek Raja CA 1 0
Date	13 December 2002
Venue	Cairo International Stadium,Cairo
CAF Man of the Match	Hazem Emam (Zamalek)
Fans' Man of the Match	Tamer Abdel Hamid (Zamalek)
Referee	Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
Attendance	67,310
Weather	Clear 17 °C (63 °F) 59%humidity
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The2002 CAF Champions League Final was afootball match that took place on Friday, 13 December 2002 at 17:00 UTC (19:00 local time). The match was played at theCairo Stadium, inCairo,Egypt, to determine the winner of the2002 CAF Champions League. The final was contested byZamalek andRaja CA. The game was won by Zamalek 1–0 byAbdelhamid's Goal, after a 0–0 draw inCasablanca.

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)
Raja CA	UNAF (North Africa)	1989,1997,1999
Zamalek	UNAF (North Africa)	1984,1986,1993,1994,1996

Zamalek went into the Champions League final as champions of Egypt for the 11th time, and had lost just one Champions League game, the quarter-final second leg away toASEC Mimosas. Raja also came first in their league. In theMoroccan League games between the two sides in the Champions League Final, They draw 0–0 atStade Mohamed V inCasablanca, while Zamalek won 1–0 atCairo Stadium in the return game on 13 December 2002.

Mohammed V Athletic Complex is situated in the heart of the city ofCasablanca,Morocco, in the western part of theMaarif neighborhood. It was inaugurated March 6, 1955, and currently has a capacity of 67,000.

Often hosting the games of theMorocco national football team, the Mohammed V Stadium is equally known as the home ofWydad Casablanca andRaja CA. It is named after KingMohammed V of Morocco.

Mohammed V Stadium is located in the centre of Casablanca. The international airport of Casablanca is 25 kilometres from the stadium, and the Casa-Voyageurs rail station is 5 kilometres from the stadium. The stadium has a parking lot with a capacity of 1,000 cars.

It currently has a semi-artificial lawn of a high standard.

Cairo International Stadium is an Olympic-standard, multi-usestadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000.^[1] The architect of the stadium is the GermanWerner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 theOlympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role ofCairo,Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located inNasr City; a suburb north east ofCairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated byPresident Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of theEgyptian Revolution of 1952.Zamalek SC currently use thePetro Sport Stadium for most of their home games andAl Ahly useAl Salam Stadium for most of their home games.

Raja CA				Round	Zamalek
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Wallidan FC	5–2	2–1 (H)	3–1 (A)	First round	APR FC	6–0	6–0 (H)	0–0 (A)
Étoile du Congo	5–3	3–0 (H)	2–3 (A)	Second round	Nkana FC	3–1	2–0 (H)	1–1 (A)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
TP Mazembe	0–2 (A)			Matchday 1	ASEC Mimosas	3–1 (H)
Al Ahly	2–1 (H)			Matchday 2	ES Tunis	1–1 (A)
Jeanne d'Arc	2–1 (A)			Matchday 3	Costa do Sol	2–0 (A)
Jeanne d'Arc	2–1 (H)			Matchday 4	Costa do Sol	3–0 (H)
TP Mazembe	1–0 (H)			Matchday 5	ASEC Mimosas	0–1 (A)
Al Ahly	3–3 (A)			Matchday 6	ES Tunis	1–0 (H)
Group A Winner Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Raja Casablanca 6 4 1 1 10 8 +2 13 Advance toknockout stage 2 TP Mazembe 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10 3 Jeanne d'Arc 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6 4 Al Ahly 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5 Source:[citation needed]				Final standings	Group B Winner Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Zamalek 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance toknockout stage 2 ASEC Mimosas 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 3 ES Tunis 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 4 Costa do Sol 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0 Source:[citation needed]
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knock-out stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas	4–2	0–2 (A)	4–0 (H)	Semifinals	TP Mazembe	3–1	1–1 (A)	2–0 (H)

In the first knockout round, Zamalek were won againstAPR FC, against whom they won the Home leg 6–0 whileHossam Hassan,Mohamed Abdel Wahed,Hazem Emam,Gamal Hamza andMohamed Sabry scored the six goals. The Royal Club then drawn the second leg 0–0 to ensure a 6–0 aggregate win and a place in the second Round, where they were again won against Nkana.

The second Round matches represented the first time these two clubs had met in Africa . Zamalek went toKitwe and secured a very creditable 2–0 win, before qualify to the Group stage of the Champions League, by drawing 0–0.

Zamalek were drawn in Group F along withASEC Mimosas,Espérance andCosta do Sol. Zamalek won their first group game before securing a 1–1 draw away against Espérance, Zamalek as group winners and with the most points out of all the group winners, 13.

The semi-final pitted Zamalek againstMazembe; the teams had not met ever in the group stage of theChampions League tournament, the first time Zamalek won it. The first leg at theStade de la Kenya was a drab affair, with Zamalek spending most of the game defending, whilst Mazembe tried to pass the ball around them. That was about as exciting as the first leg got for either team and it ended 1–1 thanks to a goal fromAbdel Halim Ali. The second leg at Cairo Stadium was a game of higher tempo, which Zamalek won 2–0 andHossam Hassan scored twice. This result increased Zamalek's consecutive home win record in the Champions League to 5 and ensured that Zamalek reached the final unbeaten except losing a match in the quarter-final second leg away againstASEC Mimosas .

The final was decided overtwo legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, theaway goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to apenalty shootout (noextra time is played).^[2]

30 November 2002

19:00 

Raja CA	0–0	Zamalek
	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] (Report)]

Stade Mohamed V,Casablanca

Attendance: 60,000

Referee:Falla N'Doye (Senegal)

Raja CA

Zamalek

Raja CA: GK 1 Mustapha Chadli CB 4 Abdelouahad Abdessamad CB 16 El-Amine Erbate CB 23 Noureddine Kacemi RM 8 Abdellatif Jrindou CM 27 Nabil Mesloub CM 29 Zakaria Aboub  60' LM 5 Mohamed Ali Diallo  77' CM 20 Hamid Nater CF 11 Hicham Aboucherouane CF 9 François Endene Substitutes: CM 24 Sami Tajeddine  60' FW 30 Omar Zoubit  77' Manager: Walter Meeuws

Zamalek: GK 26 Abdel Wahed Al Sayed RB 2 Ibrahim Hassan CB 5 Besheer El-Tabei CB 15 Wael El-Quabbani CB 1 Mehdat Abdelhadi LB 13 Tarek El-Sayed CF 10 Walid Salah Abdel Latif CM 20 Tamer Abdel Hamid MF 22 Hossam Abdel Moniem  ?' CM 11 Mohamed Aboul Ela  ?' CF 9 Hossam Hassan  ?'  89' Substitutes: FW 24 Abdel Halim Ali  89' Manager: Carlos Roberto Cabral

13 December 2002

17:00GMT

Zamalek	1–0	Raja CA
Abdel Hamid 45+4'	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]][citation needed] (Report)]

Cairo International Stadium,Cairo

Attendance: 67,310

Referee:Al-Shelmani (Libya)

Zamalek

Raja CA

Zamalek: GK 26 Abdel Wahed Al Sayed RB 2 Ibrahim Hassan  40' CB 1 Mehdat Abdelhadi CB 5 Besheer El-Tabei CB 15 Wael El-Quabbani LB 13 Tarek El-Sayed CM 20 Tamer Abdel Hamid CM 11 Mohamed Aboul Ela CM 14 Hazem Emam (c)  78' CF 10 Walid Salah Abdel Latif  82' CF 9 Hossam Hassan Substitutes: FW 24 Abdel Halim Ali  82' MF 22 Hossam Abdel Moniem  78' Manager: Carlos Roberto Cabral

Raja CA: GK 1 Mustapha Chadli CB 4 Abdelouahad Abdessamad  15' CB 8 Abdellatif Jrindrou  19' CB 16 El Amin Erbate  80' RM 24 Tajeddine Sami  58'  64' CM 29 Zakaria Aboub CM 27 Nabil Masloub LM 23 Noureddine Kacemi  60' CM 20 Hamid Nater CF 9 François Endene CF 11 Hicham Aboucherouane Substitutes: FW 30 Omar Zoubit  80' FW 5 Mohamed Ali Diallo  64' Manager: Walter Meeuws

• https://www.angelfire.com/ak/EgyptianSports/ZamalekAfr2002.html
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/caf_club_competitions/2573103.stm
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuKJSR5_U8o

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