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{{Infobox football match
| title                   = 2006 CAF Champions League Final
| pixel                   =
| image                   = Tunisia - Netherlands (Stade de Radès).jpg
| caption                 = 7 November Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
| event                   = [[2006 CAF Champions League]]
| team1                   = [[Al-Ahly S.C.|Al-Ahly]]
| team1association        = {{flagicon|EGY|size=30px}}
| team1score              = 2
| team2                   = [[CS Sfaxien]]
| team2association        = {{flagicon|TUN|size=30px}}
| team2score              = 1
| details                 = on aggregate
| firstleg                = First leg
| team1score1             = 1
| team2score1             = 1
| details1                =
| date1                   = 29 October 2006
| stadium1                = [[Cairo International Stadium]]
| city1                   = [[Cairo]]
| man_of_the_match1a      =
| man_of_the_match1atitle =
| man_of_the_match1b      =
| man_of_the_match1btitle =
| fair_player1            =
| fair_player1title       =
| referee1                = [[Modou Sowe]] ([[Gambia]])
| attendance1             = 74,000
| weather1                =
| secondleg               = Second leg
| team1score2             = 1
| team2score2             = 0
| details2                =
| date2                   = 11 November 2006
| stadium2                = [[Stade 7 November]]
| city2                   = [[Tunis]]
| man_of_the_match2a      =
| man_of_the_match2atitle =
| man_of_the_match2b      =
| man_of_the_match2btitle =
| fair_player2            =
| fair_player2title       =
| referee2                = [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
| attendance2             = 60,000
| weather2                =
| previous                = [[2005 CAF Champions League Final|2005]]
| next                    = [[2007 CAF Champions League Final|2007]]
}}

The '''2006 CAF Champions League Final''' was a [[football (soccer)|football]] tie held over two legs in December 2006. [[Al-Ahly S.C.|Al-Ahly]] of Egypt beat [[CS Sfaxien]] of [[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]] 2-1.

== 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.''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!Region
!Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
|-
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]]
|[[Union of North African Football Federations|UNAF (North Africa)]]
|'''[[1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs#Final|1982]]''', [[1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs#Final|1983]], '''[[1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs#Final|1987]]''', '''[[2001 CAF Champions League Final|2001]]''', '''[[2005 CAF Champions League Final|2005]]'''
|-
|{{flagicon|TUN}} [[CS Sfaxien]]
|[[Union of North African Football Federations|UNAF (North Africa)]]
|none
|}

== Background ==
[[Al Ahly SC|Al-Ahly]] were the defending champions after winning the compatriot of [[CS Sfaxien]], [[Étoile du Sahel]] 3–0, reaching a total of five finals, winning four ([[1982 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1982]], [[1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1987]], [[2001 CAF Champions League Final|2001]], [[2005 CAF Champions League Final|2005]]) and losing one ([[1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1983]]) while [[CS Sfaxien]] reached the final for the first time ever.
Both teams met in the Group stage, with each victorious in their home matches - CS Sfaxien winning 1–0, while Al Ahly won 2–1. Both teams qualified for the semifinals on the second-last matchday. In the semifinals CS Sfaxien defeated Orlando Pirates 1–0 on aggregate, winning the second leg at home by that score, with the first leg ending in a scoreless draw. Al Ahly faced ASEC Mimosas from Ivory Coast and won the first leg 2–0 at home. In the second leg, Al Ahly lost 1–2 but reached the final.

==Venues==

===Cairo International Stadium===
[[File:Cairo International Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|170px|International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the first leg.]]
Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as '''Nasser Stadium''', is an Olympic-standard, multi-use [[stadium]] with an all-seated capacity of 75,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cairo-stadium.org.eg/articlesdetail.aspx?id=N10|title=International Cairo Stadium|website=www.cairo-stadium.org.eg|access-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> The architect of the stadium is the German [[Werner March]], who had built from 1934 to 1936 the [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympic 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 of [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in [[Nasr City]]; a suburb north east of [[Cairo]], it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|President Gamal Abd El Nasser]] on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the [[Egyptian Revolution of 1952]]. [[Zamalek SC]] currently use the [[Petro Sport Stadium]] for most of their home games and [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] use [[Al Salam Stadium (Egypt)|Al Salam Stadium]] for most of their home games.

===7 November Stadium===
[[File:CA - Radès.jpg|thumb|right|170px|7 November Stadium in Radès, Tunisia hosted the second leg.]]
7 November Stadium is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Radès]], [[Tunis]], [[Tunisia]] about 10 kilometers south-east of the city center of [[Tunis]], in the center of the Olympic City. It is currently used mostly for [[football (soccer)|football]] matches and it also has facilities for athletics.  The stadium holds 60,000 and was built in 2001 for the [[2001 Mediterranean Games]] <!-- Not verified info: The stadium was built at a cost of over $250 million dollars,--> and is considered to be one of the best stadiums in Africa. The stadium was built for the [[2001 Mediterranean Games]], the 60,000-seat covered area covers 13,000 m2 and consists of a central area, 3 adjoining grounds, 2 warm-up rooms, 2 paintings and an official stand of 7,000 seats. The press gallery is equipped with 300 desks.

[[Club Africain]] and [[ES Tunis]] play their major league matches here. Before the construction of this stadium, the [[Tunis derby]] used to be played in the 45,000 seat-capacity [[Stade El Menzah]]. It is also the stadium of [[Tunisia national football team]] since 2001.

This stadium has hosted matches of the [[2004 African Cup of Nations]] which was won by the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisian team]].

The management of CS Sfaxien confirmed that it was necessary to transfer the match from the [[Stade Taïeb Mhiri]] in [[Sfax]], which was held by all the matches of the team in the African competition this season to the Radès Stadium, because the capacity of the Radès Stadium is 60,000 spectators, while the capacity of the Stade Taïeb Mhiri does not exceed 20,000, which is what confirms the organization of the match on the field of the stadium of Sfax was difficult.

== Road to the final ==
{{details|2006 CAF Champions League}}
''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.''

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=4|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Al Ahly SC|Al-Ahly]]
!Round
!colspan=4|{{flagicon|TUN}} [[CS Sfaxien]]
|-bgcolor=#c1e0ff
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|Qualifying rounds
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|-
|colspan=4|Bye
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Preliminary round
|align=left|{{flagicon|NIG}} [[AS GNN|AS-FNIS]]
|7–1
|3–1 (A)
|4–0 (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Tusker FC]]
|5–0
|2–0 (A)
|3–0 (H)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|First round
|align=left|{{flagicon|COD}} [[DC Motema Pembe]]
|2–1
|1–1 (H)
|1–0 (A)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|EQG}} [[Renacimiento FC]]
|4–0
|0–0 (A)
|4–0 (A)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Second round
|align=left|{{flagicon|MAR}} [[FAR Rabat]]
|2–1
|1–1 (H)
|1–0 (A)
|-bgcolor=#c1e0ff
|Opponent
|colspan=3|Result
|Group stage
|Opponent
|colspan=3|Result
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|TUN}} [[CS Sfaxien]]
|colspan=3|0–1 (A)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 1
|align=left|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Al-Ahly S.C.|Al-Ahly]]
|colspan=3|1–0 (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[JS Kabylie]]
|colspan=3|2–0 (H)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 2
|align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Asante Kotoko]]
|colspan=3|2–4 (A)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Asante Kotoko]]
|colspan=3|0–0 (A)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 3
|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[JS Kabylie]]
|colspan=3|1–0 (A)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Asante Kotoko]]
|colspan=3|4–0 (H)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 4
|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[JS Kabylie]]
|colspan=3|2–0 (H)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|TUN}} [[CS Sfaxien]]
|colspan=3|2–1 (H)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 5
|align=left|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Al-Ahly S.C.|Al-Ahly]]
|colspan=3|1–2 (A)
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ALG}} [[JS Kabylie]]
|colspan=3|2–2 (A)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 6
|align=left|{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Asante Kotoko]]
|colspan=3|2–1 (H)
|-
|colspan=4 align=center valign=top|'''Group A runner-up'''
{{:2006 CAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group A|showteam=AHL}}
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Final standings
|colspan=4 align=center valign=top|'''Group A winner'''
{{:2006 CAF Champions League group stage|transcludesection=Group A|showteam=CSS}}
|-bgcolor=#c1e0ff
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|Knock-out stage
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[ASEC Mimosas]]
|3–2
|2–0 (H)
|1–2 (A)
|bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semifinals
|align=left|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Orlando Pirates]]
|1–0
|0–0 (A)
|0–1 (H)
|}

----

==Format==
The final was decided over [[two-legged tie|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 (association football)|penalty shootout]] (no [[extra time (association football)|extra time]] is played).<ref name="regulations">[http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Regulation/champions%20league.pdf Regulations of the CAF Champions League]</ref>

==Matches==
===First leg===

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|date=29 October 2006
|time=18:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] 
|team1=[[Al Ahly SC|Al-Ahly]] {{flagicon|EGY}}
|score= 1–1
|report=[http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.coupe.etoile-du-sahel.al-ahly.66928.fr.html Report]
|team2={{flagicon|TUN}} [[CS Sfaxien]]
|goals1=[[Mohamed Aboutrika|Aboutrika]] {{goal|27}}
|goals2=[[Joetex Frimpong|Frimpong]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium=[[Cairo International Stadium]], [[Cairo]]
|attendance=74,000
|referee = [[Modou Sowe]] ([[Gambia Football Federation|Gambia]])
}}

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|-
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| body       =FF0000
| rightarm   =FF0000
| shorts     =FFFFFF
| socks      =FF0000
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{| width=100%
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Essam El Hadary]]
|-
|DF ||'''26''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Wael Gomaa]] 
|-
|DF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Shady Mohamed]] 
|-
|DF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Sedik]]
|-
|DF ||'''29''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmad Shedid Qinawi| Ahmed Shedid]] || || {{suboff|71}}
|-
|DF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hossam Ashour]]
|-
|MF ||'''17''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Shawky]]
|-
|MF ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Aboutrika]]
|-
|MF ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Barakat]] || || {{suboff|81}}
|-
|MF ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|ANG}} [[Flávio]]
|-
|FW ||'''19''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Emad Meteb]] || || {{suboff|81}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|FW ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Islam El-Shater]] || || {{subon|71}}
|-
|MF ||'''24'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1975)|Ahmed Hassan]] || || {{subon|81}}
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Wael Riad]] || || {{subon|81}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel José]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Ahmed Jaouachi]] || ||
|-
|DF ||'''4'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Wissem Abdi]]|| {{yel}}
|-
|DF ||'''26'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Issam Merdassi]]
|-
|DF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Fateh Gharbi]]
|-
|DF ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Amir Haj Massaoud]]
|-
|DF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Chedi Hammami]]
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Anis Boujelbene]] 
|-
|MF ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Haythem Mrabet]]
|-
|MF ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Abdelkarim Nafti]]||
|-
|MF ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Joetex Asamoah Frimpong]]|| || {{suboff|90}} 
|-
|FW ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Tarek Ziadi]] || || {{suboff|76}} 
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1983)|Blaise Kouassi]] || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|FW ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Chaker Bargaoui]] || || {{subon|90}}
|-
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Mrad Mahjoub]]
|}
|}

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br>Lamine Camara ([[Gambia Football Federation|Gambia]])
<br>Hday Menah ([[Gambia Football Federation|Gambia]])
<br>'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br>Sadek Abd Nabi ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
|}

===Second leg===
{{footballbox
|date=11 November 2006
|time=17:30  [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
|team1=[[CS Sfaxien]] {{flagicon|TUN}} 
|score= 0–1
|report=[http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.coupe.al-ahly.etoile-du-sahel.66927.fr.html Report]
|team2={{flagicon|EGY}} [[Al Ahly SC|Al-Ahly]] 
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Mohamed Aboutrika|Aboutrika]] {{goal|90+2}}
|stadium=[[Stade 7 November]], [[Tunis]]
|attendance=60,000
|referee= [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}
{| width=92% |
|-
|{{Football kit
| pattern_la =_black_stripes_thin1
| pattern_b  =_blackstripes3
| pattern_ra =_black_stripes_thin1
| leftarm    = FFFFFF
| body       = FFFFFF
| rightarm   = FFFFFF
| shorts     = FFFFFF
| socks      = FFFFFF
| title      = CS Sfaxien
}}
|{{Football kit
| pattern_la =_puma_ahly_vodafone_red
| pattern_b  =_puma_ahly_vodafone_red
| pattern_ra =_puma_ahly_vodafone_red
| leftarm    =FF0000
| body       =FF0000
| rightarm   =FF0000
| shorts     =FFFFFF
| socks      =FF0000
| title      = Al Ahly
}}
|}
{| width=100%
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Ahmed Jaouachi]] || ||
|-
|DF ||'''4'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Bechir Mechergui]]
|-
|DF ||'''26'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Issam Merdassi]]
|-
|DF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Fateh Gharbi]]|| {{yel}}
|-
|DF ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Amir Haj Massaoud]]
|-
|DF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Chedi Hammami]]|| || {{suboff|90+5}} 
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Anis Boujelbene]] || {{yel}}
|-
|MF ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Haythem Mrabet]]
|-
|MF ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Abdelkarim Nafti]]||
|-
|MF ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Joetex Asamoah Frimpong]]
|-
|FW ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Tarek Ziadi]] || || {{suboff|81}} 
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Blaise Kouassi (footballer, born 1983)|Blaise Kouassi]] || || {{subon|95}}
|-
|FW ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Hamza Younes]] || || {{subon|81}}
|-
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Mrad Mahjoub]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Essam El Hadary]]
|-
|DF ||'''26''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Wael Gomaa]] 
|-
|DF ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Shady Mohamed]] 
|-
|DF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Sedik]] || || {{suboff|71}}
|-
|DF ||'''29''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmad Shedid Qinawi|Ahmed Shedid]]
|-
|DF ||'''25'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Abdallah]] || || {{suboff|64}}
|-
|MF ||'''17''' ||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hossam Ashour]]
|-
|MF ||'''22'''||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Akwetey Mensah]] || || {{suboff|43}}
|-
|MF ||'''8'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Hassan Mostafa]] || || {{suboff|81}}
|-
|MF ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamed Aboutrika]]
|-
|FW ||'''19''' ||{{flagicon|ANG}} [[Flávio da Silva Amado|Flávio]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|FW ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Emad Meteb]] || || {{subon|43}}
|-
|MF ||'''24'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Islam El-Shater]] || || {{subon|64}}
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Wael Riad]] || || {{subon|71}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Manuel José]]
|}
|}

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br>Hong Adogovi ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
<br>Shanti Adrian ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
<br>'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br>Jalloul Azouz ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist|2}}
* [http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2010/pastcomp/2006 2006 CAF Champions League - ''cafonline.com'']

{{CAF Champions League seasons}}
{{Al Ahly SC matches}}

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