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2007 CAF Champions League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | CAF Champions League |
| year | 2007 |
| other_titles | Confederation of African Football Champions League |
| size | 130px |
| dates | 26 January – 9 November |
| num_teams | 60 |
| champion_other | TUN Étoile du Sahel |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | EGY Al Ahly |
| matches | 131 |
| goals | 282 |
| top_scorer | COD Mabi Mputu (9 goals) |
| prevseason | [2006](2006-caf-champions-league) |
| nextseason | [2008](2008-caf-champions-league) |
The 2007 CAF Champions League was the 43rd occurrence of the CAF Champions League, the most prestigious club football competition in Africa. Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia became champions for the first time, beating Al Ahly SC of Egypt 3–1 in a two-legged final. Étoile du Sahel participated in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan as the representative from CAF.
Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2007 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
The 1st legs were played on 26–28 January 2007.
The 2nd legs were played on 9–11 February 2007.
|} 1 JS Saint-Pierroise withdrew on the weekend before the tie due to high travel costs; they were banned from CAF competitions for three years and fined $3500.
2 Sporting Clube da Praia refused to travel to Guinea due to civil unrest and a violent general strike.
3 Super ESCOM withdrew.
4 AS Douanes were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
5 The tie was played over one leg as AJSM did not have a FIFA or CAF-standard stadium.
First round
1st legs were played on 2–4 March 2007.
2nd legs were played on 16–18 March 2007.
|} 1 The match was abandoned at 82' with Maranatha leading 2-0, after APR FC walked off protesting a penalty award against them; APR FC were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years.
Second round
1st legs were played on 6–8 April 2007.
2nd legs were played on 20–22 April 2007.
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Group stage
Main article: 2007 CAF Champions League group stage
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage |
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Main article: 2007 CAF Champions League knockout stage
Bracket
| RD1-seed1= SUD | RD1-team1= Al-Hilal | RD1-score1-1= 2 | RD1-score1-2= 1 | RD1-score1-A= 3 | RD1-seed2= TUN | RD1-team2= Étoile du Sahel | RD1-score2-1= 1 | RD1-score2-2= 3 | RD1-score2-A= 4
| RD1-seed3= LBY | RD1-team3= Al-Ittihad | RD1-score3-1= 0 | RD1-score3-2= 0 | RD1-score3-A= 0 | RD1-seed4= EGY | RD1-team4= Al Ahly | RD1-score4-1= 0 | RD1-score4-2= 1 | RD1-score4-A= 1
| RD2-seed1= TUN | RD2-team1= Étoile du Sahel | RD2-score1-1= 0 | RD2-score1-2= 3 | RD2-score1-A= 3 | RD2-seed2= EGY | RD2-team2= Al Ahly | RD2-score2-1= 0 | RD2-score2-2= 1 | RD2-score2-A= 1
Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 21–23 September and the second legs on 5–7 October. |}
Final
Main article: 2007 CAF Champions League Final
Chermiti Narry
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2007 CAF Champions League are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COD Mabi Mputu | COD TP Mazembe | 9 |
| 2 | NGR Ndubuisi Eze | SUD Al Hilal | 8 |
| TUN Amine Chermiti | TUN Étoile du Sahel | ||
| 4 | MLI Cheick Oumar Dabo | ALG JS Kabylie | 7 |
| LBY Salem Al Rewani | LBY Al-Ittihad | ||
| 6 | TUN Amine Ltaïef | TUN Espérance de Tunis | 6 |
| 7 | ANG Flávio | EGY Al-Ahly | 5 |
| LBY Younes Al Shibani | LBY Al-Ittihad | ||
| NGR Kelechi Osunwa | SUD Al Hilal | ||
| 10 | EGY Mohamed Aboutrika | EGY Al-Ahly | 4 |
| MAR Abdessamad Rafik | MAR Wydad AC | ||
| VEN José Torrealba | RSA Mamelodi Sundowns |
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