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2007 CAF Champions League


FieldValue
tourney_nameCAF Champions League
year2007
other_titlesConfederation of African Football Champions League
size130px
dates26 January – 9 November
num_teams60
champion_otherTUN Étoile du Sahel
count1
second_otherEGY Al Ahly
matches131
goals282
top_scorerCOD 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:

RankNameTeamGoals
1COD Mabi MputuCOD TP Mazembe9
2NGR Ndubuisi EzeSUD Al Hilal8
TUN Amine ChermitiTUN Étoile du Sahel
4MLI Cheick Oumar DaboALG JS Kabylie7
LBY Salem Al RewaniLBY Al-Ittihad
6TUN Amine LtaïefTUN Espérance de Tunis6
7ANG FlávioEGY Al-Ahly5
LBY Younes Al ShibaniLBY Al-Ittihad
NGR Kelechi OsunwaSUD Al Hilal
10EGY Mohamed AboutrikaEGY Al-Ahly4
MAR Abdessamad RafikMAR Wydad AC
VEN José TorrealbaRSA Mamelodi Sundowns
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