CAF Champions League 2013

1st round

First Leg: 15-17.03.2013
Second Leg: 05-07.04.2013

Zamalek (Egypt) 1-0 Vita Club (DR Congo)
Vita Club (DR Congo) 0-0 Zamalek (Egypt)

FUS Rabat (Morocco) 3-0 Union Douala (Cameroon)
Union Douala (Cameroon) 1-0 FUS Rabat (Morocco)

JSM Béjaïa (Algeria) 0-0 Asante Kotoko (Ghana)
Asante Kotoko (Ghana) 1-1 JSM Béjaïa (Algeria)

Tusker (Kenya) 1-2 Al Ahly (Egypt)
Al Ahly (Egypt) 2-0 Tusker (Kenya)

Zanaco (Zambia) 0-1 Orlando Pirates (South Africa)
Orlando Pirates (South Africa) 2-1 Zanaco (Zambia)

Mochudi Chiefs (Botswana) 0-1 TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
TP Mazembe (DR Congo) 6-0 Mochudi Chiefs (Botswana)

Kano Pillars (Nigeria) 4-1 Léopards de Dolisié (Congo)
Léopards de Dolisié (Congo) 3-0 Kano Pillars (Nigeria)

Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast) 4-1 Al Hilal Omdurman (Sudan)
Al Hilal Omdurman (Sudan) 3-1 Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast)

ASFA-Yennenga (Burkina Faso) 2-1 Entente Sétif (Algeria)
Entente Sétif (Algeria) 4-2 ASFA-Yennenga (Burkina Faso)

Kedus Giorgis (Ethiopia) 2-0 Djoliba Bamako (Mali)
Djoliba Bamako (Mali) 1-1 Kedus Giorgis (Ethiopia)

Vital'O (Burundi) 0-0 Enugu Rangers (Nigeria)
Enugu Rangers (Nigeria) 2-0 Vital'O (Burundi)

Recreativo do Libolo (Angola) 2-1 Al Merreikh (Sudan)
Al Merreikh (Sudan) 1-2 Recreativo do Libolo (Angola)

CA Bizertin (Tunisia) 3-0 Dynamos (Zimbabwe)
Dynamos (Zimbabwe) 1-0 CA Bizertin (Tunisia)

AFAD Djekanou (Ivory Coast) 0-1 Cotonsport (Cameroon)
Cotonsport (Cameroon) 2-1 AFAD Djekanou (Ivory Coast)

Primeiro de Agosto (Angola) 0-1 Espérance Tunis (Tunisia)
Espérance Tunis (Tunisia) 1-0 Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)

Casa Sport (Senegal) 1-2 Stade Malien Bamako (Mali)
Stade Malien Bamako (Mali) 2-0 Casa Sport (Senegal)


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Great come back by last year's Confederation Cup winners' Leopards. From 1-4 down in the first leg against the Nigerians of Kano Pillars they've managed to win 3-0 at home and qualify to the next round.

 

CAF Champions League 2013

2nd round

First Leg: 20-21 April 2013
Second Leg: 4 May 2013

Zamalek (Egypt) 1-1 Kedus Giorgis (Ethiopia)
Kedus Giorgis (Ethiopia) 2-2 Zamalek (Egypt)

CA Bizertin (Tunisia) 0-0 Al Ahly (Egypt)
Al Ahly (Egypt) 2-1 CA Bizertin (Tunisia)

Orlando Pirates (South Africa) 3-1 TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
TP Mazembe (DR Congo) 1-0 Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

Enugu Rangers (Nigeria) 0-0 Recreativo do Libolo (Angola)
Recreativo do Libolo (Angola) 3-1 Enugu Rangers (Nigeria)

JSM Béjaïa (Algeria) 0-0 Espérance Tunis (Tunisia)
Espérance Tunis (Tunisia) 1-0 JSM Béjaïa (Algeria)

FUS Rabat (Morocco) 1-1 Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast)
Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast) 0-0 FUS Rabat (Morocco)

Cotonsport (Cameroon) 3-0 Stade Malien Bamako (Mali)
Stade Malien Bamako (Mali) 0-0 Cotonsport (Cameroon)

Léopards de Dolisié (Congo) 3-1 Entente Sétif (Algeria)
Entente Sétif (Algeria) 3-1 Léopards de Dolisié (Congo) - AET, 4-5 after pen.




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Mazembe and Zamalek out of the groupstage?

strong possibilities now after the 1st legs.

 

Watched CAB-Ahly. At times I struggled to stay awake.

Our goalie was decisive in the 2nd half.

We didn't test their goalie properly even once.

 

Congrats to the Angolan side Recreativo do Libolo.

In beating Nigerian side Enugu Rangers 3-1 yesterday they qualified for the group stages of CAF Champions League for the first time in their history.

 

Zamalek qualify thanks to a goal in the 87th minute.

 

Ahly's qualification was not easy, could have been 2-2. Our defence looked dodgy. But I complained about it being dodgy last year and we won the tournament.

 

Congrats N4L. It was also good to see the Congolese Leopards taking another scalp.

 

Hossam Elbadry has left Ahly to sign for Ahly Tripoli. He will never be back at the club again after his unprofessional attitude with the Board of Directors.

Assistant manager Mohammad Youssef will take over as interim manager till the end of the season.

Hopefully "El Mister" will come back and steer us to #8.

 

2013 Orange CAF Champions League draw conducted in Cairo
05-14-2013

The draw for the group phase of this year’s 2013 Orange CAF Champions League has been conducted in Cairo and Egyptian club side Al Ahly will start the defence of their Orange CAF Champions League title in the group phase with an away match against fellow countrymen and arch rivals Zamalek. For the second year in a row the two Cairo giants have been drawn in the same group. Joinging them in Group A will be Orlando Pirates of South Africa and debutants AC Leopards of Congo

Last year’s losing finalists, Esperance of Tunisian have been drawn in Group B alongside Coton Sport of Cameroon, Sewe Sport of Ivory Coast and Recreativo de Libolo of Angola.


Orange CAF Champions League draw:

Group A
Al Ahly (Egypt)
AC Leopards (Congo)
Orlando Pirates (South Africa)
Zamalek (Egypt)


Group B
Esperance (Tunisia)
Coton Sport (Cameroon)
Recreativo de Libolo (Angola)
Sewe Sport (Ivory Coast)

http://www.cafonline.com/competitio...e_2010/news/17145-2013-orange-caf-champions-league-draw-conducted-in-cairo.html

I just paid a visit to the official website of Orlando Pirates - their biggest name is Benni McCarthy. Wasn't aware that he plys his trade there.

 

CAF Champions League 2013

Group Stage


Group A

20.07.2013
Orlando Pirates (South Africa) 0-0 Léopards de Dolisié (Congo)

24.07.2013
Zamalek (Egypt) 1-1 Al Ahly (Egypt)

Current standings
1 Al Ahly (EGY) ..................1G 0W 1D 0L 1-1 1P
1 Zamalek (EGY) .................1G 0W 1D 0L 1-1 1P
1 Léopards de Dolisié (CON) ...1G 0W 1D 0L 0-0 1P
1 Orlando Pirates (RSA) ..........1G 0W 1D 0L 0-0 1P

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Group B

21.07.2013
Recreativo do Libolo (Angola) 1-0 Espérance Tunis (Tunisia)

11.08.2013
Cotonsport (Cameroon) 1-0 Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast)



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Group of death.

 

I'll miss Zamalek-Ahly because of work :groan:

Really impressed with Recreativo's defender, #4, built like a tank.

 

CAF Champions League 2013

Group Stage


Group A

04.08.2013
Léopards de Dolisié (Congo) 1-0 Zamalek (Egypt)

Al Ahly (Egypt) 0-3 Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

Current standings
1 Orlando Pirates (RSA) .........2G 1W 1D 0L 3-0 4P
2 Léopards de Dolisié (CON) ...2G 1W 1D 0L 1-0 4P
3 Zamalek (EGY) .................2G 0W 1D 1L 1-2 1P
4 Al Ahly (EGY) ..................2G 0W 1D 1L 1-4 1P

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Group B

03.08.2013
Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast) 3-1 Recreativo do Libolo (Angola)

Espérance Tunis (Tunisia) 2-0 Cotonsport (Cameroon)

Current standings
1 Séwé Sport (CIV) .................2G 1W 0D 1L 3-2 3P
2 Espérance Tunis (TUN) ...........2G 1W 0D 1L 2-1 3P
3 Recreativo do Libolo (ANG) .......2G 1W 0D 1L 2-3 3P
4 Cotonsport (CMR) ....................2G 1W 0D 1L 1-2 3P


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Esperance deservedly beat Coton Sport 2-0, should have been more. Their opening goal was top quality.

Will manage to watch Ahly-Pirates as I finish work an hour prior to ko.

 

Will manage to watch Ahly-Pirates as I finish work an hour prior to ko.

What the hell happened there? :eekani:

 

Missed it, fell asleep.

The excuse is playing whilst fasting, though from what I can remember Ahly players were fasting during the 1st leg of the 2001 CL final against Sundowns in Pretoria and managed a 1-1 draw so...

 

they all seemed to be exhausted / off-form , gomaa was disappointing (he was against playing while fasting) , walid soliman .. just far from his level , aboutrika said that he won't have any problems with that .. he wasn't that bad actually, he was awfull.

Zamalek displayed a very pleasing game last season , hope to see more of them .

 

Orlando Pirates with pretty impressive results so far. Knocking out Mazembe, trouncing Ahly and then Zamalek consecutively (Ahly and Zamalek aren't going through the best of times, but still..)

Ahly bounce back and win in Congo, missed it due to work though. Now if Ahly beat Leopards in day 4 they'll be favorites for 2nd place.

 

CAF Champions League 2013

Group Stage


Group A

17.08.2013
Léopards de Dolisié (Congo) 0-1 Al Ahly (Egypt)

Orlando Pirates (South Africa) 4-1 Zamalek (Egypt)

Current standings
1 Orlando Pirates (RSA) ...........3G 2W 1D 0L 7-1 7P
2 Al Ahly (EGY) .....................3G 1W 1D 1L 5-5 4P
3 Léopards de Dolisié (CON) ...3G 1W 1D 1L 1-1 4P
4 Zamalek (EGY) ................3G 0W 1D 2L 2-6 1P

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Group B

18.08.2013
Cotonsport (Cameroon) 2-1 Recreativo do Libolo (Angola)

Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast) 0-1 Espérance Tunis (Tunisia)

Current standings
1 Espérance Tunis (TUN) ...........3G 2W 0D 1L 3-1 6P
2 Cotonsport (CMR) ...................3G 2W 0D 1L 3-3 6P
3 Séwé Sport (CIV) ....................3G 1W 0D 2L 3-3 3P
4 Recreativo do Libolo (ANG) .........3G 1W 0D 2L 3-5 3P


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CAF Champions League 2013

Group Stage


Group A

31.08.2013
Al Ahly (Egypt) 2-1 Léopards de Dolisié (Congo)

01.09.2013
Zamalek (Egypt) 2-1 Orlando Pirates (South Africa)


Current standings
1 Orlando Pirates (RSA) ...........4G 2W 1D 1L 8-3 7P
2 Al Ahly (EGY) .....................4G 2W 1D 1L 7-6 7P
3 Léopards de Dolisié (CON) ...4G 1W 1D 2L 2-3 4P
4 Zamalek (EGY) ................4G 1W 1D 2L 4-7 4P

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Group B

31.08.2013
Espérance Tunis (Tunisia) 1-0 Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast)

01.09.2013
Recreativo do Libolo (Angola) 1-1 Cotonsport (Cameroon)


Current standings
1 Espérance Tunis (TUN) ...........4G 3W 0D 1L 4-1 9P
2 Cotonsport (CMR) ...................4G 2W 1D 1L 4-4 7P
3 Recreativo do Libolo (ANG) ........4G 1W 1D 2L 4-6 4P
4 Séwé Sport (CIV) .....................4G 1W 0D 3L 3-4 3P


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Ahly vs. Zamalek in round 5 is pretty vital now. Winner kicks out the loser, more or less. Especially as hth counts.

I haven't watched a single Ahly match so far in the groupstage..

 

CAF Champions League 2013

Group Stage


Group A

14.09.2013
Léopards de Dolisié (Congo) 1-0 Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

15.09.2013
Al Ahly (Egypt) 4-2 Zamalek (Egypt)


Current standings
1 Al Ahly (EGY) ........................5G 3W 1D 1L 11-08 10P
2 Orlando Pirates (RSA) ...........5G 2W 1D 2L 08-04 07P
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3 Léopards de Dolisié (CON) ...5G 2W 1D 2L 03-03 07P
4 Zamalek (EGY) ................5G 1W 1D 3L 06-11 04P

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Group B

14.09.2013
Espérance Tunis (Tunisia) 3-2 Recreativo do Libolo (Angola)

15.09.2013
Séwé Sport (Ivory Coast) 0-0 Cotonsport (Cameroon)


Current standings
1 Espérance Tunis (TUN) .............5G 4W 0D 1L 7-3 12P
2 Cotonsport (CMR) ...................5G 2W 2D 1L 4-4 08P
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3 Séwé Sport (CIV) ...................5G 1W 1D 3L 3-4 04P
4 Recreativo do Libolo (ANG) ......5G 1W 1D 3L 6-9 04P


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In GREEN qualified to the Semi Finals


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Ahly = character

Zamalek = choking.

To come back from the 0-3 against Orlando and win 3 on the trot is impressive.

On the other hand - Who the **** takes a 1-0 lead then concedes 4 goals?

Basically now Ahly need a point in South Africa to avoid Esperance in the semis.

Walid Suleiman is such a magnificent player. Dude's left foot is magical.

 

Basically now Ahly need a point in South Africa to avoid Esperance in the semis.

Do you think that's possible or is it going to be tough?

 

Both tough and possible.

Ahly won the trophy in Tunisia last year, a point in South Africa is not unthinkable.