# 2007 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
### Preliminary round

The 1st legs were played on 26–28 January 2007. The 2nd legs were played on 9–11 February 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Highlanders | 1–1 (9–8 p) | Pamplemousses SC | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 6–2 | Royal Leopards | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| JS Saint-Pierroise | w/o$^1$ | Desportivo Maputo | – | – |
| Zamalek | 5–1 | Vital'O FC | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Hilal | 6–0 | Polisi | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Asante Kotoko | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Gambia Ports Authority | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| ASFA Yennenga | 1–3 | Nasarawa United | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Fello Star | 3–1 | Sporting Clube da Praia | 0–1 | 3–0$^2$ |
| ASC Diaraf | 1–2 | Maranatha | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| FC Saint Eloi Lupopo | 1–4 | APR FC | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| USM Alger | 3–3 (a) | AS-FNIS | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ittihad | 4–0 | Mogas 90 FC | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Canon Yaoundé | 1–2 | Étoile du Congo | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Saint-George SA | w/o$^3$ | Super ESCOM | – | – |
| Wydad AC | 5–2 | ASC Mauritel Mobile FC | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Stade Malien | 1–4 $^4$ | AS Douanes | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Ocean Boys FC | 0–1 | Kallon | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Petro Atlético | 2–1 | FC Civics | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Young Africans FC | 5–1 | AJSM | 5–1 | $^5$ |
| Likhopo | 0–1 | Zanaco FC | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Espérance | 6–1 | Renaissance FC | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Renacimiento FC | 0–2 | Ashanti Gold SC | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| TP Mazembe | 7–2 | Police XI | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| AS ADEMA | 3–0 | Anse Réunion FC | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| JS Kabylie | 5–2 | Clube de Futebol "Os Balantas" | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| CD Primeiro de Agosto | 1–2 | AS Mangasport | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Coton Sport FC | 3–0 | Uganda Revenus Authority SC | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Séwé Sports | 3–2 | Mighty Barrolle | 3–1 | 0–1 |
$^1$ 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Highlanders | 0–2 | Al Ahly SC | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Desportivo Maputo | 1–3 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Hilal | 4–2 | El Zamalek | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Nasarawa United | 4–2 | Gambia Ports Authority | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Fello Star | 1–5 | Étoile du Sahel | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| APR FC | 2–2 | Maranatha | 2–0 | 0–2$^1$ |
| Al-Ittihad | 5–1 | AS-FNIS | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Saint-George SA | 1–2 | Étoile du Congo | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Stade Malien | 1–3 | Wydad AC | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Kallon | 1–3 | ASEC Mimosas | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Young Africans FC | 3–2 | Petro Atlético | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Espérance | 6–1 | Zanaco FC | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Ashanti Gold SC | 2–2 (6–7 p) | FAR Rabat | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| AS ADEMA | 3–5 | TP Mazembe | 2–2 | 1–4 |
| AS Mangasport | 3–4 | JS Kabylie | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Séwé Sports | 1–4 | Coton Sport FC | 1–0 | 0–4 |
$^1$ 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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 2–4 | Al Ahly SC | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Nasarawa United | 3–3 (2–3 p) | Al-Hilal | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Maranatha | 0–3 | Étoile du Sahel | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Étoile du Congo | 3–3 (a) | Al-Ittihad | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 2–0 | Wydad AC | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Espérance | 3–0 | Young Africans FC | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| TP Mazembe | 1–2 | FAR Rabat | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Coton Sport FC | 1–2 | JS Kabylie | 1–0 | 0–2 |

## Group stage

* Key to colours in group tables
* Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESS | ITT | JSK | FAR |
| 1 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | JS Kabylie | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 5 | | 0–2 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | FAR Rabat | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | HIL | ASE | EST |
| 1 | Al Ahly SC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Al-Hilal | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Étoile du Sahel | 1 | 3 | 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | Al Ahly | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Al-Ittihad | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Ahly | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Ahly | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |

### Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 21–23 September and the second legs on 5–7 October.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al Hilal | 3–4 | Étoile du Sahel | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Al-Ittihad | 0–1 | Al Ahly SC | 0–0 | 0–1 |

### Final
## Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2007 CAF Champions League are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mabi Mputu | TP Mazembe | 9 |
| 2 | Ndubuisi Eze | Al Hilal | 8 |
| 2 | Amine Chermiti | Étoile du Sahel | 8 |
| 4 | Cheick Oumar Dabo | JS Kabylie | 7 |
| 4 | Salem Al Rewani | Al-Ittihad | 7 |
| 6 | Amine Ltaïef | Espérance de Tunis | 6 |
| 7 | Flávio | Al-Ahly | 5 |
| 7 | Younes Al Shibani | Al-Ittihad | 5 |
| 7 | Kelechi Osunwa | Al Hilal | 5 |
| 10 | Mohamed Aboutrika | Al-Ahly | 4 |
| 10 | Abdessamad Rafik | Wydad AC | 4 |
| 10 | José Torrealba | Mamelodi Sundowns | 4 |