Al-Ahly, led by General Mahmoud El-Gohary, reached the final of the African Champions League - the African Cup for Champion Clubs With its old name - 1982, and the first leg ended with Al-Ahly winning 3-0, with two goals by Al-Khatib and a goal by Alaa Mihoub, then the return match in Kumasi ended in a tie with a goal for each team, Mahmoud Al-Khatib scored again, for Al-Ahly to win the first continental championship in its history.
Championship Journey
During this edition of the tournament, Al-Ahly played 10 matches, winning 5 matches inside the ground, and outside Egypt, losing two matches and drawing in three. His biggest result was the victory against Young Africans in the round of 16 with five clean goals, while losing his two matches with the same result (1-0). He scored 16 goals and conceded 5 goals.
Al-Ahly started the championship campaign from the first round by defeating the Somali champions Genio United with a clean goal in the return match in Cairo, after a negative tie in the first leg in Somalia.
In the second round, Al-Ahly met the Tanzanian team, Young Africans, and beat it 6-1 in the aggregate, after excelling in the first leg in Cairo with five clean goals and a positive tie in the return match with one goal for each team.
Al-Ahly club qualified for the quarter-finals to meet Zambian Green Buffaloes, and passed through it with a total of 3-1, as it excelled in the first leg by 3-0, and lost in the return match in Zimbabwe with a clean goal.
In the semi-finals, Al-Ahly overcame the Nigerian Enugu Rangers, with a total of four goals to one.
After losing the first leg in Nigeria with a clean goal, and excelling in the return match in Cairo with a clean four.
Final 1 = Title
Venue: Cairo Stadium, Attendance: 60,000 spectators, Time: Sunday, November 28, Event: The first leg of the CAF Champions League final - the African Cup of Champions Clubs - between Al-Ahly Club of Egypt and Asante Kotoko of Ghana,
The stadiums of the "Cairo" horror stadium were filled with red, white and yellow flags and fan links in various governorates, and the final match generated revenues of about 60,258 Egyptian pounds, which was a record for the largest revenue in an international match.
Al-Ahly club played the first leg with the formation of: Ikrami (goalkeeper), Medhat Ramadan (replaced by Hossam Al-Badri in the 72nd minute), Maher Hammam, Mustafa Younis, Rabie Yassin, Alaa Mihoub, Magdy Abdel Ghani, Mukhtar Mukhtar, Mustafa Abdo, Mahmoud Al-Khatib. (He was substituted by Taher Abu Zeid in the 72nd minute), and Muhammad Amer.
- "Hungarian" Mustafa Abdo made three goals, scored by Mahmoud Al-Khatib (two goals) in the 13th and 34th minutes, and Alaa Mihoub in the 19th minute, while Mokhtar Mokhtar missed three dangerous chances.
return match
Two weeks after Al-Ahly club won the Cairo Stadium by three, the return match was held, which was not easy, as Al-Ahly faced several difficulties, including:
- The fans received them in Accra and Kumasi with the signal number five, which is the result that the fans of the opponent wished to win to win the title.
On the day of the match, the players woke up at 5 am to the noise of fans around the hotel in the bush.
On Wednesday 12th December, in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi,
Top scorers list
Mahmoud Al-Khatib 6 goals
Alaa Mihoub 4 goals
Abuko Avri 3 goals
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26 сен 2022
