2002 CAF Champions League Final

2002 CAF Champions League Final

Cairo International Stadium hosted the second leg of the final
Event	2002 CAF Champions League
Raja Casablanca Zamalek 0 1
Zamalek won 1–0 on aggergate
First leg
Raja Casablanca Zamalek 0 0
Date	30 November 2002
Venue	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee	Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
Attendance	60,000
Second leg
Zamalek Raja Casablanca 1 0
Date	13 December 2002
Venue	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee	Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
Attendance	67,310
Weather	Clear 17 °C (63 °F) 59% humidity
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The 2002 CAF Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Friday, 13 December 2002 at 17:00 UTC (19:00 local time). The match was played at the Cairo Stadium, in Cairo, Egypt, to determine the winner of the 2002 CAF Champions League. The final was contested by Zamalek and Raja Casablanca, making it an all-Arabic club final for the fifth time in the history of the competition . The game was won by Zamalek 1–0 by Abdelhamid's Goal, after a 0–0 draw in Casablanca.

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Zamalek went into the Champions League final as champions of Egypt for the 11th time, and had lost just one Champions League game, the quarter-final second leg away to ASEC Mimosas. Raja also came first in their league. In the Moroccan League games between the two sides in the Champions League Final, They draw 0–0 at Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca, while Zamalek won 1–0 at Cairo Stadium in the return game on 13 December 2002.

In the first knockout round, Zamalek were won against APR FC, against whom they won the Home leg 6–0 while Hossam Hassan, Mohamed Abdel Wahed, Hazem Emam, Gamal Hamza and Mohamed Sabry scored the six goals. The Royal Club then drawn the second leg 0–0 to ensure a 6–0 aggregate win and a place in the second Round, where they were again won against Nkana.