1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs final

1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

Cairo International Stadium hosted the podium where Al Ahly lifted the trophy
Event	1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Al-Hilal Al Ahly 0 2
Al Ahly won 2–0 on aggregate
First leg
Al-Hilal Al Ahly 0 0
Date	29 November 1987
Venue	Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum
Attendance	50,000
Second leg
Al Ahly Al-Hilal 2 0
Date	18 December 1987
Venue	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance	80,000
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The 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs final was the final of the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs.

It was a football tie held over two legs in December 1987 between Al Ahly of Egypt, and Al-Hilal Club of Sudan. Second leg with the last match for the Egyptian legend Mahmoud El Khatib that announced his retirement three days after the match.

Al Ahly won the final with aggregate 2-0, first leg 0-0 and second 2-0. ^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Region	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	UNAF (North Africa)	none
Al Ahly	UNAF (North Africa)	1982 , 1983

Venues

Khartoum International Stadium

The Khartoum International Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Khartoum, Sudan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 23,000 people. It is also the home stadium of the Sudanese national football team and of the club Al Ahli SC Khartoum. In 2010, it was renovated for the 2011 African cup of nations championships . ^[2]

Cairo International Stadium

International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt hosted the second leg.

Cairo International Stadium, formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. ^[3] The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March, who had built from 1934 to 1936 the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Before becoming an all seater stadium, it had the ability to hold over 100,000 spectators, reaching a record of 120,000. It is the foremost Olympic-standard facility befitting the role of Cairo, Egypt as the center of events in the region. It is also the 69th largest stadium in the world. Located in Nasr City; a suburb north east of Cairo, it was completed in 1960, and was inaugurated by President Gamal Abd El Nasser on 23 July that year, the eighth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952.

Road to final

Further information: 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Al-Hilal				Round	Al Ahly
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	First Round	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Inter Star	3–0	2–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	First round	Panthères Noires	5–1	4–0 (H)	1–1 (A)
SC Villa	2–2	1–0 (H)	1–2 (A)	Second round	AFC Leopards	7–2	6–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Leventis United	2–1	2–1 (H)	0–0 (A)	Quarter-Finals	Africa Sports	2–2 (4-2 p)	2–0 (H)	0–2 (A)
Canon Yaoundé	1–1 (4-1 p)	1–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Semi-Finals	Asante Kotoko	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)

Format

The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played). ^[4]

Matches

First leg

29 November 1987

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Al-Hilal Club	0–0	Al Ahly

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 50,000

Second leg

18 December 1987

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Al Ahly	2–0	Al-Hilal
Jamal Thaalab 5' (o.g.) Shawky 43'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 80,000

Notes and references

1. "حكاية نهائي (3) .. الأهلي "87" يحسم الصراع العربي والكرة تودع الخطيب". Yallakora.
2. "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Sudan". Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
3. "International Cairo Stadium". www.cairo-stadium.org.eg. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
4. Regulations of the CAF Champions League