2013 UAFA Club Cup final

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2013 UAFA Club Cup final
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Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers hosted the second leg of the final
Event 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup
First leg
Date24 April 2013
Venue Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Mansouriah
Referee Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
Attendance23,456
Second leg
Date14 May 2013
Venue Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee Khalil Jalal (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance50,000
2009
2017

The 2013 UAFA Club Cup Final was a football match which was played on 24 April and 14 May 2013. It was the 1st final of the UAFA Club Cup and the 26th of the Arab World's inter-club football tournament. The final was played as home and away matches, and it was contested between Al-Arabi SC of Kuwait and USM Alger of Algeria.

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Qualified teams

TeamRegionPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Arabi SC WAFF (West Asia) none
Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger UNAF (North Africa) none

Venues

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium

Sabah al-Salem Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Al Arabi Kuwait. The stadium holds 15,000 people and hosted many matches of the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, including the final.

Stade 5 Juillet 1962

The 5 July 1962 Stadium (Arabic : ملعب 5 جويلية 1962) (the name refers to 5 July 1962, the day Algeria declared independence), is a football and athletics stadium located in Algiers, Algeria. The stadium was inaugurated in 1972 with a capacity of 95,000. It served as the main stadium of the 1975 Mediterranean Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games, the 2004 Pan Arab Games, and the 2007 All-Africa Games. The stadium was one of two venues of the 1990 African Cup of Nations (the other venue was the 19 May 1956 Stadium in Annaba). It hosted 9 matches of the tournament, including the final match, which had a second record attendance of 105,302 spectators. In the final match, the home team Algeria defeated Nigeria 1–0 to win the tournament. The record attendance is of 110,000 spectators in the friendly match between Algeria and Serbia on 3 March 2010. [1] It also hosted the 2000 African Championships in Athletics. After a formal compliance with current safety standards in 1999, the stadium was reduced to an 80,200 capacity, and following a new phase of renovation in 2003. [2]

Road to final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Arabi SC Round Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Fateh 5–43–2 (H)2–2 (A)Second round Flag of Mauritania.svg Tevragh-Zeina 4–10–2 (A)2–1 (H)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Nassr 4–33–2 (A)2–0 (H)Quarter-finals Flag of Jordan.svg Al-Baqa'a 9–31–6 (A)3–2 (H)
Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca 3–3 (a)1–1 (H)2–2 (A)Semi-finals Flag of Egypt.svg Ismaily SC 0–0 (4–3 p)0–0 (H)0–0 (A)

Format

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).

Matches

First leg

Al-Arabi SC Flag of Kuwait.svg 0–0 Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger
Report
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Mansouriah
Attendance: 23,456
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
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Al-Arabi SC:
GK  Flag of Kuwait.svg Sulaiman Abdulghafour
CB  Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohamed Farih
CB  Flag of Kuwait.svg Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi
CB  Flag of Senegal.svg Mourtada Fall Yellow card.svg 5'
RM  Flag of Kuwait.svg Ali Maqseed
CM  Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Al Shemali
CM  Flag of Kuwait.svg Fahd Al Hachach Sub off.svg 78'
LM  Flag of Senegal.svg Kader Fall Sub off.svg 64'
RF  Flag of Kuwait.svg Fahad Al-Rashidi Yellow card.svg 33'
CF  Flag of Jordan.svg Ahmad Hayel
LF  Flag of Kuwait.svg Hussain Al-Moussawi
Substitutes:
DF  Flag of Bahrain.svg Sayed Mohamed Adnan Sub on.svg 64'
MF  Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohamed Djerragh Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg José Romão
USM Alger:
GK1 Flag of Algeria.svg Lamine Zemmamouche
RB4 Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelkader Laïfaoui
CB25 Flag of Algeria.svg Mokhtar Benmoussa
CB6 Flag of Algeria.svg Farouk Chafaï Yellow card.svg 81'
CB20 Flag of Algeria.svg Nacereddine Khoualed Yellow card.svg 54'
LB23 Flag of Algeria.svg Hamza Koudri
CM13 Flag of Algeria.svg Nassim Bouchema
CM14 Flag of Algeria.svg Lamouri Djediat
CM18 Flag of Algeria.svg Saad Tedjar Sub off.svg 79'
CF9 Flag of Algeria.svg Noureddine Daham Yellow card.svg 12'Sub off.svg 70'
CF47 Flag of Algeria.svg Zinedine Ferhat Sub off.svg 90'
Substitutes:
DF24 Flag of Algeria.svg Youcef Benamara Sub on.svg 79'
FW12 Flag of Madagascar.svg Carolus Andriamatsinoro Sub on.svg 70'
FW48 Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed Seguer Sub on.svg 90'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Rolland Courbis

Assistant referees:
Ahmed Aroubli (Jordan)
Aïssa Attaoui (Jordan)
Fourth official:

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Second leg

Ouled EL Bahdja fans during the final UAFA Club Cup, Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, May 14, 2013 vs Al-Arabi SC. Stade du 5 juillet-Algerie.jpg
Ouled EL Bahdja fans during the final UAFA Club Cup, Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, May 14, 2013 vs Al-Arabi SC.

The second leg meeting took place at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, in the presence of more than 50,000 supporters, as well as a number of Algerian state officials led by Prime Minister at that time Abdelmalek Sellal. The match was officiated by Saudi international referee Khalil Jalal, The match witnessed the absence of USM Alger defender Nacereddine Khoualed due to suspension. First half in the first quarter there was equal performance with an advantage for USM Alger who opened the scoring in the 13th minute through Noureddine Daham after a pass from Bouazza Feham. In the 25th minute Al-Arabi scored a goal through Mohamed Farih which was canceled due to offside, although the replay shows that there was no offside. In the 33rd minute, after a counterattack and the exit of Daham in front of goalkeeper Sulaiman Abdulghafour and after a shot hit him and while heading to the empty goal it hit the crossbar. USM Alger and after a distribution from Mokhtar Benmoussa, Lamouri Djediat managed to add the second goal in the 37th minute. Three minutes before the end of the first half Hamza Koudri was sent off after a dangerous intervention on Al-Arabi SC player. [3] [4]

Second half Al-Arabi SC entered strongly in the midst of USM Alger retreat to the back and after several attempts Kader Fall reduced the result in the 58th minute, three minutes later Hussain Al-Moussawi managed to adjust the result after a strong shot from outside the penalty area. In the 73rd minute after being alone in front of goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche, Al-Moussawi missed the opportunity to score the goal. Two minutes later Carolus Andriamatsinoro was fouled inside the penalty area to announce Khalil Jalal a penalty kick for USM Alger, which was successfully executed by captain Mohamed Rabie Meftah. In the 82nd minute Zemmamouche saved his net once again from an accomplished goal, USM Alger bore the burden of the match until the final whistle by winning the title for the first time in its history. To receive the UAFA Club Cup from the hand of Prime Minister Sellal in the presence of the Minister of Youth and Sports and the President of the Algerian Football Federation. [5] [6]

USM Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 3–2 Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Arabi SC
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Djediat Soccerball shade.svg37'
Meftah Soccerball shade.svg76' (pen.)
Report Soccerball shade.svg58' K. Fall
Soccerball shade.svg61' Al-Moussawi
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USM Alger:
GK1 Flag of Algeria.svg Lamine Zemmamouche
RB30 Flag of Algeria.svg Rabie Meftah (c)Yellow card.svg 62'
CB6 Flag of Algeria.svg Farouk Chafaï
CB4 Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelkader Laïfaoui
CB25 Flag of Algeria.svg Mokhtar Benmoussa
CB26 Flag of Algeria.svg Brahim Boudebouda Yellow card.svg 90+2'
LB23 Flag of Algeria.svg Hamza Koudri Yellow card.svg 26' Red card.svg 42'
CM13 Flag of Algeria.svg Nassim Bouchema Yellow card.svg 61'
CM14 Flag of Algeria.svg Lamouri Djediat Sub off.svg 65'
CM15 Flag of Algeria.svg Bouazza Feham Sub off.svg 59'
CF9 Flag of Algeria.svg Noureddine Daham Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutes:
MF11 Flag of Algeria.svg Hocine El Orfi Sub on.svg 59'
FW12 Flag of Madagascar.svg Carolus Andriamatsinoro Sub on.svg 65'
FW47 Flag of Algeria.svg Zinedine Ferhat Sub on.svg 46'Yellow card.svg 90'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Rolland Courbis
Al-Arabi SC:
GK22 Flag of Kuwait.svg Sulaiman Abdulghafour
CB8 Flag of Kuwait.svg Talal Nayef
CB9 Flag of Jordan.svg Ahmed Hayel
CB30 Flag of Senegal.svg Mourtada Fall
DM24 Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Al Shemali
RM11 Flag of Kuwait.svg Hussain Al-Moussawi
CM13 Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohamed Farih
CM19 Flag of Kuwait.svg Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi Yellow card.svg 90'
LM31 Flag of Kuwait.svg Ali Maqseed
SS10 Flag of Senegal.svg Kader Fall Sub off.svg 79'
CF  Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdulaziz Al Salimi Sub off.svg 48'
Substitutes:
DF  Flag of Bahrain.svg Sayed Mohamed Adnan Sub on.svg 79'
MF  Flag of Kuwait.svg Mohamed Djerragh Sub on.svg 48'
Manager:
Flag of Portugal.svg José Romão

Assistant referees:
Bader Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
Khaled Al Degairi (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth official:

Match rules

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