Al-Ahly team is preparing to face Congolese Mazembe in the semi-finals of the African Champions League, on a quest to win the 12th African star in its history and the second in a row with Swiss coach Marcel Kohler.
Al-Ahly qualified for the semi-finals after overcoming the obstacle of Simba of Tanzania by winning the first leg with a clean goal through Ahmed Nabil Koka at Benjamin Mkaba Stadium, and winning the return leg with two unanswered goals at Cairo Stadium, signed by Amr El-Soulia and Mahmoud Abdel Moneim Kahraba.
Mazembe reached the semi-finals after overcoming Angola’s Petro Atletico, after they tied 0-0 in the first leg in Congo, before winning the second leg in Angola with two goals to one.
The date of Al-Ahly’s next match in the African Champions League against Congolese Mazembe
Al-Ahly will play the first leg with Mazembe at three in the afternoon on Saturday, April 20, in Congo, while the return match will be held at Cairo International Stadium at nine in the evening on Saturday, April 27.
History of Al-Ahly and Mazembe confrontations
Al-Ahly’s first confrontation with TP Mazembe was on September 1, 2002 in the 2002 Champions League edition, specifically in the third round of the group stage, and the match ended with Al-Ahly winning with an unanswered goal scored by Ahmed Bilal in the 48th minute at the start of the second half of the match.
Al-Ahly’s second match against Mazembe in the fourth round of the same group witnessed a goalless draw.
Al-Ahly met with Mazembe again in the second round of the group stage of the Champions League 2012 edition. The first meeting was held in Cairo on July 8, 2012 and ended with Al-Ahly winning 2-1, as Imad Miteb scored Al-Ahly’s first goal in the 11th minute, while Mazembe succeeded in adjusting the result despite… One of his players was expelled during the course of the match after Samatta scored the equalizer for Mazembe in the 85th minute from a fatal error by Sherif Ekramy, who did not judge the ball well. Mohamed Naji Gedo saved Al-Ahly’s position in the match, and scored the winning goal in the 90th minute and the fatal time of the match.
While the return match was held between Al-Ahly and Mazembe within the framework of the fifth round of the same group of the 2012 tournament, and the match ended with Al-Ahly losing by two clean goals.
Al-Ahly is the most successful club in the championship
Al-Ahly, which won the last edition of the CAF Champions League at the expense of Moroccan Wydad, hopes to achieve the twelfth title in the current edition. Al-Ahly club tops the list of teams that won the most CAF Champions League titles with 11 titles, while Zamalek comes in second place with 5 titles, equally with… Congolese Mazembe.
The channel broadcasting Al-Ahly matches in the 2024 African Champions League
All Al-Ahly matches in the 2024 African Champions League can be watched through “BeIN Sports” channels, the exclusive broadcaster of the competition in the Middle East and North Africa region.
