2013 UAFA Club Cup final

2013 UAFA Club Cup final
Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers hosted the second leg of the final
Event2012–13 UAFA Club Cup
First leg
Date24 April 2013
VenueSabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Mansouriah
RefereeMohammad Arafah (Jordan)
Attendance23,456
Second leg
Date14 May 2013
VenueStade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
RefereeKhalil 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.

Qualified teams

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Team Region Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Kuwait Al-Arabi SC WAFF (West Asia) none
Algeria USM Alger UNAF (North Africa) none

Venues

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Sabah Al-Salem Stadium

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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

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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

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

Kuwait Al-Arabi SC Round Algeria USM Alger
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Qualifying rounds Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh 5–4 3–2 (H) 2–2 (A) Second round Mauritania Tevragh-Zeina 4–1 0–2 (A) 2–1 (H)
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 4–3 3–2 (A) 2–0 (H) Quarter-finals Jordan Al-Baqa'a 9–3 1–6 (A) 3–2 (H)
Morocco Raja Casablanca 3–3 (a) 1–1 (H) 2–2 (A) Semi-finals Egypt Ismaily SC 0–0 (4–3 p) 0–0 (H) 0–0 (A)

Format

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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

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First leg

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Al-Arabi SC Kuwait0–0Algeria USM Alger
Report
Attendance: 23,456
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
Al-Arabi SC
USM Alger
Al-Arabi SC:
GK   Kuwait Sulaiman Abdulghafour
CB   Kuwait Mohamed Farih
CB   Kuwait Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi
CB   Senegal Mourtada Fall Yellow card 5'
RM   Kuwait Ali Maqseed
CM   Kuwait Abdullah Al Shemali
CM   Kuwait Fahd Al Hachach downward-facing red arrow 78'
LM   Senegal Kader Fall downward-facing red arrow 64'
RF   Kuwait Fahad Al-Rashidi Yellow card 33'
CF   Jordan Ahmad Hayel
LF   Kuwait Hussain Al-Moussawi
Substitutes:
DF   Bahrain Sayed Mohamed Adnan upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF   Kuwait Mohamed Djerragh upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Portugal José Romão
USM Alger:
GK 1 Algeria Lamine Zemmamouche
RB 4 Algeria Abdelkader Laïfaoui
CB 25 Algeria Mokhtar Benmoussa
CB 6 Algeria Farouk Chafaï Yellow card 81'
CB 20 Algeria Nacereddine Khoualed Yellow card 54'
LB 23 Algeria Hamza Koudri
CM 13 Algeria Nassim Bouchema
CM 14 Algeria Lamouri Djediat
CM 18 Algeria Saad Tedjar downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 9 Algeria Noureddine Daham Yellow card 12' downward-facing red arrow 70'
CF 47 Algeria Zinedine Ferhat downward-facing red arrow 90'
Substitutes:
DF 24 Algeria Youcef Benamara upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 12 Madagascar Carolus Andriamatsinoro upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 48 Algeria Mohamed Seguer upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
France 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

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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 Algeria3–2Kuwait Al-Arabi SC
Daham 13'
Djediat 37'
Meftah 76' (pen.)
Report 58' K. Fall
61' Al-Moussawi
USM Alger
Al-Arabi SC
USM Alger:
GK 1 Algeria Lamine Zemmamouche
RB 30 Algeria Rabie Meftah (c) Yellow card 62'
CB 6 Algeria Farouk Chafaï
CB 4 Algeria Abdelkader Laïfaoui
CB 25 Algeria Mokhtar Benmoussa
CB 26 Algeria Brahim Boudebouda Yellow card 90+2'
LB 23 Algeria Hamza Koudri Yellow card 26' Red card 42'
CM 13 Algeria Nassim Bouchema Yellow card 61'
CM 14 Algeria Lamouri Djediat downward-facing red arrow 65'
CM 15 Algeria Bouazza Feham downward-facing red arrow 59'
CF 9 Algeria Noureddine Daham downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
MF 11 Algeria Hocine El Orfi upward-facing green arrow 59'
FW 12 Madagascar Carolus Andriamatsinoro upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 47 Algeria Zinedine Ferhat upward-facing green arrow 46' Yellow card 90'
Manager:
France Rolland Courbis
Al-Arabi SC:
GK 22 Kuwait Sulaiman Abdulghafour
CB 8 Kuwait Talal Nayef
CB 9 Jordan Ahmed Hayel
CB 30 Senegal Mourtada Fall
DM 24 Kuwait Abdullah Al Shemali
RM 11 Kuwait Hussain Al-Moussawi
CM 13 Kuwait Mohamed Farih
CM 19 Kuwait Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi Yellow card 90'
LM 31 Kuwait Ali Maqseed
SS 10 Senegal Kader Fall downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF   Kuwait Abdulaziz Al Salimi downward-facing red arrow 48'
Substitutes:
DF   Bahrain Sayed Mohamed Adnan upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF   Kuwait Mohamed Djerragh upward-facing green arrow 48'
Manager:
Portugal José Romão

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

Match rules

References

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  1. ^ "110.000 spectateurs au stade du 5-juillet". Le Midi. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Stade 5 Juillet 1962". Algerie Presse Service. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  3. ^ "COURBIS REMPORTE LA COUPE ARABE AVEC L'USM ALGER". rmcsport.bfmtv.com. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ "اتحاد العاصمة الجزائري يتوج بكأس العرب". aljazeera.net. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ^ "اتحاد الجزائر بطلا للعرب". skynewsarabia.com. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. ^ "l'usma remporte son premier titre international en coupe arabe ,historique !". algerie360.com. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
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