2013 UAFA Club Cup final

2013 UAFA Club Cup final

Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers hosted the second leg of the final
Event	2012–13 UAFA Club Cup
Al-Arabi SC USM Alger 2 3
First leg
Al-Arabi SC USM Alger 0 0
Date	24 April 2013
Venue	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Mansouriah
Referee	Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
Attendance	23,456
Second leg
USM Alger Al-Arabi SC 3 2
Date	14 May 2013
Venue	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee	Khalil Jalal (Saudi Arabia)
Attendance	50,000
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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.

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

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.

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]

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

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

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).

24 April 2013
20:00 UTC+3

Al-Arabi SC	0–0	USM Alger
	Report

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Mansouriah

Attendance: 23,456

Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

Al-Arabi SC

USM Alger

Al-Arabi SC: GK   Sulaiman Abdulghafour CB   Mohamed Farih CB   Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi CB   Mourtada Fall  5' RM   Ali Maqseed CM   Abdullah Al Shemali CM   Fahd Al Hachach  78' LM   Kader Fall  64' RF   Fahad Al-Rashidi  33' CF   Ahmad Hayel LF   Hussain Al-Moussawi Substitutes: DF   Sayed Mohamed Adnan  64' MF   Mohamed Djerragh  78' Manager: José Romão

USM Alger: GK 1 Lamine Zemmamouche RB 4 Abdelkader Laïfaoui CB 25 Mokhtar Benmoussa CB 6 Farouk Chafaï  81' CB 20 Nacereddine Khoualed  54' LB 23 Hamza Koudri CM 13 Nassim Bouchema CM 14 Lamouri Djediat CM 18 Saad Tedjar  79' CF 9 Noureddine Daham  12'  70' CF 47 Zinedine Ferhat  90' Substitutes: DF 24 Youcef Benamara  79' FW 12 Carolus Andriamatsinoro  70' FW 48 Mohamed Seguer  90' Manager: Rolland Courbis

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]

14 May 2013
17:30 UTC+1

USM Alger	3–2	Al-Arabi SC
Daham 13' Djediat 37' Meftah 76' (pen.)	Report	58' K. Fall 61' Al-Moussawi

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Khalil Jalal Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

USM Alger

Al-Arabi SC

USM Alger: GK 1 Lamine Zemmamouche RB 30 Rabie Meftah (c)  62' CB 6 Farouk Chafaï CB 4 Abdelkader Laïfaoui CB 25 Mokhtar Benmoussa CB 26 Brahim Boudebouda  90+2' LB 23 Hamza Koudri  26'  42' CM 13 Nassim Bouchema  61' CM 14 Lamouri Djediat  65' CM 15 Bouazza Feham  59' CF 9 Noureddine Daham  46' Substitutes: MF 11 Hocine El Orfi  59' FW 12 Carolus Andriamatsinoro  65' FW 47 Zinedine Ferhat  46'  90' Manager: Rolland Courbis

Al-Arabi SC: GK 22 Sulaiman Abdulghafour CB 8 Talal Nayef CB 9 Ahmed Hayel CB 30 Mourtada Fall DM 24 Abdullah Al Shemali RM 11 Hussain Al-Moussawi CM 13 Mohamed Farih CM 19 Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi  90' LM 31 Ali Maqseed SS 10 Kader Fall  79' CF   Abdulaziz Al Salimi  48' Substitutes: DF   Sayed Mohamed Adnan  79' MF   Mohamed Djerragh  48' Manager: José Romão

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