2013 UAFA Club Cup final

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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.

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
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2017

Qualified teams

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Team Region Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
  Al-Arabi SC WAFF (West Asia) none
  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).

  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)

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  0–0  USM Alger
Report
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

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  3–2  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   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

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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