Arab Champions League 2008 - 2009 :

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ES Tunis 2 - ES Sétif 0

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Esperance face Wydad in Arab Champions League final

TUNIS, April 26, 2009 (Reuters) - Tunisia's Esperance went through to the Arab Champions League final against Wydad Casablanca when they beat holders Entente Setif of Algeria 2-0 on Sunday. An early penalty from Zine Al Abidine Souissi and Wajdi Bouazzi's goal three minutes from time in the second leg of their semi-final gave Esperance a 3-0 aggregate victory. Morocco's Wydad, runners-up last year, qualified on Saturday when their 2-0 second-leg win at home to CS Sfaxien of Tunisia gave them an aggregate 3-1 victory.

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L’ES Sétif éliminée par l'ES Tunis

Lundi 27 Avril 2009 -- L'E Sétif s'est inclinée face à l'ES Tunis sur le score de 2 à 0 (mi-temps 1-0) en demi finale retour de la 6ème édition de la Ligue des champions arabe de football dimanche à Tunis. Les buts de la rencontre ont été inscrits par Souissi (8é s.p) et Bouaziz (86') pour l'ES Tunis. Les Sétifiens s'étaient inclinés (1-0) lors du match aller disputé au stade du 8 mai 45. L'ES Sétif, double tenant du titre de la Ligue des champions arabe, ne disputera pas une 3è finale de rang. En finale prévue en mai, l'ES Tunis affrontera le WA Casablanca qui a éliminé samedi le CS Sfaxien (1-1, 2-0).

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ACL announces final dates, referees

April 29, 2009 -- The first leg of the Arab Champions League football final will pit Wydad Casablanca against Esperance on May 9th in Casablanca, the Arab Football Union announced on Wednesday (April 29th). Syrian referees will officiate the match. The return leg will be played on Thursday (May 21st) at Radès.

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Esperance defeat WAC in ACL match

May 10, 2009 -- Tunisia's Esperance beat hosts Wydad Casablanca 1-0 on Saturday (May 9th) in the first leg of the Arab Champions League final. Michael Eneramo scored the lone goal of the match in the 30th minute. The second leg of the ACL final will be played May 21st in Radès.

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Tunisian football club, Esperance, wins Arab Champions League

Tunis, May 22, 2009 -- Tunisian football club, Esperance, Thursday won the Arab Champions League, and the accompanying US$ 1 million prize money, after drawing 1-1 with Widad Casablanca of Morocco in the second-leg final played at the Rades stadium, near Tunis, before 50,000 fans.

The Tunisians had earlier won the first leg 1-0 in Casablanca, Morocco, for a total 2-1 aggregate win.

Thursday's goals - both from penalties - were scored by Moroccan Rafik Abdessamad in the 66th minute and Oussama Darragi in the 87th minute for the hosts.

Esperance, celebrating their 90th anniversary, made it a historic treble, also winning the North African Football Union Cup and the Tunisian championship with a 4-1 thrashing of Etoil Sahel.

This was the first Arab cup for the Tunisians in the new version of the competition, and the second in the club's history after their 1993 triumph against Bahrain's Al Muharraq (3-0 in Tunis).

Esperance also won the Arab Supercup in 1996.

For Widad Casablanca, this was their second consecutive final (loss) of the Arab Champions League, after falling to ES Sétif of Algeria last year.