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Five CAF Champions League finals facts
Five CAF Champions League finals facts ahead of 2016 title-decider in Alexandria Sunday between Zamalek of Egypt and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa
— Al Ahly of Egypt have won a record eight finals between 1982 and 2013 and finished runners-up twice.
— Zamalek of Egypt and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo are the next most successful clubs with five victories each.
— Ahly and Mazembe have twice successfully defended the title and Enyimba of Nigeria achieved the feat once.
— Egyptian clubs Ahly, Zamalek, Ismaily and Ghazl Al Mehalla have qualified for 19 finals, winning 14
— South African clubs Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns reached three finals, but won only one
What they say about CAF Champions League final
A selection of quotes ahead of the CAF Champions League final second leg in Alexandria Sunday between Zamalek of Egypt and Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa:
— He is a player for the big occasion. When we play some small teams, it is like he is not even there (Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane on Liberia-born striker Anthony Laffor)
— We will give Moamen Soliman a full chance as a young Egyptian coach (Zamalek chairman Mortada Mansour rejecting a Soliman statement that he will resign if Sundowns win the final)
— When you play the second leg of a final in Egypt, that country comes to a standstill (former Orlando Pirates assistant coach Tebogo Moloi alerting compatriots Sundowns)
— I have not had time — time is my enemy (Soliman lamenting that he has been in charge for only two months)
— Watching livewire Khama Billiat made me believe he is now among the top 10 footballers in Africa (Uganda coach Milutin Sredojevic hails Sundowns’ Zimbabwean striker)
