MATCH STATS: AS FAR face Mamelodi Sundowns in CAF Women’s Champions League Egypt 2026 final
Defending champions AS FAR of Morocco meet South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns in the CAF Women’s Champions League Egypt 2026 final at the Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia on Sunday, 15 November (17h00 local time / 15h00 GMT). Both clubs are pursuing a record third continental title.
AS FAR beat Cameroon’s Lekié Football Filles 1-0 in the semi-finals, while Sundowns defeated Uganda’s Kawempe Muslim Ladies 4-1. AS FAR are seeking to become the first club to retain the trophy; Sundowns are contesting their fourth final.
MATCH FACTS
• This is the fourth CAF Women’s Champions League finals meeting between AS FAR and Mamelodi Sundowns, making it the most frequently played fixture in the competition’s history.
• The clubs meet in a final for the second time, after AS FAR defeated Sundowns 4-0 in Rabat in 2022. This is their third meeting in the knockout rounds.
• One of the two clubs has gone on to win the title in each edition in which they have met: Sundowns in 2021 and 2023, and AS FAR in 2022.
• This is the third meeting at which one club is the defending champion: Sundowns held that status in the 2022 final, and AS FAR were defending champions when Sundowns eliminated them in the 2023 semi-finals.
• Their first match was a goalless draw in the final Group A fixture in Cairo in 2021, when both sides advanced to the semi-finals. Sundowns went on to win the inaugural title.
• In the 2022 final, Fatima Tagnaout opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 15th minute and Ibtissam Jraïdi scored a second-half hat-trick (54, 87, 90+2) as AS FAR won 4-0.
• Sundowns had Rhoda Mulaudzi sent off in the 34th minute and Zanele Nhlapho dismissed in the 52nd. The 4-0 defeat remains their heaviest at the finals.
• Sundowns reversed the result in the 2023 semi-finals, beating defending champions AS FAR 1-0 in Korhogo through Boitumelo Rabale’s 73rd-minute goal.
• This will be their second meeting in Egypt, following 2021; they also met in Morocco in 2022 and Côte d’Ivoire in 2023.
• AS FAR have faced South African clubs four times at the finals (W2 D1 L1), including a 2-0 victory over the University of the Western Cape in 2024, when Doha El Madani scored twice.
• Sundowns have faced Moroccan teams six times at the finals (W4 D1 L1), keeping five clean sheets and conceding only to AS FAR in the 2022 final.
• Sundowns beat Moroccan debutants FUS Rabat 3-0 in the 2026 group stage. It is the second edition in which they have faced two Moroccan clubs, after playing SC Casablanca twice and AS FAR once in 2023.
• This is Sundowns’ third final against Moroccan opposition, following the 2022 defeat to AS FAR and their 3-0 win over SC Casablanca in 2023.
• Neither side has scored in the same match in any of Sundowns’ six previous encounters with Moroccan opponents at the finals.
• This is the sixth CAF Women’s Champions League final. At least one of AS FAR or Sundowns has appeared in every previous final; each has made three appearances before 2026.
• No club has previously defended the title. Sundowns were the only previous defending champions to reach the following year’s final, losing to AS FAR in 2022.
• All five previous finals have been settled within 90 minutes, with the team scoring first winning each one.
• Only one previous final has seen both teams score: AS FAR’s 2-1 victory over ASEC Mimosas in 2025.
• This is the first season in which the same two clubs have met in both the men’s and women’s CAF Champions League finals. Sundowns beat AS FAR 2-1 on aggregate in the 2025/26 men’s final.
• The winners will receive USD 600,000 and qualify for the second round of the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup 2027, against DPR Korea’s Naegohyang WFC in December 2026.
HEAD-TO-HEAD AT THE FINALS (BEFORE 15 NOVEMBER 2026)
|
Club |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
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AS FAR |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
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Mamelodi Sundowns |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
PAST MEETINGS
• 12 November 2021 – Group A, Cairo: Mamelodi Sundowns 0-0 AS FAR.
• 13 November 2022 – Final, Rabat: AS FAR 4-0 Mamelodi Sundowns (Tagnaout 15 pen, Jraïdi 54, 87, 90+2).
• 15 November 2023 – Semi-final, Korhogo: Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0 AS FAR (Rabale 73).
PREVIOUS FINAL RESULTS
• 2021: Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 Hasaacas Ladies; 2022: AS FAR 4-0 Mamelodi Sundowns; 2023: Mamelodi Sundowns 3-0 SC Casablanca.
• 2024: TP Mazembe 1-0 AS FAR; 2025: AS FAR 2-1 ASEC Mimosas.
AS FAR – KEY STATISTICS
• AS FAR are playing their 30th match at the finals, more than any other club. They have reached the last four in all six appearances and played five games at each of their previous five editions.
• They are contesting a fourth final (2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026), having won the title in 2022 and 2025 and finished runners-up in 2024.
• They are the first club to reach three successive finals and have finished in the top three in every edition: third in 2021 and 2023, champions in 2022 and 2025, and runners-up in 2024.
• AS FAR are the first team to reach a final after losing their opening match of an edition. They were beaten 3-2 by Kawempe Muslim Ladies in this year’s opener.
• AS FAR have a record of W3 L1 this year, scoring 11 goals and conceding three. They have won their last three matches without conceding.
• They have suffered just one defeat in their last nine finals matches: this year’s opening loss to Kawempe.
• Victory would give AS FAR a third title, making them the outright most successful club in the competition.
• Their 2024 final defeat to TP Mazembe came through Marlène Kasaj’s 10th-minute penalty. In 2025, Hanane Aït El Haj (13 pen) and Zineb Redouani (85 pen) scored either side of Ami Prisca Diallo’s 55th-minute equaliser for ASEC Mimosas.
• AS FAR’s knockout-round record is P11 W7 D1 L3 in open play. They have advanced once on penalties, after drawing 0-0 with TP Mazembe in the 2025 semi-finals and winning the shootout 4-2.
• Their longest winning run at the finals was six matches, beginning with the 2021 third-place play-off and continuing through all five games of their 2022 title campaign.
• Captain Ghizlane Chebbak scored the winner in the 48th minute of the 1-0 semi-final victory over Lekié Football Filles, her second goal in successive matches.
• Chebbak has scored five goals at the finals across the 2021, 2023 and 2026 editions. Four have come in the second half, and none before the 40th minute.
• Chebbak scored with her only shot on target against Lekié and had a match-high 81 touches.
• Goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi kept her 18th clean sheet at the finals against Lekié, including five in knockout matches.
• Er-Rmichi has kept three successive clean sheets, having kept four in a row at the 2025 finals before conceding in the final.
• Her one previous clean sheet in a final came in the 4-0 victory over Sundowns in 2022. She conceded in the 2024 and 2025 finals.
• Er-Rmichi made three saves against Lekié.
• AS FAR attempted 501 passes in the Lekié semi-final, completing 366.
• Aziza Rabbah made six interceptions and 14 clearances against Lekié, both match-high totals.
• AS FAR failed to register a shot on target before half-time against Lekié, but scored from one of their two second-half shots on target.
• AS FAR have used 18 players at the 2026 finals, with 10 appearing in all four matches.
• Fatima Zahra Tagnaout, Doha El Madani and Imane Touriss have each registered two goals and one assist in the current edition.
MAMELODI SUNDOWNS – KEY STATISTICS
• Sundowns reached their fourth final with a 4-1 semi-final win over Kawempe Muslim Ladies. They have made five appearances at the finals, winning the title in 2021 and 2023 and finishing runners-up in 2022.
• They failed to reach the knockout stage only in 2024, but are unbeaten in the current edition (P4 W3 D1 L0), scoring nine goals and conceding two.
• This is their first campaign in which they have reached the knockout stage without winning their opening match. They drew 0-0 with FC Masar in their first group match.
• The 2021 final was won 2-0 against Hasaacas Ladies, with goals from Chuene Morifi (33) and Andisiwe Mgcoyi (65).
• They lost the 2022 final 4-0 to AS FAR, but recovered to beat SC Casablanca 3-0 in 2023, thanks to Refilwe Tholakele (21 pen, 79) and Boitumelo Rabale (24).
• A third title would make Sundowns the first club to win the competition three times; AS FAR also have two titles.
• The 4-1 victory over Kawempe is Sundowns’ biggest semi-final win and matches their biggest knockout-round winning margin, achieved in the 3-0 final win over SC Casablanca in 2023.
• Before facing Kawempe, Sundowns had scored only two goals in three semi-finals: they drew 0-0 with Malabo Kings in 2021 and beat Simba Queens and AS FAR 1-0 in 2022 and 2023 respectively.
• They defeated Malabo Kings 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in 2021, their only penalty shootout at the finals.
• Sundowns led Kawempe 4-0 at half-time, only the second time they have scored four first-half goals at the finals, after doing so against Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in 2024.
• Ronnel Donnelly scored a nine-minute hat-trick in the first half against Kawempe (29, 35, 37), becoming the first Sundowns player to score a hat-trick at the finals.
• Donnelly was the first player to score a first-half hat-trick in the competition’s history. The only previous player to score three goals in one half was AS FAR’s Ibtissam Jraïdi in the second half of the 2022 final.
• Donnelly scored with all three of her shots on target against Kawempe. It was the first hat-trick of the 2026 finals.
• Donnelly has four goal involvements at this edition (three goals, one assist), the most of any Sundowns player.
• Noxolo Cesane scored Sundowns’ fourth goal against Kawempe, her first of the tournament. She has one goal and one assist at this edition.
• Lelona Daweti made two assists against Kawempe, her first two of the 2026 finals. Her career record at the finals is five goals and two assists.
• Asanda Hadebe set up Donnelly’s opening goal, taking her to two assists at this edition; she has provided an assist in successive games.
• Sundowns had eight shots on target against Kawempe, five in the first half, and converted all four of their big chances.
• They registered 38 touches in the opposition penalty area against Kawempe, with Donnelly responsible for nine.
• Sundowns attempted 152 passes in the final third against Kawempe, completing 100 (approximately 66%).
• Goalkeeper Andile Dlamini made three saves from four shots on target faced against Kawempe. She has made 10 saves from 12 shots on target faced at this edition, a save rate of approximately 83%.
• Sundowns have used 18 players at this edition. Andile Dlamini, Karabo Dhlamini and Bambanani Mbane have played every minute of their four matches.
• Donnelly has played 334 minutes, averaging a goal involvement every 83.5 minutes