MATCH STATS: Clash of the heavyweights in CAF Women’s Champions League Egypt 2025 semi-final
In a repeat of the CAF Women’s Champions League 2024 final, AS FAR will take on defending champions TP Mazembe at the Suez Canal Stadium on Tuesday (15h00 local time / 13h00 GMT) in the first of this year’s semi-finals.
The clubs met in the 2024 final, where TP Mazembe claimed a 1-0 win through a 10th-minute penalty converted by Marlene Kasaj.
This will be their third meeting overall. Their group-stage clash in 2024 saw Elena Obono put Mazembe ahead in the 11th minute before second-half goals from Doha El Madani and a Sanaa Mssoudy brace led AS FAR to a 3-1 victory.
This is only the second time in tournament history that finalists from one season meet again in the semi-finals the following year.
In 2022 AS FAR defeated Mamelodi Sundowns 4-0 in the final, but the South Africans avenged that result with a 1-0 victory in the 2023 semi-finals.
For AS FAR, TP Mazembe are just the second opponent they have faced three times, having also met Mamelodi Sundowns on three occasions (W1 D1 L1).
This is AS FAR’s second meeting with the defending champions. Their only previous such encounter was their 4-0 win over Sundowns in the 2022 final.
AS FAR and TP Mazembe have won one title each, AS FAR triumphing in 2022 on home soil and TP Mazembe claiming the crown in 2024.
AS FAR goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi holds the tournament record for most clean sheets (14), though she has yet to keep one against Mazembe, conceding in both previous meetings.
Three past semi-finals have gone to extra time, with two decided on penalties. Only TP Mazembe’s win over Edo Queens in 2024 was settled in open play.
Only two semi-finals in CAFWCL history have required a penalty shoot-out: Sundowns versus Malabo Kings in 2021, and Ampem Darkoa versus SC Casablanca in 2023.
AS FAR – Key Statistics
• Beat FC 15 de Agosto 2-0 in their final group game to reach a fifth consecutive semi-final.• FC 15 de Agosto were the 16th different side AS FAR have defeated at the finals.
• Only club to reach the semi-finals in all five editions.
• All four previous semi-finals were decided inside 90 minutes.
• Last-four record: P4 W2 L2.
• A win sends them to a third final (2022, 2024), making them the second club with three finals alongside Mamelodi Sundowns.
• A win would also make them the second club after Sundowns (2021-23) to reach back-to-back finals.
• Semi-final history: lost 2-1 to Hasaacas Ladies in 2021, beat Bayelsa Queens 1-0 in 2022, lost 1-0 to Sundowns in 2023, beat Masar 2-1 in 2024.
• Najat Badri scored her third CAFWCL goal at a third different edition (2021, 2023, 2024).
• Safa Banouk scored in consecutive matches, her second of this edition and fourth overall.
• Have never been involved in a penalty shoot-out.
• On a three-game unbeaten run; their last longer streak was five games from the 2023 third-place match onward.
• Undefeated in the group stage for the third time (2022, 2024, 2025).
• Three straight clean sheets; last had four in a row during 2022–24 across editions.
• Have gone 397 minutes without conceding at the finals.
• Completed 912 passes, the most among the semi-finalists.
• Attempted 441 passes in their last match, completing 346; Aziza Rabbah made 84 passes and completed 73, both highs for the game.
TP Mazembe – Key Statistics
• Beat JKT Queens 4-1 in their final group match to reach the semi-finals.
• Lost their opener to ASEC but beat Gaborone United and JKT Queens.
• Their wins over Gaborone United and JKT Queens mark their first back-to-back group wins at the finals.
• Victory would give them three straight wins for the second time, having done so in 2024 (final group match, semi-final, final).
• Have scored three or more goals in consecutive games for the second time. Previously did so in 2024 against Aigles de la Medina (4-0) and Edo Queens (3-1).
• Yet to feature in a penalty shoot-out; both knockout wins came in open play.
• Their only other semi-final, in 2024, required extra time to beat Edo Queens 3-1 after coming from behind, scoring twice in extra time.
• That match remains their only tournament fixture to go beyond 90 minutes.
• Marlene Kasaj scored twice from the penalty spot against JKT Queens and now has three goals at this edition.
• Kasaj is the second Mazembe player with three goals in a single edition, after Merveille Kanjinga in 2022.
• Kasaj and Kanjinga are now joint all-time top scorers for Mazembe at the finals with four goals each.
• All four of Kasaj’s goals have been penalties.
• Have scored seven goals at this year’s finals, matching their 2024 group-stage total; added four more in the 2024 knockout rounds.
• Have conceded just two goals in the group stage, their best defensive record after allowing six in 2022 and three in 2024.
• Had seven shots on target and scored four goals against JKT Queens.
• Their 18 shots on target are the most among the semi-finalists.
• Shot conversion rate of 18.42 percent is second-best among the last four.
• First CAFWCL goals for Oluwayemisi and Samuel Grace Acheampong came in the JKT match.
• Reaching the final would make them the third team to contest multiple finals, joining Mamelodi Sundowns (three) and AS FAR (two).
• If they reach the final, they will also become only the second defending champions to return to the final after Sundowns (won 2021, runners-up 2022).
• A final appearance would make them the second club to reach back-to-back finals after Mamelodi Sundowns, who contested finals in 2021, 2022 and 2023.