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MATCH STATS: FAR Rabat and ASEC Mimosas meet in CAF Women’s Champions League final

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FAR Rabat and ASEC Mimosas will contest the final of the fifth edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League at the Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia on Friday at 19h00 local time (17h00 GMT), meeting for the first time in what promises to be a compelling clash of contrasting histories.

ASEC enter their maiden final, while AS FAR appear in their third, reaffirming Morocco’s remarkable consistency in the competition. This is also the first time ASEC will face North African opposition, and only the second time they meet a past champion after opening these finals with a 1-0 win over defending title holders TP Mazembe.

Friday’s showdown marks the 19th different opponent AS FAR have faced at the tournament, with Côte d’Ivoire becoming the 11th nation from which they encounter a club. Against West African sides they have been largely dominant, claiming six wins and suffering only two defeats, both against Ghanaian teams, Hasaacas Ladies in the 2021 Semi-final and Ampem Darkoa in the 2023 group stage.

Although AS FAR have played two finals before, this will be their first against West African opposition after previous meetings with Mamelodi Sundowns and TP Mazembe. In knockout encounters with West African teams, this is their fourth meeting; after losing to Hasaacas Ladies in 2021, they went on to beat Bayelsa Queens in the 2022 Semi-final and Ampem Darkoa in the 2023 third-place game.

This is the fifth CAF Women’s Champions League final and the fourth to feature a Moroccan side. Only in 2021 did no Moroccan club reach the showpiece. The past two finals ended with Moroccan teams as runners-up, SC Casablanca in 2023 and AS FAR in 2024, and history shows that Moroccan clubs have won once and lost twice when appearing in the decider.

All four previous finals were settled in 90 minutes, and in every instance only the winning team found the net, producing a combined 10 goals at an average of 2.5 per match. Two players have been sent off in past finals, both from Mamelodi Sundowns: Regina Mogolola late in the 2021 final and Rhoda Mulaudzi in the 34th minute of the 2022 showpiece.

AS FAR’s Zineb Erroudany has created nine chances at this year’s finals, the most by any player from the club and the second-highest overall.

AS FAR – Key Statistics

  • Reached a third final after a 0-0 draw and 4-2 penalty shoot-out win over TP Mazembe in the Semi-final.
  • Took part in their first penalty shoot-out in nine knockout matches.
  • Played extra time for the first time at the finals in the Semi-final win over Mazembe.
  • Contesting a third final; winners in 2022 and runners-up in 2024.
  • Second team after Mamelodi Sundowns to reach three finals.
  • A win will see them equal Sundowns’ record of two titles.
  • A defeat will make them the first team to lose consecutive finals.
  • Beat Sundowns 4-0 in the 2022 final and lost 1-0 to TP Mazembe in 2024.
  • Khadija Er-Rmichi kept her 15th clean sheet against Mazembe, her first in three meetings with them.
  • Have kept four consecutive clean sheets, their longest run at the tournament.
  • Could become the second team after Sundowns (2021, 2023) to reach the final without conceding a goal.
  • Another clean sheet would make them only the second side to keep five in a single edition.
  • Er-Rmichi could become the first goalkeeper to keep five clean sheets in one tournament.
  • She is only the second keeper to record four clean sheets at one edition, after Sundowns’ Andile Dlamini in 2023.
  • Er-Rmichi has a 100% save rate, saving all seven shots faced.
  • Attempted 528 passes against Mazembe, the highest by any team in a single match this edition.
  • Completed 383 passes in that match; Anissa Lahmari completed a game-high 51.
  • Hanane Aït El Haj had 110 touches versus Mazembe, Lahmari 100.
  • Have completed 1,300 passes overall with a 75.45% accuracy rate; ASEC have 838 passes at 64.31%.
  • Scored four goals from 17 shots on target (8.33% conversion). ASEC have seven from 18 (14.58%).
  • Guaranteed a top-three finish for the fifth straight edition.
  • Win or lose, will finish in the top two for the third time, matching Sundowns.

ASEC Mimosa – Key Statistics

  • Unbeaten at the finals: beat TP Mazembe 1-0, drew 1-1 with JKT Queens, beat Gaborone United 4-0, and defeated Masar 1-0 in the Semi-final.
  • First Ivorian club to reach the final.
  • Sixth different club to appear in the showpiece after Sundowns, Hasaacas Ladies, AS FAR, SC Casablanca and TP Mazembe.
  • Fourth team to reach the final in their debut appearance (after Sundowns and Hasaacas Ladies in 2021, and SC Casablanca in 2023).
  • A win would make them the second debutant champions after Sundowns in 2021.
  • First debutant finalists since SC Casablanca in 2023.
  • Victory would make ASEC the fourth club whose men’s and women’s teams have both won CAF Champions League titles.
  • Have scored in all four matches, the only team to do so this year.
  • Have conceded just once, the second-best defensive record.
  • First debutants to score in four straight games since Hasaacas Ladies in 2021; none have scored in five in one edition.
  • Their Semi-final win came through their only shot on target, scored by Essi Dagba.
  • Four different scorers have contributed their seven goals; Habibou Ouedraogo leads with three and is the tournament’s joint top scorer.
  • Ouedraogo also has two assists and five total goal involvements.
  • Ami Diallo and Ouedraogo have created seven chances each, the most for ASEC.
  • Have faced seven shots on target; goalkeeper Nina Dabilgou has made five saves (71% save rate).
  • Completed 39 dribbles; AS FAR have completed 30.