2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 26 September to 29 November 2015. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A Egypt Al-Ahly Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
B Egypt Zamalek South Africa Orlando Pirates

Format

Knockout ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[2]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 25–27 September 2015 2–4 October 2015
Final 20–22 November 2015 27–29 November 2015

Bracket

In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.

In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw (5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).

  Semi-finals Final
                         
South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 4 5  
Egypt Al-Ahly 0 3 3  
    South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 0 1
  Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1 1 2
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 5 0 5
Egypt Zamalek 1 3 4  

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Orlando Pirates South Africa 5–3 Egypt Al-Ahly 1–0 4–3
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 5–4 Egypt Zamalek 5–1 0–3

Al-Ahly Egypt 3–4 South Africa Orlando Pirates
Evouna  43', 53'
Gamal  90'		 Report Erasmus  57'
Gabuza  75'
Matlaba  85'
Rakhale  90+5'

Orlando Pirates won 5–3 on aggregate.

Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 5–1 Egypt Zamalek
Tej  5', 83'
Bounedjah  10'
Brigui  35'
Ben Aziza  85'		 Report Hefny  24'
Zamalek Egypt 3–0 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Kahraba  11', 55' (pen.)
Fathi  69'		 Report

Étoile du Sahel won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Orlando Pirates South Africa 1–2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1–1 0–1

Étoile du Sahel won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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