2016 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

2016 CAF Confederation Cup
2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates12 February – 6 November 2016
Teams51+8 (from 39 associations)
Final positions
Champions TP Mazembe (1st title)
Runners-up MO Béjaïa
Tournament statistics
Matches played128
Goals scored294 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Rainford Kalaba (7 goals)

TP Mazembe defeated MO Béjaïa in the final to win their first CAF Confederation Cup title, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 CAF Champions League in the 2017 CAF Super Cup.[1] Étoile du Sahel were the defending champions, and after qualifying for the 2016 CAF Champions League, they entered the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after they lost in the Champions League second round, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations might enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter.[1] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level had never been reached.

For the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2010–2014 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:[2]

CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Winner 5 points 4 points
Runner-up 4 points 3 points
Losing semi-finalists 3 points 2 points
3rd place in groups 2 points 1 point
4th place in groups 1 point 1 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

  • 2014 – 5
  • 2013 – 4
  • 2012 – 3
  • 2011 – 2
  • 2010 – 1

Teams

The following 59 teams from 39 associations entered the competition.

Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.

Associations are shown according to their 2010–2014 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Association Team Qualifying method
Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Tunisia
(1st – 105 pts)		 Espérance de Tunis 2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Stade Gabèsien 2014–15 Tunisian Cup runner-up
Egypt
(2nd – 81 pts)		 ENPPI 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League third place
Misr Lel Makkasa 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
DR Congo
(3rd – 63 pts)		 CS Don Bosco 2014–15 Linafoot third place
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo 2015 Coupe du Congo winner
Algeria
(4th – 44 pts)		 MC Oran 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
CS Constantine 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fifth place
Sudan
(5th – 33 pts)		 Al-Ahly Shendi 2015 Sudan Premier League third place
Khartoum 2015 Sudan Premier League fourth place
Ivory Coast
(6th – 30 pts)		 SC Gagnoa 2014–15 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
Africa Sports 2015 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football winner
Morocco
(7th – 29 pts)		 Kawkab Marrakech 2014–15 Botola third place
FUS Rabat 2015 Coupe du Trône runner-up
Cameroon
(T-8th – 26 pts)		 New Star de Douala 2015 Elite One third place
UMS de Loum 2015 Cameroonian Cup winner
Congo
(T-8th – 26 pts)		 Vita Club Mokanda 2015 Congo Premier League sixth place before abandoned
Diables Noirs 2015 Coupe du Congo winner
Mali
(T-8th – 26 pts)		 USFAS Bamako 2014–15 Malian Première Division third place
AS Bakaridjan 2014–15 Malian Première Division fourth place
Nigeria
(11th – 22 pts)		 Nasarawa United 2015 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Akwa United 2015 Nigerian FA Cup winner
South Africa
(12th – 16 pts)		 Bidvest Wits 2014–15 South African Premier Division third place
Ajax Cape Town 2014–15 Nedbank Cup runner-up
Associations eligible to enter one team
Angola
(13th – 11 pts)		 Sagrada Esperança 2015 Taça de Angola runner-up
Libya
(14th – 7 pts)		 Al-Ittihad Tripoli 2013–14 Libyan Premier League runner-up (no league in 2015)
Ghana
(T-15th – 6 pts)		 Medeama 2015 Ghanaian FA Cup winner
Zambia
(T-15th – 6 pts)		 Zanaco 2015 Zambian Premier League runner-up
Ethiopia
(17th – 4 pts)		 Defence Force 2015 Ethiopian Cup winner
Niger
(T-18th – 1 pt)		 AS SONIDEP 2015 Niger Cup winner
Zimbabwe
(T-18th – 1 pt)		 Harare City 2015 Cup of Zimbabwe winner
Botswana Gaborone United 2014–15 Mascom Top 8 Cup winner
Burkina Faso USFA 2015 Coupe du Faso winner
Burundi Atlético Olympic 2015 Burundian Cup runner-up
Chad Renaissance 2015 Chad Premier League third place
Comoros Fomboni Club 2015 Comoros Cup winner
Equatorial Guinea Deportivo Mongomo 2015 Equatoguinean Cup winner
Gabon CF Mounana 2015 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs winner
Gambia Wallidan 2015 Gambian Cup winner
Guinea AS Kaloum 2015 Guinée Coupe Nationale winner
Kenya Bandari 2015 FKF President's Cup winner
Liberia Barrack Young Controllers II 2015 Liberian Cup winner
Madagascar AS Adema 2015 Coupe de Madagascar runner-up
Mozambique Liga Desportiva de Maputo 2015 Taça de Moçambique winner
Rwanda Police 2015 Rwandan Cup winner
Senegal Génération Foot 2015 Senegal FA Cup winner
Seychelles Light Stars 2015 Seychelles FA Cup winner
South Sudan Atlabara 2015 South Sudan Football Championship champion
Tanzania Azam 2014–15 Tanzanian Premier League runner-up
Uganda SC Villa 2014–15 Ugandan Cup winner
Zanzibar JKU 2014–15 Zanzibar Premier League runner-up
Teams entering the play-off round
Losers of the 2016 CAF Champions League second round
Mamelodi Sundowns Al-Merrikh TP Mazembe Étoile du Sahel
Stade Malien Young Africans Al-Ahli Tripoli MO Béjaïa
Associations which did not enter a team

Notably two team take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Barrack Young Controllers II (2nd tier) and Génération Foot (2nd).

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3] For the first time, some rounds of matches were officially scheduled in midweek (in italics) instead of on weekends.[4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 11 December 2015
(Dakar, Senegal)[5]		 12–14 February 2016 26–28 February 2016
First round 11–13 March 2016 18–20 March 2016
Second round 8–10 April 2016 19–20 April 2016
Play-off round 21 April 2016
(Cairo, Egypt)[6]		 6–8 May 2016 17–18 May 2016
Group stage Matchday 1 24 May 2016
(Cairo, Egypt)[7]		 17–19 June 2016
Matchday 2 28–29 June 2016
Matchday 3 15–17 July 2016
Matchday 4 26–27 July 2016
Matchday 5 12–14 August 2016
Matchday 6 23–24 August 2016
Knockout stage Semi-finals 16–18 September 2016 23–25 September 2016
Final 28–30 October 2016 4–6 November 2016

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.[5][8] In the qualifying rounds, each tie was 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 tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).[1]

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vita Club Mokanda 1–1 (6–5 p) Akwa United 0–1 1–0
Police 4–3 Atlabara 3–1 1–2
Sagrada Esperança 3–2 Ajax Cape Town 1–2 2–0
Wallidan w/o[A] MC Oran — —
SC Gagnoa 2–0 USFAS Bamako 2–0 0–0
Kawkab Marrakech 3–3 (5–4 p) USFA 3–0 0–3
Light Stars 0–9 Bidvest Wits 0–3 0–6
Renaissance 3–2 New Star de Douala 1–0 2–2
Harare City 6–3 AS Adema 3–2 3–1
AS Bakaridjan 2–2 (3–4 p) Stade Gabèsien 1–1 1–1
Nasarawa United 2–1 Génération Foot 2–1 0–0
Defence Force 1–6 Misr Lel Makkasa 1–3 0–3
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo 3–1 Bandari 2–0 1–1
Al-Ittihad Tripoli 5–4 AS SONIDEP 4–1 1–3
UMS de Loum 0–0 (2–4 p)
w/o; d/q[B]		 Deportivo Mongomo 0–0 0–0
Khartoum 0–2 SC Villa 0–1 0–1
JKU w/o[C] Gaborone United — —
Fomboni Club 1–2 Atlético Olympic 1–0 0–2
Diables Noirs 2–4 Africa Sports 1–2 1–2
Notes
  1. ^
    MC Oran won on walkover after Wallidan withdrew.[9]
  2. ^
    The CAF announced on 2 March 2016 that UMS de Loum won on walkover after Deportivo Mongomo were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[10]
  3. ^
    JKU won on walkover after Gaborone United withdrew.[11]

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vita Club Mokanda 1–0 Police 0–0 1–0
Sagrada Esperança 2–1 Liga Desportiva de Maputo 1–0 1–1
MC Oran 4–2 SC Gagnoa 2–0 2–2
Kawkab Marrakech 3–2 Barrack Young Controllers II 3–0 0–2
Bidvest Wits 3–7 Azam 0–3 3–4
Renaissance 0–7 Espérance de Tunis 0–2 0–5
Harare City 2–5 Zanaco 1–2 1–3
Stade Gabèsien 2–1 AS Kaloum 2–1 0–0
Nasarawa United 2–4 CS Constantine 1–0 1–4
Misr Lel Makkasa 3–2 CS Don Bosco 3–1 0–1
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo 2–2 (a) Al-Ahly Shendi 2–1 0–1
Al-Ittihad Tripoli 1–2 Medeama 1–0 0–2
UMS de Loum 2–3 FUS Rabat 1–1 1–2
SC Villa 5–0 JKU 4–0 1–0
Atlético Olympic 0–5 CF Mounana 0–2 0–3
Africa Sports 1–6 ENPPI 0–2 1–4

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vita Club Mokanda 1–4 Sagrada Esperança 1–2 0–2
MC Oran 0–1 Kawkab Marrakech 0–0 0–1
Azam 2–4 Espérance de Tunis 2–1 0–3
Zanaco 1–4 Stade Gabèsien 1–1 0–3
CS Constantine 2–3 Misr Lel Makkasa 1–0 1–3
Al-Ahly Shendi 0–2 Medeama 0–0 0–2
FUS Rabat 7–1 SC Villa 7–0 0–1
CF Mounana 2–2 (5–4 p) ENPPI 2–0 0–2

The eight winners of the second round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the eight losers of the Champions League second round.

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 April 2016, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[6][12] The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg. The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MO Béjaïa 1–1 (a) Espérance de Tunis 0–0 1–1
Stade Malien 0–4 FUS Rabat 0–0 0–4
Étoile du Sahel 2–1 CF Mounana 2–0 0–1
TP Mazembe 2–2 (a) Stade Gabèsien 1–0 1–2
Al-Ahli Tripoli 1–1 (a) Misr Lel Makkasa 0–0 1–1
Al-Merrikh 1–2 Kawkab Marrakech 1–0 0–2
Young Africans 2–1 Sagrada Esperança 2–0 0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns 3–3 (a)[D] Medeama 3–1 0–2
Notes
  1. ^
    The CAF announced on 24 May 2016 that Mamelodi Sundowns won their Champions League second round tie on walkover after AS Vita Club were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in their preliminary round tie against Mafunzo.[13] Mamelodi Sundowns played in the Confederation Cup play-off round before they were reinstated to the Champions League.

Group stage
Main article: 2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Location of teams of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage.
Group A.
Group B.

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[7][14] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM MOB MED YAN
1 TP Mazembe 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Knockout stage — 1–0 3–1 3–1
2 MO Béjaïa 6 2 2 2 2 2 0 8 0–0 — 1–0 1–0
3 Medeama 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 3–2 0–0 — 3–1
4 Young Africans 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 0–1 1–0 1–1 —
Source: CAF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FUS ESS KAC AHL
1 FUS Rabat 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12 Knockout stage — 0–0 3–1 1–0
2 Étoile du Sahel 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 1–1 — 3–1 3–0
3 Kawkab Marrakech 6 2 1 3 9 13 −4 7 1–3 2–1 — 2–2
4 Al-Ahli Tripoli 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2 1–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: CAF

Knockout stage
Main article: 2016 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was 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 tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).[1]

Bracket
  Semi-finals Final
                         
MO Béjaïa (a) 0 1 1  
FUS Rabat 0 1 1  
    MO Béjaïa 1 1 2
  TP Mazembe 1 4 5
Étoile du Sahel 1 0 1
TP Mazembe (a) 1 0 1  

Semi-finals

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.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel 1–1 (a) TP Mazembe 1–1 0–0
MO Béjaïa 1–1 (a) FUS Rabat 0–0 1–1

Final
Main article: 2016 CAF Confederation Cup Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.[14]

MO Béjaïa 1–1 TP Mazembe
Yaya  66' Report Bolingi  43' (pen.)
Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
Attendance: 30,000
TP Mazembe 4–1 MO Béjaïa
Bokadi  7'
Kalaba  44', 62'
Bolingi  77'		 Report Khadir  75'
Attendance: 18,000

TP Mazembe won 5–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Rainford Kalaba TP Mazembe 7
2 Jonathan Bolingi TP Mazembe 6
Love Sagrada Esperança
4 Mohammad El Fakih Kawkab Marrakech 5
Abass Mohammed Medeama
Mohammed Nahiri FUS Rabat
7 Abdelilah Amimi Kawkab Marrakech 4
Abdessalam Benjelloun FUS Rabat
Ahmed Hosni Stade Gabèsien
10 Ahmed Akaïchi Étoile du Sahel 3
Amr Barakat Misr Lel Makkasa
Mourad Batna FUS Rabat
Hichem Essifi Stade Gabèsien
Haythem Jouini Espérance de Tunis
Tchétché Kipré Azam
Hamza Lahmar Étoile du Sahel
Raphael Manuvire Harare City
Iheb Msakni Étoile du Sahel
Nana Poku Misr Lel Makkasa

See also

References
  1. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  2. "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
  4. "CAF clubs create history with midweek games". CAF. 18 April 2016.
  5. "Preliminary draw for CC and CL 2016 conducted". CAF. 11 December 2015.
  6. "Draw for Confed Cup 2nd 1/8th round holds April 21". CAF. 19 April 2016.
  7. "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase draw". CAF. 9 May 2016.
  8. "Fixtures – CAF Confederation Cup 2016" (PDF). CAF.
  9. "MC Oran - Après le forfait d'Al Wallidan". Le Quotidien d'Oran. M. Benboua. 6 January 2016.
  10. "Coupe de la Confédération: le club de Mongomo disqualifié". Africa Top Sports. 3 March 2016.
  11. "Gaborone United pull out of Confed Cup". SuperSport. 9 February 2016.
  12. "Results of CC 2nd 1/8th Round draw". CAF. 21 April 2016.
  13. "Disqualification of AS Vita Club". CAF. 24 May 2016.
  14. "CC draw results: Group phase". CAF. 24 May 2016.
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