2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] is the 17th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.

2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, is likely to host the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
9 August – 3 November 2019
Competition proper:
1 December 2019 – 27 September 2020
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 53+16 (from 44 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored127 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s) Karim El Berkaoui
(8 goals)

This season is the first to follow an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017.[2][3] Moreover, for the first time, the final will be played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CAF,[4] and will be played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco.[5]

The winners of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League in the 2020 CAF Super Cup in August.[6] Zamalek were the title holders, but as they qualified for the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage, they were not able to defend their title.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[6] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament (plus 16 teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.

For the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2015–2019 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:[7][8][9]

CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Winners 6 points 5 points
Runners-up 5 points 4 points
Losing semi-finalists 4 points 3 points
Losing quarter-finalists (from 2017) 3 points 2 points
3rd place in groups 2 points 1 point
4th place in groups 1 point 0.5 point

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

  • 2018–19 – 5
  • 2018 – 4
  • 2017 – 3
  • 2016 – 2
  • 2015 – 1

This was announced by the CAF on 4 June 2019, as using the previous scheme, it would be based on results from 2014 to 2018. The only change for the top 12 associations is that Tanzania is included while Ivory Coast is excluded.[10][11]

Teams

The following 53 teams from 42 associations entered the competition.

Associations are shown according to their 2015–2019 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Association Team Qualifying method
 Tunisia (1st – 154 pts) CS Sfaxien 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
US Ben Guerdane 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
 Morocco (2nd – 153 pts) Hassania Agadir 2018–19 Botola third place
RS Berkane 2018 Moroccan Throne Cup winners[Note MAR]
 Egypt (3rd – 120.5 pts) Pyramids 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League third place
Al-Masry 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
 Algeria (4th – 92 pts) Paradou AC 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
CR Belouizdad 2018–19 Algerian Cup winners
 DR Congo (5th – 87 pts) DC Motema Pembe 2018–19 Linafoot third place
AS Maniema Union 2019 Coupe du Congo DR winners
 South Africa (6th – 76.5 pts) Bidvest Wits 2018–19 South African Premier Division third place
TS Galaxy 2018–19 Nedbank Cup winners
 Zambia (7th – 40.5 pts) Buildcon 2019 Zambia Super League third place
Zanaco 2019 Zambia Super League fourth place
 Sudan (8th – 35 pts) Al-Ahly Shendi 2018–19 Sudan Premier League third place
Al-Khartoum 2018–19 Sudan Premier League fourth place
 Nigeria (9th – 32.5 pts) Enugu Rangers 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Niger Tornadoes 2019 Nigeria Federation Cup runners-up
 Guinea (10th – 30 pts) Santoba 2018–19 Guinée Championnat National third place
CI Kamsar 2019 Guinée Coupe Nationale runners-up
 Tanzania (12th – 18 pts) Azam 2018–19 Tanzania FA Cup winners
KMC 2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
Associations eligible to enter one team
Association Team Qualifying method
 Ivory Coast (13th – 15 pts) FC San Pédro 2019 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winners
 Kenya (14th – 14 pts) Bandari 2019 FKF President's Cup winners
 Congo (16th – 11.5 pts) Étoile du Congo 2018–19 Congo Ligue 1 runners-up
 Uganda (17th – 11 pts) Proline 2019 Uganda Cup winners
 Libya (18th – 10 pts) Al-Ittihad 2018 Libyan Cup winners[Note LBY]
 Ghana (19th – 9 pts) Ashanti Gold 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition Tier 2 winners
 Rwanda (T-20th – 8 pts) AS Kigali 2019 Rwandan Cup winners
 Zimbabwe (T-20th – 8 pts) Triangle United 2018 Cup of Zimbabwe winners
 Eswatini (22nd – 7 pts) Young Buffaloes 2019 Eswatini Cup winners
 Ethiopia (23rd – 6 pts) Fasil Kenema 2019 Ethiopian Cup winners
 Botswana (T-24th – 4 pts) Jwaneng Galaxy 2018–19 Mascom Top 8 Cup winners
 Togo (T-24th – 4 pts) Maranatha 2018–19 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
 Cameroon (T-26th – 3 pts) Stade Renard de Melong 2019 Cameroonian Cup winners
 Mali (T-26th – 3 pts) Djoliba 2018 Malian Cup runners-up[Note MLI]
 Burkina Faso (28th – 2.5 pts) Salitas 2018–19 Burkinabé Premier League runners-up
 Gabon (29th – 1.5 pts) AS Pélican 2019 Gabon Championnat National D1 runners-up
 Benin ESAE 2019 Benin Cup winners
 Burundi Rukinzo 2019 Burundian Cup runners-up
 Chad AS CotonTchad 2019 Chad Premier League runners-up
 Djibouti Arta/Solar7 2019 Djibouti Cup winners
 Equatorial Guinea Akonangui 2019 Equatoguinean Cup winners
 Liberia LISCR 2019 Liberian FA Cup winners
 Madagascar CNaPS Sport 2019 Coupe de Madagascar runners-up
 Malawi Masters Security 2018 Malawi Carlsberg Cup winners
 Mauritania ASC Snim 2019 Coupe du Président de la République winners
 Mauritius Bolton City 2019 Mauritian Cup winners
 Niger USGN 2019 Niger Cup runners-up
 Seychelles Saint Louis Suns United 2018–19 Seychelles FA Cup winners
 Somalia Mogadishu City 2018 Somalia Cup winners
 South Sudan Amarat United 2019 South Sudan National Cup winners
 Zanzibar Malindi 2019 Zanzibari Cup winners

A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 CAF Champions League enter the play-off round.

Losers of 2019–20 CAF Champions League first round
Al-Nasr Horoya ASC Kara Enyimba
Gor Mahia Cano Sport Génération Foot Asante Kotoko
KCCA Côte d'Or FC Nouadhibou Elect-Sport
Young Africans Songo Green Eagles Fosa Juniors
Notes
  1. ^
    Libya (LBY): For the second consecutive season, Libya were represented by Al-Ittihad, the 2018 Libyan Cup winners, as the 2018–19 Libyan Premier League was suspended and the Libyan Cup was not played in 2018–19.
  2. ^
    Mali (MLI): For the second consecutive season, Mali were represented by Djoliba, the 2018 Malian Cup runners-up, as the Malian Première Division and Malian Cup were not played in 2018–19.
  3. ^
    Morocco (MAR): For the second consecutive season, Morocco were represented by RS Berkane, the 2018 Moroccan Throne Cup winners, as the 2018–19 Moroccan Throne Cup was not completed in time.
Associations which did not enter a team
Associations which did not enter a team initially, but had a team transferred from Champions League
Algiers
Conakry
Dar es Salaam
Kampala
Ashanti
Stade Renard
Rukinzo
N'Djamena
Nouadhibou
St. Louis Suns U
Mogadishu City
Amarat U
Ashanti Region teams
Ashanti Gold
Asante KotokoN'Djamena teams
AS CotonTchad
Elect-SportNouadhibou teams
ASC Snim
FC NouadhibouDar es Salaam teams
Azam
KMC
Young Africans
Algiers teams
Paradou
CR BelouizdadConakry teams
Santoba
HoroyaKampala teams
Proline
KCCA
Location of teams of the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup.
Italics: Teams transferred from the 2019–20 CAF Champions League.
Red: Preliminary round; Green: First Round; Purple: Play-off Round;
Brown: Group A; Orange: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Blue: Group D.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[12]

On 24 November 2019, CAF made a change to all fixtures dates starting from the group stage matchday 4 to the final, due to rescheduling of the 2020 African Nations Championship from January/February to April. The quarter-finals draw date was also changed.[13]

The semi-finals and final had been postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 21 July 2019 9–11 August 2019 23–25 August 2019
First round 13–15 September 2019 27–29 September 2019
Play-off round 9 October 2019 27 October 2019 3 November 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 12 November 2019 1 December 2019
Matchday 2 8 December 2019
Matchday 3 29 December 2019
Matchday 4 12 January 2020
Matchday 5 26 January 2020
Matchday 6 2 February 2020
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 5 February 2020 1 March 2020 8 March 2020
Semi-finals 3 May 2020 (postponed) 10 May 2020 (postponed)
Final 24 May 2020 (postponed)

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 21 July 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[14][15] 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 was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).[6]

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Snim 0–7 ESAE 0–5 0–2
USGN 1–3 Al-Ittihad 1–1 0–2
Maranatha 3–0 LISCR 3–0 0–0
AS Pélican 2–2 (4–1 p) AS Maniema Union 1–1 1–1
Paradou AC 3–1 CI Kamsar 3–0 0–1
Bolton City 3–2 Jwaneng Galaxy 3–1 0–1
Mogadishu City 0–1 Malindi 0–0 0–1
Akonangui 1–4 Ashanti Gold 1–1 0–3
Niger Tornadoes 4–5 Santoba 1–2 3–3
TS Galaxy 2–0 Saint Louis Suns United 1–0 1–0
Buildcon 1–2 Young Buffaloes 0–1 1–1
Arta/Solar7 1–4 Al-Khartoum 1–1 0–3
DC Motema Pembe 4–0 Stade Renard de Melong 2–0 2–0
AS Kigali 2–1 KMC 0–0 2–1
Proline 3–0 Masters Security 3–0 0–0
Bandari 1–1 (a) Al-Ahly Shendi 0–0 1–1
US Ben Guerdane 5–1 Amarat United 5–1 0–0
Fasil Kenema 2–3 Azam 1–0 1–3
Triangle United 5–0 Rukinzo 5–0 0–0
Pyramids 5–1 Étoile du Congo 4–1 1–0
CR Belouizdad 4–0 AS CotonTchad 2–0 2–0

First round

The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ESAE 0–0 (3–2 p) Salitas 0–0 0–0
Al-Ittihad 1–1 (a) Hassania Agadir 1–1 0–0
Maranatha 2–3 Djoliba 1–2 1–1
AS Pélican 3–4 Enugu Rangers 2–1 1–3
Paradou AC 3–1 CS Sfaxien 3–1 0–0
Bolton City 1–5 Zanaco 1–2 0–3
Malindi 2–7 Al-Masry 1–4 1–3
Ashanti Gold 3–4 RS Berkane 3–2 0–2
Santoba 0–3 FC San Pédro 0–0 0–3
TS Galaxy 4–1 CNaPS Sport 1–0 3–1
Young Buffaloes 1–3 Bidvest Wits 1–0 0–3
Al-Khartoum 3–3 (1–3 p) DC Motema Pembe 1–2 2–1
AS Kigali 2–3 Proline 1–1 1–2
Bandari 3–2 US Ben Guerdane 2–0 1–2
Azam 0–2 Triangle United 0–1 0–1
Pyramids 2–1 CR Belouizdad 1–1 1–0

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 October 2019, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[16] The winners of the Confederation Cup first round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the teams from the Confederation Cup hosting the second leg. The 16 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Horoya 5–2 Bandari 4–2 1–0
Young Africans 1–5 Pyramids 1–2 0–3
Enyimba 4–1 TS Galaxy 2–0 2–1
Génération Foot 1–1 (3–4 p) ESAE 0–1 1–0
Asante Kotoko 1–2 FC San Pédro 1–0 0–2
KCCA 1–4 Paradou AC 0–0 1–4
Gor Mahia 2–3 DC Motema Pembe 1–1 1–2
UD Songo 1–8 Bidvest Wits 1–2 0–6
Elect-Sport 0–5 Djoliba 0–1 0–4
Green Eagles 2–3 Hassania Agadir 1–1 1–2
Cano Sport 2–8 Zanaco 1–3 1–5
Fosa Juniors 2–5 RS Berkane 2–0 0–5
Côte d'Or 0–6 Al-Masry 0–4 0–2
ASC Kara 2–2 (a) Enugu Rangers 2–1 0–1
FC Nouadhibou 4–3 Triangle United 2–0 2–3
Al-Nasr 4–2 Proline 2–2 2–0

Group stage
Main article: 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 November 2019, 12:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[17][18] The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four.

The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses). Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Teams

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PYR MAS RAN FCN
1 Pyramids 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Knockout stage — 2–0 0–1 6–0
2 Al-Masry 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 1–2 — 4–2 1–0
3 Enugu Rangers 6 1 3 2 6 9 −3 6 1–3 1–1 — 1–1
4 FC Nouadhibou 6 0 2 4 3 12 −9 2 0–1 2–3 0–0 —
Source: CAF

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOR NAS DJO BID
1 Horoya 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 14 Knockout stage — 3–0 1–0 2–1
2 Al-Nasr 6 2 2 2 4 7 −3 8[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 — 1–1 2–1
3 Djoliba 6 2 2 2 4 3 +1 8[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–1 — 1–0
4 Bidvest Wits 6 0 2 4 2 7 −5 2 0–0 0–0 0–2 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Al-Nasr 4, Djoliba 1.

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB ZAN DCM ESA
1 RS Berkane 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11 Knockout stage — 1–1 3–0 3–0
2 Zanaco 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 10[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 — 2–1 3–0
3 DC Motema Pembe 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 1–1 — 1–0
4 ESAE 6 0 1 5 1 14 −13 1 1–5 0–0 0–2 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Zanaco 4, DC Motema Pembe 1.

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAS ENY PAC SNP
1 Hassania Agadir 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11 Knockout stage — 2–0 0–3 3–0
2 Enyimba 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 1–1 — 4–1 1–0
3 Paradou AC 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 0–2 1–0 — 0–0
4 FC San Pédro 6 0 3 3 3 10 −7 3 1–1 2–5 0–0 —
Source: CAF

Knockout stage
Main article: 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners are seeded, and the four group runners-up are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for semi-finals, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals are held together before the quarter-finals are played, the identity of the quarter-final winners is not known at the time of the semi-final draw.

Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 February 2020, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[19][20]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
 Zanaco011
 
 
 
 Pyramids303
 
 Pyramids 
 
 
 
 Horoya 
 
 Enyimba101
 
 
 
 Horoya123
 
 Winners of SF1 
 
 
 
 Winners of SF2 
 
 Al-Masry202
 
 
 
 RS Berkane213
 
 RS Berkane 
 
 
 
 Hassania Agadir 
 
 Al-Nasr000
 
 
 Hassania Agadir527
 

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zanaco 1–3 Pyramids 0–3 1–0
Al-Nasr 0–7 Hassania Agadir 0–5 0–2
Al-Masry 2–3 RS Berkane 2–2 0–1
Enyimba 1–3 Horoya 1–1 0–2

Semi-finals

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all semi-final matches, originally scheduled for 3 and 10 May 2020, had been postponed until further notice.[21]

On 30 June, CAF announced that the semi-finals would resume in September 2020 with a Final Four (4) format, semi-final matches will be played in a single match while the venue for Final Four (4) will be decided later.[22]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pyramids 22 Sep (SF1) Horoya
RS Berkane 22 Sep (SF2) Hassania Agadir

Final
Main article: 2020 CAF Confederation Cup Final

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final, originally scheduled for 24 May 2020, 19:00 GMT, at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco,[5] had been postponed until 27 September.[23]

SF1 winner v SF2 winner

Top goalscorers
As of 8 March 2020
  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF  F  Total[24]
1 Karim El Berkaoui Hassania Agadir 1331 8
2 Stanley Dimgba Enyimba 31 4
Mohamed Farouk Pyramids 121
4 Alaedine Ajaray RS Berkane 3 3
Austin Amutu Al-Masry 21
John Antwi Pyramids 111
Malick Cissé Hassania Agadir 12
Boniface Haba Horoya 111
Rodgers Kola Zanaco 21
Vinny Kombe DC Motema Pembe 21
Hamdi Laachir RS Berkane 111
Victor Mbaoma Enyimba 12
Augustine Oladapo Enyimba 111
Eric Traoré Pyramids 21
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See also

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