2011 CAF Confederation Cup

2011 CAF Confederation Cup

Tournament details
Dates	28 January – 4 December 2011
Teams	52+8 (from 40 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Maghreb de Fès (1st title)
Runners-up	Club Africain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	126
Goals scored	265 (2.1 per match)

The 2011 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2011 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winners qualified to play in the 2012 CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition, CAF used 2005-09 5-Year ranking. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.

Ranking system

CAF calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the last 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:^[1]

	CAF Champions League	CAF Confederation Cup
Winner	5 points	4 points
Runner-up	4 points	3 points
Semi-finalists	3 points	2 points
3rd of the groups	2 points	1 point
4th of the groups	1 point	1 point

The points shall be multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:

• 2009 – 5
• 2008 – 4
• 2007 – 3
• 2006 – 2
• 2005 – 1

This system is different from the one used for the 2010 CAF Champions League and previous years.

Entrants list

Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their 2005–2009 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual team 2006–2010 5-Year Ranking. The top twelve sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.

Association	Club	Qualifying method
Associations with two entrants (Ranked 1–12)
Tunisia (1st – 96 pts)	Etoile Sahel	2009–10 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
	Olympique Béja	2009–10 Tunisian President Cup winner
Egypt (2nd – 87 pts)	Ismaily	2009–10 Egyptian Premier League third place
	Haras El Hodood	2009–10 Egypt Cup winner
Nigeria (3rd – 75 pts)	Sunshine Stars	2009–10 Nigeria Premier League third place
	Kaduna United	2010 Nigerian FA Cup winner
Sudan (4th – 54 pts)	Al-Khartoum	2010 Sudan Premier League third place
	Al-Nil Al-Hasahesa	2010 Sudan Premier League fourth place
Congo DR (5th – 46 pts)	Saint Eloi Lupopo	2010 Linafoot third place
	Motema Pembe	2010 Coupe du Congo winner
Algeria (6th – 27 pts)	JS Kabylie	2009–10 Algerian Championnat National third place
	CA Batna	2009–10 Algerian Cup runner-up
Morocco (=7th – 20 pts)	Difaa El Jadida	2009–10 Botola third place
	FUS Rabat	2010 Coupe du Trône winner
	Maghreb de Fès	2010 Coupe du Trône runner-up
Mali (=7th – 20 pts)	Centre Salif Keita	2009–10 Malian Première Division third place
	AS Real Bamako	2010 Malian Cup winner
Cameroon (9th – 19 pts)	Tiko United FC	2009–10 Cameroonian Premier League third place
	Fovu Club	2010 Cameroonian Cup winner
Côte d'Ivoire (=10th – 18 pts)	Séwé Sports	2010 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division third place
	Africa Sports National	2010 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football winner
Angola (=10th – 18 pts)	1º de Agosto	2010 Girabola (XXXII) third place
	ASA	2010 Angolan Cup winner
Zimbabwe (12th – 17 pts)	Highlanders (one entrant only)	2010 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League third place
Associations with one entrant (Fewer ranking points than the 12th CAF association)
Ghana (13th – 12 pts)	Ashanti Gold	2009–10 Ghana Premier League runner-up
Zambia (14th – 10 pts)	Nchanga Rangers	2010 Zambian Premier League runner-up
Libya (15th – 9 pts)	Al-Nasr	2009–10 Libyan Cup winner
South Africa (16th – 7 pts)	Wits	2009–10 Nedbank Cup winner
Equatorial Guinea (17th – 2 pts)	CD Elá Nguema	2010 Equatoguinean Premier League runner-up
Gabon (=18th – 1 pt)	Missile	2010 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs runner-up
Guinea (=18th – 1 pt)	FC Séquence	2010 Guinée Coupe Nationale winner
Benin	USS Kraké	2009–10 Benin Premier League third place
Burkina Faso	USFA	2010 Coupe du Faso winner
Burundi	AS Inter Star	2009–10 Burundi Premier League runner-up
Central African Republic	Diplomates	2010 Central African Republic Coupe Nationale winner
Chad	Foullah Edifice	2010 Coupe de Ligue de N'Djaména winner
Congo	AC Léopards	2010 Coupe du Congo de Foot-ball winner
Ethiopia	Dedebit	2009–10 Ethiopian Cup winner
Kenya	Sofapaka	2010 FKL Cup winner
Madagascar	AS Adema	2010 Coupe de Madagascar winner
Mauritania	ASC Tevragh-Zeïna	2010 Mauritania Cup winner
Mozambique	CD Maxaquene	2010 Taça de Moçambique winner
Niger	Sahel SC	2010 Niger Premier League runner-up
Réunion	US Sainte-Marienne	2010 Coupe de la Réunion winner
Rwanda	Etincelles	2009–10 Rwandan Premier League runner-up
Senegal	Touré Kunda Footpro	2010 Senegal FA Cup winner
Sierra Leone	Ports Authority F.C.	2009–10 Sierra Leone National Premier League third place
Swaziland	Mbabane Highlanders	2010 Swazi Cup winner
Tanzania	Young Africans	2009–10 Tanzanian Premier League runner-up
Togo	Dynamic Togolais	2009 Togolese Championnat National fourth place (no league in 2010)
Uganda	Victors	2010 Ugandan Cup winner
Zanzibar	KMKM	2010 Zanzibar Premier League runner-up

Notes

• Associations that did not enter a team: Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia
• Unranked associations have no ranking points and hence are equal 20th.

Moreover, the eight losers from the 2011 CAF Champions League second round entered the play-off round:

• ES Sétif
• Interclube
• ASEC Mimosas
• Al-Ittihad
• Diaraf
• Simba (loser of play-off due to disqualification of TP Mazembe)
• Club Africain
• ZESCO United

Dates

Schedule of dates for 2011 competition.^[2]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Preliminary round	20 December 2010 (Cairo, Egypt)[3]	28–30 January	11–13 February 25–27 February^†
	First round		18–20 March	1–3 April
	Second round (1st Round of 16)		22–24 April	6–8 May
	Play-off round (2nd Round of 16)	15 May 2011 (Cairo, Egypt)[4]	27–29 May	10–12 June
Group stage	Matchday 1		15–17 July
	Matchday 2		29–31 July
	Matchday 3		12–14 August
	Matchday 4		26–28 August
	Matchday 5		9–11 September
	Matchday 6		16–18 September
Knock-out stage	Semifinals		14–16 October	28–30 October
	Final		18–20 November	2–4 December

^† The second leg of the preliminary round matches are postponed to 25–27 February in case the club have at least three players in the 2011 African Nations Championship.^[5]

Qualifying rounds

The fixtures for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds were announced on 20 December 2010.^[6]

Qualification ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).^[7]

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Tevragh-Zeïna	1–0	AS Real Bamako	0–0	1–0
Missile	4–1	AS Inter Star	4–0	0–1
AC Léopards	3–1	Etincelles	1–1	2–0
Touré Kunda Footpro	4–3	Ports Authority F.C.	2–1	2–2
CA Batna	4–4 (5–6 p)	Al-Nasr	2–2	2–2
Dynamic Togolais	0–0 (2–4 p)	Sahel SC	0–0	0–0
USS Kraké	2–5	Maghreb de Fès	1–1	1–4
Séwé Sports	0–2	Ashanti Gold	0–1	0–1
Foullah Edifice	2–1	CD Elá Nguema	2–0	0–1
ASA	0–0 (4–5 p)	Sofapaka	0–0	0–0
Highlanders	w/o^1	Nchanga Rangers	1–1	—
AS Adema	1–1 (a)	CD Maxaquene	0–0	1–1
US Sainte-Marienne	1–4	Wits	1–0	0–4
Centre Salif Keita	3–3 (a)	Difaa El Jadida	2–2	1–1
Fovu Club	3–4	USFA	2–1	1–3
FC Séquence	1–2	Africa Sports National	0–1	1–1
Diplomates	1–3	Tiko United FC	0–0	1–3
KMKM	0–6	Motema Pembe	0–4	0–2
Mbabane Highlanders	2–2 (1–4 p)	Victors	1–1	1–1
Young Africans	4–6	Dedebit	4–4	0–2

Notes

• Note 1: Nchanga Rangers advanced to the first round after Highlanders withdrew following the first leg.

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JS Kabylie	3–1	ASC Tevragh-Zeïna	1–0	2–1
Al-Nil Al-Hasahesa	2–3	Missile	1–1	1–2
1º de Agosto	2–1	AC Léopards	2–0	0–1
FUS Rabat	3–2	Touré Kunda Footpro	2–0	1–2
Al-Khartoum	w/o^2	Al-Nasr	—	—
Maghreb de Fès	2–1	Sahel SC	0–0	2–1
Etoile Sahel	4–2	Ashanti Gold	3–0	1–2
Kaduna United	2–1	Foullah Edifice	2–0	0–1
Ismaily	2–4	Sofapaka	2–0	0–4
Saint Eloi Lupopo	3–0	Nchanga Rangers	1–0	2–0
Wits	1–3	AS Adema	1–1	0–2
Olympique Béja	2–3	Difaa El Jadida	2–0	0–3
Africa Sports National	w/o^3	USFA	—	—
Sunshine Stars	3–0	Tiko United FC	2–0	1–0
Victors	1–2	Motema Pembe	1–1	0–1
Haras El Hodood	5–1	Dedebit	4–0	1–1

Notes

• Note 2: Al-Khartoum advanced to the second round after Al-Nasr withdrew. Tie was scheduled to be played over one leg due to the political situation in Libya,^[8] but match did not take place.
• Note 3: USFA advanced to the second round after Africa Sports National withdrew. Tie was scheduled to be played over one leg due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire,^[8] but match did not take place.

First Round of 16 (Second round)

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Missile	3–3 (0–3 p)	JS Kabylie	3–0	0–3
FUS Rabat	1–2	1º de Agosto	1–1	0–1
Maghreb de Fès	5–3	Al-Khartoum	5–1	0–2
Kaduna United	w/o^4	Etoile Sahel	—	—
Saint Eloi Lupopo	2–2 (a)	Sofapaka	2–1	0–1
Difaa El Jadida	3–1	AS Adema	3–0	0–1
Sunshine Stars	2–1	USFA	2–0	0–1
Haras El Hodood	3–3 (3–4 p)	Motema Pembe	2–1	1–2

Notes

• Note 4: Kaduna United advanced to the play-off round after being awarded the tie by CAF, as Etoile Sahel refused to travel to Nigeria for the first leg due to security concerns arising from rioting in the country following the 2011 Nigerian presidential election.^[9]

Second Round of 16 (Play-off round)

In the play-off round, the winners from the second round play against the losers from the 2011 CAF Champions League second round.^[7] The winners of the CAF Confederation Cup second round host the second leg at home.

The draw for the play-off round and group stage was held on 15 May 2011.^[10] For the play-off round draw, the top-seeded loser from the Champions League and the top-seeded winner from the Confederation Cup would not be drawn against each other. Moreover, the winners of the two ties they are involved in would be drawn into different groups in the group stage draw.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ES Sétif	1–3	Kaduna United	1–0	0–3
Diaraf	1–3	JS Kabylie	1–1	0–2
Club Africain	4–3	Sofapaka	3–0	1–3
Al-Ittihad	0–1	Sunshine Stars	—^5	0–1
ZESCO United	1–2	Maghreb de Fès	1–0	0–2
Simba	1–2	Motema Pembe	1–0	0–2
ASEC Mimosas	5–1	1º de Agosto	4–0	1–1
Interclube	5–2	Difaa El Jadida	3–0	2–2

Notes

• Note 5: Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Libya.^[12]

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semifinals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Club Africain 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 Interclube 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 ASEC Mimosas 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 Kaduna United 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5

ASEC CA INC KAD ASEC Mimosas – 1–1 1–0 2–1 Club Africain 1–0 – 2–0 0–0 Interclube 1–0 2–1 – 4–1 Kaduna United 2–1 0–1 1–1 –

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Maghreb de Fès 6 4 2 0 8 2 +6 14 Sunshine Stars 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 Motema Pembe 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 JS Kabylie 6 0 0 6 1 9 −8 0

JSK MAS DCMP SUN JS Kabylie – 0–1 0–2 1–2 Maghreb de Fès 1–0 – 3–0 1–0 Motema Pembe 2–0 1–1 – 0–0 Sunshine Stars 1–0 1–1 2–0 –

Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sunshine Stars	0–1	Club Africain	0–1	0–0
Interclube	2–2 (a)	Maghreb de Fès	2–1	0–1

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Africain	1–1 (5–6 p)	Maghreb de Fès	1–0	0–1

See also

• 2011 CAF Champions League
• 2012 CAF Super Cup

References

1. CAF Club Competitions entry procedures for 2011 released
2. Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011
3. Draw for 2011 Interclubs rescheduled for Dec. 20
4. CAF Meetings and Inter-Clubs Competitions draw set for May 15th 2011
5. CL and CC: matches postponed
6. Fixtures for preliminary round, first qualifying round, and second qualifying round
7. Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup
8. CAF Interclubs matches venues and dates reviewed
9. Etoile du Sahel out of Confed Cup
10. Draw of the 2nd 1/8th final; Draw of the Group Matches
11. Orange CAF Confederation Cup draw procedures
12. Coupe de la Confédération: Rattrapage pour les radiés de la Ligue des champions

External links

• CAF Confederation Cup