2015 CAF Champions League Final

The 2015 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2015 CAF Champions League, the 51st edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 19th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between USM Alger of Algeria and TP Mazembe of Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first leg was hosted by USM Alger at the Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers between on 31 October 2015, while the second leg was hosted by TP Mazembe at the Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba in Lubumbashi on 8 November 2015. The winner earned the right to represent the CAF at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage, as well as play in the 2016 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup. TP Mazembe won the competition for the 5th time in its history and first time since 2010, defeating USM Alger of Algeria 4-1 on aggregate.

Road to final

For more details on this topic, see 2015 CAF Champions League.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

TP Mazembe

Round

USM Alger

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Qualifying rounds

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Preliminary round

Foullah Edifice

4–3

3–0 (H)

3–1 (A)

Mamelodi Sundowns

3–2

1–0 (A)

3–1 (H)

First round

AS Pikine

6–2

5–1 (H)

1–1 (A)

Stade Malien

4–3

2–2 (A)

2–1 (H)

Second round

AS Kaloum

3–2

2–1 (H)

1–1 (A)

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Al-Hilal

0–0 (H)

Matchday 1

ES Sétif

1–2 (A)

Moghreb Tétouan

0–0 (A)

Matchday 2

Al-Merrikh

1–0 (H)

Smouha

0–2 (A)

Matchday 3

MC El Eulma

2–1 (H)

Smouha

1–0 (H)

Matchday 4

MC El Eulma

0–1 (A)

Al-Hilal

1–0 (A)

Matchday 5

ES Sétif

3–0 (H)

Moghreb Tétouan

5–0 (H)

Matchday 6

Al-Merrikh

1–0 (A)

Group A winner


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
TP Mazembe	6	3	2	1	8	1	+7	11
Al-Hilal	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9
Moghreb Tétouan	6	2	2	2	6	10	−4	8
Smouha	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4

Final standings

Group B winner


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
USM Alger	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	15
Al-Merrikh	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13
ES Sétif	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5
MC El Eulma	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knock-out stage

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Al-Merrikh

4–2

2–1 (A)

3–0 (H)

Semifinals

Al-Hilal

2–1

1–2 (A)

0–0 (H)

Matches

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

First leg

USM Alger v TP Mazembe

31 October 2015
20:30 UTC+1

USM Alger	1 – 2	TP Mazembe
Seguer 88'	Report	Kalaba 27' Samatta 79' (pen.)

Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
Attendance: 15.000
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)


GK	1	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche
MF	25	Mokhtar Benmoussa
DF	26	Brahim Boudebouda
DF	5	Arslane Mazari		51'
DF	19	Houcine Benayada		70'
MF	23	Hamza Koudri
DF	20	Nacereddine Khoualed (c)	77'
MF	11	Hocine El Orfi	22', 67'
MF	7	Zinedine Ferhat
MF	8	Kaddour Beldjilali		46'
FW	14	Rachid Nadji
Substitutes:
GK	29	Ismaïl Mansouri
FW	18	Mohamed Seguer		46'
DF	6	Farouk Chafaï		51'
FW	2	Mohamed Amine Aoudia		70'
DF	3	Ayoub Abdellaoui
MF	13	Nassim Bouchema
MF	28	Karim Baïteche
Manager:
Miloud Hamdi


GK	1	Muteba Kidiaba
DF	24	Yaw Frimpong
DF	2	Joël Kimwaki (c)	69'
DF	27	Richard Kissi Boateng
DF	6	Salif Coulibaly
DF	4	Mikis Mina	15'	72'
MF	29	Boubacar Diarra
MF	18	Rainford Kalaba	45+1'
FW	9	Mbwana Samatta		86'
FW	28	Thomas Ulimwengu		90+1'
FW	11	Adama Traoré
Substitutes:
DF	12	Merveille Bokadi Bope		72'
FW	7	Roger Assalé		86'
MF	19	Daniel Nii Adjei		90+1'
DF	3	Jean Kasusula
FW	17	Jonathan Bolingi
FW	20	Solomon Asante
GK	22	Sylvain Gbohouo
Manager:
Patrice Carteron

Assistant referees:
Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (Egypt)
Ahmed Taha Hossam (Egypt)
Fourth official:
(Egypt)

Second leg

TP Mazembe v USM Alger

8 November 2015
15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2 – 0	USM Alger
Samatta 74' (pen.) Assalé 90+3'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)


GK	1	Muteba Kidiaba
DF	24	Yaw Frimpong
DF	6	Salif Coulibaly
DF	2	Joël Kimwaki (c)
MF	28	Thomas Ulimwengu	70'	76'
MF	29	Boubacar Diarra
MF	11	Adama Traoré
MF	4	Nathan Sinkala		46'
MF	20	Solomon Asante		46'
FW	9	Mbwana Samatta
FW	27	Richard Kissi Boateng
Substitutes:
GK	22	Sylvain Gbohouo
DF	14	Kabaso Chongo
DF	10	Given Singuluma
MF	7	Roger Assalé		46'
MF	19	Daniel Nii Adjei		46'
MF	12	Merveille Bokadi Bope
FW	17	Jonathan Bolingi		76'
Manager:
Patrice Carteron


GK	16	Ismaïl Mansouri
DF	25	Mokhtar Benmoussa
DF	26	Brahim Boudebouda
DF	6	Farouk Chafaï
DF	3	Ayoub Abdellaoui
MF	24	Mohammed Benkhemassa
MF	19	Houcine Benayada	2'
MF	23	Hamza Koudri
MF	7	Zinedine Ferhat	73' 90+5'
FW	9	Carolus Andriamatsinoro
FW	2	Mohamed Amine Aoudia		46'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche
MF	8	Kaddour Beldjilali		46'
MF	13	Nassim Bouchema
FW	14	Rachid Nadji
FW	18	Mohamed Seguer
GK	27	Mourad Berrefane
MF	28	Karim Baïteche
Manager:
Miloud Hamdi

Assistant referees:
Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger)
Fourth official:

External links

Orange CAF Champions League 2015, CAFonline.com

African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League

African Champions Cup era, 1964–1996

Seasons	1964–65 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Finals	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

Champions League era, 1997–present

Seasons	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Finals	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

List of finals Records and statistics

2015 in African Football (CAF)

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Domestic cups	Algeria 14–15 15–16 Egypt Kenya South Africa 14–15 15–16 Tunisia 14–15 15–16 Uganda 14–15 15–16

Regional club cups	Kagame Interclub Cup UNAF Club Cup

CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

International competitions	Africa Cup of Nations Africa U-23 Cup of Nations CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

USM Alger matches

Ligue 1 Finals	1963 1998

Algerian Cup Finals	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1978 1980 1981 1988 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2006 2007 2013

Algerian Super Cup	1981 2013 2014

Arab Club Cup Finals	2013

CAF Champions League finals	2015

Other Matches	JS Kabylie vs USM Alger

TP Mazembe matches

Coupe du Congo Finals	1966 1967 1976 1979 2000 2003

Super Coupe du Congo	2013 2014

CAF Champions League Finals	1967 1968 1969 1970 2009 2010 2015

CAF Cup Winners' Cup Final	1980

CAF Confederation Cup Final	2013

CAF Super Cup	2010 2011 2016

FIFA Club World Cup Final	2010

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