2004 CAF Confederation Cup

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2004 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates6 March 2004 – 9 January
Teams55
Final positions
Champions Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Goals scored299 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Nigeria.svg Ugochukwu Okeke
Flag of Zambia.svg Christopher Katongo
(5 goals each)
2003 (CAF Cup)
2005

The 2004 CAF Confederation Cup was the first edition of the newly created CAF Confederation Cup. Hearts of Oak of Ghana beat fellow Ghanaians Asante Kotoko 8-7 on penalties in the final after the two legs ended 2-2.

Contents

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Stade Tunisien Flag of Tunisia.svg 6–3 Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Thiès 6–00–3
Olympic Real Flag of the Central African Republic.svg w/o Flag of Angola.svg Petro do Huambo
Saint Louis Suns United Flag of Seychelles.svg 2–6 Flag of Madagascar.svg Léopards de Transfoot 2–20–4
Ferroviário de Nampula Flag of Mozambique.svg 1–6 Flag of South Africa.svg Wits University FC 1–20–4
Kiyovu Sport Flag of Rwanda.svg 1–3 Flag of Gabon.svg USM Libreville 0–11–2
Chemelil Sugar FC Flag of Kenya.svg 1–4 Flag of Tanzania.svg Mtibwa Sugar FC 0–21–2
Savanne SC Flag of Mauritius.svg 0–3 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Dynamos FC 0–00–3
Al-Merrikh Flag of Sudan.svg 1–2 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 1–00–2
Express FC Flag of Uganda.svg 2–1 Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia Bunna 2–10–0
Diables Noirs Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Deportivo Mongomo 2–20–0
Étoile Filante Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 2–0 Flag of Togo.svg Dynamic Togolais 2–00–0
Mogas 90 FC Flag of Benin.svg 2–5 Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Al-Nasr 2–20–3
ASC Entente Sebkha Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg 0–4 Flag of Guinea.svg Étoile de Guinée 0–20–2
Djoliba AC Flag of Mali.svg 2–3 Flag of The Gambia.svg Wallidan FC 1–01–3
CO Bouaflé Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 3–3 (a) Flag of Niger.svg Olympic FC 3–20–1

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Interclube Flag of Angola.svg 2–4 Flag of Senegal.svg AS Douanes 1–21–2
PWD Bamenda Flag of Cameroon.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg TP Mazembe 1–01–2
Ismaily SC Flag of Egypt.svg 2–3 Flag of Tunisia.svg Stade Tunisien 2–10–2
Petro do Huambo Flag of Angola.svg 2–5 Flag of Ghana.svg Liberty Professionals 1–01–5
Léopards de Transfoot Flag of Madagascar.svg 3–3 (a) Flag of South Africa.svg Wits University FC 1–12–2
USM Libreville Flag of Gabon.svg 3–3 (a) Flag of Cameroon.svg Sable FC 2–21–1
Mtibwa Sugar FC Flag of Tanzania.svg 0-6 Flag of South Africa.svg Santos 0–30-3 1
Dynamos FC Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 0–5 Flag of Ghana.svg King Faisal Babes 0–10–4
Green Buffaloes Flag of Zambia.svg 7–3 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg (1997-2003).svg DC Motema Pembe 6–11–2
Express FC Flag of Uganda.svg 1–4 Flag of Nigeria.svg Lobi Stars FC 1–10–3
Deportivo Mongomo Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg 1–3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stella Club d'Adjamé 1–10–2
Étoile Filante Flag of Burkina Faso.svg 0–1 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 0–10–0
Al-Nasr Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg 1–4 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 1–00–4
Etoile Guinee Flag of Guinea.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of Algeria.svg CR Belouizdad 1–01–2
Wallidan FC Flag of The Gambia.svg 1–1 (a) Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain 0–01–1
FAR Rabat Flag of Morocco.svg 6–2 Flag of Niger.svg Olympic FC 3–03–2

1 Mitwba Sugar withdrew before the 2nd leg.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
PWD Bamenda Flag of Cameroon.svg 2–5 Flag of Senegal.svg AS Douanes 2–20–3
Liberty Professionals Flag of Ghana.svg 4–3 Flag of Tunisia.svg Stade Tunisien 3–21–1
Sable FC Flag of Cameroon.svg 6–2 Flag of Madagascar.svg Léopards de Transfoot 4–12–1
King Faisal Babes Flag of Ghana.svg 2–3 Flag of South Africa.svg Santos 1–11–2
Lobi Stars FC Flag of Nigeria.svg 4–5 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 2–12–4
Stella Club d'Adjamé Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 1–2 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 0–01–2
Etoile Guinee Flag of Guinea.svg 1–2 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 0–01–2
FAR Rabat Flag of Morocco.svg 1–1 (a) Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain 0–01–1

Play-off round

In this round, the 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg 3–1 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 2–01–1
Orlando Pirates Flag of South Africa.svg 4-5 Flag of Cameroon.svg Sable FC 4–20-3 [A]
APR FC Flag of Rwanda.svg 1–3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 1–00–3
Coton Sport FC Flag of Cameroon.svg 4–1 Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 3–01–1
Petro de Luanda Flag of Angola.svg 1–0 Flag of Morocco.svg FAR Rabat 0–01–0
Hearts of Oak Flag of Ghana.svg 1–0 Flag of Senegal.svg AS Douanes 1–00–0
Al-Hilal Flag of Sudan.svg 1–1 (3–0 p) Flag of Ghana.svg Liberty Professionals 1–00–1
Canon Yaoundé Flag of Cameroon.svg 1–3 Flag of South Africa.svg Santos 1–10–2
Notes
  1. ^
    The match was abandoned at 50' with the score at 0-0 due to torrential rain. The replay was postponed twice due to torrential rain, being rescheduled for 15 August, but Orlando Pirates FC failed to appear as the team had returned to South Africa. Sable were awarded a 3-0 victory - which advanced them to the next round - while Orlando were disqualified and fined $5000.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 106312107+3
Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 106312126+6
Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Hilal 96303611+5
Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 5612359-4

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 136411105+5
Flag of Cameroon.svg Coton Sport FC 11632193+6
Flag of Cameroon.svg Sable FC 7621369-3
Flag of South Africa.svg Santos FC 36105311-8

Knockout stage

Final

Hearts of Oak Flag of Ghana.svg 1–1 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko
  • Agyemang Soccerball shade.svg90'

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2004 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Ugochukwu Okeke Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 5
Flag of Zambia.svg Christopher Katongo Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 5
2 Flag of Angola.svg Flávio Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 4
Flag of Cameroon.svg Herman Dzumafo Flag of Cameroon.svg Sable FC 4
Flag of Cameroon.svg Bernard Ngom Flag of Cameroon.svg Sable FC 4
Flag of Ghana.svg Eric Gawu Flag of Ghana.svg King Faisal Babes 4
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Ahmed Saad Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Al-Nasr 4
Flag of Madagascar.svg Francky Randrianasoliana Flag of Madagascar.svg Léopards de Transfoot 4
Flag of Zambia.svg Jimmy Mumba Flag of Zambia.svg Green Buffaloes 4

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