2014 CAF Confederation Cup

2014 CAF Confederation Cup

2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates	7 February – 6 December 2014
Teams	53+8 (from 42 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ahly (1st title)
Runners-up	Séwé Sport
Tournament statistics
Matches played	134
Goals scored	285 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kader Bidimbou Kudakwashe Musharu Koffi Foba (6 goals each)
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The 2014 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The defending champions CS Sfaxien did not enter the tournament as they qualified for the 2014 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage.

In the final, Al-Ahly of Egypt defeated Séwé Sport of Côte d'Ivoire on the away goals rule after drawing 2–2 on aggregate, to win their first title, and a record-extending 19th overall African title (having already won eight African Champions Cup/CAF Champions League titles, six CAF Super Cup titles and four African Cup Winners' Cup titles). ^[1] They earned the right to play in the 2015 CAF Super Cup. ^[2]

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. The title holders could also enter if they had not already qualified for the CAF Champions League or CAF Confederation Cup. ^[2] 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 has never been reached.

For the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2008–2012 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculated 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 were the following: ^[3]

	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 were multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

• 2012 – 5
• 2011 – 4
• 2010 – 3
• 2009 – 2
• 2008 – 1

Teams

The following teams 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 2008–2012 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 – 85 pts)	Étoile du Sahel	2012–13 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
	CA Bizertin	2013 Tunisian Cup winner
Egypt (2nd – 70 pts)	Ismaily	2010–11 Egyptian Premier League third place [Note EGY]
	Wadi Degla	2013 Egypt Cup runner-up
Nigeria (3rd – 63 pts)	Bayelsa United	2013 Nigeria Premier League third place
	Warri Wolves	2013 Nigerian FA Cup runner-up
Sudan (4th – 54 pts)	Al-Ahly Shendi	2013 Sudan Premier League third place
	Al-Ahli Atbara	2013 Sudan Premier League fourth place
Morocco (5th – 53 pts)	MAS Fez	2012–13 Botola third place
	Difaâ El Jadidi	2013 Coupe du Trône winner
Congo DR (6th – 48 pts)	CS Don Bosco	2013 Linafoot third place
	MK Etanchéité	2013 Coupe du Congo winner
Algeria (7th – 40 pts)	CS Constantine (one entrant only)	2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Mali (8th – 31 pts)	Djoliba	2012–13 Malian Première Division third place
	Club Olympique de Bamako	2012–13 Malian Première Division fourth place
Congo (9th – 20 pts)	AS Kondzo	2013 Congo Premier League third place
	CARA Brazzaville	2013 Congo Premier League fourth place
Angola (10th – 18 pts)	Petro de Luanda	2013 Taça de Angola winner
	Desportivo da Huíla	2013 Taça de Angola runner-up
Cameroon (11th – 12 pts)	Union Douala	2013 Elite One third place
	Yong Sports Academy	2013 Cameroonian Cup winner
Ghana (12th – 11 pts)	Ebusua Dwarfs	2012–13 Ghanaian Premier League third place
	Medeama	2012–13 Ghanaian FA Cup winner
Associations eligible to enter one team
Zimbabwe (13th – 8 pts)	How Mine	2013 Cup of Zimbabwe runner-up
Zambia (14th – 7 pts)	ZESCO United	2013 Zambian Premier League runner-up
Ivory Coast (T-15th – 6 pts)	ASEC Mimosas	2013 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football winner
Libya (T-15th – 6 pts)	Al-Ahli Tripoli	2013–14 Libyan Premier League group A leader after round 7
Niger (17th – 3 pts)	ASN Nigelec	2013 Niger Cup winner
Botswana	Gaborone United	2013 Mascom Top 8 Cup winner
Burkina Faso	AS SONABEL	2013 Coupe du Faso runner-up
Burundi	Académie Tchité	2013 Burundian Cup winner
Chad	ASLAD	2013 Chad Cup winner
Equatorial Guinea	The Panthers	2013 Equatoguinean Cup winner
Ethiopia	Defence Force	2013 Ethiopian Cup winner
Gabon	CF Mounana	2013 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs winner
Gambia	Gamtel	2013 Gambian Cup winner
Guinea	CI Kamsar	2013 Guinée Coupe Nationale runner-up
Guinea-Bissau	Estrela de Cantanhez	2013 Taça Nacional da Guiné Bissau winner
Kenya	AFC Leopards	2013 FKF President's Cup winner
Liberia	Red Lions	2013 Liberian Cup runner-up
Madagascar	ASSM Elgeco Plus	2013 Coupe de Madagascar winner
Mozambique	Ferroviário da Beira	2013 Taça de Moçambique winner
Namibia	African Stars	2013 NFA Cup winner
Rwanda	AS Kigali	2013 Rwandan Cup winner
Senegal	ASC Diaraf	2013 Senegal FA Cup winner
Seychelles	St Michel United	2013 Seychelles FA Cup winner
Sierra Leone	RSLAF	2013 Sierra Leone National Premier League runner-up
South Africa	SuperSport United	2012–13 Nedbank Cup runner-up
South Sudan	Al-Malakia	2013 South Sudan National Cup winner
Tanzania	Azam	2012–13 Tanzanian Premier League runner-up
Togo	AS Douanes Lomé	2013 Togolese Championnat National runner-up
Uganda	Victoria University	2013 Ugandan Cup winner
Zanzibar	Chuoni	2012–13 Zanzibar Premier League runner-up

Notes

1. ^
   Egypt (EGY): The 2012–13 Egyptian Premier League third place would originally represent Egypt in this tournament, but due of its cancellation, the 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League third place (last completed season) was selected to represent Egypt. ^[4]

In addition to the teams above, the following eight teams entered the play-off round.

Team	Qualifying method
Al-Ahly	Losers of the 2014 CAF Champions League second round
AS Real Bamako
Séwé Sport
Horoya
Coton Sport
AC Léopards
Kaizer Chiefs
Nkana

The following associations did not enter a team:

• Benin
• Cape Verde
• Central African Republic
• Comoros
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Réunion
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Somalia
• Swaziland

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt unless otherwise stated). ^[5]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Preliminary round	16 December 2013 (Marrakech, Morocco) [6]	7–9 February 2014	14–16 February 2014
	First round		28 February–2 March 2014	7–9 March 2014
	Second round		21–23 March 2014	28–30 March 2014
	Play-off round	1 April 2014 [7]	18–20 April 2014	25–27 April 2014
Group stage	Matchday 1	29 April 2014 [7]	16–18 May 2014
	Matchday 2		23–25 May 2014
	Matchday 3		6–8 June 2014
	Matchday 4		25–27 July 2014
	Matchday 5		8–10 August 2014
	Matchday 6		22–24 August 2014
Knock-out stage	Semi-finals		19–21 September 2014	26–28 September 2014
	Final		28–30 November 2014	5–7 December 2014

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2014 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 16 December 2013. ^[8]

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played). ^[2]

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Malakia	1–5	CARA Brazzaville	0–1	1–4
AFC Leopards	4–1	Defence Force	2–0	2–1
SuperSport United	3–0	Gaborone United	2–0	1–0
AS Kigali	2–1	Académie Tchité	1–0	1–1
Difaâ El Jadidi	1–0	AS SONABEL	1–0	0–0
RSLAF	0–3	Gamtel	0–1	0–2
The Panthers	1–4	Medeama	1–2	0–2
Azam	1–2	Ferroviário da Beira	1–0	0–2
St Michel United	3–3 (7–6 p)	ASSM Elgeco Plus	2–1	1–2
How Mine	6–1	Chuoni	4–0	2–1
AS Kondzo	3–3 (a)	Yong Sports Academy	2–0	1–3
ASN Nigelec	3–4	CS Constantine	2–0	1–4
Red Lions	w/o [A]	Estrela de Cantanhez	—	—
Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–2	Club Olympique de Bamako	1–1	0–1
Al-Ahli Atbara	1–1 (a)	MK Etanchéité	1–1	0–0
African Stars	2–3	Petro de Luanda	2–0	0–3
Ebusua Dwarfs	1–0	ASC Diaraf	1–0	0–0
AS Douanes Lomé	3–1	CI Kamsar	2–0	1–1
CS Don Bosco	3–1	Victoria University	3–0	0–1
Union Douala	4–2	ASLAD	3–0	1–2
CF Mounana	3–4	Desportivo da Huíla	3–1	0–3

Notes

1. ^
   Red Lions advanced to the first round after Estrela de Cantanhez withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CARA Brazzaville	1–3	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	0–3
SuperSport United	4–2	AFC Leopards	2–0	2–2
AS Kigali	1–1 (5–4 p)	Al-Ahly Shendi	1–0	0–1
Gamtel	0–6	Difaâ El Jadidi	0–2	0–4
Medeama	4–2	MAS Fez	3–0	1–2
Ferroviário da Beira	0–1	ZESCO United	0–0	0–1
How Mine	6–4	St Michel United	5–1	1–3
AS Kondzo	0–2	Bayelsa United	0–0	0–2
Red Lions	0–3	CS Constantine	0–1	0–2
Club Olympique de Bamako	1–3	ASEC Mimosas	0–2	1–1
MK Etanchéité	0–0 (3–4 p)	Ismaily	0–0	0–0
Ebusua Dwarfs	2–4	Petro de Luanda	2–0	0–4
AS Douanes Lomé	1–3	Wadi Degla	1–1	0–2
CS Don Bosco	2–2 (a)	Djoliba	2–1	0–1
Union Douala	3–4	Warri Wolves	2–3	1–1
Desportivo da Huíla	0–3	CA Bizertin	0–1	0–2

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel	5–1	SuperSport United	1–0	4–1
AS Kigali	1–3	Difaâ El Jadidi	1–0	0–3
Medeama	2–1	ZESCO United	2–0	0–1
How Mine	2–3	Bayelsa United	2–1	0–2
CS Constantine	1–6	ASEC Mimosas	1–0	0–6
Ismaily	0–1	Petro de Luanda	0–0	0–1
Wadi Degla	2–2 (2–3 p)	Djoliba	2–0	0–2
Warri Wolves	1–2	CA Bizertin	0–0	1–2

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 1 April 2014. ^[9] 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. ^[2]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly	2–2 (a)	Difaâ El Jadidi	1–0	1–2
AS Real Bamako	2–1	Djoliba	2–1	0–0
AC Léopards	2–2 (5–4 p)	Medeama	2–0	0–2
Kaizer Chiefs	1–3	ASEC Mimosas	1–2	0–1
Coton Sport	4–3	Petro de Luanda	2–1	2–2
Horoya	0–1	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	0–1
Séwé Sport	3–0	Bayelsa United	2–0	1–0
Nkana	1–1 (a)	CA Bizertin	0–0	1–1

Group stage

Coton Sport

AC Léopards

ASEC Mimosas

AS Real Bamako

Al-Ahly

Séwé Sport

Étoile du Sahel

Nkana

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Location of teams of the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup group stage.
Group A
Group B

Main article: 2014 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 April 2014. ^[10] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. 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.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: ^[2]

1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
3. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
4. Goal difference in all games
5. Goals scored in all games

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		LEO	COT	RBA	MIM
AC Léopards	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11 [lower-alpha 1]			0–0	1–2	4–1
Coton Sport	6	3	2	1	8	9	−1	11 [lower-alpha 1]		0–4		2–1	2–1
AS Real Bamako	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6		1–2	1–1		1–1
ASEC Mimosas	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3		0–0	2–3	0–0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: AC Léopards and Coton Sport are ranked on head-to-head record.

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		AHL	SEW	NKA	ESS
Al-Ahly	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9 [lower-alpha 1]			1–0	2–0	0–0
Séwé Sport	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	9 [lower-alpha 1]		1–1		3–0	1–1
Nkana	6	2	1	3	9	13	−4	7		1–0	1–1		4–3
Étoile du Sahel	6	1	3	2	9	10	−1	6		1–1	0–1	4–3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: Al-Ahly and Séwé Sport are ranked on head-to-head record.

Knock-out stage

Main article: 2014 CAF Confederation Cup knock-out stage

Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played). ^[2]

Bracket

	Semi-Finals							Final
	1	Séwé Sport	1	0	1
	4	AC Léopards	0	0	0
								Séwé Sport		2	0	2
								Al-Ahly (a)		1	1	2
	3	Coton Sport	0	1	1
	2	Al-Ahly	1	2	3

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. ^[2]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Séwé Sport	1–0	AC Léopards	1–0	0–0
Coton Sport	1–3	Al-Ahly	0–1	1–2

Final

Main article: 2014 CAF Confederation Cup Final

In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw.

29 November 2014

15:00 UTC±0

Séwé Sport	2–1	Al-Ahly
Kouamé 24' (pen.) Assalé 81'	Report	Trezeguet 59'

Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

6 December 2014

18:00 UTC+2

Al-Ahly	1–0	Séwé Sport
Moteab 90+6'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won on the away goals rule.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Kader Bidimbou	AC Léopards	6
	Koffi Foba	ASEC Mimosas	6
	Kudakwashe Musharu	How Mine	6
4	Roger Assalé	Séwé Sport	5
	Kamilou Daouda	Coton Sport	5
	Jocelyn Fenosoa	St Michel United	5
	Ayoub Nanah	Difaâ El Jadidi	5
8	Césaire Gandzé	AC Léopards	4
	Ladji Keita	Petro de Luanda	4
	Ali Badra Sylla	AS Real Bamako	4

Source: ^[11]

See also

• 2014 CAF Champions League
• 2015 CAF Super Cup

References

1. "Meteb's injury-time goal gives Ahly final triumph". CAF. 6 December 2014.
2. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
3. "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
4. "Ismaily to represent Egypt in Confederation Cup". Ahram Online. 28 November 2013.
5. "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
6. "Fixtures of 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup". Cafonline.com. 16 December 2013.
7. "Playoff draw for April 1". Cafonline.com. 26 March 2014.
8. "Fixtures of 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Cafonline.com. 16 December 2013.
9. "Results of draw of 2nd 1/8th round". Cafonline.com. 1 April 2014.
10. "Orange CAF Confereation group stage draw released". Cafonline.com. 29 April 2014.
11. "Leading CAF Confederation Cup scorers". Agence France-Presse. September 19, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-29.

External links

• Orange CAF Confederation Cup 2014, CAFonline.com