2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup

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2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup
2018–19 Total CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates27 November 2018 – 26 May 2019
Teams55+15 (from 45 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Zamalek (1st title)
Runners-upMorocco RS Berkane
Tournament statistics
Matches played167
Goals scored376 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sudan Waleed Al-Shoala (7 goals)
← 2018

The 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2018–19 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 16th 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. This season follows a transitional calendar which allows the CAF club competitions to switch from a February-to-November schedule to an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017.[2] It started in December 2018, right after the 2018 season has finished, and concluded in May 2019, before the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (which has been switched from January/February to June/July).[3] Zamalek won the title for the first time, defeating RS Berkane in the final 5–3 on penalties after being tied 1–1 on aggregate, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2018–19 CAF Champions League in the 2020 CAF Super Cup.[4] Raja Casablanca were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.

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.[4] 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 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2013–2017 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:[5][6][7]

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:

  • 2017 – 5
  • 2016 – 4
  • 2015 – 3
  • 2014 – 2
  • 2013 – 1

Teams

The following 55 teams from 43 associations entered the competition.

Associations are shown according to their 2013–2017 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.[8]

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Association Team Qualifying method
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (1st – 116 pts) Étoile du Sahel 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
CS Sfaxien 2017–18 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (2nd – 106.5 pts) Al-Masry 2017–18 Egyptian Premier League third place
Zamalek 2017–18 Egypt Cup winners
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo (3rd – 90 pts) DC Motema Pembe 2017–18 Linafoot third place
AS Nyuki 2018 Coupe du Congo DR winners
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (4th – 84 pts) Hassania Agadir 2017–18 Botola third place
RS Berkane 2018 Moroccan Throne Cup winners
Raja Casablanca Title holders (2018 CAF Confederation Cup winners)[Note TH]
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (5th – 82.5 pts) NA Hussein Dey 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
USM Bel Abbès 2017–18 Algerian Cup winners
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (6th – 78.5 pts) Kaizer Chiefs 2017–18 South African Premier Division third place
Free State Stars 2017–18 Nedbank Cup winners
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (7th – 53 pts) El-Hilal El-Obeid 2018 Sudan Premier League third place
Al-Ahly Shendi 2018 Sudan Premier League fourth place
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (8th – 38 pts) Green Buffaloes 2018 Zambia Super League third place
Green Eagles 2018 Zambia Super League fourth place
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya (9th – 19 pts) Al-Ahli Tripoli 2017–18 Libyan Premier League third place
Al-Ittihad 2018 Libyan Cup winners
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (T-10th – 15 pts) New Star 2018 Elite One fourth place[Note CMR]
Eding Sport 2018 Cameroonian Cup finalists[Note CMR]
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast (T-10th – 15 pts) FC San Pédro 2017–18 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
Stade d'Abidjan 2018 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire runners-up
Associations eligible to enter one team
Association Team Qualifying method
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia (T-13th – 10.5 pts) Defence Force 2018 Ethiopian Cup winners
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (T-13th – 10.5 pts) Enugu Rangers 2018 Nigeria Federation Cup winners
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo (15th – 10 pts) Diables Noirs 2018 Coupe du Congo winners
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali (16th – 8 pts) Djoliba 2018 Malian Cup runners-up
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola (17th – 6 pts) Petro de Luanda 2018 Girabola runners-up
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea (T-18th – 5 pts) Wakriya 2018 Guinée Coupe Nationale runners-up
File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini (T-18th – 5 pts) Young Buffaloes 2018 Swazi Cup winners
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (T-18th – 5 pts) KCCA 2018 Uganda Cup winners
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (22nd – 4 pts) Asante Kotoko 2017 Ghanaian FA Cup winners[Note GHA]
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon (23rd – 2.5 pts) Cercle Mbéri Sportif 2018 Gabon Championnat National D1 runners-up
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (24th – 2 pts) Mtibwa Sugar 2017–18 Tanzania FA Cup winners
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana Orapa United 2017–18 Mascom Top 8 Cup runners-up
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso Salitas 2018 Coupe du Faso winners
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi Vital'O 2018 Burundian Cup winners
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic Anges de Fatima 2018 Central African Republic League runners-up
File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad AS CotonTchad 2018 Chad Premier League runners-up
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros Miracle Club 2018 Comoros Cup winners
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti Arta/Solar7 2018 Djibouti Cup losing semi-finalists
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea Deportivo Unidad 2018 Equatoguinean Primera División runners-up
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia Armed Forces 2018 Gambian Cup winners
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Kariobangi Sharks 2018 FKF President's Cup winners
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia LISCR 2018 Liberian FA Cup runners-up
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar ASSM Elgeco Plus 2018 Coupe de Madagascar winners
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi Silver Strikers 2017 Malawi Premier Division third place[Note MWI]
File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania Nouakchott King's 2018 Coupe du Président de la République runners-up
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger AS GNN 2018 Niger Cup winners
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda Mukura Victory Sports 2018 Rwandan Cup winners
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal Génération Foot 2018 Senegal FA Cup winners
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles Northern Dynamo 2017 Seychelles League Cup winners[Note SEY]
File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan Al-Merreikh Juba 2018 South Sudan National Cup winners
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo Gomido 2018 Coupe du Togo winners
File:Flag of Zanzibar.svg Zanzibar Zimamoto 2017–18 Zanzibar Premier League runners-up

A further 15 teams (one fewer than usual) eliminated from the 2018–19 CAF Champions League enter the play-off round.

Losers of 2018–19 CAF Champions League first round
Senegal ASC Diaraf Morocco Ittihad Tanger Cameroon Coton Sport Zambia ZESCO United Namibia African Stars
Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi Kenya Gor Mahia Zambia Nkana Ethiopia Jimma Aba Jifar Uganda Vipers
Mali Stade Malien Lesotho Bantu Sudan Al-Hilal Libya Al-Nasr Republic of the Congo AS Otohô
Notes
  1. ^
    Title holders (TH): Usually, the association of the title holders is not allowed to enter more than the eligible number of teams according to the CAF 5-year ranking (Regulations IV. 5).[4] However, due to the transitional calendar where the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup began before the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup Final, the identity of the title holders was not known at the time of the draw. As a result, it was decided that the association of the title holders would be allowed exceptionally to enter a third team for this season. As Raja Casablanca won the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup, they entered the competition and received a bye to the first round.[9]
  2. ^
    Cameroon (CMR):
    • Cameroon were represented by New Star, the 2018 Elite One fourth place, as Bamboutos, the 2018 Elite One third place, were relegated following the 2018 season due to a FIFA ruling.[10]
    • Cameroon were also to be represented by Eding Sport, one of the 2018 Cameroonian Cup finalists, as the final was not played in time for the 2018–19 CAF competitions.[11] However, the Cameroonian Football Federation was not able to confirm the engagement of Eding Sport by the CAF deadline.[12]
  3. ^
    Ghana (GHA): Ghana were represented by Asante Kotoko, the 2017 Ghanaian FA Cup winners, as the 2018 Ghanaian FA Cup was suspended.[13]
  4. ^
    Malawi (MWI): Malawi were represented by Silver Strikers, the 2017 Malawi Premier Division third place, as the 2018 Malawi FAM Cup was not finished in time for the 2018–19 CAF competitions (Kamuzu Barracks, the 2017 Malawi FAM Cup winners, chose not to enter).[14]
  5. ^
    Seychelles (SEY): Seychelles were represented by Northern Dynamo, the 2017 Seychelles League Cup winners, as the 2018 Seychelles FA Cup was not finished in time for the 2018–19 CAF competitions.[15]
Associations which did not enter a team
Associations which did not enter a team initially, but had a team transferred from Champions League
2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup is located in Africa
Étoile du Sahel
CS Sfaxien
Al-Masry
Zamalek
DCMP
Nyuki
Hassania Agadir
RS Berkane
Raja Casablanca
Ittihad Tanger
NA Hussein Dey
USM Bel Abbès
Kaizer Chiefs
Free State Stars
El-Hilal El-Obeid
Al-Ahly Shendi
Al-Hilal
Green Buffaloes
Green Eagles
Copperbelt Province
Copperbelt Province
Tripoli
Tripoli
Benghazi
Benghazi
New Star
Eding Sp.
Coton Sp.
FC San Pédro
S d'Abidjan
Defence Force
Jimma Aba Jifar
Enugu R
Diables Noirs
Otohô
Bamako
Bamako
Petro de Luanda
Wakriya
Young Buffaloes
Wakiso District
Wakiso District
A Kotoko
Cercle Mbéri
Mtibwa Sugar
Orapa United
Salitas
Vital'O
Anges Fatima
AS CotonTchad
Miracle Club
Arta/Solar7
Dep. Unidad
Armed Forces
Nairobi
Nairobi
Bantu
LISCR
ASSM Elgeco Plus
Silver Strikers
Nouakchott King's
African Stars
AS GNN
Mukura VS
Dakar
Dakar
Northern Dynamo
Al Merreikh Juba
Gomido
Zimamoto
Tripoli teams File:Green pog.svg Al Ahli Tripoli File:Green pog.svg Al-Ittihad Benghazi teams File:Purple pog.svg Al-Nasr File:Purple pog.svg Al-Ahly Benghazi Dakar teams File:Green pog.svg Génération Foot File:Purple pog.svg ASC Diaraf Copperbelt Province teams File:Yellow pog.svg ZESCO United File:Yellow pog.svg Nkana
Bamako teams File:Red pog.svg Djoliba File:Purple pog.svg Stade Malien Wakiso District teams File:Purple pog.svg KCCA File:Purple pog.svg Vipers Nairobi teams File:Green pog.svg Kariobangi Sharks File:Blue pog.svg Gor Mahia
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Location of teams of the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup.
Italics: Teams transferred from the 2018–19 CAF Champions League.
File:Red pog.svg Red: Preliminary round; File:Green pog.svg Green: First Round; File:Purple pog.svg Purple: Play-off Round;
File:Brown pog.svg Brown: Group A; File:Orange pog.svg Orange: Group B; File:Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group C; File:Blue pog.svg Blue: Group D.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[17] Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches are played on Sundays while midweek matches are played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times are also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.[18]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 3 November 2018
(Rabat, Morocco)[19] 		27–28 November 2018 4–5 December 2018
First round 14–16 December 2018 21–23 December 2018
Play-off round 28 December 2018
(Cairo, Egypt)[20] 		11–13 January 2019 18–20 January 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 21 January 2019
(Cairo, Egypt) 		3 February 2019
Matchday 2 13 February 2019
Matchday 3 24 February 2019
Matchday 4 3 March 2019
Matchday 5 10 March 2019
Matchday 6 17 March 2019
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 20 March 2019
(Cairo, Egypt)[21] 		7 April 2019 14 April 2019
Semi-finals 28 April 2019 5 May 2019
Final 19 May 2019 26 May 2019

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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First round

{{#lst:2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Bracket}} {{#lst:2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|First round}}

Play-off round

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Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

{{#section-h:2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup group stage|Draw}} In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB HAS RCA ASO
1 Morocco RS Berkane 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 Quarter-finals — 2–1 0–0 3–0
2 Morocco Hassania Agadir 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 1–0 — 1–1 2–1
3 Morocco Raja Casablanca 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 7 2–4 0–0 — 0–0
4 Republic of the Congo AS Otohô 6 1 2 3 4 10 −6 5 1–1 1–0 1–4 —
Source: CAF

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS ESS RAN SAL
1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 3 3 0 5 2 +3 12 Quarter-finals — 2–1 1–1 0–0
2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 0–1 — 2–1 1–0
3 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 0–1 0–2 — 2–0
4 Burkina Faso Salitas 6 0 4 2 1 4 −3 4 0–0 0–0 1–1 —
Source: CAF

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL NKA ASA ZES
1 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 Quarter-finals — 4–1 1–0 3–1
2 Zambia Nkana 6 3 0 3 9 11 −2 9 2–1 — 3–1 3–0
3 Ghana Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 3–0 — 2–1
4 Zambia ZESCO United 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–0 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Goal difference in all group matches: Asante Kotoko 0, ZESCO United –3.

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAM GOR NAH PET
1 Egypt Zamalek 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9[lower-alpha 1] Quarter-finals — 4–0 1–1 1–1
2 Kenya Gor Mahia 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 9[lower-alpha 1] 4–2 — 2–0 1–0
3 Algeria NA Hussein Dey 6 2 2 2 4 6 −2 8 0–0 1–0 — 2–1
4 Angola Petro de Luanda 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 0–1 2–1 2–0 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head goal difference: Zamalek +2, Gor Mahia –2.

Knockout stage

Main article: 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

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Bracket

{{#lst:2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}

Quarter-finals

{{#lst:2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|Quarter-finals}}

Semi-finals

{{#lst:2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|Semi-finals}}

Final

Main article: 2019 CAF Confederation Cup Final

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Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F1   F2  Total
1 Sudan Waleed Al-Shoala Sudan Al-Hilal 1 1 1 1 2 1 7
2 Togo Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba Morocco RS Berkane 2 1 1 1 1 6
3 Morocco Mouhcine Iajour Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 2 1 4
Rwanda Jacques Tuyisenge Kenya Gor Mahia 2 1 1
5 Burkina Faso Issoufou Dayo Morocco RS Berkane 1 1 1 3
Egypt Ibrahim Hassan Egypt Zamalek 2 1
Zambia Lazarous Kambole Zambia ZESCO United 1 1 1
Zambia Ronald Kampamba Zambia Nkana 2 1
Tunisia Alaeddine Marzouki Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1 1 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo Freddy Tshimenga Zambia Nkana 1 1 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Change in dates for Caf club competitions will begin in 2018". BBC Sport. 13 December 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  5. ↑ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Libya gain but Nigeria lose a place in Africa's continental club competitions". BBC Sport. 30 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "CAF : Sanga Balende jouera la Coupe de la confédération 2018-2019 en cas du sacre de V.Club". digitalcongo.net. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "DOCUMENT EXCLUSIF: BAMBOUTOS DÉBOUTÉ EN APPEL, LA FECAFOOT ADMET UN VIDE JURIDIQUE". camer-sport.be. 20 October 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Cameroun – Coupe de la CAF 2018: La CAF qualifie Eding sport au détriment de Lion Blessé". actucameroun.com. 24 November 2018.
  12. ↑ @CAF_Online (24 November 2018). "Matches #37&38 are cancelled, because the deadline for @FecafootOfficie to confirm the engagement of second rep. for Total CAF Confederation Cup has elapsed. Asante Kotoko is therefore qualified to the 1/16th round" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "Kotoko granted permission to participate in 2018-19 Caf Confederation Cup". Goal.com. 26 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Silver, Bullets in CAF tourneys". Malawi Nation. 14 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Northern Dynamo's, LightStars' opponents known". nation.sc. 10 November 2018. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "FIFA suspends the Sierra Leone Football Association". FIFA.com. 5 October 2018. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
  18. ↑ "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.
  19. ↑ @CAF_Online (1 November 2018). "The draw for the preliminary rounds of the 2018/2019 @CAF_Online Interclubs will be held on Saturday, 03.11.2018 in Rabat, Morocco, during the meeting of the Ad hoc Committee of the CAF Interclubs" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ "Accreditation for Official draw 2018/19 Total CAF Champions League Group Stage & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2nd 1/16th round". CAF. 20 December 2018.
  21. ↑ "Accreditation for Interclubs Quarter Finals". CAF. 7 March 2019.

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