2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
| 2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|
| File:Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah.jpg Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco, hosted the final | |
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualifying: 9 August – 3 November 2019 Competition proper: 1 December 2019 – 25 October 2020 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 53+16 (from 44 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Morocco RS Berkane (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Egypt Pyramids |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 59 |
| Goals scored | 133 (2.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Morocco Karim El Berkaoui (8 goals) |
← 2018–19 2020–21 → | |
The 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 17th 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 is the first to follow an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017.[2][3] However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the semi-finals and final of the competition to be postponed until October 2020. Moreover, for the first time, the final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CAF,[4] and was played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco.[5] The winners of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League in the 2020–21 CAF Super Cup.[6] Zamalek were the title holders, but as they qualified for the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage, they were not able to defend their title.
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.[6] 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 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2015–2019 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:[7][8][9]
| 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:
- 2018–19 – 5
- 2018 – 4
- 2017 – 3
- 2016 – 2
- 2015 – 1
This was announced by the CAF on 4 June 2019, as using the previous scheme, it would be based on results from 2014 to 2018. The only change for the top 12 associations is that Tanzania is included while Ivory Coast is excluded.[10][11]
Teams
The following 53 teams from 42 associations entered the competition.
- Eleven teams (in bold) received a bye to the first round.
- The other 42 teams entered the preliminary round.
Associations are shown according to their 2015–2019 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
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A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 CAF Champions League enter the play-off round.
- Notes
- ^ Libya (LBY): For the second consecutive season, Libya were represented by Al-Ittihad, the 2018 Libyan Cup winners, as the 2018–19 Libyan Premier League was suspended and the Libyan Cup was not played in 2018–19.
- ^ Mali (MLI): For the second consecutive season, Mali were represented by Djoliba, the 2018 Malian Cup runners-up, as the Malian Première Division and Malian Cup were not played in 2018–19.
- ^ Morocco (MAR): For the second consecutive season, Morocco were represented by RS Berkane, the 2018 Moroccan Throne Cup winners, as the 2018–19 Moroccan Throne Cup was not completed in time.
- Associations which did not enter a team
- File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola (11th – 21.5 pts; eligible for two entrants)
- File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde
- File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
- File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
- File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea
- File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia
- File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau
- File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
- File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
- File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg Réunion
- File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe
- File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone
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- Associations which did not enter a team initially, but had a team transferred from Champions League
- File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique (15th – 13 pts)
- File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
File:Green pog.svg Ashanti Gold
File:Purple pog.svg Asante Kotoko
N'Djamena teams
File:Red pog.svg AS CotonTchad
File:Purple pog.svg Elect-Sport
Nouadhibou teams
File:Red pog.svg ASC Snim
File:Brown pog.svg FC Nouadhibou
Dar es Salaam teams
File:Green pog.svg Azam
File:Red pog.svg KMC
File:Purple pog.svg Young Africans
File:Blue pog.svg Paradou
File:Green pog.svg CR Belouizdad
Conakry teams
File:Green pog.svg Santoba
File:Yellow pog.svg Horoya
Kampala teams
File:Purple pog.svg Proline
File:Purple pog.svg KCCA
Italics: Teams transferred from the 2019–20 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.[12] On 24 November 2019, CAF made a change to all fixtures dates starting from the group stage matchday 4 to the final, due to rescheduling of the 2020 African Nations Championship from January/February to April. The quarter-finals draw date was also changed.[13] Following the quarter-finals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the semi-finals, originally scheduled for 3 May (first legs) and 10 May (second legs), were postponed indefinitely on 11 April 2020,[14] and the final, originally scheduled for 24 May, was also postponed on 18 April 2020.[15] On 30 June 2020, the CAF Executive Committee proposed that the competition would resume with a Final Four format played as single matches in Morocco.[16] On 3 August 2020, the CAF announced that the competition would resume with the semi-finals played on 22 September, and the final played on 27 September.[17] On 10 September 2020, the CAF announced that at the request of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the semi-finals were rescheduled to 19–20 October, and the final to 25 October.[18]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 21 July 2019 | 9–11 August 2019 | 23–25 August 2019 |
| First round | 13–15 September 2019 | 27–29 September 2019 | ||
| Play-off round | 9 October 2019 | 27 October 2019 | 3 November 2019 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 12 November 2019 | 1 December 2019 | |
| Matchday 2 | 8 December 2019 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 29 December 2019 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 12 January 2020 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 26 January 2020 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 2 February 2020 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 5 February 2020 | 1 March 2020 | 8 March 2020 |
| Semi-finals | 19–20 October 2020 | |||
| Final | 25 October 2020 | |||
Qualifying rounds
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Preliminary round
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First round
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Play-off round
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Group stage
{{#section-h:2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup group stage|Draw}} In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
| Tiebreakers |
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PYR | MAS | RAN | FCN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt Pyramids | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | |
| 2 | Egypt Al-Masry | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 4–2 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Nigeria Enugu Rangers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Mauritania FC Nouadhibou | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HOR | NAS | DJO | BID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea Horoya | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Libya Al-Nasr | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Mali Djoliba | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | South Africa Bidvest Wits | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
Notes:
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSB | ZAN | DCM | ESA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco RS Berkane | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Zambia Zanaco | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Benin ESAE | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — |
Notes:
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAS | ENY | PAC | SNP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco Hassania Agadir | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Nigeria Enyimba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Algeria Paradou AC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Ivory Coast FC San Pédro | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–0 | — |
Knockout stage
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Bracket
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | QF1 | QF2 | SF | F | Total[19] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco Karim El Berkaoui | Morocco Hassania Agadir | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 2 | Nigeria Stanley Dimgba | Nigeria Enyimba | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Egypt Mohamed Farouk | Egypt Pyramids | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Morocco Alaedine Ajaray | Morocco RS Berkane | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Nigeria Austin Amutu | Egypt Al-Masry | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ghana John Antwi | Egypt Pyramids | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Morocco Mohamed Aziz | Morocco RS Berkane | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Senegal Malick Cissé | Morocco Hassania Agadir | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Guinea Boniface Haba | Guinea Horoya | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Zambia Rodgers Kola | Zambia Zanaco | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo Vinny Kombe | Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Morocco Hamdi Laachir | Morocco RS Berkane | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Nigeria Victor Mbaoma | Nigeria Enyimba | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Nigeria Augustine Oladapo | Nigeria Enyimba | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso Eric Traoré | Egypt Pyramids | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
See also
Notes
References
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- ↑ "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ "Change in dates for Caf club competitions will begin in 2018". BBC Sport. 13 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ↑ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ↑ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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- ↑ "Timu 4 za Tanzania kushiriki Mashindano ya CAF 2019/2020". tff.or.tz. 4 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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- ↑ "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ↑ @CAF_Online (24 November 2019). "Schedule Changes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Postponement of Interclubs semis & Women's qualifiers". CAF. 11 April 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ↑ "CAF Interclubs finals postponed". CAF. 18 April 2020. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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- ↑ "Updated calendar for CAF Interclub competitions". CAF. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee meeting – 10 September 2020". CAF. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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External links
- Total CAF Confederation Cup, CAFonline.com