2017 CAF Confederation Cup

2017 CAF Confederation Cup
2017 Total CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates	10 February – 25 November 2017
Teams	52+16 (from 40 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Africa Supersport United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	162
Goals scored	369 (2.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Democratic Republic of the Congo Ben Malango (6 goals)
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The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2017 Total CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the 14th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Starting from this season, the group stage was expanded from eight to 16 teams, divided into four groups of four, and the knockout stage expanded from 4 to 8 teams.^[2]^[3] Defending champions TP Mazembe, which entered the Confederation Cup after losing in the 2017 CAF Champions League first round, defeated Supersport United in the final, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2017 CAF Champions League in the 2018 CAF Super Cup.^[4]

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 2017 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2011–2015 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]

	CAF Champions League	CAF Confederation Cup
Winners	5 points	4 points
Runners-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 are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

2015 – 5
2014 – 4
2013 – 3
2012 – 2
2011 – 1

Teams

The following 52 teams from 40 associations 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 2011–2015 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 Tunisia (1st – 100 pts)	CS Sfaxien	2015–16 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Tunisia Tunisia (1st – 100 pts)	Club Africain	2015–16 Tunisian Cup runners-up
Egypt Egypt (2nd – 80 pts)	Smouha	2015–16 Egyptian Premier League third place
Egypt Egypt (2nd – 80 pts)	Al-Masry	2015–16 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo (3rd – 69 pts)	SM Sanga Balende	2015–16 Linafoot third place
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo (3rd – 69 pts)	Renaissance du Congo	2016 Coupe du Congo DR winners
Algeria Algeria (4th – 64 pts)	JS Kabylie	2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Algeria Algeria (4th – 64 pts)	MC Alger	2015–16 Algerian Cup winners
Sudan Sudan (5th – 51 pts)	Al-Ahly Shendi	2016 Sudan Premier League third place
Sudan Sudan (5th – 51 pts)	El-Hilal El-Obeid	2016 Sudan Cup runners-up
South Africa South Africa (6th – 27 pts)	Platinum Stars	2015–16 South African Premier Division third place
South Africa South Africa (6th – 27 pts)	SuperSport United	2015–16 Nedbank Cup winners
Republic of the Congo Congo (T-7th – 24 pts)	Étoile du Congo	2016 Congo Ligue 1 third place
Republic of the Congo Congo (T-7th – 24 pts)	CARA Brazzaville	2016 Coupe du Congo runners-up
Morocco Morocco (T-7th – 24 pts)	IR Tanger	2015–16 Botola third place
Morocco Morocco (T-7th – 24 pts)	MAS Fez	2016 Coupe du Trône winners
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (T-9th – 23 pts)	SC Gagnoa	2015–16 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast (T-9th – 23 pts)	ASEC Mimosas	2016 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire runners-up
Mali Mali (T-9th – 23 pts)	Djoliba	2016 Malian Première Division third place
Mali Mali (T-9th – 23 pts)	Onze Créateurs	2016 Malian Cup winners
Cameroon Cameroon (11th – 19 pts)	Yong Sports Academy	2016 Elite One third place
Cameroon Cameroon (11th – 19 pts)	APEJES Academy	2016 Cameroonian Cup winners
Nigeria Nigeria (12th – 12 pts)	Wikki Tourists	2016 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Nigeria Nigeria (12th – 12 pts)	Ifeanyi Ubah	2016 Nigerian FA Cup winners
Associations eligible to enter one team
Angola Angola (13th – 7 pts)	Recreativo do Libolo	2016 Taça de Angola winners
Ghana Ghana (T-14th – 4 pts)	Bechem United	2016 Ghanaian FA Cup winners
Libya Libya (T-14th – 4 pts)	Al-Hilal Benghazi	2016 Libyan Cup runners-up
Zambia Zambia (T-14th – 4 pts)	ZESCO United	2016 Zambia Super League runners-up
Ethiopia Ethiopia (17th – 3 pts)	Defence Force	2016 Ethiopian Cup runners-up
Botswana Botswana	Orapa United	2015–16 Mascom Top 8 Cup winners
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso	AS SONABEL	2016 Coupe du Faso runners-up
Burundi Burundi	Le Messager Ngozi	2016 Burundian Cup winners
Comoros Comoros	Volcan Club	2016 Comoros Cup winners
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea	Racing de Micomeseng	2016 Equatoguinean Cup winners
Gabon Gabon	Akanda	2016 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs runners-up
Guinea Guinea	AS Kaloum	2016 Guinée Coupe Nationale runners-up
Kenya Kenya	Ulinzi Stars	2016 FKF President's Cup runners-up
Liberia Liberia	Monrovia Club Breweries	2016 Liberian Cup winners
Madagascar Madagascar	ASSM Elgeco Plus	2016 Coupe de Madagascar runners-up
Mauritius Mauritius	Pamplemousses	2016 Mauritian Cup winners
Mozambique Mozambique	UD Songo	2016 Taça de Moçambique winners
Niger Niger	AS Douanes Niamey	2016 Niger Cup winners
Rwanda Rwanda	Rayon Sports	2016 Rwandan Cup winners
Senegal Senegal	ASC Niarry Tally	2016 Senegal FA Cup winners
Seychelles Seychelles	St Michel United	2016 Seychelles FA Cup winners
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone	RSLAF	2016 Sierra Leonean FA Cup runners-up
South Sudan South Sudan	Wau Salaam	2016 South Sudan National Cup winners
Eswatini Swaziland	Mbabane Swallows	2016 Swazi Cup winners
Tanzania Tanzania	Azam	2015–16 Tanzania FA Cup runners-up
Uganda Uganda	Vipers	2016 Ugandan Cup winners
Zanzibar Zanzibar	KVZ	2015–16 Zanzibar Premier League runners-up
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe	Ngezi Platinum	2016 Cup of Zimbabwe winners

A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2017 CAF Champions League enter the play-off round.

Losers of the 2017 CAF Champions League first round
Burkina Faso Rail Club du Kadiogo	Nigeria Rivers United	Ivory Coast AS Tanda	Guinea Horoya
Morocco FUS Rabat	Uganda KCCA	Gabon CF Mounana	Tanzania Young Africans
Liberia Barrack Young Controllers	Nigeria Enugu Rangers	The Gambia Gambia Ports Authority	Madagascar CNaPS Sport
South Africa Bidvest Wits	Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe	Republic of the Congo AC Léopards	Mauritius AS Port-Louis 2000

Associations which did not enter a team

Notably one team takes part in the competition that does not currently play in their national top-division. They are MAS Fez (2nd tier).

2017 CAF Confederation Cup is located in Africa

Gauteng

Brazzaville

Bamako

Ouagadougou

Conakry

Monrovia

CNaPS Sport

Pamplemousses Port-Louis

Pamplemousses
Port-Louis

Dar es Salaam

Kampala

FUS Rabat

Rivers U

Enugu R

Mazembe

Tanda

Mounana

Ports Authority

Léopards

Dar es Salaam teams File:Green pog.svg Azam File:Purple pog.svg Young Africans Gauteng teams File:Blue pog.svg SuperSport United File:Purple pog.svg Bidvest Wits Kampala teams File:Green pog.svg Vipers File:Brown pog.svg KCCA

Dar es Salaam teams
File:Green pog.svg Azam
File:Purple pog.svg Young Africans

Gauteng teams
File:Blue pog.svg SuperSport United
File:Purple pog.svg Bidvest Wits

Kampala teams
File:Green pog.svg Vipers
File:Brown pog.svg KCCA

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Location of teams of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.
Italics: Teams transferred from the 2017 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 was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).^[6]^[7]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying	Preliminary round	21 December 2016 (Cairo, Egypt)	10–12 February 2017	17–19 February 2017
	First round	21 December 2016 (Cairo, Egypt)	10–12 March 2017	17–19 March 2017
	Play-off round	21 March 2017 (Cairo, Egypt)	7–9 April 2017	14–16 April 2017
Group stage	Matchday 1	26 April 2017 (Cairo, Egypt)	12–14 May 2017
	Matchday 2		23–24 May 2017
	Matchday 3		2–4 June 2017
	Matchday 4		20–21 June 2017
	Matchday 5		30 June – 2 July 2017
	Matchday 6		7–9 July 2017
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals		15–17 September 2017	22–24 September 2017
	Semi-finals		29 September – 1 October 2017	20–22 October 2017
	Final		17–19 November 2017	24–26 November 2017

The calendar was amended from the original one for the following dates:^[7]

Quarter-finals first leg: moved from 8–10 September to 15–17 September
Quarter-finals second leg: moved from 15–17 September to 22–24 September
Semi-finals second leg: moved from 13–15 October to 20–22 October

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

{{#lst:2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Preliminary round}}

First round

{{#lst:2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Bracket}} {{#lst:2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|First round}}

Play-off round

{{#lst:2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds|Play-off round}}

Group stage

Tiebreakers
Tiebreakers}}

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CAF	FUS	KCC	RIV
1	Tunisia Club Africain	6	4	2	13	6	+7	12	Quarter-finals	—	2–1	4–0	3–1
2	Morocco FUS Rabat	6	3	3	9	8	+1	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarter-finals	2–1	—	3–0	2–1
3	Uganda KCCA	6	3	3	8	12	−4	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}		2–1	3–1	—	2–1
4	Nigeria Rivers United	6	2	4	6	10	−4	6		0–2	1–0	2–1	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CSS	MCA	MBS	PST
1	Tunisia CS Sfaxien	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13	Quarter-finals	—	4–0	1–0	3–0
2	Algeria MC Alger	6	3	2	1	7	7	0	11	Quarter-finals	2–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Eswatini Mbabane Swallows	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5		1–3	0–0	—	4–2
4	South Africa Platinum Stars	6	0	3	3	6	13	−7	3		1–1	1–1	2–2	—

Source: CAF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZES	HLU	RLB	SMO
1	Zambia ZESCO United	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarter-finals	—	3–0 (awd.)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–0	1–0
2	Sudan Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarter-finals	1–0	—	2–0	2–1
3	Angola Recreativo do Libolo	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7		3–0	1–0	—	0–0
4	Egypt Smouha	6	1	3	2	5	5	0	6		1–1	1–1	2–0	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
↑ FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.^[8] As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents.^[9] Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup,^[10] but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July,^[11] they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.^[9]

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TPM	SSU	HOR	MOU
1	Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Quarter-finals	—	2–2	2–1	2–0
2	South Africa SuperSport United	6	2	4	0	13	8	+5	10	Quarter-finals	0–0	—	2–2	4–1
3	Guinea Horoya	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9		1–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	Gabon CF Mounana	6	0	0	6	4	14	−10	0		0–1	3–5	0–1	—

Source: CAF

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

{{#lst:2017 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage|Quarter-finals}}

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

Team eliminated / inactive for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	Total
1	Democratic Republic of the Congo Ben Malango	Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe		1	1				1	1	1		6
2	New Zealand Jeremy Brockie	South Africa SuperSport United		2				2				1	5
	Eswatini Sabelo Ndzinisa	Eswatini Mbabane Swallows		4				1
	Algeria Hichem Nekkache	Algeria MC Alger		1		2	1		1
5	Tunisia Saber Khalifa	Tunisia Club Africain						1		1	1	1	4
5	South Africa Thabo Mnyamane	South Africa SuperSport United		2				1			1		4
7	Tunisia Karim Aouadhi	Tunisia CS Sfaxien		1	1					1			3
	Tunisia Firas Chaouat	Tunisia CS Sfaxien					1	2
	Cameroon Jean Francis Ebélé Dipita	Guinea Horoya	1	1				1
	Morocco Mohamed Fouzair	Morocco FUS Rabat			1	1		1
	South Africa Bradley Grobler	South Africa SuperSport United						1				2
	Tunisia Manoubi Haddad	Tunisia Club Africain					1	2
	Uganda Derrick Nsibambi	Uganda KCCA		1	2
	South Africa Thuso Phala	South Africa SuperSport United	1							2

References

↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
↑ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
↑ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
↑ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
↑ "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "Calendar for Interclubs knockout stages amended". CAF. 25 July 2017.
↑ "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
↑ "Sudanese clubs disqualified following FIFA suspension". CAF. 7 July 2017.
↑ "FIFA lifts suspension of Sudan Football Association (SFA)". FIFA.com. 13 July 2017.

External links

Total Confederation Cup 2017, CAFonline.com

[table_hth_FUS0.56267942188432-8] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.

[table_hth_ZES0.90656987061099-9] 1.0 ^1.1 Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.

[table_note_ZES_HLU0.90656987061099-14] FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.^[8] As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents.^[9] Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup,^[10] but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July,^[11] they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.^[9]

[1] "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.

[2] "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.

[3] "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.

[regulations-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.

[5] "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

[calendar-6] "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.

[new_calendar-7] 7.0 ^7.1 "Calendar for Interclubs knockout stages amended". CAF. 25 July 2017.

[10] "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.

[decisions-11] 9.0 ^9.1 "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.

[12] "Sudanese clubs disqualified following FIFA suspension". CAF. 7 July 2017.

[13] "FIFA lifts suspension of Sudan Football Association (SFA)". FIFA.com. 13 July 2017.

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