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2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2021–22 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 19th 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.

2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup
2021–22 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
10 September 2021 – 6 February 2022
Competition proper:
13 February – 20 May 2022
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 51+16 (from 39 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMorocco RS Berkane (2nd title)
Runners-upSouth Africa Orlando Pirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored136 (2.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)Niger Victorien Adebayor
(6 goals)
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The defending champions Raja Casablanca were unable to defend their title as they advanced to the group stage of the that season's CAF Champions League. The final was won by RS Berkane of Morocco 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes of regulation time against Orlando Pirates and RS Berkane at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria, capturing their second title in the process.

As winners, RS Berkane earned the right to play against the winners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League, Wydad Casablanca, in the 2022 CAF Super Cup.[2]

Association team allocation edit

All 54 CAF member associations may enter the competition, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[2] 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 2020–21 season, CAF utilized the 2016–2020 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the previous 5 seasons in CAF's club competitions. The criteria for points are as follows:[3][4][5]

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:

  • 2020–21: x 5
  • 2019–20: × 4
  • 2018–19: × 3
  • 2018: × 2
  • 2017: × 1

Teams edit

The following 49 teams from 37 associations entered the competition.

Associations are shown according to their 2017–2021 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Top 12 associations)
Association Rank (Pts) Team Qualifying method
  Morocco 1 (190) AS FAR 2020–21 Botola third place
RS Berkane 2020–21 Botola fourth place
  Egypt 2 (167) Al Masry 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League third place after 29 rounds[Note EGY]
Pyramids 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League fourth place after 29 rounds[Note EGY]
  Tunisia 3 (140) US Ben Guerdane 2020–21 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
CS Sfaxien 2020–21 Tunisian Cup winners
  DR Congo 4 (83) AS Vita Club 2020–21 Linafoot third place
DC Motema Pembe 2021 Coupe du Congo winners
  Algeria 5 (81) JS Saoura 2020–21 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
JS Kabylie 2020–21 Algerian League Cup winners
  South Africa 6 (68.5) Orlando Pirates FC 2020–21 South African Premier Division third place
Marumo Gallants F.C. 2020–21 Nedbank Cup winners
  Zambia 7 (43) Red Arrows F.C. 2020–21 Zambian Super League third place
Kabwe Warriors F.C. 2020–21 Zambian Super League fourth place
  Nigeria 8 (39) Enyimba 2020–21 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Bayelsa United F.C. 2021 Nigeria FA Cup winners
  Guinea 9 (38) Wakriya AC 2020–21 Guinée Championnat National third place
AS Ashanti Golden Boys 2021 Guinée Coupe Nationale runners-up
  Angola 10 (36) Primeiro de Agosto 2020–21 Girabola third place
G.D. Interclube 2020–21 Angola Cup winners
  Sudan 11 (29.5) Hay Al-Wadi SC 2020–21 Sudan Premier League third place
Al-Ahli Merowe 2020–21 Sudan Cup winners
  Tanzania 12 (16.5) Azam F.C. 2020–21 Tanzanian Premier League third place
Biashara United[TAN] 2020–21 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place [Note TAN]
Associations eligible to enter one team
Association Rank (Pts) Team Qualifying method
  Cameroon 13 (14) Coton Sport FC 2020–21 Elite One runners-up
  Senegal 14 (13) Diambars FC 2020–21 Senegal FA Cup winners
  Libya 15 (11) Al Ahli Tripoli 2021 Libyan Cup winners
  Kenya 17 (9) Gor Mahia F.C. 2021 FKF President's Cup winners
  Congo 18 (8) CSMD Diables Noirs 2020 Coupe du Congo winners
  Uganda 18 (8) Uganda Revenue Authority 2020–21 Uganda Premier League runners-up
  Mali 20 (6.5) Binga FC 2020–21 Malian Cup runners-up
  Rwanda 22 (6) A.S. Kigali 2021 Rwandan Cup winners
  Eswatini 23 (5) Young Buffaloes F.C. 2020–21 Eswatini Premier League runners-up
  Ethiopia 24 (4) Ethiopian Coffee S.C. 2020–21 Ethiopian Premier League runners-up
  Botswana 25 (3) Orapa United F.C. 2020–21 Mascom Top 8 Cup winners
  Togo 25 (3) ASC Kara 2020–21 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
  Benin 27 (2.5) Les Buffles du Borgou 2021 Benin Cup winners
  Mauritania 27 (2.5) ASAC Concorde 2021 Coupe du Président de la République winners
  Burkina Faso 29 (2) ASFA Yennenga 2020–21 Burkinabé Premier League runners-up
  Burundi — Bumamuru FC 2021 Burundian Cup winners
  Comoros — Olympique de Missiri 2021 Comoros Cup winners
  Djibouti — FC Dikhil 2021 Djibouti Cup winners
  Equatorial Guinea — Futuro Kings FC 2020–21 Equatoguinean Primera División winners
  Niger — AS Police 2021 Niger Cup winners
  Somalia — Horseed FC 2021 Somalia Cup winners
  South Sudan — Atlabara FC 2021 South Sudan National Cup winners
  Zanzibar — Mafunzo F.C. 2021 Zanzibari Cup winners
  Madagascar — CFFA 2021 Coupe de Madagascar winners
  Liberia — MC Breweries 2021 Liberian FA Cup winners

[TAN] Both the winners Simba SC and runner-ups Young Africans S.C. of the 2020–21 Tanzania FA Cup qualified for the 2021-22 CAF Champions League resulting in the slot usually allocated to the winner or runner-up of the Tanzania FA Cup to be awarded to the fourth placed team in the 2020–21 Tanzanian Premier League.

Notes
  1. ^
    Egypt (EGY): The 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Al Masry and Pyramids, who were at third and fourth place after 29 rounds respectively, will represent Egypt in the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.[6]

Schedule edit

Schedule for 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First round 13 August 2021 10–12 September 2021 17–19 September 2021
Second round 15–17 October 2021 22–24 October 2021
Play-off round 26 October 2021 28 November 2021 5 December 2021
Group stage Matchday 1 28 December 2021 13 February 2022
Matchday 2 20 February 2022
Matchday 3 27 February 2022
Matchday 4 13 March 2022
Matchday 5 20 March 2022
Matchday 6 3 April 2022
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 5 April 2022 17 April 2022 24 April 2022
Semi-finals 8 May 2022 15 May 2022
Final 20 May 2022 at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Qualifying rounds edit

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

First round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Ben Guerdane   3–2   AS Police 3–1 0–1
AS FAR   3–1   Les Buffles du Borgou 3–1 0–0
Diambars FC   3–0[A]   Wakriya AC
AS Ashanti Golden Boys   2–4[A]   Bayelsa United
ASC Kara   3–4   ASAC Concorde 3–0 0–4
Azam   4–1   Horseed 3–1 1–0
URA Football Club   5–2   Ethiopian Coffee 2–1 3–1
Atlabara   0–4   Al-Ahli Merowe 0–2 0–2
Futuro Kings   2–4   Marumo Gallants 2–1 0–3
AS Mangasport   0–0 (2–3 p)   Orapa United 0–0 0–0
Bumamuru   0–1   CSMD Diables Noirs 0–0 0–1
Red Arrows   2–1   Young Buffaloes 2–1 0–0
Olympique de Missiri   1–8   AS Kigali 1–2 0–6
Binga FC   5–0   MC Breweries 3–0 2–0
ASFA Yennenga   2–1   FC San Pédro 0–0 2–1
FC Dikhil   0–3   Biashara United 0–1 0–2
Hay Al-Wadi SC   0–4[B]   Al Ahli Tripoli
CFFA   2–1   Kabwe Warriors 0–0 2–1
Mafunzo   0–4   Interclube 0–1 0–3

Notes:

  1. ^ a b Matches involving Guinean clubs were played over a single leg in their opponent's country due to the political and security situation in Guinea following a coup d'état.[7]
  2. ^ The first leg was originally scheduled to be played on 12 September 2021 at El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid, but was cancelled due to concerns over the suitability of the venue.[8] The match was played over a single leg at the venue for the second leg.

Second round edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
US Ben Guerdane   0–5   RS Berkane 0–1 0–4
AS FAR   1–3   JS Kabylie 0–1 1–2
Diambars FC   0–4   Enyimba 0–1 0–3
Bayelsa United   1–4   CS Sfaxien 1–0 0–4
ASAC Concorde   2–3   JS Saoura 1–2 1–1
Azam   0–1   Pyramids 0–0 0–1
URA Football Club   0–1   Al Masry 0–0 0–1
Al-Ahli Merowe   w/o[A]   Gor Mahia 1–3 —
Marumo Gallants   3–2   AS Vita Club 2–1 1–1
Orapa United   2–2 (a)   Coton Sport 2–1 0–1
CSMD Diables Noirs   0–1   Orlando Pirates 0–0 0–1
Red Arrows   1–0   Primeiro de Agosto 1–0 0–0
AS Kigali   2–4   DC Motema Pembe 1–2 1–2
Binga FC   1–1 (7–6 p)   ASFA Yennenga 0–1 1–0
Biashara United   w/o[B]   Al Ahli Tripoli 2–0 —
CFFA   w/o[C]   Interclube 0–3 —

Notes:

  1. ^ Gor Mahia won on a walkover after Al-Ahli Merowe withdrew from the second leg in Kenya.[9]
  2. ^ Al Ahli SC won on a walkover after Biashara United failed to appear for the second leg in Libya.[10]
  3. ^ Interclube won on a walkover after CFFA withdrew from the second leg in Angola.[11]


Play-off round edit

Eliminated from 2021–22 CAF Champions League:


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zanaco   3–2   Binga FC 3–0 0–2
Simba   4–2   Red Arrows 3–0 1–2
TP Mazembe   1–0   Marumo Gallants 1–0 0–0
ASEC Mimosas   5–2   Interclube 2–0 3–2
FC Nouadhibou   0–2   Coton Sport 0–0 0–2
USGN   2–1   DC Motema Pembe 2–0 0–1
AS Otohô   2–1   Gor Mahia 1–0 1–1
APR   1–2   RS Berkane 0–0 1–2
Tusker   0–1   CS Sfaxien 0–0 0–1
Hearts of Oak   2–4   JS Saoura 2–0 0–4
Rivers United   2–2 (a)   Al Masry 2–1 0–1
Stade Malien   1–1 (2–4 p)   Al Ahli Tripoli 1–0 0–1
Al Ittihad   w/o[A]   Enyimba — 0–2
AS Maniema Union   0–2   Pyramids 0–1 0–1
LPRC Oilers   w/o[B]   Orlando Pirates 0–2 —
Royal Leopards   2–2 (a)   JS Kabylie 1–0 1–2

Notes:

  1. ^ Al Ittihad won on a walkover after Enyimba failed to travel to Libya for the first leg.[12]
  2. ^ Orlando Pirates won on a walkover after LPRC Oilers withdrew from the second leg in South Africa.[13]


Group stage edit

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

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 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL PYR CSS ZAN
1   Al Ahli Tripoli 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13[a] Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–1 2–0
2   Pyramids 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13[a] 2–1 — 1–0 1–0
3   CS Sfaxien 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–0 1–1 — 1–0
4   Zanaco 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 2–3 0–2 1–0 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al Ahli Tripoli 3, Pyramids 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Ahli Tripoli 0, Pyramids 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Ahli Tripoli 1, Pyramids 0

Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ORL ITT JSS ROL
1   Orlando Pirates 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 2–0 3–0
2   Al Ittihad 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 3–2 — 1–1 3–2
3   JS Saoura 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 0–2 1–0 — 2–0
4   Royal Leopards 6 0 0 6 5 18 −13 0 2–6 1–2 0–2 —
Source: CAF

Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM MAS ASO COT
1   TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–0 1–0
2   Al Masry 6 3 1 2 5 3 +2 10 2–0 — 1–0 2–0
3   AS Otohô 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 2–2 1–0 — 1–1
4   Coton Sport 6 0 3 3 3 7 −4 3 2–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source: CAF

Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB SIM ASE USG
1   RS Berkane 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10[a] Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 1–0 5–3
2   Simba 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10[a] 1–0 — 3–1 4–0
3   ASEC Mimosas 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 3–1 3–0 — 2–1
4   USGN 6 1 2 3 9 14 −5 5 2–2 1–1 2–0 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: RS Berkane 3, Simba 3. Head-to-head goal differences: RS Berkane +1, Simba -1

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.
Group Winners Runners-up
A   Al Ahli Tripoli   Pyramids
B   Orlando Pirates   Al Ittihad
C   TP Mazembe   Al Masry
D   RS Berkane   Simba

Bracket edit

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 April 2022, 13:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[15]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Al Ittihad000
 
 
 
  Al Ahli Tripoli011
 
  Al Ahli Tripoli011
 
 
 
  Orlando Pirates202
 
  Simba101 (3)
 
20 May – Uyo
 
  Orlando Pirates (p)011 (4)
 
  Orlando Pirates1 (4)
 
 
 
  RS Berkane (p)1 (5)
 
  Pyramids000
 
 
 
  TP Mazembe022
 
  TP Mazembe112
 
 
 
  RS Berkane044
 
  Al Masry202
 
 
  RS Berkane (a)112
 

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Simba   1–1 (3–4 p)   Orlando Pirates 1–0 0–1
Al Ittihad   0–1   Al Ahli Tripoli 0–0 0–1
Pyramids   0–2   TP Mazembe 0–0 0–2
Al Masry   2–2 (a)   RS Berkane 2–1 0–1

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahli Tripoli   1–2   Orlando Pirates 0–2 1–0
TP Mazembe   2–4   RS Berkane 1–0 1–4

Final edit

Main article: 2022 CAF Confederation Cup Final

The final was played on 20 May 2022 at Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo.

Orlando Pirates  1–1 (a.e.t.)  RS Berkane
  • Lorch   117'
 Report
Penalties
 4–5

Top goalscorers edit

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2  F  Total
1   Victorien Adebayor   USGN 2 1 1 2 6
2   Youssef El Fahli   RS Berkane 1 1 2 1 5
3   Bandile Shandu   Orlando Pirates 1 2 1 4
  Karim Konaté   ASEC Mimosas 1 2 1
5   Charki El Bahri   RS Berkane 1 1 1 3
  Stephane Aziz Ki   ASEC Mimosas 1 1 1
  Mouad Fekkak   RS Berkane 2 1
  Sanad Al Warfali   Al Ittihad 1 2
  Kabelo Dlamini   Orlando Pirates 1 1 1

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAFOnline.com. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAFOnline.com. 11 May 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ^ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAFOnline.com. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  5. ^ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". CAFOnline.com. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  6. ^ EFA [@EFA] (August 10, 2021). "اتحاد الكرة يرسل أسماء الأندية المصرية المشاركة في بطولتي أفريقيا" [EFA sends names of Egyptian clubs participating in the Champions League and Confederation Cup next season to CAF] (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 September 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Statement on CAF interclubs preliminary fixtures: Guinea Clubs". CAF Online. CAF. 8 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Media Advisory on TotalEnergies CAF CC Match: Hay Al Wady v Ahly Tripoli". CAFONLINE.com. Confederation of African Football. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Gor Mahia advance as Al-Ahly Merowe fixture is cancelled". Goal.com. 24 October 2021.
  10. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup: Biashara United disqualified". CAF. 3 November 2021.
  11. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup: Grupo Desportivo Interclube vs CFFA". CAF. 19 October 2021.
  12. ^ Ikhazuagbe, Duro (20 December 2021). "Libya's Al-Ittihad Walk over Enyimba in Benghazi to Reach Group Stage". This Day.
  13. ^ Willis, Seth (3 December 2021). "Orlando Pirates through to group stage after LPRC Oilers withdraw". Goal.com.
  14. ^ "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  15. ^ "TotalEnergies Champions League and Confederation Cup draw date announced". CAF. 24 March 2022.

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