2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2022–23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 20th 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.

2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup
2022–23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup
Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers, Algeria hosted the final.
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
9 September – 9 November 2022
Competition proper:
12 February – 3 June 2023
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 50+16 (from 39 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAlgeria USM Alger (1st title)
Runners-upTanzania Young Africans
Tournament statistics
Matches played62
Goals scored147 (2.37 per match)
Top scorer(s)Democratic Republic of the Congo Fiston Mayele
(7 goals)
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

USM Alger, the winners, qualified automatically for the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League in the 2023 CAF Super Cup.[2]

RS Berkane were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the playoff round by Union Monastirienne.

Association team allocation

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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.[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 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2017–2022 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:[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:

  • 2021–22: x 5
  • 2020–21: × 4
  • 2019–20: × 3
  • 2018–19: × 2
  • 2018: × 1

Teams

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The following 50 teams from 39 associations entered the competition.

Associations are shown according to their 2018–2022 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 (194) RS Berkane Title holders (2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup winners)
ASFAR 2021–22 Botola third place
  Egypt 2 (176) Future 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League third place after 24 rounds[Note EGY]
Pyramids 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League fourth place after 24 rounds[Note EGY]
  Algeria 3 (115) JS Saoura 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
USM Alger 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
  Tunisia 4 (113) Club Sfaxien 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Club Africain 2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
  South Africa 5 (109.5) Royal AM 2021–22 South African Premier Division third place
Marumo Gallants 2021–22 Nedbank Cup runners-up
  DR Congo 6 (63) Saint-Éloi Lupopo 2021–22 Linafoot third place
Motema Pembe 2021–22 Coupe du Congo winners
  Angola 7 (46) Sagrada Esperança 2021–22 Girabola third place
  Sudan 8 (33.5) Hilal Alsahil 2021–22 Sudan Premier League third place
Al Ahli Khartoum 2021–22 Sudan Cup runners-up
  Libya 9 (33) Al Akhdar 2021–22 Libyan Premier League third place
Al Nasr 2021–22 Libyan Premier League fourth place
  Guinea 10 (31) Milo 2021–22 Guinée Championnat National third place
Ashanti Golden Boys 2021–22 Guinée Championnat National fourth place
  Tanzania 11 (30.5) Azam 2021–22 Tanzanian Premier League third place
Geita Gold 2021–22 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
  Nigeria 12 (26) Remo Stars 2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Kwara United 2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League fourth place
Associations eligible to enter one team
Association Rank (Pts) Team Qualifying method
  Zambia 13 (24.5) ZESCO United 2021–22 Zambian Super League runners-up
  Cameroon 14 (14.5) PWD Bamenda 2021–22 Cameroon Cup winners
  Ivory Coast 16 (10.5) Gagnoa 2021–22 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 runners-up
  Congo 17 (8) Diables Noirs 2021–22 Coupe du Congo winners
  Botswana 18 (6) Security Systems 2021–22 Botswana FA Cup runners-up
  Eswatini 21 (3.5) Mbabane Highlanders 2021–22 Eswatini Premier League runners-up
  Mali 21 (3.5) Real Bamako 2021–22 Malian Cup runners-up
  Burkina Faso 23 (3) Douanes de Ouagadougou 2021–22 Coupe du Faso winners
  Niger 24 (2.5) Douanes de Niamey 2021–22 Niger Cup winners
  Ghana 24 (2.5) Hearts of Oak 2021–22 Ghanaian FA Cup winners
  Rwanda 26 (2) Kigali 2021–22 Rwandan Cup winners
  Uganda 26 (2) Bul 2021–22 Uganda Cup winners
  Mauritania 28 (1.5) Nouakchott Kings 2021–22 Coupe du Président de la République winners
  Benin 28 (1.5) Buffles du Borgou 2021–22 Benin Premier League runners-up
  Mozambique 30 (1) Ferroviário da Beira 2021 Moçambola runners-up
  Togo 30 (3) ASC Kara 2021–22 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
  Burundi Bumamuru 2021–22 Burundian Cup winners
  Chad AS Santé d'Abéché 2021–22 Chad Premier League runners-up
  Djibouti ASAS Télécom 2021–22 Djibouti Cup runners-up
  Equatorial Guinea Inter de Litoral Academy 2021–22 Equatoguinean Cup Región Continental winners
  Ethiopia Fasil Kenema 2021–22 Ethiopian Premier League runners-up
  Liberia LISCR 2021–22 Liberia Cup winners
  Madagascar Elgeco Plus 2021–22 Madagascar Cup winners
  Seychelles St Michel United 2021–22 Seychelles Premier League runners-up
  Sierra Leone Kallon 2021–22 Sierra Leone Premier League fifth place
  South Sudan Al Hilal Wau 2021–22 South Sudan National Cup winners
  Zanzibar Kipanga 2021–22 Zanzibari Cup winners
Associations which did not enter a team

Notes:

  1. ^
    Egypt (EGY):The 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline. As a result, the Egyptian Football Association announced that Zamalek and Al Ahly, who were at first and second place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. Meanwhile, Future and Pyramids FC, who were at third and fourth place after 24 rounds respectively, represented Egypt in the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.

Schedule

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Schedule for 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying First round 9 August 2022 9–11 September 2022 16–18 September 2022
Second round 7–9 October 2022 14–16 October 2022
Playoff round 18 October 2022 2 November 2022 9 November 2022
Group stage Matchday 1 12 December 2022 12 February 2023
Matchday 2 19 February 2023
Matchday 3 26 February 2023
Matchday 4 8 March 2023
Matchday 5 19 March 2023
Matchday 6 2 April 2023
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 5 April 2023 23 April 2023 30 April 2023
Semi-finals 10 May 2023 17 May 2023
Final 28 May 2023 3 June 2023

Qualifying rounds

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The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[6][7][8]

In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied. If the scores were still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kwara United   3–0   Douanes de Niamey 3–0 0–0
LISCR   1–3   Gagnoa 0–0 1–3
Milo   2–4   ASC Kara 2–1 0–3
Douanes de Ouagadougou   0–0 (1–3 p)   Real Bamako 0–0 0–0
Hilal Alsahil   2–2 (a)   Geita Gold 1–0 1–2
Fasil Kenema   3–1   Bumamuru 3–0 0–1
ASAS Télécom   0–1   Kigali 0–0 0–1
Al Hilal Wau   2–2 (3–4 p)   Kipanga 1–1 1–1
Al Akhdar   3–0   Al Ahli Khartoum 3–0 0–0
Mbabane Highlanders   0–2   Royal AM 0–0 0–2
Security Systems   w/o[A]   Saint-Éloi Lupopo
St Michel United   w/o[B]   Inter de Litoral Academy
AS Santé d'Abéché   1–3   Ferroviário da Beira 1–2 0–1
PWD Bamenda   1–2   Elgeco Plus 1–1 0–1
ASFAR   2–1   Remo Stars 1–1 1–0
Ashanti Golden Boys   2–1   Nouakchott Kings 2–0 0–1
Buffles du Borgou   0–4   Kallon 0–1 0–3
Bul   0–1   Future 0–0 0–1

Notes:

  1. ^ Saint-Éloi Lupopo won on a walkover after Security Systems withdrew from the competition citing financial reasons.[9]
  2. ^ St Michel United won on a walkover after Inter de Litoral Academy failed to appear for the first leg.[10]


Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kwara United   3–3 (a)   RS Berkane 3–1 0–2
Gagnoa   1–0   JS Saoura 1–0 0–0
ASC Kara   1–4   USM Alger 0–2 1–2
Real Bamako   3–1   Hearts of Oak 3–0 0–1
Hilal Alsahil   0–9   Pyramids 0–2 0–7
Fasil Kenema   0–1   Club Sfaxien 0–0 0–1
Kigali   0–1   Al Nasr 0–0 0–1
Kipanga   0–7   Club Africain 0–0 0–7
Al Akhdar   3–2   Azam 3–0 0–2
Royal AM   1–1 (a)   ZESCO United 0–0 1–1
Saint-Éloi Lupopo   2–0   Sagrada Esperança 2–0 0–0
St Michel United   1–2   Motema Pembe 1–0 0–2
Ferroviário da Beira   2–4   Diables Noirs 2–1 0–3
Elgeco Plus   1–4   Marumo Gallants 1–3 0–1
ASFAR   5–0   Ashanti Golden Boys 4–0 1–0
Kallon   0–6   Future 0–2 0–4

Playoff round

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The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the playoff round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League second round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rail Club du Kadiogo   0–2   Saint-Éloi Lupopo 0–1 0–1
Royal Leopards   2–4   Real Bamako 1–1 1–3
TP Mazembe   3–0   Royal AM 2–0 1–0
1º de Agosto   2–2 (2–3 p)   Future 1–1 1–1
ASEC Mimosas   5–2   Gagnoa 2–0 3–2
Djoliba   0–4   ASFAR 0–0 0–4
Al Ahli Tripoli   1–3   Marumo Gallants 1–0 0–3
ASKO Kara   2–1   Club Sfaxien 2–1 0–0
Young Africans   1–0   Club Africain 0–0 1–0
Flambeau du Centre   1–4   Motema Pembe 0–2 1–2
Rivers United   6–1   Al Nasr 5–0 1–1
Union Monastirienne   1–0   RS Berkane 1–0 0–0
Cape Town City   0–1   USM Alger 0–0 0–1
ASN Nigelec   1–3   Pyramids 1–0 0–3
La Passe   2–6   Diables Noirs 0–2 2–4
Plateau United   4–4 (a)   Al Akhdar 4–1 0–3

Group stage

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Location of teams of the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup group stage.
  Brown: Group A;   Red: Group B;   Orange: Group C;   Yellow: Group D.

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[11] The 16 winners of the playoff round of qualifying were drawn into four groups of four.

The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2
Teams

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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG USM LUP AKH
1   Marumo Gallants 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 12 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 3–2 4–1
2   USM Alger 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–0 3–0 4–1
3   Saint-Éloi Lupopo 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5[a] 1–2 1–1 1–0
4   Al Akhdar 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5[a] 4–1 1–1 1–1
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Saint-Éloi Lupopo 4, Al Akhdar 1

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASE RIV DBL DCM
1   ASEC Mimosas 6 4 1 1 6 4 +2 13 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 2–0 0–0
2   Rivers United 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 3–0 2–2 3–1
3   Diables Noirs 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 0–1 3–0 0–0
4   Motema Pembe 6 0 3 3 2 6 −4 3 1–2 0–1 0–0
Source: CAF

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAR PFC ASK FUT
1   ASFAR 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 5–1 2–0
2   Pyramids 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–2 1–0 3–0[a]
3   ASKO Kara 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4[b] 1–1 1–4 0–3[c]
4   Future 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4[b] 0–3[d] 1–1 0–3[e]
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ Awarded
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head goal difference: ASKO Kara 0, Future 0. Head-to-head goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head away goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Goal difference: ASKO Kara -8, Future -8. Goals scored: ASKO Kara 6, Future 4
  3. ^ Awarded
  4. ^ Awarded
  5. ^ Awarded

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification YNG USM ASR TPM
1   Young Africans 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13[a] Advance to knockout stage 2–0 2–0 3–1
2   Union Monastirienne 6 4 1 1 8 4 +4 13[a] 2–0 2–1 1–0
3   Real Bamako 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 1–1 1–1 2–1
4   TP Mazembe 6 1 0 5 5 10 −5 3 0–1 0–2 3–1
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Overall goal difference: Young Africans +5, Union Monastirienne +4

Knockout stage

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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 cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the 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   Marumo Gallants   USM Alger
B   ASEC Mimosas   Rivers United
C   ASFAR   Pyramids
D   Young Africans   Union Monastirienne

Bracket

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The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final), which was held on 5 April 2023, 18:30 GMT (20:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[12]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Rivers United 0 0 0
  Young Africans 2 0 2
  Young Africans 2 2 4
  Marumo Gallants 0 1 1
  Pyramids 1 0 1
  Marumo Gallants 1 1 2
  Young Africans 1 1 2
  USM Alger (a) 2 0 2
  Union Monastirienne 0 0 0
  ASEC Mimosas 0 2 2
  ASEC Mimosas 0 0 0
  USM Alger 0 2 2
  USM Alger 2 2 4
  ASFAR 0 3 3

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyramids   1–2   Marumo Gallants 1–1 0–1
Union Monastirienne   0–2   ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–2
USM Alger   4–3   ASFAR 2–0 2–3
Rivers United   0–2   Young Africans 0–2 0–0

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Africans   4–1   Marumo Gallants 2–0 2–1
ASEC Mimosas   0–2   USM Alger 0–0 0–2

Final

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The first leg was played on 28 May, and the second leg was played on 3 June 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Africans   2–2 (a)   USM Alger 1–2 1–0


Young Africans  1–2  USM Alger
  • Mayele   82'
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USM Alger  0–1  Young Africans
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Attendance: 64,000

2–2 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.


Top goalscorers

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  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1   Fiston Mayele   Young Africans 1 1 1 2 1 1 7
2   Ranga Chivaviro   Marumo Gallants 2 1 1 1 1 6
3   Paul Acquah   Rivers United 1 3 4
  Aubin Kramo Kouamé   ASEC Mimosas 1 1 2
  Khaled Bousseliou   USM Alger 2 1 1
6   Boubacar Traoré   Union Monastirienne 1 1 1 3
  Mostafa Fathi   Pyramids 1 2
  Malanga Horso Mwaku   Saint-Éloi Lupopo 1 1 1
  Zineddine Belaïd   USM Alger 1 1 1
  Diney   ASFAR 1 1 1
  Kennedy Musonda   Young Africans 1 1 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
  5. ^ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  6. ^ "The new CAF interclub season is on!". CAF. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  7. ^ "2022-23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup First Preliminary Round - First Leg Fixtures & Results". CAF. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  8. ^ ""CC Fixtures - 1st & 2nd Round"" (PDF). CAF. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Botswana's Security Systems withdraws from 2022/23 Caf Confederation Cup". Footy Ghana. 24 August 2022.
  10. ^ "2022-23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup First Preliminary Round - Second Leg Fixtures & Results". CAF Online. 13 September 2022.
  11. ^ "New date confirmed for TotalEnergies CAF Interclubs group stage draw". CAFOnline.com. 24 November 2022.
  12. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Quarterfinals Draw to be conducted on 05 April". CAF. 29 March 2023.
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