2016 CAF Confederation Cup
| 2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 12 February – 6 November 2016 |
| Teams | 51+8 (from 39 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  TP Mazembe (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  MO Béjaïa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 128 |
| Goals scored | 294 (2.3 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Rainford Kalaba (7 goals) |
The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 13th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Association team allocation
All 56 CAF member associations might enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter.[1] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level had never been reached.
For the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2010–2014 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:[2]
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 5 points | 4 points |
| Runner-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:
- 2014 – 5
- 2013 – 4
- 2012 – 3
- 2011 – 2
- 2010 – 1
Teams
The following 59 teams from 39 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 2010–2014 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
| Losers of the 2016 CAF Champions League second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mamelodi Sundowns
|
 Al-Merrikh
|
TP Mazembe
|
 Étoile du Sahel
|
 Stade Malien
|
 Young Africans
|
Al-Ahli Tripoli
|
MO Béjaïa
|
Notably two team take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Barrack Young Controllers II (2nd tier) and Génération Foot (2nd).
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3] For the first time, some rounds of matches were officially scheduled in midweek (in italics) instead of on weekends.[4]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 11 December 2015 (Dakar, Senegal)[5] |
12–14 February 2016 | 26–28 February 2016 |
| First round | 11–13 March 2016 | 18–20 March 2016 | ||
| Second round | 8–10 April 2016 | 19–20 April 2016 | ||
| Play-off round | 21 April 2016 (Cairo, Egypt)[6] |
6–8 May 2016 | 17–18 May 2016 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 24 May 2016 (Cairo, Egypt)[7] |
17–19 June 2016 | |
| Matchday 2 | 28–29 June 2016 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 15–17 July 2016 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 26–27 July 2016 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 12–14 August 2016 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 23–24 August 2016 | |||
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 16–18 September 2016 | 23–25 September 2016 | |
| Final | 28–30 October 2016 | 4–6 November 2016 | ||
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.[5][8]
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away
Preliminary round
| Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Vita Club Mokanda 
|
1–1 (6–5 p) |  Akwa United
|
0–1 | 1–0 |
Police 
|
4–3 |  Atlabara
|
3–1 | 1–2 |
Sagrada Esperança 
|
3–2 | Ajax Cape Town
|
1–2 | 2–0 |
Wallidan
 |
w/o[A] | MC Oran
|
— | — |
SC Gagnoa 
|
2–0 | USFAS Bamako
|
2–0 | 0–0 |
Kawkab Marrakech
 |
3–3 (5–4 p) | USFA
|
3–0 | 0–3 |
Light Stars 
|
0–9 | Bidvest Wits
|
0–3 | 0–6 |
Renaissance 
|
3–2 |  New Star de Douala
|
1–0 | 2–2 |
Harare City 
|
6–3 |  AS Adema
|
3–2 | 3–1 |
| AS Bakaridjan
|
2–2 (3–4 p) | Stade Gabèsien
|
1–1 | 1–1 |
| Nasarawa United
|
2–1 |  Génération Foot
|
2–1 | 0–0 |
Defence Force
 |
1–6 | Misr Lel Makkasa
|
1–3 | 0–3 |
| FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
|
3–1 |  Bandari
|
2–0 | 1–1 |
Al-Ittihad Tripoli 
|
5–4 |  AS SONIDEP
|
4–1 | 1–3 |
| UMS de Loum
|
0–0 (2–4 p) w/o; d/q[B] |
 Deportivo Mongomo
|
0–0 | 0–0 |
Khartoum
|
0–2 |  SC Villa
|
0–1 | 0–1 |
JKU
 |
w/o[C] |  Gaborone United
|
— | — |
Fomboni Club 
|
1–2 | Atlético Olympic
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Diables Noirs
|
2–4 | Africa Sports
|
1–2 | 1–2 |
- Notes
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita Club Mokanda
|
1–0 | Police
|
0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sagrada Esperança
|
2–1 | Liga Desportiva de Maputo
|
1–0 | 1–1 |
| MC Oran
|
4–2 | SC Gagnoa
|
2–0 | 2–2 |
Kawkab Marrakech
|
3–2 |  Barrack Young Controllers II
|
3–0 | 0–2 |
| Bidvest Wits
|
3–7 | Azam
|
0–3 | 3–4 |
| Renaissance
|
0–7 | Espérance de Tunis
|
0–2 | 0–5 |
| Harare City
|
2–5 | Zanaco
|
1–2 | 1–3 |
| Stade Gabèsien
|
2–1 |  AS Kaloum
|
2–1 | 0–0 |
| Nasarawa United
|
2–4 | CS Constantine
|
1–0 | 1–4 |
Misr Lel Makkasa
 |
3–2 | CS Don Bosco
|
3–1 | 0–1 |
| FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo
|
2–2 (a) | Al-Ahly Shendi
|
2–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Ittihad Tripoli
|
1–2 | Medeama
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
| UMS de Loum
|
2–3 | FUS Rabat
|
1–1 | 1–2 |
| SC Villa
|
5–0 | JKU
|
4–0 | 1–0 |
Atlético Olympic
 |
0–5 |  CF Mounana
|
0–2 | 0–3 |
| Africa Sports
|
1–6 | ENPPI
|
0–2 | 1–4 |
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vita Club Mokanda
|
1–4 | Sagrada Esperança
|
1–2 | 0–2 |
| MC Oran
|
0–1 | Kawkab Marrakech
|
0–0 | 0–1 |
| Azam
|
2–4 | Espérance de Tunis
|
2–1 | 0–3 |
| Zanaco
|
1–4 | Stade Gabèsien
|
1–1 | 0–3 |
| CS Constantine
|
2–3 | Misr Lel Makkasa
|
1–0 | 1–3 |
Al-Ahly Shendi
|
0–2 | Medeama
|
0–0 | 0–2 |
| FUS Rabat
|
7–1 | SC Villa
|
7–0 | 0–1 |
| CF Mounana
|
2–2 (5–4 p) | ENPPI
|
2–0 | 0–2 |
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the eight losers of the Champions League second round.
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 April 2016, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[6][12] The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg. The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MO Béjaïa
|
1–1 (a) | Espérance de Tunis
|
0–0 | 1–1 |
| Stade Malien
|
0–4 | FUS Rabat
|
0–0 | 0–4 |
| Étoile du Sahel
|
2–1 | CF Mounana
|
2–0 | 0–1 |
| TP Mazembe
|
2–2 (a) | Stade Gabèsien
|
1–0 | 1–2 |
Al-Ahli Tripoli
|
1–1 (a) | Misr Lel Makkasa
|
0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Merrikh
|
1–2 | Kawkab Marrakech
|
1–0 | 0–2 |
| Young Africans
|
2–1 | Sagrada Esperança
|
2–0 | 0–1 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns
|
3–3 (a)[D] | Medeama
|
3–1 | 0–2 |
- Notes
- ^ The CAF announced on 24 May 2016 that Mamelodi Sundowns won their Champions League second round tie on walkover after AS Vita Club were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in their preliminary round tie against Mafunzo.[13] Mamelodi Sundowns played in the Confederation Cup play-off round before they were reinstated to the Champions League.
