2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup

2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup

2019–20 Total CAF Confederation Cup
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	RS Berkane (1st title)
Runners-up	Pyramids
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	133 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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.

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]

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]

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.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Tunisia (1st – 154 pts)	CS Sfaxien	2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
	US Ben Guerdane	2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
Morocco (2nd – 153 pts)	Hassania Agadir	2018–19 Botola third place
	RS Berkane	2018 Moroccan Throne Cup winners[Note MAR]
Egypt (3rd – 120.5 pts)	Pyramids	2018–19 Egyptian Premier League third place
	Al-Masry	2018–19 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
Algeria (4th – 92 pts)	Paradou AC	2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
	CR Belouizdad	2018–19 Algerian Cup winners
DR Congo (5th – 87 pts)	DC Motema Pembe	2018–19 Linafoot third place
	AS Maniema Union	2019 Coupe du Congo DR winners
South Africa (6th – 76.5 pts)	Bidvest Wits	2018–19 South African Premier Division third place
	TS Galaxy	2018–19 Nedbank Cup winners
Zambia (7th – 40.5 pts)	Buildcon	2019 Zambia Super League third place
	Zanaco	2019 Zambia Super League fourth place
Sudan (8th – 35 pts)	Al-Ahly Shendi	2018–19 Sudan Premier League third place
	Al-Khartoum	2018–19 Sudan Premier League fourth place
Nigeria (9th – 32.5 pts)	Enugu Rangers	2019 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
	Niger Tornadoes	2019 Nigeria Federation Cup runners-up
Guinea (10th – 30 pts)	Santoba	2018–19 Guinée Championnat National third place
	CI Kamsar	2019 Guinée Coupe Nationale runners-up
Tanzania (12th – 18 pts)	Azam	2018–19 Tanzania FA Cup winners
	KMC	2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place

Associations eligible to enter one team

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Ivory Coast (13th – 15 pts)	FC San Pédro	2019 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winners
Kenya (14th – 14 pts)	Bandari	2019 FKF President's Cup winners
Congo (16th – 11.5 pts)	Étoile du Congo	2018–19 Congo Ligue 1 runners-up
Uganda (17th – 11 pts)	Proline	2019 Uganda Cup winners
Libya (18th – 10 pts)	Al-Ittihad	2018 Libyan Cup winners[Note LBY]
Ghana (19th – 9 pts)	Ashanti Gold	2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition Tier 2 winners
Rwanda (T-20th – 8 pts)	AS Kigali	2019 Rwandan Cup winners
Zimbabwe (T-20th – 8 pts)	Triangle United	2018 Cup of Zimbabwe winners
Eswatini (22nd – 7 pts)	Young Buffaloes	2019 Eswatini Cup winners
Ethiopia (23rd – 6 pts)	Fasil Kenema	2019 Ethiopian Cup winners
Botswana (T-24th – 4 pts)	Jwaneng Galaxy	2018–19 Mascom Top 8 Cup winners
Togo (T-24th – 4 pts)	Maranatha	2018–19 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
Cameroon (T-26th – 3 pts)	Stade Renard de Melong	2019 Cameroonian Cup winners
Mali (T-26th – 3 pts)	Djoliba	2018 Malian Cup runners-up[Note MLI]
Burkina Faso (28th – 2.5 pts)	Salitas	2018–19 Burkinabé Premier League runners-up
Gabon (29th – 1.5 pts)	AS Pélican	2019 Gabon Championnat National D1 runners-up
Benin	ESAE	2019 Benin Cup winners
Burundi	Rukinzo	2019 Burundian Cup runners-up
Chad	AS CotonTchad	2019 Chad Premier League runners-up
Djibouti	Arta/Solar7	2019 Djibouti Cup winners
Equatorial Guinea	Akonangui	2019 Equatoguinean Cup winners
Liberia	LISCR	2019 Liberian FA Cup winners
Madagascar	CNaPS Sport	2019 Coupe de Madagascar runners-up
Malawi	Masters Security	2018 Malawi Carlsberg Cup winners
Mauritania	ASC Snim	2019 Coupe du Président de la République winners
Mauritius	Bolton City	2019 Mauritian Cup winners
Niger	USGN	2019 Niger Cup runners-up
Seychelles	Saint Louis Suns United	2018–19 Seychelles FA Cup winners
Somalia	Mogadishu City	2018 Somalia Cup winners
South Sudan	Amarat United	2019 South Sudan National Cup winners
Zanzibar	Malindi	2019 Zanzibari Cup winners

A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 CAF Champions League enter the play-off round.

Losers of 2019–20 CAF Champions League first round

Al-Nasr	Horoya	ASC Kara	Enyimba
Gor Mahia	Cano Sport	Génération Foot	Asante Kotoko
KCCA	Côte d'Or	FC Nouadhibou	Elect-Sport
Young Africans	Songo	Green Eagles	Fosa Juniors

Notes

Associations which did not enter a team

Associations which did not enter a team initially, but had a team transferred from Champions League

Hassania Agadir

RS Berkane

CS Sfaxien

USBG

Pyramids

Al-Masry

Algiers

DCMP

Maniema U

Bidvest Wits

TS Galaxy

Buildcon

Zanaco

Green Eagles

Al-Ahly Shendi

Al-Khartoum

Enugu R

Tornadoes

Enyimba

Conakry

CI Kamsar

Dar es Salaam

San Pédro

Bandari

Gor Mahia

Songo

Étoile

Kampala

Al-Ittihad

Al-Nasr

Ashanti

Kigali

Triangle U

Young Buffaloes

Fasil Kenema

J Galaxy

Maranatha

Kara

Stade Renard

Djoliba

Salitas

Pélican

ESAE

Rukinzo

N'Djamena

Arta/Solar7

Akonangui

Cano Sport

LISCR

CNaPS Sport

Fosa Juniors

Masters S

Nouadhibou

Bolton City

USGN

Génération Foot

St. Louis Suns U

Côte d'Or

Mogadishu City

Amarat U

Malindi

Ashanti Region teams
Ashanti Gold
Asante Kotoko

N'Djamena teams
AS CotonTchad
Elect-Sport

Nouadhibou teams
ASC Snim
FC Nouadhibou

Dar es Salaam teams
Azam
KMC
Young Africans

Algiers teams
Paradou
CR Belouizdad

Conakry teams
Santoba
Horoya

Kampala teams
Proline
KCCA

class=notpageimage|

Location of teams of the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup.
Italics: Teams transferred from the 2019–20 CAF Champions League.
Red: Preliminary round; Green: First Round; Purple: Play-off Round;
Brown: Group A; Orange: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Blue: Group D.

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]

The draw for the preliminary round and first round was held on 21 July 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[19][20]

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, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).^[6]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Snim	0–7	ESAE	0–5	0–2
USGN	1–3	Al-Ittihad	1–1	0–2
Maranatha	3–0	LISCR	3–0	0–0
AS Pélican	2–2 (4–1 p)	AS Maniema Union	1–1	1–1
Paradou AC	3–1	CI Kamsar	3–0	0–1
Bolton City	3–2	Jwaneng Galaxy	3–1	0–1
Mogadishu City	0–1	Malindi	0–0	0–1
Akonangui	1–4	Ashanti Gold	1–1	0–3
Niger Tornadoes	4–5	Santoba	1–2	3–3
TS Galaxy	2–0	Saint Louis Suns United	1–0	1–0
Buildcon	1–2	Young Buffaloes	0–1	1–1
Arta/Solar7	1–4	Al-Khartoum	1–1	0–3
DC Motema Pembe	4–0	Stade Renard de Melong	2–0	2–0
AS Kigali	2–1	KMC	0–0	2–1
Proline	3–0	Masters Security	3–0	0–0
Bandari	1–1 (a)	Al-Ahly Shendi	0–0	1–1
US Ben Guerdane	5–1	Amarat United	5–1	0–0
Fasil Kenema	2–3	Azam	1–0	1–3
Triangle United	5–0	Rukinzo	5–0	0–0
Pyramids	5–1	Étoile du Congo	4–1	1–0
CR Belouizdad	4–0	AS CotonTchad	2–0	2–0

The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the play-off round, where they were joined by the 16 losers of the Champions League first round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ESAE	0–0 (3–2 p)	Salitas	0–0	0–0
Al-Ittihad	1–1 (a)	Hassania Agadir	1–1	0–0
Maranatha	2–3	Djoliba	1–2	1–1
AS Pélican	3–4	Enugu Rangers	2–1	1–3
Paradou AC	3–1	CS Sfaxien	3–1	0–0
Bolton City	1–5	Zanaco	1–2	0–3
Malindi	2–7	Al-Masry	1–4	1–3
Ashanti Gold	3–4	RS Berkane	3–2	0–2
Santoba	0–3	FC San Pédro	0–0	0–3
TS Galaxy	4–1	CNaPS Sport	1–0	3–1
Young Buffaloes	1–3	Bidvest Wits	1–0	0–3
Al-Khartoum	3–3 (1–3 p)	DC Motema Pembe	1–2	2–1
AS Kigali	2–3	Proline	1–1	1–2
Bandari	3–2	US Ben Guerdane	2–0	1–2
Azam	0–2	Triangle United	0–1	0–1
Pyramids	2–1	CR Belouizdad	1–1	1–0

The draw for the play-off round was held on 9 October 2019, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.^[21] The winners of the Confederation Cup first round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League first round, with the teams from the Confederation Cup hosting the second leg. The 16 winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Horoya	5–2	Bandari	4–2	1–0
Young Africans	1–5	Pyramids	1–2	0–3
Enyimba	4–1	TS Galaxy	2–0	2–1
Génération Foot	1–1 (3–4 p)	ESAE	0–1	1–0
Asante Kotoko	1–2	FC San Pédro	1–0	0–2
KCCA	1–4	Paradou AC	0–0	1–4
Gor Mahia	2–3	DC Motema Pembe	1–1	1–2
UD Songo	1–8	Bidvest Wits	1–2	0–6
Elect-Sport	0–5	Djoliba	0–1	0–4
Green Eagles	2–3	Hassania Agadir	1–1	1–2
Cano Sport	2–8	Zanaco	1–3	1–5
Fosa Juniors	2–5	RS Berkane	2–0	0–5
Côte d'Or	0–6	Al-Masry	0–4	0–2
ASC Kara	2–2 (a)	Enugu Rangers	2–1	0–1
FC Nouadhibou	4–3	Triangle United	2–0	2–3
Al-Nasr	4–2	Proline	2–2	2–0

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 November 2019, 12:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[22][23] The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off 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 in parentheses). Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.

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.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PYR	MAS	RAN	FCN
1	Pyramids	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	0–1	6–0
2	Al-Masry	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10			1–2	—	4–2	1–0
3	Enugu Rangers	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	6			1–3	1–1	—	1–1
4	FC Nouadhibou	6	0	2	4	3	12	−9	2			0–1	2–3	0–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HOR	NAS	DJO	BID
1	Horoya	6	4	2	0	8	1	+7	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	1–0	2–1
2	Al-Nasr	6	2	2	2	4	7	−3	8[a]			0–2	—	1–1	2–1
3	Djoliba	6	2	2	2	4	3	+1	8[a]			0–0	0–1	—	1–0
4	Bidvest Wits	6	0	2	4	2	7	−5	2			0–0	0–0	0–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSB	ZAN	DCM	ESA
1	RS Berkane	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	3–0	3–0
2	Zanaco	6	2	4	0	8	4	+4	10[a]			1–1	—	2–1	3–0
3	DC Motema Pembe	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10[a]			1–0	1–1	—	1–0
4	ESAE	6	0	1	5	1	14	−13	1			1–5	0–0	0–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HAS	ENY	PAC	SNP
1	Hassania Agadir	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	0–3	3–0
2	Enyimba	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10			1–1	—	4–1	1–0
3	Paradou AC	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8			0–2	1–0	—	0–0
4	FC San Pédro	6	0	3	3	3	10	−7	3			1–1	2–5	0–0	—

In the knockout stage, the quarter-finals were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was not played and the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out.

The semi-finals were originally to be played over two legs, but were played as single matches after the format change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was also not to be played and the winners would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.^[6]

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 could 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.

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 February 2020, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.^[24][25]

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Zanaco	0	1	1
	Pyramids	3	0	3
							Pyramids			2
							Horoya			0
	Enyimba	1	0	1
	Horoya	1	2	3
													Pyramids			0
													RS Berkane			1
	Al-Masry	2	0	2
	RS Berkane	2	1	3
							RS Berkane			2
							Hassania Agadir			1
	Al-Nasr	0	0	0
	Hassania Agadir	5	2	7

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zanaco	1–3	Pyramids	0–3	1–0
Al-Nasr	0–7	Hassania Agadir	0–5	0–2
Al-Masry	2–3	RS Berkane	2–2	0–1
Enyimba	1–3	Horoya	1–1	0–2

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, all semi-final matches, originally scheduled for 1–2 May (first legs) and 8–9 May 2020 (second legs), were postponed until further notice.^[14] The matches were later rescheduled as single matches in Morocco for 19–20 October 2020, at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat and Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca.^[18]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Pyramids	2–0	Horoya
RS Berkane	2–1	Hassania Agadir

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final, originally scheduled for 24 May 2020, 19:00 GMT, at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco, was postponed until further notice.^[26][15] The final was later rescheduled for 25 October 2020.^[18]

25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Pyramids	0–1	RS Berkane
	Report	Dayo 15'

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	QF1	QF2	SF	F	Total[27]
1	Karim El Berkaoui	Hassania Agadir	1			3			3	1			8
2	Stanley Dimgba	Enyimba				3		1					4
	Mohamed Farouk	Pyramids	1	2					1
4	Alaedine Ajaray	RS Berkane					3						3
	Austin Amutu	Al-Masry	2	1
	John Antwi	Pyramids		1	1			1
	Mohamed Aziz	RS Berkane					1				2
	Malick Cissé	Hassania Agadir	1						2
	Boniface Haba	Horoya					1	1	1
	Rodgers Kola	Zanaco				2				1
	Vinny Kombe	DC Motema Pembe		2			1
	Hamdi Laachir	RS Berkane	1		1		1
	Victor Mbaoma	Enyimba				1		2
	Augustine Oladapo	Enyimba					1	1	1
	Eric Traoré	Pyramids		2		1

• 2019–20 CAF Champions League
• 2020–21 CAF Super Cup

• Total CAF Confederation Cup, CAFonline.com
  • CAF Total Confederation Cup 2019/20