CAF Champions League 2015

CAF Champions League 2015
CAF Champions League 2015
Tournament Data
Dates	February 7 - November 8, 2015
Number of teams	57; 8 (group stage)
Final arrangement
Winner	TP Mazembe; (5th title)
Finalist	USM Algeria

CAF Champions League 2015 - 51st draw of the main club football tournament of the CAF and 19th under the name CAF Champions League (the original name of the current draw is the 2015 Orange CAF Champions League ). The winner will play at the Club World Cup 2015 and the CAF Super Cup 2016 . The current winner of the tournament is the Algerian EU Setif .

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Format and participants

At the qualification stage, the tournament will be held in three stages according to the playoff system . The winners of the qualification round will enter the group stage, the losers will go to the Confederation Cup . At the group stage, 8 teams will be divided into 2 groups, the games will be held in 2 circles of three rounds (playing at home / away game). 2 best teams from each group will reach the semifinals. The final will consist of two matches. Twelve countries entitled to delegate two clubs at once are determined on the basis of the CAF rating for the five-year period from 2009 to 2013.

List of Participants

Teams marked in bold do not start from the preliminary, but from 1 round.

A country	Club	Qualified as
Associations providing 2 members (position 1-12 in the CAF rating)
Tunisia	Esperance	Tunisia Champion 2013/2014
Tunisia	Sfaxien	2nd place in the championship of Tunisia 2013/2014
Egypt	Al ahly	Champion of Egypt 2013/2014
Egypt	Smukha	2nd place in the championship of Egypt 2013/2014
DR Congo	TP Mazembe	Champion DR Congo 2013/2014
DR Congo	Sanga Balende	2nd place in the DR Congo championship 2013/2014
Morocco	Maghrib Tetuan	Champion of Morocco 2013/2014
Morocco	Raja Casablanca	2nd place in the championship of Morocco 2013/2014
Nigeria	Kano Pillars	Champion of Nigeria 2014
Nigeria	Enimba	2nd place in the championship of Nigeria 2014
Sudan	Al-hilal	Champion of Sudan 2014
Sudan	Al merreich	2nd place in Sudan Championship 2014
Algeria	USM Algeria	Champion of Algeria 2013/2014
	EU Setif	2014 CAF Champions League Winner 3rd place in the championship of Algeria 2013/2014
	El Eulma	4th place in the championship of Algeria 2013/2014
Mali	Stud Mallen	Champion of Mali 2013/2014
Mali	Stud Olympic Bamako	2nd place in the championship of Mali 2013/2014
Cameroon	Coton Sport	Champion of Cameroon 2014
Cameroon	Cosmos de Bafia	2nd place in the Cameroon Championship 2014
Republic of the Congo	Leopards	Champion Congo 2014
Republic of the Congo	Diable Noir	2nd place in the Congo Championship 2014
South Africa	Mamelody Sandowns	Champion of South Africa 2013/2014
South Africa	Kaiser Chiefs	2nd place in the championship of South Africa 2013/2014
Angola	Recreation do Libolo	Champion of Angola 2014
Angola	Kabushcorp	2nd place in the championship of Angola 2014
Associations providing 1 member (positions after 12)
Cote d'Ivoire	Seve Sports	Champion of Cote d'Ivoire 2013/2014
Ghana	Asante Kotoko	Ghana Champion 2013/2014
Ethiopia	St george	Champion of Ethiopia 2013/2014
Libya	Al ahly	Group Winner In the Libyan Premier League 2013/2014
Zambia	ZESKO United	Champion of Zambia 2014
Niger	AU ZHNN	Champion of Niger 2013/2014
Benin	Buffle du Borgo	Champion of Benin 2013/2014
Botswana	Township Rollers	Champion of Botswana 2013/2014
Burkina Faso	Etoile Filant	Burkina Faso Champion 2014
Burundi	LLB Academic	Burundi Champion 2013/2014
Gabon	Mangasport	Champion of Gabon 2013/2014
Gambia	Real de Banjul	Gambia Champion 2014
Guinea	Calum	Guinea Champion 2013/2014
Zanzibar	KMKM	Zanzibar Champion 2014
Kenya	Mountains mahia	Kenya Champion 2014
Comoros	Fomboni Love	Champion of Comoros 2014
Lesotho	Bantu	Champion Lesotho 2013/2014
Liberia	Barack Young Controllers	Champion of Liberia 2014
Madagascar	KnaPS Sport	Champion of Madagascar 2014
Malawi	Big balllets	Malawi Champion 2014
Mozambique	Muslim League	Champion of Mozambique 2014
Rwanda	APR	Champion of Rwanda 2013/2014
Esvatini	Mbabane Swallowse	Champion of Swaziland 2013/2014
Seychelles	Saint michael	Champion Seychelles 2014
Senegal	AS Pikin	Champion of Senegal 2013/2014
Sierra leone	East and Lyons	Champion Sierra Leone 2014
Tanzania	Azam	Champion of Tanzania 2013/2014
Togo	Semashi	Champion Togo 2014
Uganda	Kampala City Coonsil	Uganda Champion 2013/2014
Chad	Fulla Edifis	Champion of Chad 2014
Equatorial Guinea	Al Nguyema	Champion Equatorial Guinea 2014
South Sudan	Malakia	Champion of South Sudan 2014

Notes

↑ ALJ: The Kabilia Club, which took 2nd place in the Algerian championship 2013/2014, was disqualified by the CAF for 2 years due to the death of Albert Ebosse during a home match with USM Algeria . His place was taken by the club El Eulma .

The football federations did not set up teams to participate in the tournament:

Guinea bissau
Djibouti
Zimbabwe
Cape Verde
Mauritius
Mauritania
Namibia
Reunion
Sao Tome and Principe
Somalia
CAR
Eritrea

Game Schedule

Phase	Round	First matches	Second matches
Qualification	Preliminary round	February 13 - 15, 2015	February 27 - March 1, 2015
	First round	March 13 - 15, 2015	April 3 - 5, 2015
	Second round	April 17 - 19, 2015	May 1 - 3, 2015
Group stage	Day 1	June 26 - 28, 2015
	Day 2	July 10 - 12, 2015
	Day 3	July 24 - 26, 2015
	Day 4	August 7 - 9, 2015
	Day 5	August 21 - 23, 2015
	Day 6	September 11 - 13, 2015
Playoff stage	Semifinals	September 25 - 27, 2015	October 2 - 4, 2015
Playoff stage	The final	October 30 - November 1, 2015	November 6 - 8, 2015

Qualification

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Total	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
Mbabane Swallowse	1: 2	ZESKO United	1: 1	0: 1
Seve Sports	2: 3	Calum	1: 2	1: 1
USM Algeria	4: 3	Fulla Edifis	3-0	1: 3
AS Pikin	1-0	Etoile Filant	1-0	0: 0
Al-hilal	2: 1	KMKM	2-0	0: 1
Fomboni Love	2: 3	Big balllets	0: 1	2: 2
Recreation do Libolo	3: 3 ( Guards )	Sanga Balende	3: 1	0: 2
Kampala City Coonsil	1: 3	Cosmos de Bafia	1-0	0: 3
Azam	2: 3	Al merreich	2-0	0: 3
LLB Academic	0: 1	Kabushcorp	0: 0	0: 1
Al Nguyema	1: 2	Semassi	1: 1	0: 1
El Eulma	2: 2 ( Guards )	St george	1-0	1: 2
East and Lyons	renouncement	Asante Kotoko	-	-
Enimba	4-0	Buffle du Borgo	3-0	1-0
Al Ahly Tripoli	1: 1 ( p. 3: 5)	Smukha	1-0	0: 1
Mountains mahia	3: 3 ( Guards )	KnaPS Sport	1-0	2: 3
Muslim League	1: 2	APR	0: 0	1: 2
Olympic de Bamako	2: 3	Maghrib Tetuan	2-0	0: 3
Malakia	0: 5	Kano Pillars	0: 2	0: 3
Real de Banjul	2: 1	Barack Young Controllers	1: 1	1-0
Kaiser Chiefs	3: 1	Township Rollers	2: 1	1-0
Raja Casablanca	6: 2	Diable Noir	4-0	2: 2
Saint michael	1: 4	Mamelody Sandowns	1: 1	0: 3
Mangasport	1-0	Bantu	1-0	0: 0
Stud Mallen	1: 1 ( Guards )	AU ZHNN	0: 0	1: 1

Round One

Team 1	Total	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
ZESKO United	2: 3	Calum	1: 1	1: 2
USM Algeria	6: 2	AS Pikin	5: 1	1: 1
Al-hilal	5: 1	Big balllets	1: 1	4-0
Coton Sport	0: 2	Sanga Balende	0: 2	0: 0
Cosmos de Bafia	1: 4	Esperance	0: 1	1: 3
Al merreich	3: 2	Kabushcorp	2-0	1: 2
Semassi	0: 6	Sfaxien	0: 5	0: 1
El Eulma	2: 1	Asante Kotoko	0: 0	2: 1
Enimba	1: 2	Smukha	1-0	0: 2
Mountains mahia	0: 2	Leopards	0: 1	0: 1
APR	0: 4	Al ahly	0: 2	0: 2
Maghrib Tetuan	5: 2	Kano Pillars	4-0	1: 2
EU Setif	3: 1	Real de Banjul	2-0	1: 1
Kaiser Chiefs	0: 3	Raja Casablanca	0: 2	0: 1
Mamelody Sandowns	2: 3	TP Mazembe	1-0	1: 3
Mangasport	2: 5	Stud Mallen	1: 2	1: 3

Round Two

Team 1	Total	Team 2	1st match	2nd match
USM Algeria	3: 2	Calum	2: 1	1: 1
Sanga Balende	0: 2	Al-hilal	0: 1	0: 1
Al merreich	2: 2 ( Guards )	Esperance	1-0	1: 2
El Eulma	2: 1	Sfaxien	1-0	1: 1
Leopards	1: 2	Smukha	1-0	0: 2
Maghrib Tetuan	2: 1	Al ahly	1-0	1: 1
Raja Casablanca	4: 5	EU Setif	2: 2	2: 3
Stud Mallen	3: 4	TP Mazembe	2: 2	1: 2

Group Stage

Group Stage Rules

The winners of the second round are divided into 2 groups and play in a circular system in 2 circles. The teams that won the first two places go to the semifinals. The team gets 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. In case of equality of points, the following criteria apply:

The number of points scored by teams in personal meetings
The difference between goals scored and goals conceded in personal meetings
Goals scored in away matches
Goal difference in all matches
Number of goals scored in all matches

Group A

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	Balls	±	ABOUT
one	TP Mazembe	6	3	2	one	eight - one	+7	eleven
2	Al-hilal	6	2	3	one	five - 3	+2	9
3	Maghrib Tetuan	6	2	2	2	6 - ten	−4	eight
four	Smukha	6	one	one	four	five - ten	−5	four

And - games, B - wins, N - draws, P - losses, Goals - goals scored and goals conceded, ± - goal difference, O - points

	SMU	MAG	MAZ	Hil
Smukha	-	3–2	0–2	1–1
Maghrib Tetuan	2–1	-	0–0	1–1
TP Mazembe	1–0	5–0	-	0–0
Al-hilal	2–0	0–1	1–0	-

Group B

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	Balls	±	ABOUT
one	USM Algeria	6	five	0	one	9 - 3	+6	15
2	Al merreich	6	four	one	one	9 - four	+5	13
3	EU Setif	6	one	2	3	five - ten	−5	five
four	El Eulma	6	0	one	five	five - eleven	−6	one

And - games, B - wins, N - draws, P - losses, Goals - goals scored and goals conceded, ± - goal difference, O - points

	SET	ALJ	MER	Eul
EU Setif	-	1-2	1–1	2–2
USM Algeria	3–0	-	1–0	2–1
Al merreich	2–0	1–0	-	2–0
El Eulma	0–1	0–1	2-3	-

Semifinals

First Semifinal

The first match

September 27, 2015

Al merreich	2: 1 (1: 0)	TP Mazembe
Francis Coffey 41 ' Bakri Al Madinah 80 '	Goals	Thomas Ulimwengu 77 '

Al Merreich , Omdurman
Judge: Neant Alium

Second leg

October 4, 2015

TP Mazembe	3: 0 (0: 0)	Al merreich
Mbwana Samatta 53 ' , 69 ' Roger Assale 71 '	Goals

“ Stad du TP Mazembe ”, Lubumbashi
Judge: Eric Otogo Castane

Second Semifinal

The first match

September 28, 2015

Al-hilal	1: 2 (1: 1)	USM Algeria
Mudater el tahir 2 '	Goals	Mohamed Audia 13' Karim Baitheche 67 '

Al-Hilal , Omdurman
Judge: Jenny sikazve

Second leg

October 4, 2015

USM Algeria

0: 0

Al-hilal

Omar Hamadi , Algeria
Judge: Victor Gomez

Final

The first match

November 1, 2015

USM Algeria	1: 2 (0: 1)	TP Mazembe
Mohamed Seger 88 '	Goals	Rainford calaba 27 ' Mbwana Samatta 79 ' (pen.)

Omar Hamadi , Algeria
Judge: Gead Grisha

Second leg

November 8, 2015

TP Mazembe	2: 0 (0: 0)	USM Algeria
Mbwana Samatta 74 ' (pen.) Roger Assale 90 + 5 '	Goals

“ Stad du TP Mazembe ”, Lubumbashi
Judge: Bakari Gassama

CAF Champions League Winner 2015

TP Mazembe 5th title

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CAF Champions League 2015

Content

Format and participants

List of Participants

Game Schedule

Qualification

Preliminary Round

Round One

Round Two

Group Stage

Group Stage Rules

Group A

Group B

Semifinals

First Semifinal

Second Semifinal

Final

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