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 hosted the podium where USM Alger lifted the trophy
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 Kalala Mayele
(7 goals)

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

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

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
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
Main article: 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

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

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kwara United Nigeria 3–0 Niger Douanes de Niamey 3–0 0–0
LISCR Liberia 1–3 Ivory Coast Gagnoa 0–0 1–3
Milo Guinea 2–4 Togo ASC Kara 2–1 0–3
Douanes de Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 0–0 (1–3 p) Mali Real Bamako 0–0 0–0
Hilal Alsahil Sudan 2–2 (a) Tanzania Geita Gold 1–0 1–2
Fasil Kenema Ethiopia 3–1 Burundi Bumamuru 3–0 0–1
ASAS Télécom Djibouti 0–1 Rwanda Kigali 0–0 0–1
Al Hilal Wau South Sudan 2–2 (3–4 p) Zanzibar Kipanga 1–1 1–1
Al Akhdar Libya 3–0 Sudan Al Ahli Khartoum 3–0 0–0
Mbabane Highlanders Eswatini 0–2 South Africa Royal AM 0–0 0–2
Security Systems Botswana w/o[upper-alpha 1] Democratic Republic of the Congo Saint-Éloi Lupopo — —
St Michel United Seychelles w/o[upper-alpha 2] Equatorial Guinea Inter de Litoral Academy — —
AS Santé d’Abéché Chad 1–3 Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira 1–2 0–1
PWD Bamenda Cameroon 1–2 Madagascar Elgeco Plus 1–1 0–1
ASFAR Morocco 2–1 Nigeria Remo Stars 1–1 1–0
Ashanti Golden Boys Guinea 2–1 Mauritania Nouakchott Kings 2–0 0–1
Buffles du Borgou Benin 0–4 Sierra Leone Kallon 0–1 0–3
Bul Uganda 0–1 Egypt 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
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kwara United Nigeria 3–3 (a) Morocco RS Berkane 3–1 0–2
Gagnoa Ivory Coast 1–0 Algeria JS Saoura 1–0 0–0
ASC Kara Togo 1–4 Algeria USM Alger 0–2 1–2
Real Bamako Mali 3–1 Ghana Hearts of Oak 3–0 0–1
Hilal Alsahil Sudan 0–9 Egypt Pyramids 0–2 0–7
Fasil Kenema Ethiopia 0–1 Tunisia Club Sfaxien 0–0 0–1
Kigali Rwanda 0–1 Libya Al Nasr 0–0 0–1
Kipanga Zanzibar 0–7 Tunisia Club Africain 0–0 0–7
Al Akhdar Libya 3–2 Tanzania Azam 3–0 0–2
Royal AM South Africa 1–1 (a) Zambia ZESCO United 0–0 1–1
Saint-Éloi Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–0 Angola Sagrada Esperança 2–0 0–0
St Michel United Seychelles 1–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe 1–0 0–2
Ferroviário da Beira Mozambique 2–4 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 2–1 0–3
Elgeco Plus Madagascar 1–4 South Africa Marumo Gallants 1–3 0–1
ASFAR Morocco 5–0 Guinea Ashanti Golden Boys 4–0 1–0
Kallon Sierra Leone 0–6 Egypt Future 0–2 0–4

Playoff round

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 Burkina Faso 0–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Saint-Éloi Lupopo 0–1 0–1
Royal Leopards Eswatini 2–4 Mali Real Bamako 1–1 1–3
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–0 South Africa Royal AM 2–0 1–0
1º de Agosto Angola 2–2 (2–3 p) Egypt Future 1–1 1–1
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 5–2 Ivory Coast Gagnoa 2–0 3–2
Djoliba Mali 0–4 Morocco ASFAR 0–0 0–4
Al Ahli Tripoli Libya 1–3 South Africa Marumo Gallants 1–0 0–3
ASKO Kara Togo 2–1 Tunisia Club Sfaxien 2–1 0–0
Young Africans Tanzania 1–0 Tunisia Club Africain 0–0 1–0
Flambeau du Centre Burundi 1–4 Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe 0–2 1–2
Rivers United Nigeria 6–1 Libya Al Nasr 5–0 1–1
Union Monastirienne Tunisia 1–0 Morocco RS Berkane 1–0 0–0
Cape Town City South Africa 0–1 Algeria USM Alger 0–0 0–1
ASN Nigelec Niger 1–3 Egypt Pyramids 1–0 0–3
La Passe Seychelles 2–6 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 0–2 2–4
Plateau United Nigeria 4–4 (a) Libya Al Akhdar 4–1 0–3

Group stage
Main article: 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG USM LUP AKH
1 South Africa Marumo Gallants 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 3–2 4–1
2 Algeria USM Alger 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–0 — 3–0 4–1
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo Saint-Éloi Lupopo 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
4 Libya Al Akhdar 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5[lower-alpha 1] 4–1 1–1 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Saint-Éloi Lupopo 4, Al Akhdar 1

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

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAR PFC ASK FUT
1 Morocco ASFAR 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 5–1 2–0
2 Egypt Pyramids 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–2 — 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 1]
3 Togo ASKO Kara 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4[lower-alpha 2] 1–1 1–4 — 0–3[lower-alpha 3]
4 Egypt Future 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4[lower-alpha 2] 0–3[lower-alpha 4] 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 5] —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. Awarded
  2. 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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification YNG USM ASR TPM
1 Tanzania Young Africans 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 2–0 3–1
2 Tunisia Union Monastirienne 6 4 1 1 8 4 +4 13[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 — 2–1 1–0
3 Mali Real Bamako 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 1–1 1–1 — 2–1
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 1 0 5 5 10 −5 3 0–1 0–2 3–1 —
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. Overall goal difference: Young Africans +5, Union Monastirienne +4

Knockout stage
Main article: 2022–23 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 South Africa Marumo Gallants Algeria USM Alger
B Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas Nigeria Rivers United
C Morocco ASFAR Egypt Pyramids
D Tanzania Young Africans Tunisia Union Monastirienne

Bracket

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
            
Nigeria Rivers United 0 0 0
Tanzania Young Africans 2 0 2
Tanzania Young Africans 2 2 4
South Africa Marumo Gallants 0 1 1
Egypt Pyramids 1 0 1
South Africa Marumo Gallants 1 1 2
Tanzania Young Africans 1 1 2
Algeria USM Alger (a) 2 0 2
Tunisia Union Monastirienne 0 0 0
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0 2 2
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0 0 0
Algeria USM Alger 0 2 2
Algeria USM Alger 2 2 4
Morocco ASFAR 0 3 3

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Pyramids Egypt 1–2 South Africa Marumo Gallants 1–1 0–1
Union Monastirienne Tunisia 0–2 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–2
USM Alger Algeria 4–3 Morocco ASFAR 2–0 2–3
Rivers United Nigeria 0–2 Tanzania Young Africans 0–2 0–0

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Africans Tanzania 4–1 South Africa Marumo Gallants 2–0 2–1
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 0–2 Algeria USM Alger 0–0 0–2

Final
Main article: 2023 CAF Confederation Cup final

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 Tanzania 2–2 (a) Algeria USM Alger 1–2 1–0


Young Africans Tanzania1–2Algeria USM Alger
  • Mayele 82'
 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
USM Alger Algeria0–1Tanzania Young Africans
Report
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

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

Top goalscorers
  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo Fiston Kalala Mayele Tanzania Young Africans 111211 7
2 South Africa Ranga Chivaviro South Africa Marumo Gallants 21111 6
3 Ghana Paul Acquah Nigeria Rivers United 13 4
Ivory Coast Aubin Kramo Kouamé Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 112
Algeria Khaled Bousseliou Algeria USM Alger 211
6 Mali Boubacar Traoré Tunisia Union Monastirienne 111 3
Egypt Mostafa Fathi Egypt Pyramids 12
Democratic Republic of the Congo Malanga Horso Mwaku Democratic Republic of the Congo Saint-Éloi Lupopo 111
Algeria Zineddine Belaïd Algeria USM Alger 111
Cape Verde Diney Morocco ASFAR 111
Zambia Kennedy Musonda Tanzania Young Africans 111

See also

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