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 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|
 Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers, Algeria hosted the final. | |
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualifying: 9 September – 9 November 2022 Competition proper: 12 February – 3 June 2023 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 50+16 (from 39 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  USM Alger (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Young Africans |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 62 |
| Goals scored | 147 (2.37 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Fiston Mayele(7 goals) |
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
(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
editAll 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
editThe following 50 teams from 39 associations entered the competition.
- Teams in bold received a bye to the second round.
- The other teams entered the first round.
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 which did not enter a team
Notes:
- ^ 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
edit| 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
editThe 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
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | 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:
Second round
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
editThe 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. | 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
edit
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.
| Tiebreakers |
|---|
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):
|
Group A
edit| 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 | — |
Notes:
Group B
edit| 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 | — |
Group C
edit| 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] | — |
Notes:
- ^ Awarded
- ^ 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
- ^ Awarded
- ^ Awarded
- ^ Awarded
Group D
edit| 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 | — |
Notes:
Knockout stage
editThe 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
editThe 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
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
edit| Team 1 | Agg. | 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
editThe first leg was played on 28 May, and the second leg was played on 3 June 2023.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Africans
|
2–2 (a) | USM Alger
|
1–2 | 1–0 |
| Young Africans | 1–2 | USM Alger |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
| USM Alger | 0–1 | Young Africans |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
2–2 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.
Top goalscorers
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
- ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
- ^ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
- ^ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
- ^ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "The new CAF interclub season is on!". CAF. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "2022-23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup First Preliminary Round - First Leg Fixtures & Results". CAF. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ ""CC Fixtures - 1st & 2nd Round"" (PDF). CAF. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "Botswana's Security Systems withdraws from 2022/23 Caf Confederation Cup". Footy Ghana. 24 August 2022.
- ^ "2022-23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup First Preliminary Round - Second Leg Fixtures & Results". CAF Online. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "New date confirmed for TotalEnergies CAF Interclubs group stage draw". CAFOnline.com. 24 November 2022.
- ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Quarterfinals Draw to be conducted on 05 April". CAF. 29 March 2023.