2006 CAF Confederation Cup

2006 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 February – 2 December
Teams58
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia ES Sahel (1st title)
Runners-upMorocco FAR Rabat
Tournament statistics
Matches played110
Goals scored260 (2.36 per match)
Top scorerAngola Manucho (8 goals)
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The 2006 CAF Confederation Cup was the third edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. It started with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) that was played in February and March 2006. Étoile Sahel of Tunisia beat FAR Rabat of Morocco in the final. The final was marred by a skirmish when FAR Rabat attacked the referee and his linesman after having a late goal ruled out.[1]

Pre Cup Events

Before the cup, Morocco and South Africa offered to host the cup. Due to the uncertainty of hosting the cup in African terrain where there were ongoing conflicts at the time they did not host the cup.[2]

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

1st legs played 17–19 February 2006 and 2nd legs played 3–5 March 2006.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASC Entente Mauritaniaw/o1Algeria ASO Chlef——
Sahel SC Niger2–4Ivory Coast Séwé Sports1–11–3
ES Zarzis Tunisia2–0Burkina Faso US Ouagadougou2–00–0
Akonangui FC Equatorial Guinea0–0 (5–4 p)Cameroon Impôts FC0–00–0
TP USCA Bangui Central African Republic1–5Cameroon Les Astres FC1–30–2
Tourbillon FC Chad3–5Republic of the Congo CSMD Diables Noirs2–21–3
Bakau United The Gambiaw/o1Ivory Coast JC Abidjan——
Al-Akhdar Libya1–4Egypt Haras El Hodood1–00–4
Rayon Sport Rwanda2–0Ethiopia Awassa City FC1–01–0
Mighty Blackpool Sierra Leone2–3Senegal ASC CS Sucrière2–10–2
World Hope Kenya1–2Uganda Uganda Revenue Authority SC1–10–1
Dynamic Togolais Togo0–5Mali AS Bamako0–00–5
AS Kabasha Democratic Republic of the Congo0–2Gabon Sogéa FC0–00–2
Super Magic Brothers Seychelles0–3Botswana Township Rollers0–20–1
ZESCO United Zambia4–0Mauritius Pointe aux Sables Mates3–01–0
Ferroviário da Beira Mozambique2–1Comoros Élan Club2–1n/p2
JKU SC Zanzibar1–2Madagascar USJF Ravinala0–01–2
Moro United Tanzaniabye3

1 ASC Entente and Bakau United FC withdrew.
2 The tie between Ferroviário da Beira and Élan Club was played over one leg only by mutual consent.
3 Moro United were drawn against the representatives of Zimbabwe, but the Zimbabwean FA were unable to send a team as their cup winners and league runners-up, Masvingo United, were suspended from CAF competition.

First round

1st legs played 17–19 March 2006 and 2nd legs played 31 March -2 April 2006.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASO Chlef Algeria0–1Senegal AS Douanes0–00–1
Séwé Sports Ivory Coast2–3Algeria NA Hussein Dey1–01–3
ES Zarzis Tunisia1–6Morocco Olympique Khouribga1–00–6
Akonangui FC Equatorial Guinea1–1 (5–6 p)Nigeria Lobi Stars1–00–1
Les Astres FC Cameroon2–3Angola Petro Atlético1–22–2
CSMD Diables Noirs Republic of the Congo2–3Ghana Berekum Arsenal2–10–2
JC Abidjan Ivory Coast0–2Nigeria Heartland F.C.0–00–2
Haras El Hodood Egypt7–0Guinea AS Kaloum Star6–00–1
Rayon Sport Rwanda1–3Egypt Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary1–00–3
ASC CS Sucrière Senegal0–4Tunisia Espérance0–10–3
Uganda Revenue Authority SC Uganda2–3Sudan Al-Merrikh2–10–2
AS Bamako Mali1–0Ghana King Faisal Babes1–00–0
Sogéa FC Gabon1–2Angola Interclube1–00–2
ZESCO United Zambia2–3Botswana Township Rollers2–10–2
Moro United Tanzaniaawd1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe——
USJF Ravinala Madagascar0–0 (4–3 p)Mozambique Ferroviário da Beira0–00–0

1 TP Mazembe was disqualified for showing up late for the 1st leg due to transportation problems.

Second round

1st legs played 21–23 April 2006 and 2nd legs played 5–7 May 2006.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
NA Hussein Dey Algeria3–1Senegal AS Douanes2–01–1
Lobi Stars Nigeria2–3Morocco Olympique Khouribga1–11–2
Berekum Arsenal Ghana0–2Angola Petro Atlético0–00–2
Haras El Hodood Egypt2–3Nigeria Heartland F.C.0–02–3
Espérance Tunisia1–1 (4–3 p)Egypt Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary1–00–1
AS Bamako Mali3–3 (2–3 p)Sudan Al-Merrikh3–00–3
Township Rollers Botswana1–2Angola Interclube1–10–1
USJF Ravinala Madagascar2–5Tanzania Moro United1–21–3

Play-off round

The 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage.
1st legs played 14-July 16, 2006 and 2nd legs played 28-July 30, 2006.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
USCA Foot Madagascar0–1Angola Interclube0–00–1
Renacimiento FC Equatorial Guinea5–4Nigeria Heartland F.C.5–00–4
Étoile Sahel Tunisia7–1Tanzania Moro United4–13–0
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo3–2Sudan Al-Merrikh2–01–2
ASC Port Autonome Senegal0–2Angola Petro Atlético0–10–1
FAR Rabat Morocco2–1Algeria NA Hussein Dey2–00–1
Al Hilal Omdurman Sudan1–2Morocco Olympique Khouribga0–01–2
Raja Casablanca Morocco0–2Tunisia Espérance0–00–2

Group stage

The Group Stage matches were played between August and October 2006.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Morocco FAR Rabat136411954Final
Morocco Olympique Khouribga106312642
Angola Petro Atlético862221073
Angola GD Interclube36105312-9

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Tunisia Étoile Sahel18660015312Final
Tunisia Espérance862221073
Democratic Republic of the Congo FC Saint Eloi Lupopo46114812-4
Equatorial Guinea Renacimiento FC46114617-11

Knockout stage

Final

The 1st leg was played on November 18 and the 2nd leg on December 2.

FAR Rabat Morocco1–1Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
  • El Bahri 72'
Referee: Ahmed Ouda (Egypt)
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia0–0Morocco FAR Rabat

Étoile du Sahel won on away goal after 1–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1Angola ManuchoAngola Petro Atlético8
2Morocco Abdessamad RafikMorocco Olympique Khouribga7
3Nigeria Emeka OparaTunisia Étoile du Sahel6
4Egypt Abdul-Hamid BassiounyEgypt Haras El Hodoud5
Morocco Jawad OuaddouchMorocco FAR Rabat5
6Egypt Ahmed Abdel-GhaniEgypt Haras El Hodoud4
Equatorial Guinea El Hadji Ibrahim TouréEquatorial Guinea Renacimiento FC4
Morocco Samir FellahMorocco Olympique Khouribga4

References

  1. ^ CAF to investigate Confederation Cup final incident, sports.filbalad.com, 4 December 2006
  2. ^ "tandfonline".
  • Official Site
  • Confederation Cup 2006 - rsssf.com
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