2016 CAF Champions League
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The 2016 CAF Champions League (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 52nd edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 20th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.
Mamelodi Sundowns defeated Zamalek in the final to win their first CAF Champions League title, and qualified as the CAF representative at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan, their first appearance in the FIFA Club World Cup, and also earned the right to play against the winners of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2017 CAF Super Cup. TP Mazembe were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the second round. As of 2023, this is the most recent edition of the tournament won by a team from a non-Arab country.
Association team allocation
All 56 CAF member associations might enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament – although this level had never been reached.
For the 2016 CAF Champions League, the CAF used the 2010–2014 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:
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 5 points | 4 points |
| Runner-up | 4 points | 3 points |
| Losing semi-finalists | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd place in groups | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th place in groups | 1 point | 1 point |
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
- 2014 – 5
- 2013 – 4
- 2012 – 3
- 2011 – 2
- 2010 – 1
Teams
The following 55 teams from 43 associations entered the competition.
Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.
Associations are shown according to their 2010–2014 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
| Benin Benin Cape Verde Cape Verde Central African Republic Central African Republic Djibouti Djibouti Eritrea Eritrea Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Malawi Malawi Mauritania Mauritania Namibia Namibia Réunion Réunion Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Somalia Somalia Togo Togo |
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. For the first time, some rounds of matches were officially scheduled in midweek (in italics) instead of on weekends.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 11 December 2015 (Dakar, Senegal) | 12–14 February 2016 | 26–28 February 2016 |
| First round | 11–13 March 2016 | 18–20 March 2016 | ||
| Second round | 8–10 April 2016 | 19–20 April 2016 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 24 May 2016 (Cairo, Egypt) | 17–19 June 2016 | |
| Matchday 2 | 28–29 June 2016 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 15–17 July 2016 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 26–27 July 2016 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 12–14 August 2016 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 23–24 August 2016 | |||
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 16–18 September 2016 | 23–25 September 2016 | |
| Final | 14–16 October 2016 | 21–23 October 2016 |
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.
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 would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).
Preliminary round
Notes
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2–1 | Mozambique Ferroviário Maputo | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa | 3–1 | Republic of the Congo AC Léopards | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Warri Wolves Nigeria | 0–2 | Sudan Al-Merrikh | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Étoile du Congo Republic of the Congo | 3–5 | Algeria ES Sétif | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| Wydad AC Morocco | 6–3 | Madagascar CNaPS Sport | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Saint George Ethiopia | 2–3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Enyimba Nigeria | 6–3 | Burundi Vital'O | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Olympique Khouribga Morocco | 1–3 | Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Stade Malien Mali | 2–1 | Cameroon Coton Sport | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| ZESCO United Zambia | 4–3 | Guinea Horoya | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| APR Rwanda | 2–3 | Tanzania Young Africans | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Recreativo do Libolo Angola | 0–2 | Egypt Al-Ahly | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Kaizer Chiefs South Africa | 0–1 | Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya | 2–2 (a) | Sudan Al-Hilal | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Union Douala Cameroon | 0–3 | Egypt Zamalek | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Club Africain Tunisia | 1–2 | Algeria MO Béjaïa | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2–2 (a) d/q; w/o | South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Merrikh Sudan | 2–2 (a) | Algeria ES Sétif | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Wydad AC Morocco | 3–1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Enyimba Nigeria | 3–3 (4–3 p) | Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Stade Malien Mali | 2–5 | Zambia ZESCO United | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Young Africans Tanzania | 2–3 | Egypt Al-Ahly | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast | 3–2 | Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Zamalek Egypt | 3–1 | Algeria MO Béjaïa | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Notes
The eight winners of the second round advanced to the group stage, while the eight losers of the second round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.
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 semi-finals.
| 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 would be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21): Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; Goal difference in games between the teams concerned; Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned; If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Away goals scored in all games; Drawing of lots. |
Group A
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | ZES | AHL | MIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco Wydad AC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Zambia ZESCO United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | Egypt Al Ahly | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSD | ZAM | ENY | ESS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | |
| 2 | Egypt Zamalek | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Nigeria Enyimba | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Algeria ES Sétif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified | 0–2 | — | — | — |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the four teams played a single-elimination tournament. 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 would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Zambia ZESCO United | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Egypt Zamalek | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Egypt Zamalek | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 | Morocco Wydad AC | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zamalek Egypt | 6–5 | Morocco Wydad AC | 4–0 | 2–5 |
| ZESCO United Zambia | 2–3 | South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.
| Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa | 3–0 | Egypt Zamalek |
|---|---|---|
| Laffor 31' Langerman 40' Gamal 46' (o.g.) |
Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–1 on aggregate.
Top goalscorers
See also
External links
- , CAFonline.com