2013 CAF Confederation Cup
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The 2013 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2013 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winner earned the right to play in the 2014 CAF Super Cup. The defending champions AC Léopards did not enter the tournament as they qualified for the 2013 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage.
In the final, CS Sfaxien of Tunisia defeated TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and were crowned CAF Confederation Cup champions for a record third time.
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. The title holders could also enter if they had not already qualified for the CAF Champions League or CAF Confederation Cup. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which entered the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.
For the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2007–2011 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculated points for each association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points were 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 were multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
- 2011 – 5
- 2010 – 4
- 2009 – 3
- 2008 – 2
- 2007 – 1
Teams
The following teams 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 2007–2011 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
Notes
The following associations did not enter a team: Zimbabwe (11th – 13 pts), Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia, Uganda, Zanzibar.
Moreover, the eight losers of the 2013 CAF Champions League second round entered the play-off round.
- Ethiopia Saint George
- Tunisia CA Bizertin
- Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
- Nigeria Enugu Rangers
- Algeria JSM Béjaïa
- Morocco FUS Rabat
- Mali Stade Malien
- Algeria ES Sétif
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 9 December 2012 | 15–17 February 2013 | 1–3 March 2013 |
| First round | 15–17 March 2013 | 5–7 April 2013 | ||
| Second round | 19–21 April 2013 | 3–5 May 2013 | ||
| Play-off round | 7 May 2013 | 17–19 May 2013 | 31 May–2 June 2013 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 14 May 2013 | 19–21 July 2013 | |
| Matchday 2 | 2–4 August 2013 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 16–18 August 2013 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 30 August–1 September 2013 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 13–15 September 2013 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 20–22 September 2013 | |||
| Knock-out stage | Semi-finals | 4–6 October 2013 | 18–20 October 2013 | |
| Final | 22–24 November 2013 | 29 November–1 December 2013 |
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 9 December 2012, and the fixtures were announced by the CAF on 10 December 2012.
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).
Preliminary round
Notes
First round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENPPI Egypt | 3–0 | Kenya Gor Mahia | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Petro Luanda Angola | 0–2 | South Africa SuperSport United | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Lobi Stars Nigeria | 4–8 | Mozambique Liga Muçulmana | 3–1 | 1–7 |
| Wydad AC Morocco | 4–1 | Togo AS Douanes Lomé | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Rail Club du Kadiogo Burkina Faso | 2–3 | Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1–2 | Burundi LLB Académic | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| USM Alger Algeria | 4–2 | Cameroon Panthère du Ndé | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Heartland Nigeria | w/o | Gabon US Bitam | 2–1 | — |
| Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan | 1–0 | Ethiopia Dedebit | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Ismaily Egypt | 4–2 | Madagascar TCO Boeny | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| CS Sfaxien Tunisia | 7–3 | The Gambia Gamtel | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| Diables Noirs Republic of the Congo | 6–1 | Equatorial Guinea The Panthers | 6–1 | 0–0 |
| Recreativo da Caála Angola | 6–0 | Mali US Bougouni | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel Tunisia | 5–3 | Mali Onze Créateurs | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Barrack Young Controllers II Liberia | 1–2 | Tanzania Azam | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| FAR Rabat Morocco | 2–1 | Libya Al-Nasr | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Notes
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENPPI Egypt | 3–1 | South Africa SuperSport United | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Liga Muçulmana Mozambique | 3–3 (a) | Morocco Wydad AC | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Burundi LLB Académic | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| USM Alger Algeria | 0–3 | Gabon US Bitam | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Egypt Ismaily | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| CS Sfaxien Tunisia | 4–2 | Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Recreativo da Caála Angola | 2–7 | Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 1–1 | 1–6 |
| Azam Tanzania | 1–2 | Morocco FAR Rabat | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Play-off round
The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 May 2013. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stade Malien Mali | 6–0 | Burundi LLB Académic | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Enugu Rangers Nigeria | w/o | Tunisia CS Sfaxien | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| FUS Rabat Morocco | 4–3 | Morocco FAR Rabat | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| CA Bizertin Tunisia | 3–1 | Egypt Ismaily | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| ES Sétif Algeria | 2–2 (5–3 p) | Gabon US Bitam | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| JSM Béjaïa Algeria | 3–4 | Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5–2 | Mozambique Liga Muçulmana | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Saint George Ethiopia | 3–3 (a) | Egypt ENPPI | 2–0 | 1–3 |
Notes
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 14 May 2013. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. 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 are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
- Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
- Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
- Goal difference in all games
- Goals scored in all games
Group A
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CSS | SM | ESS | SG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia CS Sfaxien | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 14 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Mali Stade Malien | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||
| Tunisia Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | ||
| Ethiopia Saint George | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
Group B
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TPM | CAB | FUS | ESS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | ||
| Tunisia CA Bizertin | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||
| Morocco FUS Rabat | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
| Algeria ES Sétif | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Knockout stage
Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tunisia CA Bizertin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Tunisia CS Sfaxien | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tunisia CS Sfaxien | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Mali Stade Malien | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Bizertin Tunisia | 0–1 | Tunisia CS Sfaxien | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Stade Malien Mali | 1–3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Final
In the final, the order of the legs was decided by a draw.
| TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2–1 | Tunisia CS Sfaxien |
|---|---|---|
| Traoré 10' Samatta 24' | Ben Youssef 88' |
CS Sfaxien won 3–2 on aggregate.
Top scorers
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