| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 January – 4 December 2011 |
| Teams | 52+8 (from 40 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Maghreb de Fès (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Club Africain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Goals scored | 265 (2.1 per match) |
←2010 2012 → | |
The2011 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the2011Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of theCAF Confederation Cup,Africa's secondary clubfootball competition organized by theConfederation of African Football (CAF). The winners qualified to play in the2012 CAF Super Cup.
Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according toCAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition,CAF used2005–09 5-Year ranking. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
CAF calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs' performance over the last five years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:[1]
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 5 points | 4 points |
| Runner-up | 4 points | 3 points |
| Semi-finalists | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd of the groups | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th of the groups | 1 point | 1 point |
The points shall be multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:
This system is different from the one used for the2010 CAF Champions League and previous years.
Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their2005–2009 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual team 2006–2010 5-year ranking. The top 12 sides (shown inbold) received byes to the first qualifying round.
Moreover, the eight losers from the2011 CAF Champions League second round entered theplay-off round:
ES Sétif
Interclube
ASEC Mimosas
Al-Ittihad
Diaraf
Simba (loser ofplay-off due to disqualification ofTP Mazembe)Club Africain
ZESCO UnitedSchedule of dates for 2011 competition.[2]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 20 December 2010 (Cairo,Egypt)[3] | 28–30 January | 11–13 February 25–27 February† |
| First round | 18–20 March | 1–3 April | ||
| Second round (1st Round of 16) | 22–24 April | 6–8 May | ||
| Play-off round (2nd Round of 16) | 15 May 2011 (Cairo,Egypt)[4] | 27–29 May | 10–12 June | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 15–17 July | ||
| Matchday 2 | 29–31 July | |||
| Matchday 3 | 12–14 August | |||
| Matchday 4 | 26–28 August | |||
| Matchday 5 | 9–11 September | |||
| Matchday 6 | 16–18 September | |||
| Knock-out stage | Semifinals | 14–16 October | 28–30 October | |
| Final | 18–20 November | 2–4 December | ||
† The second leg of the preliminary round matches are postponed to 25–27 February in case the club have at least three players in the2011 African Nations Championship.[5]
The fixtures for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds were announced on 20 December 2010.[6]
Qualification ties were decided overtwo legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, theaway goals rule applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to apenalty shootout (noextra time is played).[7]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Missile | 3–3 (0–3p) | JS Kabylie | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| FUS Rabat | 1–2 | 1º de Agosto | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Maghreb de Fès | 5–3 |  Al-Khartoum | 5–1 | 0–2 |
Kaduna United | w/o4 | Etoile Sahel | — | — |
Saint Eloi Lupopo | 2–2 (a) |  Sofapaka | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Difaa El Jadida | 3–1 |  AS Adema | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Sunshine Stars | 2–1 |  USFA | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Haras El Hodood | 3–3 (3–4p) | Motema Pembe | 2–1 | 1–2 |
In the play-off round, the winners from the second round play against the losers from the2011 CAF Champions League second round.[7] The winners of the CAF Confederation Cup second round host the second leg at home.
The draw for the play-off round and group stage was held on 15 May 2011.[10]For the play-off round draw, the top-seeded loser from the Champions League and the top-seeded winner from the Confederation Cup would not be drawn against each other. Moreover, the winners of the two ties they are involved in would be drawn into different groups in the group stage draw.[11]
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Sétif | 1–3 | Kaduna United | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| Diaraf | 1–3 | JS Kabylie | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Club Africain | 4–3 | Sofapaka | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Al-Ittihad | 0–1 | Sunshine Stars | —5 | 0–1 |
| ZESCO United | 1–2 | Maghreb de Fès | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Simba | 1–2 | Motema Pembe | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 5–1 | 1º de Agosto | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Interclube | 5–2 | Difaa El Jadida | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Group winners and runners-up advance to theSemifinals |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CA | INC | ASEC | KAD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Africain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Interclube | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | |
| ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | |
| Kaduna United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | MAS | SUN | DCMP | JSK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maghreb de Fès | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 14 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Sunshine Stars | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Motema Pembe | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | |
| JS Kabylie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
| Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Sunshine Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Club Africain | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Club Africain | 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | ||||||||||
| Maghreb de Fès (p) | 0 | 1 | 1 (6) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Interclube | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Maghreb de Fès (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Stars | 0–1 | Club Africain | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Interclube | 2–2 (a) | Maghreb de Fès | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Maghreb de Fès | 1–0[13] | Club Africain |
|---|---|---|
| Report | |
| Penalties | ||
| 6–5 | ||
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The top scorers from the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salakiaku Matondo | DC Motema Pembe | 6 |
| 2 | Hamza Abourazzouk | Maghreb de Fès | 5 |
| Tarik Sektioui | Maghreb de Fès | 5 | |
| 4 | Chemseddine Nessakh | JS Kabylie | 4 |
| Jude Aneke | Kaduna United | 4 | |
| Ajani Ibrahim | Sunshine Stars | 4 |
