CAF Confederation Cup

The CAF Confederation Cup, officially named TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, is an annual club association football competition organised by the CAF since 2004. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. It is the second-tier competition of African club football, ranking below the CAF Champions League. The winner of the tournament faces the winner of the CAF Champions League in the following season's CAF Super Cup.

CAF Confederation Cup
Founded2004 (2004)
RegionAfrica (CAF)
Number of teams16 (Group stage)
59 (Total)
Qualifier forCAF Super Cup
Related competitionsCAF Champions League
Current champions Raja Casablanca (2nd title)
Most successful club(s) CS Sfaxien (3 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup

History

In 2004, the CAF Confederation Cup was founded as the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.

In 2004, Accra Hearts of Oak became the first club to win the cup. In 2013, CS Sfaxien became the first club to win three trophies after defeating TP Mazembe in the final.

Qualification

The domestic cup winners from all 55 CAF member associations are eligible to participate. The third-placed club in the domestic league of the top twelve placed CAF member associations also qualify.

Format

The competition is played into two phases A and B.[1]

Phase A

The matches of the Preliminary and the 1/32th rounds are played according to the knock-out system with ties broken via the Away goals rule. The sixteen teams eliminated from the 1/16th finals of the CAF Champions League will automatically qualify to play the additional 1/16th finals round of the CAF Confederation Cup.

Phase B
  • The sixteen teams which will qualify for the group matches from the additional 1/16th finals will be divided in four groups of four each. Each team shall play six matches against the other three opponents one match home and one match away and points granted upon the 3-1-0 system.
  • The group winners and runners-up qualify to knock-out rounds which shall be played in two matches, home and away in three rounds (quarter-finals, semi-finals and the finals).
  • In case of equality in the number of goals scored during the two matches, the team scoring the greatest number of away goals will be declared winner. If the number of goals scored on the away matches is equal, kicks from the penalty mark will be taken.

The Super Cup

The winning team of the CAF Confederation Cup will take the engagement of playing the CAF Super Cup against the champion of the CAF Champions League. The match will be played in the following year to that of the concerned competition, in one match, on the CAF Champions League champion's venue.

Sponsorship

In July 2016, Total has secured an eight-year sponsorship package from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to support 10 of its principal competitions. Total started with the Africa Cup of Nations that was held in Gabon therefore renaming it Total Africa cup of Nations.[2]

Title SponsorOfficial SponsorsBall Supplier

Prize money

CAF have increase prize money to be shared between the top sixteen clubs starting from 2017 to 2020.[6] [7]

Final
position		Prize money
WinnerUS$1.25 million
Runner-upUS$625,000
Semi-finalistsUS$450,000
Quarter-finalistsUS$350,000
3rd in group stageUS$275,000
4th in group stageUS$275,000

* Note: National Associations receive an additional equivalent share of 5% for each amount awarded to clubs.

Media coverage
Country/Region Channels
 ASEAN beIN Sports
 France Eurosport 2
 Europe Sportfive
 France beIN Sports
Latin America ESPN
 Mali ORTM
MENA beIN Sports
 South Africa SuperSport
Western Balkans Arena Sport
 United States beIN Sports

Records and statistics
Main article: CAF Confederation Cup records and statistics

Finals
Main article: List of CAF Confederation Cup finals

Performances

Overall winners
Performance in the CAF Confederation Cup by club
Club		 Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runners-up
CS Sfaxien 3 1 2007, 2008, 2013 2010
Étoile du Sahel 2 1 2006, 2015 2008
TP Mazembe 2 1 2016, 2017 2013
Raja Casablanca 2 0 2018, 2021
FAR Rabat 1 1 2005 2006
RS Berkane 1 1 2020 2019
Hearts of Oak 1 0 2004
Stade Malien 1 0 2009
FUS Rabat 1 0 2010
MAS Fez 1 0 2011
AC Léopards 1 0 2012
Al Ahly 1 0 2014
Zamalek 1 0 2019
Asante Kotoko 0 1 2004
Dolphins FC 0 1 2005
Al-Merrikh 0 1 2007
ES Sétif 0 1 2009
Club Africain 0 1 2011
Djoliba AC 0 1 2012
Séwé Sport 0 1 2014
Orlando Pirates 0 1 2015
MO Béjaïa 0 1 2016
SuperSport United 0 1 2017
AS Vita Club 0 1 2018
Pyramids 0 1 2020
JS Kabylie 0 1 2021

Performance in the CAF Confederation Cup by club vte Club Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runners-up Tunisia CS Sfaxien 3 1 2007, 2008, 2013 2010 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2 1 2006, 2015 2008 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2 1 2016, 2017 2013 Morocco Raja Casablanca 3 0 2018, 2021 Morocco FAR Rabat 1 1 2005 2006 Morocco RS Berkane 1 1 2020 2019 Morocco FUS Rabat 1 0 2010 Morocco MAS Fez 1 0 2011 Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 0 2004 Mali Stade Malien 1 0 2009 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 1 0 2012 Egypt Al Ahly 1 0 2014 Egypt Zamalek 1 0 2019 Ghana Asante Kotoko 0 1 2004 Nigeria Dolphins FC 0 1 2005 Sudan Al-Merrikh 0 1 2007 Algeria ES Sétif 0 1 2009 Tunisia Club Africain 0 1 2011 Mali Djoliba AC 0 1 2012 Ivory Coast Séwé Sport 0 1 2014 South Africa Orlando Pirates 0 1 2015 Algeria MO Béjaïa 0 1 2016 South Africa SuperSport United 0 1 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0 1 2018 Egypt Pyramids 0 1 2020 Algeria JS Kabylie 0 1 2021

Overall performances by country
Performance by nation
Nation Winners Runners-up
 Morocco 6 2
 Tunisia 5 3
 DR Congo 2 2
 Egypt 2 1
 Ghana 1 1
 Mali 1 1
 Congo 1 0
 Algeria 0 3
 South Africa 0 2
 Ivory Coast 0 1
 Nigeria 0 1
 Sudan 0 1

Champions by region
Federation (Region) Champion(s) Number
UNAF (North Africa) CS Sfaxien (3), ES Sahel (2), Raja Casablanca (2), Al Ahly (1), FAR Rabat (1), FUS Rabat (1), MAS Fez (1), RS Berkane (1), Zamalek (1) 13 titles
UNIFFAC (Central Africa) TP Mazembe (2), AC Léopards (1) 3 titles
WAFU (West Africa) Hearts of Oak (1), Stade Malien (1) 2 titles
CECAFA (East Africa) 0 titles
COSAFA (Southern Africa) 0 titles

See also

References
  1. "Regulations of the Confederation Cup 2006 - 2008" (PDF). CAF. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
  2. "TOTAL, TITLE SPONSOR OF THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS AND PARTNER OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL", CAF, 21 July 2016
  3. "TOTAL, TITLE SPONSOR OF THE AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS AND PARTNER OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL", CAF, 21 July 2016
  4. "QNET ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF TOTAL CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, TOTAL CAF CONFEDERATION CUP, TOTAL CAF SUPER CUP", CAF, 24 February 2018
  5. "1XBET - OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE CONFÉDÉRATION AFRICAINE DE FOOTBALL (CAF) TOURNAMENTS", CAF, 6 February 2019
  6. "CAF Executive Committee decisions". cafonline.com. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  7. "Prize money for CAF competitions effective 2017". cafonline.com.
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