CAF Champions League 2009

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The CAF Champions League 2009 was the 13th edition of the highest African football tournament. It began on January 30, 2009 with the preliminary round and ended on November 7, 2009 with the final second leg. The defending champion was al Ahly Cairo from Egypt , which was eliminated in the second round. Tout Puissant Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of the Congo won the title , 40 years after the club was last victorious in the previous competition (African Cup of National Champions) and 38 years after they last reached the final. For the first time since 1998 no North African team reached the final and for the first time since 2004 a team from sub-Saharan Africa won the competition.

Preliminary round

First legs from January 30 to February 1, second legs from February 13 to 15.

total First leg Return leg
Primeiro de Agosto AngolaAngola 7: 3 Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 5: 2 2: 1
Canon Yaoundé CameroonCameroon 2: 1 BurundiBurundi AS Inter Star 1: 1 1-0
AS Douanes Dakar SenegalSenegal 4: 1 Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Ports Authority 3: 1 1-0
Kano Pillars NigeriaNigeria 2-0 ChadChad Elect Sport N'Djamena FC 2-0 0-0
Club Africain Tunis TunisiaTunisia - Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau SC Bafatá1 - -
Djoliba AC MaliMali 4: 1 SenegalSenegal Casa Sports 4-0 0: 1
Clube Ferroviário de Maputo MozambiqueMozambique 2: 3 UgandaUganda  Kampala City Council FC 2: 1 0: 2
Supersport United South AfricaSouth Africa 8: 2 MauritiusMauritius Curepipe Starlight 3-0 5: 2
Heartland FC NigeriaNigeria 10: 10 LiberiaLiberia Black Star FC 4-0 6: 1
FAR Rabat MoroccoMorocco 6: 2 Cape VerdeCape Verde Sporting Clube da Praia 6: 1 0: 1
Atlético Petróleos Luanda AngolaAngola 6-0 SwazilandSwaziland Royal Leopards FC 3-0 3-0
Étoile Filante Ouagadougou Burkina FasoBurkina Faso 4: 3 GhanaGhana Heart of Lions 2-0 2: 3
Al-Ahly Tripoli  Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 7: 2 NigerNiger AS Police 6-0 1: 2
ICC Khémisset MoroccoMorocco - GambiaGambia Wallidan Banjul1 - -
ASO Chlef AlgeriaAlgeria 3: 1 Guinea-aGuinea Fello Star Labé 1-0 2: 1
Daring Club Motema Pembe Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo 1: 3 GabonGabon AS Mangasport 1: 2 0: 1
Monomotapa United FC ZimbabweZimbabwe 3: 2 ZanzibarZanzibar Miembeni SC 2-0 1: 2
Young Africans FC TanzaniaTanzania 14: 10 ComorosComoros Étoile d'Or Mirontsy 8: 1 6-0
Académie Ny Antsika MadagascarMadagascar 0: 6 ReunionReunion US Stade Tamponnaise 2-2 0: 6
ZESCO United ZambiaZambia 5: 1 KenyaKenya Mathare United 2-0 3: 1
Al-Merrikh Khartoum SudanSudan 2: 1 RwandaRwanda ATRACO FC 2: 1 0-0

1 crew withdrawn.
2 The first leg was canceled due to political unrest in Madagascar.

A bye in the preliminary round received:

Two associations only registered their teams after the specified deadline. These two teams played against each other in an intermediate round. However, the winner could only qualify for the first round if another club that was victorious in the preliminary round withdrew. The first leg took place on February 22nd, the second leg on March 8th, 2009.

total First leg Return leg
SCAF Tocages Bangui Central African RepublicCentral African Republic 1: 1
(4: 5 i. E. ) 		Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea Akonangui FC 1-0 0: 1

However, since no team that qualified for the first round withdrew, Akonangui FC was eliminated.

First round

First legs from March 13th to 15th, second legs from April 3rd to 5th.

total First leg Return leg
Primeiro de Agosto AngolaAngola 1: 1
(5: 4 on account ) 		CameroonCameroon Canon Yaoundé 0: 1 1: 0 a.d.
AS Douanes Dakar SenegalSenegal (a)1: 1 ( a ) NigeriaNigeria Kano Pillars 1: 1 0-0
Club Africain Tunis TunisiaTunisia (a)2: 2 ( a ) MaliMali Djoliba AC 1: 2 1-0
Kampala City Council FC UgandaUganda 3: 2 South AfricaSouth Africa Supersport United 2: 1 1: 1
Heartland FC NigeriaNigeria 4: 2 MoroccoMorocco FAR Rabat 3: 1 1: 1
Tout Puissant Mazembe Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo 5: 1 AngolaAngola Atlético Petróleos Luanda 3-0 2: 1
ASEC Mimosas Ivory CoastIvory Coast 3-0 Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Étoile Filante Ouagadougou 2-0 1-0
JS Kabylie AlgeriaAlgeria 1: 3 Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Al-Ahly Tripoli 1: 2 0: 1
Asante Kotoko GhanaGhana (a)3: 3 ( a ) MoroccoMorocco ICC Khémisset 3: 1 0: 2
Étoile Sportive du Sahel TunisiaTunisia 2: 1 AlgeriaAlgeria ASO Chlef 2: 1 0-0
Cotonsport Garoua CameroonCameroon 5: 3 GabonGabon AS Mangasport 2: 1 3: 2
Ajax Cape Town South AfricaSouth Africa (a)4: 4 ( a ) ZimbabweZimbabwe Monomotapa United FC 3: 2 1: 2
al Ahly Cairo EgyptEgypt 4-0 TanzaniaTanzania Young Africans FC 3-0 1-0
Al-Hilal Khartoum SudanSudan 4: 3 ReunionReunion US Stade Tamponnaise 3: 1 1: 2
Africa Sports National Ivory CoastIvory Coast 0: 2 ZambiaZambia ZESCO United 0-0 0: 2
Al-Ittihad  Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1: 4 SudanSudan Al-Merrikh Khartoum 1: 1 0: 3

Second round

First legs from April 17th to 19th, second legs from May 1st to 3rd.

total First leg Return leg
Primeiro de Agosto AngolaAngola (a)3: 3 ( a ) SudanSudan Al-Hilal Khartoum 3: 1 0: 2
Kano Pillars NigeriaNigeria (a)3: 3 ( a ) EgyptEgypt al Ahly Cairo 1: 1 2: 2
Djoliba AC MaliMali 1: 2 ZambiaZambia ZESCO United 0-0 1: 2
Kampala City Council FC UgandaUganda 1: 2 SudanSudan Al-Merrikh Khartoum 0: 1 1: 1
Heartland FC NigeriaNigeria 3: 2 CameroonCameroon Cotonsport Garoua 2: 1 1: 1
Tout Puissant Mazembe Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo 1-0 MoroccoMorocco ICC Khémisset 1-0 0-0
ASEC Mimosas Ivory CoastIvory Coast 1: 2 ZimbabweZimbabwe Monomotapa United FC 1-0 0: 2
Al-Ahly Tripoli  Political system of the Libyan Arab JamahiriyaPolitical system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0: 2 TunisiaTunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel 0-0 0: 2

The losing teams continue to play in the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup .

Group stage

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NigeriaNigeria Kano Pillars  6th  3  2  1 010: 800  +2 11
 2. SudanSudan Al-Hilal Khartoum  6th  3  1  2 007: 500  +2 10
 3. ZambiaZambia ZESCO United  6th  2  2  2 008: 700  +1 08th
 4th SudanSudan Al-Merrikh Khartoum  6th  0  3  3 005:100  −5 03
July 18, 2009
Al-Merrikh Khartoum 0-0 Al-Hilal Khartoum
ZESCO United 1: 1 Kano Pillars
July 31, 2009
Al-Hilal Khartoum 1-0 ZESCO United
August 1, 2009
Kano Pillars 3: 1 Al-Merrikh Khartoum
August 14, 2009
Al-Hilal Khartoum 2-0 Kano Pillars
August 15, 2009
Al-Merrikh Khartoum 2: 3 ZESCO United
August 30, 2009
ZESCO United 0-0 Al-Merrikh Khartoum
Kano Pillars 2: 1 Al-Hilal Khartoum
September 11, 2009
Al-Hilal Khartoum 3: 1 Al-Merrikh Khartoum
September 13, 2009
Kano Pillars 3: 2 ZESCO United
September 19, 2009
ZESCO United 2-0 Al-Hilal Khartoum
Al-Merrikh Khartoum 1: 1 Kano Pillars

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Tout Puissant Mazembe  6th  4th  0  2 011: 400  +7 12
 2. NigeriaNigeria Heartland FC  6th  3  1  2 009: 500  +4 10
 3. TunisiaTunisia Étoile Sportive du Sahel  6th  2  1  3 005: 700  −2 07th
 4th ZimbabweZimbabwe Monomotapa United FC  6th  2  0  4th 005:140  −9 06th
July 19, 2009
Tout Puissant Mazembe 2-0 Heartland FC
Monomotapa United FC 2: 1 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
August 1, 2009
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2: 1 Tout Puissant Mazembe
August 2, 2009
Heartland FC 3: 1 Monomotapa United FC
August 15, 2009
Tout Puissant Mazembe 5-0 Monomotapa United FC
August 16, 2009
Heartland FC 3-0 Étoile Sportive du Sahel
August 29, 2009
Monomotapa United FC 0: 2 Tout Puissant Mazembe
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 0-0 Heartland FC
September 12, 2009
Heartland FC 2-0 Tout Puissant Mazembe
Étoile Sportive du Sahel 2-0 Monomotapa United FC
September 20, 2009
Monomotapa United FC 2: 1 Heartland FC
Tout Puissant Mazembe 1-0 Étoile Sportive du Sahel

Semifinals

First legs on October 4, second legs on October 10 and 18.

total First leg Return leg
Heartland FC NigeriaNigeria 5-0 NigeriaNigeria Kano Pillars 4-0 1-0
Al-Hilal Khartoum SudanSudan 4: 5 Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Tout Puissant Mazembe 2: 5 2-0

final

First leg on November 1st, second leg on November 7th.

total First leg Return leg
Heartland FC NigeriaNigeria (a)2: 2 ( a ) Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Tout Puissant Mazembe 2: 1 0: 1

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