CAF Champions League 2010

The CAF Champions League 2010 is the 14th edition of this tournament organized by the CAF . It started on February 12, 2010 with the preliminary round. Defending champion is Tout Puissant Mazembe from the Democratic Republic of the Congo , who played 1: 1 against Espérance Sportive de Tunis after a 5-0 win in the first leg and 1: 1 in the second leg, thus defending the title.

qualification

In theory, all member associations of the CAF are entitled to send teams. Two starting places are automatically reserved for the 12 best national associations in the CAF five-year ranking. For qualification for the Champions League 2010, the evaluation of the years 2004 to 2008 applies. Thus, the number of football associations belonging to the CAF means that a maximum of 67 teams could take part in the Champions League.

Two teams from the following countries are entitled to start, in the order of the five-year rating:

• Tunisia
• Egypt
• Nigeria
• Ghana
• Morocco
• Ivory Coast
• Sudan
• Cameroon
• South Africa
• Algeria
• Libya
• Zimbabwe

All other countries have a starting place.

Results

Preliminary round

First legs from February 12 to 14, second legs from February 26 to 28, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
APR FC	3: 2	Recreativo Libolo	2: 2	1-0
Djoliba AC	1-0	Al-Ahly Benghazi	1-0	0-0
ASC Linguère	6: 2	Asante Kotoko	2-0	4: 2
Sofapaka FC	0: 2	Ismaily SC	0-0	0: 2
US Stade Tamponnaise	5: 2	Ajesaia	2: 1	3: 1
-1	-	Africa Sports National	-	-
Fello Star Labé	2: 4	Raja Casablanca	1: 3	1: 1
CD Elá Nguema	3: 9	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	2: 3	1: 6
Sahel SC	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Club Africain Tunis	2: 1	0: 1
FC Armed Forces	1: 5	JS Kabylie	1: 2	0: 3
Gazelle FC	3: 2	Bayelsa United	1-0	2: 2
Saint George SA	2: 4	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	1: 1	1: 3
East End Lions	4: 5	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	2: 2	2: 3
AS Stade Mandji	1: 6	ASFA-Yennenga Ouagadougou	0: 2	1: 4
La Passe FC	2: 3	Curepipe Starlight	1-0	1: 3
Gaborone United	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Orlando Pirates	0-0	2: 2
Young Africans FC	2: 4	FC Saint Eloi Lupopo	2: 3	0: 1
Mafunzo FC	1: 6	Gunners FC	1: 2	0: 4
AS Tempête Mocaf Bangui	1: 8	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1: 2	0: 6
OS Balantas de Mansoa	0: 3	Difaâ d'El Jadida	0-0	0: 3
Uganda Revenue Authority SC	1: 4	Zanaco FC	1-0	0: 4
-1	-	Union Douala	-	-
Diables Noirs	3: 4	ES Sétif	3: 2	0: 2
Vital'O FC	5: 7	Tiko United	2: 2	3: 5
Mbabane Swallows	3: 5	Supersport United	1: 3	2: 2
CN de Mitsamiouli	4: 9	Clube Ferroviário de Maputo	3: 5	1: 4

^{1 2} Team withdrawn or no team reported

A bye in the preliminary round received:

•  Al-Ahly Cairo
•  Al-Hilal Khartoum
•  ASEC Mimosas
•  Dynamos FC
•  Heartland FC
•  Tout Puissant Mazembe

First round

First legs from March 19 to 21, second legs from April 2 to 4, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
APR FC	1: 2	Tout Puissant Mazembe	1-0	0: 2
Djoliba AC	5: 3	ASC Linguère	1-0	4: 3
Ismaily SC	4: 2	US Stade Tamponnaise	3: 1	0: 1
Africa Sports National	1: 4	Al-Hilal Khartoum	0-0	1: 4
Raja Casablanca	1: 2	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	1: 1	0: 1
Club Africain Tunis	1: 2	JS Kabylie	1: 1	0: 1
Gazelle FC	1: 3	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	1: 1	0: 2
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	7: 2	ASFA-Yennenga Ouagadougou	4: 1	3: 1
Curepipe Starlight	0: 6	Gaborone United	0: 3	0: 3
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo	0: 2	Dynamos FC	0: 1	0: 1
Gunners FC	1: 2	Al-Ahly Cairo	1-0	0: 2
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	2: 2 (4: 3 on account )	Difaâ d'El Jadida	1: 1	1: 1
Zanaco FC	2: 1	ASEC Mimosas	1-0	1: 1
Union Douala	0: 7	ES Sétif	0: 2	0: 5
Tiko United	(a)3: 3 ( a )	Heartland FC	2: 2	1: 1
Supersport United	3: 2	Clube Ferroviário de Maputo	3-0	0: 2

Round of 16

First legs from April 23 to 25, second legs from May 7 to 9, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	2: 3	Al-Ahly Cairo	2-0	0: 3
Espérance Sportive de Tunis	4: 1	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	3-0	1: 1
ES Sétif	3: 2	Zanaco FC	1-0	2: 2
Supersport United	2: 4	Heartland FC	1: 1	1: 3
Djoliba AC	0: 4	Tout Puissant Mazembe	0: 1	0: 3
JS Kabylie	3: 2	Atlético Petróleos Luanda	2-0	1: 2
Al-Hilal Khartoum	1: 4	Ismaily SC	0: 1	1: 3
Dynamos FC	4: 2	Gaborone United	4: 1	0: 1

Quarter-finals (group stage)

In the quarter-final group stage, four teams compete against each other in two groups. The group first and second qualify for the semi-finals.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	ES Tunis	6th	4th	1	1	009: 400	+5	13
2.	TP Mazembe	6th	3	2	1	008: 700	+1	11
3.	ES Sétif	6th	1	3	2	002: 700	−5	06th
4th	Dynamos FC	6th	1	0	5	002: 900	−7	03

July 18, 2010 3:00 p.m.
Dynamos FC	0: 2	TP Mazembe
July 16, 2010 9:30 pm
ES Sétif	0: 1	ES Tunis
August 1, 2010
TP Mazembe	2: 2	ES Sétif
July 31, 2010
ES Tunis	1-0	FC Dynamos
August 15, 2010
Dynamos FC	1-0	ES Sétif
August 15, 2010
TP Mazembe	2: 1	ES Tunis
August 27, 2010
ES Sétif	3-0	Dynamos FC
August 28, 2010
ES Tunis	3-0	TP Mazembe
September 11, 2010
ES Tunis	2: 2	ES Sétif
September 12, 2010
TP Mazembe	2: 1	Dynamos FC
17./18./19. September 2010
ES Sétif	0-0	TP Mazembe
17./18./19. September 2010
Dynamos FC	0: 1	ES Tunis

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	JS Kabylie	6th	4th	2	0	006: 200	+4	14th
2.	Al-Ahly Cairo	6th	2	2	2	008: 900	−1	08th
3.	Ismaily SC	6th	2	0	4th	007: 800	−1	06th
4th	Heartland FC	6th	1	2	3	005: 700	−2	05

July 18, 2010 7:30 pm
Ismaily SC	0: 1	JS Kabylie
July 18, 2010 16:00
Heartland FC	1: 1	Al-Ahly Cairo
July 31, 2010
JS Kabylie	1-0	Heartland FC
August 1, 2010
Al-Ahly Cairo	2: 1	Ismaily SC
August 15, 2010
Ismaily SC	1-0	Heartland FC
August 15, 2010
JS Kabylie	1-0	Al-Ahly Cairo
August 29, 2010
Heartland FC	2: 1	Ismaily SC
August 29, 2010
Al-Ahly Cairo	1: 1	JS Kabylie
September 10, 2010
JS Kabylie	1-0	Ismaily SC
September 12, 2010
Al-Ahly Cairo	2: 1	Heartland FC
17./18./19. September 2010
Heartland FC	1: 1	JS Kabylie
17./18./19. September 2010
Ismaily SC	4: 2	Al-Ahly Cairo

Semifinals

First legs from October 1 to 3, second legs from October 15 to 17, 2010.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Al-Ahly Cairo	(a)2: 2 ( a )	ES Tunis	2: 1	0: 1
Tout Puissant Mazembe	3: 1	JS Kabylie	3: 1	0-0

final

First leg on October 31, second leg on November 13.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Tout Puissant Mazembe	6: 1	ES Tunis	5-0	1: 1

Web links

• Full results on rsssf.com