CAF Champions League 2015

The CAF Champions League 2015 is the 19th edition of this tournament organized by the CAF . It started on February 13, 2015 with a preliminary round. The defending champion is ES Sétif from Algeria .

qualification

In theory, all 55 CAF member associations are entitled to send teams. Two starting places are automatically reserved for the twelve best national associations in the CAF five-year ranking. For qualification for the Champions League 2015, the evaluation of the years 2009 to 2013 applies. Thus, the number of football associations belonging to the CAF means that a maximum of 67 teams could participate in the Champions League.

Results

Preliminary round

First legs from February 13 to 15, second legs from February 27 to March 7, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Mbabane Swallows FC	1: 2	ZESCO United	1: 1	0: 1
Séwé Sport	1: 3	AS Kaloum Star	1: 2	0: 1
USM Algiers	4: 3	Foullah Edifice	3-0	1: 3
AS pikins	1-0	Étoile Filante Ouagadougou	1-0	0-0
Al-Hilal Khartoum	2: 1	KMKM FC	2-0	0: 1
Fomboni Club	2: 3	FC Big Bullets	0: 1	2: 2
CRD do Libolo	(a)3: 3 ( a )	SM Sanga Balende	3: 1	0: 2
Kampala Capital City Authority FC	1: 3	Cosmos de Bafia	1-0	0: 3
Azam FC	2: 3	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	2-0	0: 3
LLB Académic FC	0: 1	Kabuscorp FC do Palanca	0-0	0: 1
CD Elá Nguema	1: 2	AC Semassi	1: 1	0: 1
MC El Eulma	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Saint George SA	1-0	1: 2
East End Lions 1	-	Asante Kotoko	-	-
FC Enyimba	4-0	Buffles du Borgou FC	3-0	1-0
Al-Ahli Tripoli	1: 1 (3: 5 i.E.)	Smouha SC	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Gor Mahia FC	( a ) 3: 3(a)	CNaPS Sport	1-0	2: 3
Liga Muçulmana de Maputo	1: 2	APR FC	0-0	1: 2
Club Olympique de Bamako	2: 3	Maghreb Tetouan	2-0	0: 3
Al-Malakia FC	0: 5	Kano Pillars	0: 2	0: 3
Real de Banjul	2: 1	Barrack Young Controllers FC	1: 1	1-0
Kaizer Chiefs	3: 1	Township Rollers	2: 1	1-0
Raja Casablanca	6: 2	Diables Noirs	4-0	2: 2
Saint Michel United	1: 4	Mamelodi Sundowns	1: 1	0: 3
AS Mangasport	1-0	Bantu FC	1-0	0-0
Stade Malien	( a ) 1: 1(a)	AS GNN	0-0	1: 1

¹ East End Lions withdrew from the competition

First round

First legs on March 14, 15 and 21, second legs from April 3 to 5, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
ZESCO United	2: 2 (4: 5 on account)	AS Kaloum Star	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
USM Algiers	6: 2	AS pikins	5: 1	1: 1
Al-Hilal Khartoum	5: 1	FC Big Bullets	4-0	1: 1
Cotonsport Garoua	0: 2	SM Sanga Balende	0-0	0: 2
Cosmos de Bafia	2: 4	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	0: 1	1: 3
Al-Merrikh Khartoum	3: 2	Kabuscorp FC do Palanca	2-0	1: 2
AC Semassi	0: 6	CS Sfax	0: 5	0: 1
MC El Eulma	2: 1	Asante Kotoko	0-0	2: 1
FC Enyimba	1: 2	Smouha SC	1-0	0: 2
Gor Mahia FC	0: 2	AC Léopards	0: 1	0: 1
APR FC	0: 4	Al Ahly Cairo	0: 2	0: 2
Maghreb Tetouan	5: 2	Kano Pillars	4-0	1: 2
Real de Banjul	1: 3	ES Sétif	1: 1	0: 2
Kaizer Chiefs	0: 3	Raja Casablanca	0: 1	0: 2
Mamelodi Sundowns	2: 3	Tout Puissant Mazembe	1-0	1: 3
AS Mangasport	2: 5	Stade Malien	1: 3	1: 2

Second round

First legs from April 17 to 19, second legs from May 1 to 3, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
USM Algiers	3: 2	AS Kaloum Star	2: 1	1: 1
SM Sanga Balende	0: 2	Al-Hilal Khartoum	0: 1	0: 1
Al-Merrikh Khartoum	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Espérance Sportive de Tunis	1-0	1: 2
MC El Eulma	1: 1 (7: 6 i.E.)	CS Sfax	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
AC Léopards	1: 2	Smouha SC	1-0	0: 2
Maghreb Tetouan	1: 1 (4: 3 i.E.)	Al Ahly Cairo	1-0	0: 1 a.d.
Raja Casablanca	4: 4 (1: 4 i. E.)	ES Sétif	2: 2	2: 2 a.d.
Stade Malien	3: 4	Tout Puissant Mazembe	2: 2	1: 2

Quarter-finals (group stage)

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

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tout Puissant Mazembe	6th	3	2	1	008: 100	+7	11
2.	Al-Hilal Khartoum	6th	2	3	1	005: 300	+2	09
3.	Maghreb Tetouan	6th	2	2	2	006:100	−4	08th
4th	Smouha SC	6th	1	1	4th	005:100	−5	04th

June 28, 2015
Smouha SC	3: 2	Maghreb Tetouan
Tout Puissant Mazembe	0-0	Al-Hilal Khartoum
July 12, 2015
Al-Hilal Khartoum	2-0	Smouha SC
July 13, 2015
Maghreb Tetouan	0-0	Tout Puissant Mazembe
July 24, 2015
Smouha SC	0: 2	Tout Puissant Mazembe
July 26, 2015
Maghreb Tetouan	1: 1	Al-Hilal Khartoum
7th August 2015
Al-Hilal Khartoum	0: 1	Maghreb Tetouan
August 8, 2015
Tout Puissant Mazembe	1-0	Smouha SC
23rd August 2015
Al-Hilal Khartoum	1-0	Tout Puissant Mazembe
Maghreb Tetouan	2: 1	Smouha SC
September 12, 2015
Tout Puissant Mazembe	5-0	Maghreb Tetouan
Smouha SC	1: 1	Al-Hilal Khartoum

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	USM Algiers	6th	5	0	1	009: 300	+6	15th
2.	Al-Merrikh Khartoum	6th	4th	1	1	009: 400	+5	13
3.	ES Sétif	6th	1	2	3	005:100	−5	05
4th	MC El Eulma	6th	0	1	5	005:110	−6	01

June 27, 2015
ES Sétif	1: 2	USM Algiers
Al-Merrikh Khartoum	2-0	MC El Eulma
July 10, 2015
USM Algiers	1-0	Al-Merrikh Khartoum
July 11, 2015
MC El Eulma	0: 1	ES Sétif
July 24, 2015
USM Algiers	2: 1	MC El Eulma
July 25, 2015
ES Sétif	1: 1	Al-Merrikh Khartoum
7th August 2015
MC El Eulma	0: 1	USM Algiers
August 9, 2015
Al-Merrikh Khartoum	2-0	ES Sétif
August 21, 2015
USM Algiers	3-0	ES Sétif
22nd August 2015
MC El Eulma	2: 3	Al-Merrikh Khartoum
September 11, 2015
Al-Merrikh Khartoum	1-0	USM Algiers
ES Sétif	2: 2	MC El Eulma

Semifinals

First legs on September 26th and 27th, second legs on October 3rd and 4th, 2015.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Al-Merrikh Khartoum	2: 4	Tout Puissant Mazembe	2: 1	0: 3
Al-Hilal Khartoum	1: 2	USM Algiers	1: 2	0-0

final

First leg

USM Algiers		Tout Puissant Mazembe
	First leg October 31, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. (WAT) in Algiers ( Omar Hammadi Stadium ) Result: 1: 2 (0: 1) Spectators: 15,000 Referee: Gehad Grisha ( Egypt )
	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche - Brahim Boudebouda , Arslane Mazari (51 Farouk Chafaï ), Houcine Benayada (70. Mohamed Amine Aoudia ) nacereddine khoualed - Mokhtar Benmoussa , Hamza Koudri , Hocine El Orfi , Zinedine Ferhat , Kaddour Beldjilali (46. Mohamed Seguer ) - Rachid Nadji Trainer: Miloud Hamdi	Muteba Kidiaba - Yaw Frimpong , Joël Kimwaki , Richard Kissi Boateng , Salif Coulibaly , Mikis Mina (72nd Merveille Bokadi Bope ) - Boubacar Diarra , Rainford Kalaba - Mbwana Samatta (86th Roger Assalé ), Thomas Ulimwengu (90 + 1st Daniel Nii Adjei ), Adama Traoré Trainer: Patrice Carteron
	1: 2 Mohamed Seguer (88.)	0-1 Rainford Kalaba (27th) 0-2 Mbwana Samatta (79th, penalty)
	Hocine El Orfi (22nd), Nacereddine Khoualed (77th)	Mikis Mina (15th), Joël Kimwaki (69th)
	Hocine El Orfi (67.)
		Rainford Kalaba (45th +1 ')

Return leg

Tout Puissant Mazembe		USM Algiers
	Return leg November 8, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. (CAT) in Lubumbashi ( Stade TP Mazembe ) Result: 2: 0 (0: 0) Referee: Bakary Gassama ( Gambia )
	Muteba Kidiaba - Yaw Frimpong , Salif Coulibaly , Joël Kimwaki - Thomas Ulimwengu (76th Jonathan Bolingi ), Boubacar Diarra , Adama Traoré , Nathan Sinkala (46th Roger Assalé ), Solomon Asante (46th Daniel Nii Adjei ) - Mbwana Samatta , Richard Kissi Boateng Coach: Patrice Carteron	Ismaïl Mansouri - Mokhtar Benmoussa , Brahim Boudebouda , Farouk Chafaï , Ayoub Abdellaoui - Mohammed Benkhemassa , Houcine Benayada , Hamza Koudri , Zinedine Ferhat - Carolus Andriamatsinoro , Mohamed Amine Aoudia (46th Kaddour Beldjilali ) Coach: Miloud Hamdi
	1-0 Mbwana Samatta (74th, penalty) 2-0 Roger Assalé (90th + 3 ')
	Thomas Ulimwengu (70th)	Houcine Benayada (2nd), Zinedine Ferhat (73.)
		Zinedine Ferhat (90th + 3 ')

Web links

• Official website (English, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "19th Edition of CAF Champions League CL 2015", CAF Online, December 22, 2014 (PDF) accessed on February 13, 2015