2009 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2009 CAF Confederation Cup was the 6th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The competition began with the preliminary round stage in the first week of March 2009 and concluded with the second leg of the final match on the first week of December 2009.^[1] The winners played in the 2010 CAF Super Cup.

2009 CAF Confederation Cup

Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates	30 January – 22 November
Teams	53
Final positions
Champions	Stade Malien (1st title)
Runners-up	ES Sétif
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104
Goals scored	316 (3.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdelmalek Ziaya (15 goals)
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Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2009 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary round and the second round were made on December 4, 2008.

Preliminary round

1st legs played 30 January-1 February 2009 and 2nd legs played 13–15 February 2009,^[2] except the ASFAN-USM game which was postponed to Feb. 25.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
US Ouagadougou	1–1 (a)	ASC Diaraf	0–0	1–1
OC Bukavu Dawa	4–4 (a)	Club 57 Tourbillon	3–3	1–1
Tourbillon FC	4–1	Vital'O F.C.	4–0	0–1
USM Libreville	2–1	ASFAN	2–1	0–0
Hay Al Arab	1–1 (2–3 p)	Al-Ahly SCSC	0–1	1–0
Sport Bissau e Benfica	1–3	ASC Yakaar	1–2	0–1
Prisons FC	0–6	Khaleej Sirte	0–2	0–4
Mighty Barolle	1–4	SOA	0–2	1–2
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix	2–1	AS Adema	1–1	1–0
Atlético Muçulmano	2–5	Malanti Chiefs	1–0	1–5
Victors FC	0–3	CAPS United F.C.	0–2	0–1
Red Arrows F.C.	7–0	Mundu SC	6–0	1–0
Gor Mahia	0–6	APR FC	0–5	0–1

Dispensation round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Deportivo Mongomo	3–1[A]	Anges de Fatima	2–0	1–1

Notes

1. ^
   Although both federations had inscribed their clubs after the deadline, the two were admitted for an intermediate round but can only gain access to the 1/16 finals in case a club already qualified forfeits; as this did not happen, also winners Deportivo Mongomo are eliminated.

First round

First Legs were played 13–15 March 2009 and second Legs played 3–5 April 2009

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
US Ouagadougou	2–3	Aigle Royal de la Menoua	2–1	0–2
Club 57 Tourbillon	0–1	Bayelsa United FC	0–0	0–1
Tourbillon FC	3–5	US Douala	1–2	2–3
USM Libreville	2–5	Santos FC	0–1	2–4
CS Sfaxien	5–3	Al-Ahly SCSC	4–1	1–2
Satellite FC	2–5	JC Abidjan	1–2	1–3
ASC Yakaar	2–5	JSM Béjaïa	1–1	1–4
Stade Tunisien	0–2	Stade Malien	0–0	0–2
Khaleej Sirte	0–6	ES Sétif	0–1	0–5
SOA	3–6	CRD Libolo	0–1	3–5
AS de Vacoas-Phoenix	1–9	Mamelodi Sundowns	0–3	1–6
Malanti Chiefs	1–6	AS Vita Club	1–3	0–3
CAPS United F.C.	1–2	ENPPI	0–0	1–2
Red Arrows F.C.	2–2 (3–2 p)	Ocean Boys FC	2–0	0–2
APR FC	0–2	Haras El Hodood	0–0	0–2
MAS Fès	1–2	EGS Gafsa	1–1	0–1

Second round

1st Legs to be played 17–19 April 2009 and 2nd Legs to be played 1–3 May 2009

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aigle Royal de la Menoua	1–5	Bayelsa United FC	1–0	0–5
US Douala	1–5	Santos FC	1–1	0–4
CS Sfaxien	3–0	JC Abidjan	2–0	1–0
JSM Béjaïa	1–1 (12–13 p)	Stade Malien	1–0	0–1
ES Sétif	5–5 (a)	CRD Libolo	4–0	1–5
Mamelodi Sundowns	2–3	AS Vita Club	2–2	0–1
ENPPI	4–3	Red Arrows F.C.	4–0	0–3
Haras El Hodood	6–1	EGS Gafsa	3–0	3–1

Play-off round

Joined by round of 16 losers of the 2009 CAF Champions League. Winners to Group Stage.
1st Legs were played 17–19 May and 2nd Legs were played 29–31 May 2009.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	3–3 (5–6 p)	Santos	3–0	0–3
ASEC Mimosas	2–2 (a)	ENPPI	2–2	0–0
ES Sétif	4–4 (4–3 p)	Djoliba	3–1	1–3
Coton Sport FC	3–3 (a)	AS Vita Club	3–1	0–2
Al Ahly (Tripoli)	1–2	Haras El Hodood	0–0	1–2
Kampala City Council	3–5	Bayelsa United	3–1	0–4
Ittihad Khemisset	2–4	Stade Malien	1–1	1–3
Primeiro de Agosto	2–2 (5–4 p)	CS Sfaxien	2–0	0–2

Group stage

Main article: 2009 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The group stage draw was held before the second round of 16 phase - with teams allocated to groups before the winners of ties were known. Matches were played from 17 July to 20 September 2009.

Teams qualified for next phase

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ESS	ENP	VIT	SAN
ES Sétif	6	3	0	3	14	9	+5	9		—	1–3	2–0	6–0
ENPPI	6	3	0	3	13	10	+3	9		3–4	—	3–1	4–0
AS Vita Club	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9		2–1	3–0	—	1–0
Santos	6	3	0	3	3	11	−8	9		1–0	1–0	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		STA	BAY	PRI	HAR
Stade Malien	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9[a]		—	0–1	0–0	2–0
Bayelsa United	6	3	0	3	9	6	+3	9[a]		1–2	—	4–0	2–0
Primeiro de Agosto	6	2	2	2	5	10	−5	8		0–0	3–1	—	1–0
Haras El Hodood	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7		1–1	1–0	5–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Stade Malien win the group over Bayelsa United on the basis of head-to-head away goals.

Knock-out stage

Main article: 2009 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-Finals							Final
	1	Bayelsa United	1	0	1
	4	ES Sétif	1	1	2
								ES Sétif		2	0	2 (2)
								Stade Malien (p)		0	2	2 (3)
	3	ENPPI	2	2	4
	2	Stade Malien	2	4	6

Semi-finals

The first legs are scheduled on 2–4 October and the second legs on 16–18 October.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayelsa United	1–2	ES Sétif	1–1	0–1
ENPPI	4–6	Stade Malien	2–2	2–4

Final

Main article: 2009 CAF Confederation Cup Final

The first leg is scheduled on 29 November and the second leg on 5 December. Stade Malien won 3–2 on penalties to win the CAF Confederation Cup.

29 November 2009

18:00 UTC+1

ES Sétif	2 – 0	Stade Malien
Ziaya 15', 80'	Report

Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

5 December 2009

17:00 UTC+1

Stade Malien	2 – 0	ES Sétif
B. Coulibaly 53' Bagayoko 55' (pen.)	Report
Penalties
Issiaka M. Coulibaly Koné B. Coulibaly	3 – 2	Belkaïd Yekhlef Diss Seguer Djediat

Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Abdelmalek Ziaya	ES Sétif	15
2	Ahmed Raouf	ENPPI	8
3	Bakary Coulibaly	Stade Malien	7
4	Serge Lofo Bongeli	AS Vita Club	5
	Ahmed Eid	Haras El Hodood	5
	Ousmane Bagayoko	Stade Malien	5
	Timothy Mbewe	Red Arrows	5