2010 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2010 CAF Confederation Cup was the 7th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winners played in the 2011 CAF Super Cup.

2010 CAF Confederation Cup

Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates	February 2010 – November
Teams	52
Final positions
Champions	FUS Rabat (1st title)
Runners-up	CS Sfaxien
Tournament statistics
Matches played	116
Goals scored	297 (2.56 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed Abdel-Ghani (7 goals)
← 2009 2011 →

Schedule

Round	1st leg	2nd leg
Preliminary round	12–14 February	26–28 February
First round	19–21 March	2–4 April
Second round (1st Round of 16)	23–25 April	7–9 May
Play-off for group stage (2nd Round of 16)	16–18 July	30 July–1 August
Group stage	13–15 August 27–29 August 10–12 September 17–19 September 1–3 October 15–17 October
Semifinals	29–31 October	12–14 November
Final	26–28 November	3–5 December

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CAPS United	1–1 (8–7 p)	Mbabane Highlanders	1–0	0–1
Pamplemousses	1–5	Moroka Swallows	1–2	0–3
Atlético Olympic F.C.	1–2	Warri Wolves	1–1	0–1
Tersanah	2–3	CR Belouizdad	1–1	1–2
ATRACO FC	2–2 (9–10 p)	Al-Amal SC	2–0	0–2
Costa do Sol	5–1	UF Santos	2–0	3–1
AS CotonTchad	0–2	Ahly Tripoli	0–0	0–2
Miembeni	2–4	Petrojet	2–2	0–2
Villa SC	w/o1	Khartoum	—	—
Séwé Sport	3–1	USFA	2–1	1–0
Benfica	2–3	Baraka	0–0	2–3
Diaraf	2–3	FUS Rabat	2–1	0–2
Central Parade	0–4	CO Bamako	0–0	0–4
Dragón	2–7	AC Léopards	2–3	0–4
AFC Leopards	3–4	Banks	3–1	0–3
Lengthens	2–1	AS Adema	2–1	0–0
DC Motema Pembe	4–1	Anges de Fatima	3–0	1–1
ASFAN	3–2	Issia Wazi FC	2–0	1–2

Byes: Primeiro de Agosto (Angola), Coton Sport FC (Cameroon), Haras El Hodood (Egypt), FC 105 (Gabon), FAR Rabat (Morocco), Stade Malien (Mali), Enyimba (Nigeria), AS Vita Club (Congo DR), Simba (Tanzania), Étoile Sahel (Tunisia), CS Sfaxien (Tunisia), ZESCO United (Zambia), Académica do Soyo (Angola)², Panthère Sportive du Ndé FC (Cameroon) ³.

¹ SC Villa withdrew.
² Académica do Soyo were drawn against the champions of São Tomé and Príncipe, but the São Toméan FA did not send a team.
³ Panthère du Ndé were drawn against the champions of Benin, but the Beninese FA did not send a team.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CAPS United	2–1	Moroka Swallows	1–1	1–0
Warri Wolves	3–2	ZESCO United	3–0	0–2
CR Belouizdad	2–1	FAR Rabat	1–0	1–1
Al-Amal SC	6–5	Costa do Sol	4–2	2–3
Ahly Tripoli	0–1	CS Sfaxien	0–0	0–1
Petrojet	5–1	Khartoum	3–0	2–1
Séwé Sport	2–2 (3–4 p)	Stade Malien	2–0	0–2
Baraka	0–1	FUS Rabat	0–0	0–1
Académica do Soyo	2–3	Enyimba	2–0	0–3
Panthère Sportive du Ndé FC	3–4	AS Vita Club	1–1	2–3
CO Bamako	0–3	Primeiro de Agosto	0–0	0–3
AC Léopards	3–3 (a)	Coton Sport FC	3–1	0–2
Banks	1–6	Haras El Hodood	1–1	0–5
Lengthens	1–5	Simba	0–3	1–2
DC Motema Pembe	1–0	FC 105	0–0	1–0
ASFAN	2–2 (a)	Étoile Sahel	1–0	1–2

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Warri Wolves	2–3	CAPS United	2–1	0–2
Al-Amal SC	1–2	CR Belouizdad	1–0	0–2
Petrojet	1–2	CS Sfaxien	1–1	0–1
FUS Rabat	2–0	Stade Malien	2–0	0–0
AS Vita Club	3–3 (4–5 p)	Enyimba	3–0	0–3
Coton Sport FC	1–2	Primeiro de Agosto	1–2	0–0
Simba	3–6	Haras El Hodood	2–1	1–5
ASFAN	1–0	DC Motema Pembe	1–0	0–0

The Winners advance to a play-off against the losers of the Second Round of the Champions League

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	3–2	Primeiro de Agosto	2–0	1–2
Al-Hilal	8–1	CAPS United	5–0	3–1
Al-Merreikh	3–4	ASFAN	2–2	1–2
Petro de Luanda	1–3	CS Sfaxien	0–0	1–3
Zanaco	4–2	Enyimba	4–0	0–2
Gaborone United	2–8	Haras El Hodood	1–0	1–8
Supersport United	2–2 (a)	FUS Rabat	2–1	0–1
Djoliba	1–1 (a)	CR Belouizdad	0–0	1–1

The Winners advanced to the Group Stage

Group stage

Main article: 2010 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		HIL	ITT	DAC	ASF
Al-Hilal	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13		—	2–0	2–1	4–2
Ittihad	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12		1–2	—	2–0	4–0
Djoliba	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7		2–0	0–1	—	1–0
ASFAN	6	0	2	4	3	12	−9	2		0–0	1–3	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		FUS	CSS	ZAN	HEH
FUS Rabat	6	4	1	1	7	6	+1	13		—	2–1	1–0	1–0
CS Sfaxien	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10		3–0	—	2–1	3–1
Zanaco	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6		1–1	1–0	—	1–1
Haras El Hodood	6	0	3	3	4	8	−4	3		1–2	0–0	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knock-out stage

Main article: 2010 CAF Confederation Cup knock-out stage

Bracket

	Semi-Finals							Final
	1	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	1	1	2
	4	FUS Rabat (a)	2	0	2
								FUS Rabat		0	3	3
								CS Sfaxien		0	2	2
	3	CS Sfaxien (p)	1	0	1 (5)
	2	Al-Hilal	0	1	1 (3)

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Tripoli	2–2 (a)	FUS Rabat	1–2	1–0
CS Sfaxien	1–1 (5–3 p)	Al-Hilal	1–0	0–1

Final

Main article: 2010 CAF Confederation Cup Final

28 November 2010

18:30 UTC±0

FUS Rabat	0 – 0	CS Sfaxien
	Report

Complex Sportif Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

4 December 2010

18:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	2 – 3	FUS Rabat
Rouid 44' Zaiem 49' (pen.)	Report	Boukhriss 7' Rokki 75' Zouidi 89'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

FUS Rabat won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2010 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ahmed Abdel-Ghani	Haras El Hodood	7
2	Al-Tahir Hamad	Al-Amal Atbara	5
	Edward Sadomba	Al-Hilal	5
	Hamza Younés	CS Sfaxien	5

See also

• 2010 CAF Champions League
• 2011 CAF Super Cup

References

• http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/CC_fixturescomplete_2010_ENGpdf.pdf
• Fixtures & results
• Groups & standings