2011 CAF Champions League








































2011 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 28 January – 13 November 2011
Teams 55 (from 43 associations)
Final positions
Champions
Tunisia Espérance ST (2nd title)
Runners-up
Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Tournament statistics
Matches played 117
Goals scored 278 (2.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Zimbabwe Edward Sadomba
(7 goals)

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The 2011 CAF Champions League (also known as the 2011 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 15th edition under the current CAF Champions League format. The winner Espérance ST participated in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, and also played in the 2012 CAF Super Cup.




Contents






  • 1 Association team allocation


    • 1.1 Ranking system


    • 1.2 Entrants list




  • 2 Round and draw dates


  • 3 Qualifying rounds


    • 3.1 Preliminary round


    • 3.2 First round


    • 3.3 Second round


    • 3.4 Special play-off




  • 4 Group stage


    • 4.1 Group A


    • 4.2 Group B




  • 5 Knock-out stage


    • 5.1 Semifinals


    • 5.2 Final




  • 6 Top scorers


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Association team allocation


Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2011 CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition, CAF used .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}
2005-09 5-Year ranking
. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.



Ranking system



CAF calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the last 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:[1]



































CAF Champions League

CAF Confederation Cup
Winner
5 points
4 points
Runner-up
4 points
3 points
Losing semi-finalists
3 points
2 points
3rd place in groups
2 points
1 point
4th place in groups
1 point
1 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:



  • 2009 – 5

  • 2008 – 4

  • 2007 – 3

  • 2006 – 2

  • 2005 – 1


This system is different from the one used for the 2010 CAF Champions League and previous years.


A similar procedure is used to rank clubs, with the exception that the results from 2006–2010 are used (with 2010 weighted by 5, 2009 by 4, and so on)



Entrants list


Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their 2005–2009 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual team 2006–2010 5-Year Ranking. The top nine sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.

















































































































































































































































































Association
Club
Qualifying method
Associations with two entrants (Ranked 1–12)

Tunisia Tunisia
(1st – 96 pts)

Espérance ST(4th – 24pts)

2009–10 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champion

Club Africain(18th – 3 pts)

2009–10 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up

Egypt Egypt
(2nd – 87 pts)

Al-Ahly(2nd – 43 pts)

2009–10 Egyptian Premier League champion

Zamalek(18th – 3 pts)

2009–10 Egyptian Premier League runner-up

Nigeria Nigeria
(3rd – 75 pts)

Enyimba(13th – 11 pts)

2009–10 Nigeria Premier League champion

Kano Pillars(=11th – 12 pts)

2009–10 Nigeria Premier League runner-up

Sudan Sudan
(4th – 54 pts)

Al-Hilal(3rd – 31 pts)

2010 Sudan Premier League champion

Al-Merreikh(=6th – 16 pts)

2010 Sudan Premier League runner-up

Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo DR
(5th – 46 pts)

AS Vita Club(=16th – 4 pts)
2010 Linafoot champion

TP Mazembe(1st – 55 pts)
2010 Linafoot runner-up

Algeria Algeria
(6th – 27 pts)

MC Alger

2009–10 Algerian Championnat National champion

ES Sétif(5th – 22 pts)

2009–10 Algerian Championnat National runner-up

Morocco Morocco
(=7th – 20 pts)

Wydad Casablanca

2009–10 Botola champion

Raja Casablanca

2009–10 Botola runner-up

Mali Mali
(=7th – 20 pts)

Stade Malien(=6th – 16 pts)

2009–10 Malian Première Division champion

Djoliba(15th – 5 pts)

2009–10 Malian Première Division runner-up

Cameroon Cameroon
(9th – 19 pts)

Coton Sport FC(=11th – 12 pts)

2009–10 Cameroonian Premier League champion

Les Astres FC(20th – 2 pts)

2009–10 Cameroonian Premier League runner-up

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
(=10th – 18 pts)

ASEC Mimosas(10th – 13 pts)

2010 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division champion

JC Abidjan

2010 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division runner-up

Angola Angola
(=10th – 18 pts)

Inter Luanda(=16th – 4 pts)

2010 Girabola (XXXII) champion

CR Caála

2010 Girabola (XXXII) runner-up

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
(12th – 17 pts)

Motor Action
2010 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League champion

Dynamos(9th – 14 pts)
2010 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League runner-up
Associations with one entrant (Fewer ranking points than the 12th CAF association)

Ghana Ghana
(13th – 12 pts)

Aduana Stars
2009–10 Ghana Premier League champion

Zambia Zambia
(14th – 10 pts)

ZESCO United(14th – 8 pts)
2010 Zambian Premier League champion

Libya Libya
(15th – 9 pts)

Al-Ittihad(=6th – 16 pts)

2009–10 Libyan Premier League champion

South Africa South Africa
(16th – 7 pts)

Supersport United

2009–10 Premier Soccer League champion

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
(17th – 2 pts)

Deportivo Mongomo
2010 Equatoguinean Premier League champion

Gabon Gabon
(=18th – 1 pt)

US Bitam
2009–10 Gabon Championnat National D1 champion

Guinea Guinea
(=18th – 1 pt)

Fello Star
2009–10 Guinée Championnat National champion

Benin Benin

ASPAC
2009–10 Benin Premier League champion

Botswana Botswana

Township Rollers
2009–10 Botswana Premier League champion

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso

ASFA Yennenga
2009–10 Burkinabé Premier League champion

Burundi Burundi

Vital'O FC
2009–10 Burundi Premier League champion

Central African Republic Central African Republic

Olympic Real de Bangui
2010 Central African Republic League champion

Chad Chad

Tourbillon FC
2010 Ligue de N'Djaména champion

Comoros Comoros

Élan Club
2010 Comoros Premier League champion

Republic of the Congo Congo

Saint Michel de Ouenzé
2010 Congo Premier League champion

Ethiopia Ethiopia

Saint-George SA

2009–10 Ethiopian Premier League champion

The Gambia Gambia

Ports Authority
2010 GFA League First Division champion

Kenya Kenya

Ulinzi Stars

2010 Kenyan Premier League champion

Lesotho Lesotho

Matlama
2009–10 Lesotho Premier League champion

Liberia Liberia

Mighty Barrolle

2009 Liberian Premier League champion (no league champion in 2010)

Madagascar Madagascar

CNaPS Sport
2010 THB Champions League champion

Mauritania Mauritania

CF Cansado
2010 Mauritanean Premier League champion

Mozambique Mozambique

Liga Muçulmana
2010 Moçambola champion

Niger Niger

ASFAN
2010 Niger Premier League champion

Rwanda Rwanda

APR
2009–10 Rwandan Premier League champion

Senegal Senegal

Diaraf
2010 Senegal Premier League champion

Seychelles Seychelles

St Michel United
2010 Seychelles League champion

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone

East End Lions
2009–10 Sierra Leone National Premier League champion

Eswatini Swaziland

Young Buffaloes
2009–10 Swazi Premier League champion

Tanzania Tanzania

Simba
2009–10 Tanzanian Premier League champion

Zanzibar Zanzibar

Zanzibar Ocean View
2010 Zanzibar Premier League champion

Notes


  • Associations that did not enter a team: Cape Verde, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, Togo, Uganda

  • Unranked associations have no ranking points and hence are equal 20th.

  • Unranked teams have no rankings points and hence are equal 21st. Club ranking is determined only between teams qualified for the 2011 CAF Champions League.



Round and draw dates


Schedule of dates for 2011 competition.[2]
































































Phase
Round
Draw date
First leg
Second leg
Qualifying
Preliminary round
20 December 2010
(Cairo, Egypt)[3]
28–30 January
11–13 February
25–27 February
4–6 March
First round
18–20 March
1–3 April
Second round
22–24 April
6–8 May
Group stage
Matchday 1
15 May 2011
(Cairo, Egypt)[4]
15–17 July
Matchday 2
29–31 July
Matchday 3
12–14 August
Matchday 4
26–28 August
Matchday 5
9–11 September
Matchday 6
16–18 September
Knock-out stage
Semifinals
30 September–2 October
14–16 October
Final
4–6 November
11–13 November

The second leg of the preliminary round matches are postponed to 25–27 February (or further to 4–6 March) in case the club have at least three players in the 2011 African Nations Championship.[5]



Qualifying rounds



The fixtures for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds were announced on 20 December 2010.[6]


Qualification ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[7]



Preliminary round











































































































































































Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

ASFAN Niger
0–3

Ivory Coast JC Abidjan

0–0

0–3

Saint Michel de Ouenzé Republic of the Congo
0–3

Nigeria Enyimba

0–1

0–2

US Bitam Gabon
0–0 (5–3 p)

Cameroon Les Astres FC

0–0

0–0

Olympic Real de Bangui Central African Republic
1–3

Algeria MC Alger

1–1

0–2

Inter Luanda Angola
w/o1

Botswana Township Rollers



East End Lions Sierra Leone
0–4

Mali Djoliba

0–2

0–2

Diaraf Senegal
3–1

The Gambia Ports Authority

1–1

2–0

ASPAC Benin
2–1

Equatorial Guinea Deportivo Mongomo

1–0

1–1

ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast
9–0

Mauritania CF Cansado

7–0

2–0

Motor Action Zimbabwe
1–1 (4–3 p)

Madagascar CNaPS Sport

0–1

1–0

Raja Casablanca Morocco
w/o2

Chad Tourbillon

10–1


Ulinzi Stars Kenya
0–5

Egypt Zamalek

0–4

0–1

APR Rwanda
2–6

Tunisia Club Africain

2–2

0–4

Recreativo Caála Angola
2–1

Ethiopia Saint-George SA

2–0

0–1

Élan Club Comoros
2–4

Tanzania Simba

0–0

2–4

Mighty Barrolle Liberia
1–3

Nigeria Kano Pillars

1–2

0–1

Wydad Casablanca Morocco
3–1

Ghana Aduana Stars

3–0

0–1

Fello Star Guinea
1–4

Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga

1–1

0–3

Vital'O FC Burundi
3–3 (a)

Cameroon Coton Sport FC

2–2

1–1

Zanzibar Ocean View Zanzibar
1–4

Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club

1–1

0–3

Supersport United South Africa
3–2

Lesotho Matlama

2–0

1–2

Young Buffaloes Eswatini
4–2

Seychelles St Michel United

3–0

1–2

ZESCO United Zambia
4–2

Mozambique Liga Muçulmana

3–0

1–2

Notes



  • Note 1: Inter Luanda advanced to the first round after Township Rollers F.C. withdrew.


  • Note 2: Raja Casablanca advanced to the first round after Tourbillon withdrew following the first leg.



First round


























































































































Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

JC Abidjan Ivory Coast
w/o3

Libya Al-Ittihad



US Bitam Gabon
1–2

Nigeria Enyimba

0–0

1–2

Dynamos Zimbabwe
4–4 (a)

Algeria MC Alger

4–1

0–3

Al-Merreikh Sudan
2–2 (2–3 p)

Angola Inter Luanda

2–0

0–2

Diaraf Senegal
4–1

Mali Djoliba

3–0

1–1

Espérance ST Tunisia
5–2

Benin ASPAC

5–0

0–2

Motor Action Zimbabwe
0–0 (2–4 p)

Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas

0–0
4

Stade Malien Mali
2–2 (a)

Morocco Raja Casablanca

2–1

0–1

Club Africain Tunisia
w/o5

Egypt Zamalek

4–2

Abd5

Al-Hilal Sudan
4–1

Angola Recreativo Caála

3–0

1–1

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo
w/o6

Tanzania Simba

3–1

3–2

Wydad Casablanca Morocco
2–0

Nigeria Kano Pillars

2–0

0–0

ES Sétif Algeria
6–3

Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga

2–0

4–3

AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo
0–3

Cameroon Coton Sport FC

0–1

0–2

Al-Ahly Egypt
2–1

South Africa Supersport United

2–0

0–1

ZESCO United Zambia
7–0

Eswatini Young Buffaloes

5–0

2–0

Notes



  • Note 3: Al-Ittihad advanced to the second round after JC Abidjan withdrew. Tie was scheduled to be played at a neutral venue over one leg due to the political situations in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya,[8] but match did not take place.


  • Note 4: Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire.[8]


  • Note 5: Second leg abandoned on 90+5 minutes with Zamalek SC leading 2–1 (Club Africain leading 5–4 on aggregate) when Zamalek SC fans invaded the pitch.[9]


  • Note 6: TP Mazembe won 6–3 on aggregate, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. As a result, Simba played against Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca, which lost to TP Mazembe in the second round, in a play-off for a place in the group stage.



Second round


































































Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Enyimba Nigeria
1–0

Libya Al-Ittihad

1–0
7

Inter Luanda Angola
3–4

Algeria MC Alger

1–1

2–3

Espérance ST Tunisia
6–0

Senegal Diaraf

5–0

1–0

Raja Casablanca Morocco
1–1 (5–4 p)

Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas

1–1
7

Al-Hilal Sudan
w/o8

Tunisia Club Africain

1–0

Abd8

Wydad Casablanca Morocco
w/o9

Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe

1–0

0–2

Coton Sport FC Cameroon
4–3

Algeria ES Sétif

4–1

0–2

ZESCO United Zambia
0–1

Egypt Al-Ahly

0–0

0–1

Notes



  • Note 7: Ties scheduled to be played over one leg due to the political situations in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya.[10]


  • Note 8: Second leg abandoned on 81 minutes with the score at 1–1 (Al-Hilal leading 2–1 on aggregate) when Club Africain fans invaded the pitch.[11]


  • Note 9: TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the first round. As a result, Wydad Casablanca played against Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to TP Mazembe in the first round, in a play-off for a place in the group stage.


The losing teams from the second round advance to the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.[7]



Special play-off


On 14 May 2011, the CAF announced that TP Mazembe from Congo DR were disqualified from the Champions League group stage following a complaint about the eligibility of TP Mazembe's player Janvier Besala Bokungu from Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to them in the first round. As a result, the Organising Committee decided that a replacement for the group stage would be determined by a play-off match at a neutral venue, between Simba and Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca, which lost to TP Mazembe in the second round.[12][13]













Team 1
 Score 
Team 2

Wydad Casablanca Morocco

3–0

Tanzania Simba


Group stage



The draw for the group stage was held on 15 May 2011.[14] The eight teams were seeded into four pots, with each group containing one team from each pot.[15]





Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semifinals


Group A






























































Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Nigeria Enyimba
6 4 2 0 11 5 +6
14

Sudan Al-Hilal
6 2 2 2 6 7 −1
8

Cameroon Coton Sport FC
6 2 1 3 7 8 −1
7

Morocco Raja Casablanca
6 0 3 3 1 5 −4
3






































 

HIL

COT

ENY

RCA

Al-Hilal


2–1

1–2

1–0

Coton Sport FC

2–0


2–3

2–1

Enyimba

2–2

2–0


2–0

Raja Casablanca

0–0

0–0

0–0




Group B






























































Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Tunisia Espérance ST
6 2 4 0 9 4 +5
10

Morocco Wydad Casablanca
6 1 4 1 11 9 +2
7

Egypt Al-Ahly
6 1 4 1 7 6 +1
7

Algeria MC Alger
6 1 2 3 4 12 −8
5






































 

AHL

EST

MCA

WAC

Al-Ahly


1–1

2–0

3–3

Espérance ST

1–0


4–0

0–0

MC Alger

0–0

1–1


3–1

Wydad Casablanca

1–1

2–2

4–0




Tiebreakers[7]

  • Wydad Casablanca and Al-Ahly are ranked by their head-to-head records: Wydad Casablanca (2 pts, 0 GD, 4 GF, 3 away goals), Al-Ahly (2 pts, 0 GD, 4 GF, 1 away goal).


Knock-out stage




Semifinals
























Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Wydad Casablanca Morocco
1–0

Nigeria Enyimba

1–0

0–0

Al-Hilal Sudan
0–3

Tunisia Espérance ST

0–1

0–2


Final


















Team 1

Agg.
Team 2
1st leg
2nd leg

Wydad Casablanca Morocco
0–1

Tunisia Espérance ST

0–0

0–1


Top scorers





































































































































Rank
Player
Club
Goals
1

Zimbabwe Edward Sadomba

Sudan Al-Hilal
7
2

Tunisia Youssef Msakni

Tunisia ES Tunis
5

Morocco Mouhcine Iajour

Morocco Wydad AC
5
4

Ivory Coast Adama Bakayoko

Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
4

Nigeria Uche Kalu

Nigeria Enyimba
4

Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng

Tunisia ES Tunis
4

Tunisia Oussama Darragi

Tunisia ES Tunis
4

Angola Pedro Henriques

Angola Interclube
4

Zambia Alfred Luputa

Zambia ZESCO United
4

Republic of the Congo Fabrice N'Guessi

Morocco Wydad AC
4
11

Egypt Emad Moteab

Egypt Al-Ahly
3

Cameroon Jacques Haman

Cameroon Coton Sport FC
3

Cameroon Hilaire Momi

Cameroon Coton Sport FC
3

Algeria Lazhar Hadj Aïssa

Algeria ES Sétif
3

Algeria Nabil Hemani

Algeria ES Sétif
3

Nigeria Victor Barnabas

Nigeria Enyimba
3

Nigeria Valentine Nwabili

Nigeria Enyimba
3

Algeria Réda Babouche

Algeria MC Alger
3

Algeria Brahim Bedbouda

Algeria MC Alger
3

Algeria Abdelmalek Mokdad

Algeria MC Alger
3

Central African Republic Kellebonin

Central African Republic Olympic Real
3

Morocco Hassan Tair

Morocco Raja CA
3

Angola Paizinho

Angola Recreativo Caála
3

Tanzania Mbwana Samata

Tanzania Simba SC
3


See also



  • 2011 CAF Confederation Cup

  • 2012 CAF Super Cup

  • 2011 in Comorian football



References





  1. ^ CAF Club Competitions entry procedures for 2011 released


  2. ^ Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011


  3. ^ Draw for 2011 Interclubs rescheduled for Dec. 20


  4. ^ CAF Meetings and Inter-Clubs Competitions draw set for May 15th 2011


  5. ^ CL and CC: matches postponed


  6. ^ Fixtures for preliminary round, first qualifying round, and second qualifying round


  7. ^ abc Regulations of the CAF Champions League


  8. ^ ab CAF Interclubs matches venues and dates reviewed


  9. ^ Violence rocks Zamalek match against Club Africain


  10. ^ Orange CAF Champions League postponed matches


  11. ^ Club Africain Hilal game abandoned after pitch invasion


  12. ^ TP Mazembe disqualified from the Orange CL group stage fielding ineligible player


  13. ^ Mazembe are disqualified from the Champions League


  14. ^ Draw of the Group matches


  15. ^ Orange CAF Champions League draw procedures




External links


  • CAF Champions League









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