2013 CAF Champions League

The 2013 CAF Champions League (also known as the 2013 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 17th edition under the current CAF Champions League format. The winner qualified for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, and earned the right to play in the 2014 CAF Super Cup.[1]

2013 CAF Champions League
2013 Orange CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates15 February – 10 November 2013
Teams56 (from 45 associations)
Final positions
Champions Al-Ahly (8th title)
Runners-up Orlando Pirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played124
Goals scored288 (2.32 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alexis Yougouda Kada
(7 goals)

In the final, defending champions Al-Ahly of Egypt defeated Orlando Pirates of South Africa, and were crowned African club champions for a record eighth time.[2]

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter if they had not already qualified for the CAF Champions League.[1] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.

For the 2013 CAF Champions League, the CAF used the 2007–2011 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculated points for each association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points were the following:[3]

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 were multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

  • 2011 – 5
  • 2010 – 4
  • 2009 – 3
  • 2008 – 2
  • 2007 – 1

Teams

The following teams entered the competition. Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.

Associations are shown according to their 2007–2011 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Association Team Qualifying method
Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Tunisia
(1st – 100 pts)
Espérance de Tunis 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champion
CA Bizertin 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up
Nigeria
(2nd – 70 pts)
Kano Pillars 2012 Nigeria Premier League champion
Enugu Rangers 2012 Nigeria Premier League runner-up
Egypt
(3rd – 64 pts)
Al-Ahly Title holders (2012 CAF Champions League winner)
2010–11 Egyptian Premier League champion[Note EGY]
Zamalek 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League runner-up[Note EGY]
Morocco
(4th – 62 pts)
Moghreb Tétouan 2011–12 Botola champion
FUS Rabat 2011–12 Botola runner-up
Congo DR
(5th – 49 pts)
TP Mazembe 2012 Linafoot champion
AS Vita Club 2012 Linafoot runner-up
Sudan
(6th – 47 pts)
Al-Hilal 2012 Sudan Premier League champion
Al-Merrikh 2012 Sudan Premier League runner-up
Algeria
(7th – 43 pts)
ES Sétif 2011–12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champion
JSM Béjaïa 2011–12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up
Cameroon
(8th – 19 pts)
Union Douala 2012 Cameroonian Premier League champion
Coton Sport 2012 Cameroonian Premier League runner-up
Angola
(9th – 18 pts)
Recreativo do Libolo 2012 Girabola champion
Primeiro de Agosto 2012 Girabola runner-up
Mali
(10th – 16 pts)
Djoliba 2011–12 Malian Première Division champion
Stade Malien 2011–12 Malian Première Division runner-up
Zimbabwe
(11th – 13 pts)
Dynamos
(one entrant only)[Note ZIM]
2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League champion
Ivory Coast
(T-12th – 11 pts)
Séwé Sport 2012 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division champion
AFAD Djékanou 2012 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division runner-up
Associations eligible to enter one team
Libya
(T-12th – 11 pts)
Al-Ittihad 2009–10 Libyan Premier League champion[Note LBY]
Zambia
(14th – 10 pts)
Zanaco 2012 Zambian Premier League champion
Niger
(15th – 4 pts)
Olympic Niamey 2011–12 Niger Premier League champion
Ghana
(16th – 2 pts)
Asante Kotoko 2011–12 Ghanaian Premier League champion
South Africa
(17th – 1 pt)
Orlando Pirates 2011–12 Premier Soccer League champion
Benin ASPAC 2011–12 Benin Premier League champion
Botswana Mochudi Centre Chiefs 2011–12 Botswana Premier League champion
Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga 2012 Burkinabé Premier League champion
Burundi Vital'O 2011–12 Burundi Premier League champion
Central African Republic Olympic Real de Bangui 2012 Central African Republic League champion
Chad Gazelle 2012 Ligue de N'Djaména champion
Comoros Djabal Club 2012 Comoros Premier League champion
Congo AC Léopards 2012 Congo Premier League champion
Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema 2012 Equatoguinean Premier League champion
Ethiopia Saint George 2011–12 Ethiopian Premier League champion
Gabon CF Mounana 2011–12 Gabon Championnat National D1 champion
Gambia Real de Banjul 2012 GFA League First Division champion
Guinea Horoya 2011–12 Guinée Championnat National champion
Kenya Tusker 2012 Kenyan Premier League champion
Lesotho Lesotho Correctional Services 2011–12 Lesotho Premier League champion
Liberia LISCR 2012 Liberian Premier League champion
Madagascar AS Adema 2012 THB Champions League champion
Mozambique Maxaquene 2012 Moçambola champion
Rwanda APR 2011–12 Primus National Football League champion
São Tomé and Príncipe Sporting Clube do Príncipe 2012 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship champion
Senegal Casa Sports 2011–12 Senegal Premier League champion
Seychelles St Michel United 2012 Seychelles First Division champion
Sierra Leone Diamond Stars 2011–12 Sierra Leone National Premier League champion
Swaziland Mbabane Swallows 2011–12 Swazi Premier League champion
Tanzania Simba 2011–12 Tanzanian Premier League champion
Togo Dynamic Togolais 2011–12 Togolese Championnat National champion
Uganda URA 2011–12 Ugandan Super League third place
Zanzibar Jamhuri 2012 Zanzibar Premier League runner-up
Notes
  1. ^ a b
    Egypt (EGY): The 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League champion and runner-up would originally represent Egypt in this tournament, but due of its cancellation, the 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League champion and runner-up were selected to represent Egypt.[4]
  2. ^
    Libya (LBY): As there were no club football in Libya in 2012, the 2009–10 Libyan Premier League champion (last completed season) was selected to represent Libya.[5]
  3. ^
    Zimbabwe (ZIM): Highlanders, the 2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League runner-up, could not represent Zimbabwe as they were subject of a three-year ban for withdrawing from the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup.

The following associations did not enter a team: Cape Verde, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia, South Sudan.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 9 December 2012[6] 15–17 February 2013 1–3 March 2013
First round 15–17 March 2013 5–7 April 2013
Second round 19–21 April 2013 3–5 May 2013
Group stage Matchday 1 14 May 2013[7] 19–21 July 2013
Matchday 2 2–4 August 2013
Matchday 3 16–18 August 2013
Matchday 4 30 August–1 September 2013
Matchday 5 13–15 September 2013
Matchday 6 20–22 September 2013
Knock-out stage Semi-finals 4–6 October 2013 18–20 October 2013
Final 1–3 November 2013 8–10 November 2013

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 9 December 2012, and the fixtures were announced by the CAF on 10 December 2012.[8]

Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek 7–0 Gazelle 7–0 0–0
AS Vita Club 5–1 Dynamic Togolais 3–0 2–1
Jamhuri 0–8 Saint George 0–3 0–5
CA Bizertin 2–1 Al-Ittihad 1–1 1–0
Dynamos 3–1 Lesotho Correctional Services 3–0 0–1
St Michel United 1–7 Tusker 1–4 0–3
Zanaco 3–2 Mbabane Swallows 3–2 0–0
Orlando Pirates 9–0 Djabal Club 5–0 4–0
Maxaquene 0–2 Mochudi Centre Chiefs 0–1 0–1
APR 2–2 (a) Vital'O 1–2 1–0
Enugu Rangers w/o[A] Sporting Clube do Príncipe
Simba 0–5 Recreativo do Libolo 0–1 0–4
JSM Béjaïa 3–0 Olympic Niamey 3–0 0–0
Asante Kotoko 8–0 Sony Elá Nguema 7–0 1–0
Primeiro de Agosto 4–3 AS Adema 4–2 0–1
FUS Rabat 2–2 (a) Real de Banjul 1–0 1–2
Union Douala 3–1 LISCR 2–1 1–0
Horoya 0–3 Séwé Sport 0–0 0–3
AFAD Djékanou 6–2 Diamond Stars 5–1 1–1
Coton Sport 0–0 (4–3 p) URA 0–0 0–0
Moghreb Tétouan 1–1 (1–3 p) Casa Sports 1–0 0–1
Kano Pillars 5–1 Olympic Real de Bangui 5–1 0–0
AC Léopards 2–1 CF Mounana 2–0 0–1
ASPAC 2–2 (4–5 p) ASFA Yennenga 1–1 1–1
Notes
  1. ^
    Enugu Rangers advanced to the first round after Sporting Clube do Príncipe failed to show up for the first leg.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek 1–0 AS Vita Club 1–0 0–0
Saint George 3–1 Djoliba 2–0 1–1
CA Bizertin 3–1 Dynamos 3–0 0–1
Tusker 1–4 Al-Ahly 1–2 0–2
Zanaco 1–3 Orlando Pirates 0–1 1–2
Mochudi Centre Chiefs 0–7 TP Mazembe 0–1 0–6
Vital'O 0–2 Enugu Rangers 0–0 0–2
Recreativo do Libolo 4–2 Al-Merrikh 2–1 2–1
JSM Béjaïa 1–1 (a) Asante Kotoko 0–0 1–1
Primeiro de Agosto 0–2 Espérance de Tunis 0–1 0–1
FUS Rabat 3–1 Union Douala 3–0 0–1
Séwé Sport 5–4 Al-Hilal 4–1 1–3
AFAD Djékanou 1–3 Coton Sport 0–1 1–2
Casa Sports 1–4 Stade Malien 1–2 0–2
Kano Pillars 4–4 (a) AC Léopards 4–1 0–3
ASFA Yennenga 4–5 ES Sétif 2–1 2–4

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zamalek 3–3 (a) Saint George 1–1 2–2
CA Bizertin 1–2 Al-Ahly 0–0 1–2
Orlando Pirates 3–2 TP Mazembe 3–1 0–1
Enugu Rangers 1–3 Recreativo do Libolo 0–0 1–3
JSM Béjaïa 0–1 Espérance de Tunis 0–0 0–1
FUS Rabat 1–1 (a) Séwé Sport 1–1 0–0
Coton Sport 3–0 Stade Malien 3–0 0–0
AC Léopards 4–4 (5–4 p) ES Sétif 3–1 1–3

The losers of the second round entered the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.[1]

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2013 CAF Champions League group stage.
Group A
Group B

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 May 2013.[9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
  3. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all games
  5. Goals scored in all games

Knock-out stage

Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).[1]

Bracket

  Semi-Finals Final
                         
Orlando Pirates (a) 0 1 1  
Espérance de Tunis 0 1 1  
    Orlando Pirates 1 0 1
  Al Ahly 1 2 3
Coton Sport 1 1 2 (6)
Al Ahly (p) 1 1 2 (7)  

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[1]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Orlando Pirates 1–1 (a) Espérance de Tunis 0–0 1–1
Coton Sport 2–2 (6–7 p) Al-Ahly 1–1 1–1

Final

In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw.

Orlando Pirates 1–1 Al-Ahly
Matlaba  90+3' Report Aboutrika  14'
Al-Ahly 2–0 Orlando Pirates
Aboutrika  54'
Abd El-Zaher  78'
Report

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Alexis Yougouda Kada Coton Sport 7
2 Ahmed Gaafar Zamalek 6
Mamadou Soro AFAD Djékanou 6
4 Mohamed Aboutrika Al-Ahly 5
Takesure Chinyama Orlando Pirates 5
Abdoulaye Cissé Zamalek 5
Kévin Zougoula Séwé Sport 5
8 Arouna Biné Dramé AC Léopards 4
Rúben Gouveia Recreativo do Libolo 4
Emad Moteab Al-Ahly 4

Source:[10]

See also

References

  1. "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. "Ahly beat Pirates for African title". CAF. 10 November 2013.
  3. "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  4. الأهلي والزمالك وإنبي يمثلون مصر أفريقياً العام المقبل..والإسماعيلي والحرس عربياً (in Arabic). kooora.com. 20 May 2012.
  5. الاتحاد والنصر يعودان الى الواجهة الافريقية ليمثلا كرة القدم الليبية (in Arabic). alayam.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  6. "CAF Champions League draw set for Sunday in Cairo". Cafonline.com. 8 December 2012.
  7. "Drawing of lots of CAF Interclubs competitions for the year 2013". Cafonline.com. 23 April 2013.
  8. "Orange CAF Champions League 2013 fixtures" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. 10 December 2012.
  9. "2013 Orange CAF Champions League draw conducted in Cairo". Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
  10. "Leading CAF Champions League scorers". Agence France-Presse. October 20, 2013.
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