2013 CAF Confederation Cup
# 2013 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2013 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2013 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winner earned the right to play in the 2014 CAF Super Cup. The defending champions AC Léopards did not enter the tournament as they qualified for the 2013 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage.

In the final, CS Sfaxien of Tunisia defeated TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and were crowned CAF Confederation Cup champions for a record third time.

## Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, 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 or CAF Confederation Cup. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which entered the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.

For the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup, 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:

| | 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) | CS Sfaxien | 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place |
| Tunisia (1st – 100 pts) | Étoile du Sahel | 2011–12 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place |
| Nigeria (2nd – 70 pts) | Lobi Stars | 2012 Nigeria Premier League third place |
| Nigeria (2nd – 70 pts) | Heartland | 2012 Nigerian FA Cup winner |
| Egypt (3rd – 64 pts) | Ismaily | 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League third place |
| Egypt (3rd – 64 pts) | ENPPI | 2011 Egypt Cup winner |
| Morocco (4th – 62 pts) | Wydad AC | 2011–12 Botola third place |
| Morocco (4th – 62 pts) | FAR Rabat | 2012 Coupe du Trône runner-up |
| Congo DR (5th – 49 pts) | DC Motema Pembe | 2012 Linafoot third place |
| Congo DR (5th – 49 pts) | CS Don Bosco | 2012 Coupe du Congo winner |
| Sudan (6th – 47 pts) | Al-Ahly Shendi | 2012 Sudan Premier League third place |
| Sudan (6th – 47 pts) | Al-Khartoum | 2012 Sudan Premier League fourth place |
| Algeria (7th – 43 pts) | USM Alger (one entrant only) | 2011–12 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place |
| Cameroon (8th – 19 pts) | Panthère du Ndé | 2012 Cameroonian Premier League third place |
| Cameroon (8th – 19 pts) | Unisport Bafang | 2012 Cameroonian Cup winner |
| Angola (9th – 18 pts) | Petro de Luanda | 2012 Taça de Angola winner |
| Angola (9th – 18 pts) | Recreativo da Caála | 2012 Taça de Angola runner-up |
| Mali (10th – 16 pts) | US Bougouni | 2012 Malian Cup winner |
| Mali (10th – 16 pts) | Onze Créateurs | 2012 Malian Cup runner-up |
| Ivory Coast (T-12th – 11 pts) | ASEC Mimosas | 2012 Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division third place |
| Ivory Coast (T-12th – 11 pts) | Stella Club d'Adjamé | 2012 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football winner |
| Associations eligible to enter one team |||
| Libya (T-12th – 11 pts) | Al-Nasr | 2009–10 Libyan Cup winner |
| Zambia (14th – 10 pts) | Power Dynamos | 2012 Zambian Premier League runner-up |
| Niger (15th – 4 pts) | Sahel | 2012 Niger Cup winner |
| Ghana (16th – 2 pts) | New Edubiase United | 2011–12 Ghanaian FA Cup winner |
| South Africa (17th – 1 pt) | SuperSport United | 2012 Nedbank Cup winner |
| Benin | Mogas 90 | 2012 Benin Cup winner |
| Botswana | Gaborone United | 2012 Botswana FA Challenge Cup winner |
| Burkina Faso | Rail Club du Kadiogo | 2012 Coupe du Faso winner |
| Burundi | LLB Académic | 2012 Burundian Cup winner |
| Central African Republic | Anges de Fatima | 2012 Central African Republic Coupe Nationale finalist |
| Chad | Elect-Sport | 2012 Coupe de Ligue de N'Djaména winner |
| Congo | Diables Noirs | 2012 Coupe du Congo winner |
| Equatorial Guinea | The Panthers | 2012 Equatoguinean Cup winner |
| Ethiopia | Dedebit | 2011–12 Ethiopian Premier League runner-up |
| Gabon | US Bitam | 2011–12 Gabon Championnat National D1 runner-up |
| Gambia | Gamtel | 2012 Gambian Cup winner |
| Guinea | Séquence | 2012 Guinée Coupe Nationale winner |
| Kenya | Gor Mahia | 2012 FKF President's Cup winner |
| Liberia | Barrack Young Controllers II | 2012 Liberian Cup winner |
| Madagascar | TCO Boeny | 2012 Coupe de Madagascar winner |
| Mozambique | Liga Muçulmana | 2012 Taça de Moçambique winner |
| Rwanda | Police | 2011–12 Primus National Football League runner-up |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Desportivo de Guadalupe | 2012 Taça Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe runner-up |
| Senegal | HLM | 2012 Senegal FA Cup winner |
| Seychelles | Anse Réunion | 2012 Seychelles FA Cup winner |
| Sierra Leone | Johansen | 2011–12 Sierra Leone National Premier League fourth place |
| South Sudan | El Nasir | 2012 South Sudan National Cup winner |
| Swaziland | Mbabane Highlanders | 2012 Swazi Cup runner-up |
| Tanzania | Azam | 2011–12 Tanzanian Premier League runner-up |
| Togo | AS Douanes Lomé | 2011–12 Togolese Championnat National runner-up |

### Notes

* ^ Egypt (EGY): The 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League third place and the 2012 Egypt Cup winner would originally represent Egypt in this tournament, but due of their cancellation, the 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League third place and the 2011 Egypt Cup winner were selected to represent Egypt.
* ^ Libya (LBY): As there were no club football in Libya in 2012, the 2009–10 Libyan Cup winner (last completed season) was selected to represent Libya.

The following associations did not enter a team: Zimbabwe (11th – 13 pts), Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia, Uganda, Zanzibar.

Moreover, the eight losers of the 2013 CAF Champions League second round entered the play-off round.

* Saint George
* CA Bizertin
* TP Mazembe
* Enugu Rangers
* JSM Béjaïa
* FUS Rabat
* Stade Malien
* ES Sétif

## 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 | 15–17 February 2013 | 1–3 March 2013 |
| Qualifying | First round | 9 December 2012 | 15–17 March 2013 | 5–7 April 2013 |
| Qualifying | Second round | 9 December 2012 | 19–21 April 2013 | 3–5 May 2013 |
| Qualifying | Play-off round | 7 May 2013 | 17–19 May 2013 | 31 May–2 June 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 14 May 2013 | 19–21 July 2013 | 19–21 July 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 14 May 2013 | 2–4 August 2013 | 2–4 August 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 14 May 2013 | 16–18 August 2013 | 16–18 August 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 14 May 2013 | 30 August–1 September 2013 | 30 August–1 September 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 14 May 2013 | 13–15 September 2013 | 13–15 September 2013 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 14 May 2013 | 20–22 September 2013 | 20–22 September 2013 |
| Knock-out stage | Semi-finals | 14 May 2013 | 4–6 October 2013 | 18–20 October 2013 |
| Knock-out stage | Final | 14 May 2013 | 22–24 November 2013 | 29 November–1 December 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.

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).

### Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gor Mahia | 5–0 | Anse Réunion | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| CS Don Bosco | 3–4 | SuperSport United | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Gaborone United | 2–3 | Liga Muçulmana | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Mogas 90 | w/o | AS Douanes Lomé | — | — |
| Rail Club du Kadiogo | 2–1 | Sahel | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| LLB Académic | 2–1 | Police | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Panthère du Ndé | 3–1 | Elect-Sport | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Desportivo de Guadalupe | 1–17 | US Bitam | 0–5 | 1–12 |
| Anges de Fatima | 2–5 | Dedebit | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| TCO Boeny | 3–3 (5–3 p) | Mbabane Highlanders | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Gamtel | 5–2 | HLM | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| New Edubiase United | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Diables Noirs | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| The Panthers | 3–0 | Séquence | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Power Dynamos | 1–2 | Recreativo da Caála | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Unisport Bafang | 0–3 | US Bougouni | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Stella Club d'Adjamé | 1–4 | Onze Créateurs | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Barrack Young Controllers II | 1–0 | Johansen | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Azam | 8–1 | El Nasir | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Al-Nasr | 1–0 | Al-Khartoum | 0–0 | 1–0 |

**Notes**

* ^ AS Douanes advanced to the first round after Mogas 90 withdrew.

### First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ENPPI | 3–0 | Gor Mahia | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Petro Luanda | 0–2 | SuperSport United | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Lobi Stars | 4–8 | Liga Muçulmana | 3–1 | 1–7 |
| Wydad AC | 4–1 | AS Douanes Lomé | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Rail Club du Kadiogo | 2–3 | ASEC Mimosas | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| DC Motema Pembe | 1–2 | LLB Académic | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| USM Alger | 4–2 | Panthère du Ndé | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Heartland | w/o | US Bitam | 2–1 | — |
| Al-Ahly Shendi | 1–0 | Dedebit | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Ismaily | 4–2 | TCO Boeny | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| CS Sfaxien | 7–3 | Gamtel | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| Diables Noirs | 6–1 | The Panthers | 6–1 | 0–0 |
| Recreativo da Caála | 6–0 | US Bougouni | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 5–3 | Onze Créateurs | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Barrack Young Controllers II | 1–2 | Azam | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| FAR Rabat | 2–1 | Al-Nasr | 1–0 | 1–1 |

**Notes**

* ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
* ^ US Bitam advanced to the second round after Heartland arrived late for the second leg, as per ruling made by the CAF.

### Second round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ENPPI | 3–1 | SuperSport United | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Liga Muçulmana | 3–3 (a) | Wydad AC | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 1–1 (2–4 p) | LLB Académic | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| USM Alger | 0–3 | US Bitam | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Al-Ahly Shendi | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Ismaily | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| CS Sfaxien | 4–2 | Diables Noirs | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Recreativo da Caála | 2–7 | Étoile du Sahel | 1–1 | 1–6 |
| Azam | 1–2 | FAR Rabat | 0–0 | 1–2 |

### Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 May 2013. The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stade Malien | 6–0 | LLB Académic | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Enugu Rangers | w/o | CS Sfaxien | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| FUS Rabat | 4–3 | FAR Rabat | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| CA Bizertin | 3–1 | Ismaily | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| ES Sétif | 2–2 (5–3 p) | US Bitam | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| JSM Béjaïa | 3–4 | Étoile du Sahel | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| TP Mazembe | 5–2 | Liga Muçulmana | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Saint George | 3–3 (a) | ENPPI | 2–0 | 1–3 |

**Notes**

* ^ CS Sfaxien advanced to the group stage after Enugu Rangers, which had originally won 1–0 on aggregate, was ruled by the CAF to have fielded an ineligible player in the second leg and thus disqualified.

## Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 May 2013. 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:

* Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
* Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
* Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
* Goal difference in all games
* Goals scored in all games

### Group A

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CSS | SM | ESS | SG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CS Sfaxien | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 14 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Stade Malien | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| Saint George | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |

### Group B

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | TPM | CAB | FUS | ESS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 |
| CA Bizertin | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| FUS Rabat | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| ES Sétif | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |

* 1 2 Tiebreakers: CA Bizertin are ranked ahead of FUS Rabat on head-to-head record.

## Knockout 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).

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CA Bizertin | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| 4 | CS Sfaxien | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | CS Sfaxien | 0 | 1 | 1 | CS Sfaxien | CS Sfaxien | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | | | TP Mazembe | TP Mazembe | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Stade Malien | 1 | 0 | 1 | TP Mazembe | TP Mazembe | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | TP Mazembe | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |

### 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.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| CA Bizertin | 0–1 | CS Sfaxien | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Stade Malien | 1–3 | TP Mazembe | 1–2 | 0–1 |

### Final

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

CS Sfaxien won 3–2 on aggregate.

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vincent Die Foneye | ENPPI | 6 |
| 1 | Mbwana Samatta | TP Mazembe | 6 |
| 1 | Sonito | Liga Muçulmana | 6 |
| 4 | Franck Guedegbe | US Bitam | 5 |
| 4 | Idrissa Kouyaté | CS Sfaxien | 5 |
| 4 | Mossaâb Sassi | Étoile du Sahel | 5 |
| 7 | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | CS Sfaxien | 4 |
| 7 | Étienne Alain Djissikadié | US Bitam | 4 |
| 7 | Taha Yassine Khenissi | CS Sfaxien | 4 |
| 7 | Losseni Komara | Diables Noirs | 4 |

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