2013 CAF Champions League

2013 CAF Champions League

2013 Orange CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	15 February – 10 November 2013
Teams	56 (from 45 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ahly (8th title)
Runners-up	Orlando Pirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Goals scored	288 (2.32 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alexis Yougouda Kada (7 goals)
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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]

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

Main article: 2013 CAF Champions League 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

Main article: 2013 CAF Champions League group stage

Orlando Pirates

Al-Ahly

Zamalek

AC Léopards

Espérance de Tunis

Coton Sport

Séwé Sport

Recreativo do Libolo

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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] 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	ORL	ZAM	LEO
1	Al-Ahly	6	3	2	1	8	7	+1	8	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–3	4–2	2–1
2	Orlando Pirates	6	2	2	2	8	4	+4	6			0–0	—	4–1	0–0
3	Zamalek	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	5 [lower-alpha 1]			1–1	2–1	—	4–1
4	AC Léopards	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	5 [lower-alpha 1]			0–1	1–0	1–0	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

1. Zamalek are ranked ahead of AC Léopards on head-to-head record).

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EST	COT	SEW	LIB
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	1–0	3–2
2	Coton Sport	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	6			1–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	Séwé Sport	6	1	2	3	5	6	−1	4 [lower-alpha 1]			0–1	0–0	—	3–1
4	Recreativo do Libolo	6	1	2	3	8	11	−3	4 [lower-alpha 1]			1–0	1–1	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CAF
Notes:

1. Séwé Sport are ranked ahead of Recreativo do Libolo on head-to-head record.

Knock-out stage

Main article: 2013 CAF Champions League 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
	1	Orlando Pirates (a)	0	1	1
	4	Espérance de Tunis	0	1	1
								Orlando Pirates		1	0	1
								Al Ahly		1	2	3
	3	Coton Sport	1	1	2 (6)
	2	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

Main article: 2013 CAF Champions League Final

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

2 November 2013

20:30 UTC+2

Orlando Pirates	1–1	Al-Ahly
Matlaba 90+3'	Report	Aboutrika 14'

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

10 November 2013

18:00 UTC+2

Al-Ahly	2–0	Orlando Pirates
Aboutrika 54' Abd El-Zaher 78'	Report

Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Top scorers

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

Source: ^[10]

See also

• 2013 CAF Confederation Cup
• 2013 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2014 CAF Super Cup

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.

External links

• Orange CAF Champions League