2022 CAF Confederation Cup final

The 2022 CAF Confederation Cup Final was the final match of the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup, the 19th season of Africa's premier club football tournament organised by CAF under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup. It was played at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria on 20 May 2022.

2022 CAF Confederation Cup Final

Event	2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup
Orlando Pirates RS Berkane 1 1
After extra time RS Berkane won 5–4 on penalties
Date	20 May 2022 (2022-05-20)
Venue	Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Nigeria
Man of the Match	Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates)
Referee	Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Teams

Team	Zone	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Orlando Pirates	COSAFA (Southern Africa)	1 (2015)
RS Berkane	UNAF (North Africa)	2 (2019, 2020)

Venue

For the third consecutive year, the final was played as a single match at a pre-selected venue by CAF instead of a two-legged fixtures format, which was used in the CAF competitions since 1966.

On 11 May 2022, Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria was chosen by a CAF Executive Committee to host the final.

Road to the final

Further information: 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Orlando Pirates				Round	RS Berkane
Confederation Cup
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				First round	Bye
CSMD Diables Noirs	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)	Second round	US Ben Guerdane	5–0	1–0 (A)	4–0 (H)
LPRC Oilers	w/o	2–0 (A)	— (H)	Play-off round	APR	2–1	0–0 (A)	2–1 (H)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
JS Saoura	2–0 (H)			Matchday 1	USGN	5–3 (H)
Al Ittihad	2–3 (A)			Matchday 2	ASEC Mimosas	1–3 (A)
Royal Leopards	6–2 (A)			Matchday 3	Simba	2–0 (H)
Royal Leopards	3–0 (H)			Matchday 4	Simba	0–1 (A)
JS Saoura	2–0 (A)			Matchday 5	USGN	2–2 (A)
Al Ittihad	0–0 (H)			Matchday 6	ASEC Mimosas	1–0 (H)
Group B winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Orlando Pirates 6 13 2 Al Ittihad 6 11 3 JS Saoura 6 10 4 Royal Leopards 6 0 Source: CAF				Final standings	Group D winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 RS Berkane 6 10 2 Simba 6 10 3 ASEC Mimosas 6 9 4 USGN 6 5 Source: CAF
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Simba	1–1 (4–3 p)	0–1 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Al Masry	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)
Al Ahli Tripoli	2–1	2–0 (A)	0–1 (H)	Semi-finals	TP Mazembe	4–2	0–1 (A)	4–1 (H)

Format

The final was played as a single match at a pre-selected venue, with the winner of semi-final 1 according to the knockout stage draw designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes. If scores were level after full time, extra time was played and if still level, the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article III. 28).

Match

Details

20 May 2022 (2022-05-20)

20:00 UTC+1

Orlando Pirates	1–1 (a.e.t.)	RS Berkane
Lorch 117'	Report	El Fahli 97' (pen.)
Penalties
Jele Lorch Mabaso Monare Ofori	4–5	El Moussaoui Zghoudi Mokadem Dayo El Bahraoui

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

GK 1 Richard Ofori CB 49 Olisa Ndah CB 4 Happy Jele RB 26 Bandile Shandu  77'  90' LB 23 Innocent Maela CM 6 Ben Motshwari  90' CM 20 Goodman Mosele  102' AM 18 Kabelo Dlamini  105' LM 11 Deon Hotto RM 3 Thembinkosi Lorch CF 46 Kwame Peprah  60' Substitutes: GK 37 Terrence Dzvukamanja  102' GK 40 Siyabonga Mpontshane DF 5 Ntsikelelo Nyauza DF 14 Thulani Hlatshwayo MF 8 Siphesihle Ndlovu  90',  102' MF 15 Fortune Makaringe  102' MF 16 Thabang Monare  90' MF 32 Linda Mntambo  105' FW 9 Tshegofatso Mabaso  60' Manager: Mandla Ncikazi

GK 12 Hamza Akbi CB 4 Issoufou Dayo CB 14 Ismael Mokadem RB 33 Abdelkrim Baadi LB 19 Hamza El Moussaoui CM 21 Bakr El Helali  116'  117' CM 8 Larbi Naji CM 20 Mehdi Oubila  80' AM 10 Chadrack Lukombe  108' CF 7 Youssef El Fahli  108' CF 38 Charki El-Bahri  80' Substitutes: GK 22 Amine El Ouaad DF 15 Hamza Regragui  80' DF 23 Omar Namsaoui DF 25 Mohamed Aziz MF 6 [[Mamadou Camara (footballer, born 2 003)|Mamadou Camara]] || ||  117' MF 18 Sofian El Moudane MF 29 Tuisila Kisinda  108' FW 3 Brahim El Bahraoui  80' FW 11 Youssef Zghoudi  108' Manager: Florent Ibengé

Statistics

First half

Statistic	Orlando Pirates	RS Berkane
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	6	4
Shots on target	3	1
Saves	1	3
Ball possession	49%	51%
Corner kicks	2	0
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0

Second half

Statistic	Orlando Pirates	RS Berkane
Goals scored	0	0
Total shots	3	1
Shots on target	2	0
Saves	0	2
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	3	0
Yellow cards	1	0
Red cards	0	0

First half extra-time

Statistic	Orlando Pirates	RS Berkane
Goals scored	0	1
Total shots	1	2
Shots on target	0	1
Saves	0	0
Ball possession	57%	43%
Corner kicks	1	1
Yellow cards	0	0
Red cards	0	0

Second half extra-time

Statistic	Orlando Pirates	RS Berkane
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	2	1
Shots on target	1	0
Saves	0	0
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	1	1
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Overall

Statistic	Orlando Pirates	RS Berkane
Goals scored	1	1
Total shots	12	8
Shots on target	6	2
Saves	1	5
Ball possession	51%	49%
Corner kicks	7	2
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2022 CAF Champions League Final
• 2022 CAF Super Cup

External links

• CAFonline.com