2006 CAF Confederation Cup

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The 2006 CAF Confederation Cup was the third edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. It started with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) that was played in February and March 2006. Étoile Sahel of Tunisia beat FAR Rabat of Morocco in the final. The final was marred by a skirmish when FAR Rabat attacked the referee and his linesman after having a late goal ruled out.[1]

2006 CAF Confederation Cup
Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 February – 2 December
Teams58
Final positions
ChampionsTunisia ES Sahel (1st title)
Runners-upMorocco FAR Rabat
Tournament statistics
Matches played110
Goals scored260 (2.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)Angola Manucho (8 goals)
2005
2007

Pre Cup Events

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Before the cup, Morocco and South Africa offered to host the cup. Due to the uncertainty of hosting the cup in African terrain where there were ongoing conflicts at the time they did not host the cup.[2]

Qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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1st legs played 17–19 February 2006 and 2nd legs played 3–5 March 2006.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Entente   w/o1   ASO Chlef
Sahel SC   2–4   Séwé Sports 1–1 1–3
ES Zarzis   2–0   US Ouagadougou 2–0 0–0
Akonangui FC   0–0 (5–4 p)   Impôts FC 0–0 0–0
TP USCA Bangui   1–5   Les Astres FC 1–3 0–2
Tourbillon FC   3–5   CSMD Diables Noirs 2–2 1–3
Bakau United   w/o1   JC Abidjan
Al-Akhdar   1–4   Haras El Hodood 1–0 0–4
Rayon Sport   2–0   Awassa City FC 1–0 1–0
Mighty Blackpool   2–3   ASC CS Sucrière 2–1 0–2
World Hope   1–2   Uganda Revenue Authority SC 1–1 0–1
Dynamic Togolais   0–5   AS Bamako 0–0 0–5
AS Kabasha   0–2   Sogéa FC 0–0 0–2
Super Magic Brothers   0–3   Township Rollers 0–2 0–1
ZESCO United   4–0   Pointe aux Sables Mates 3–0 1–0
Ferroviário da Beira   2–1   Élan Club 2–1 n/p2
JKU SC   1–2   USJF Ravinala 0–0 1–2
Moro United   bye3

1 ASC Entente and Bakau United FC withdrew.
2 The tie between Ferroviário da Beira and Élan Club was played over one leg only by mutual consent.
3 Moro United were drawn against the representatives of Zimbabwe, but the Zimbabwean FA were unable to send a team as their cup winners and league runners-up, Masvingo United, were suspended from CAF competition.

First round

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1st legs played 17–19 March 2006 and 2nd legs played 31 March -2 April 2006.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASO Chlef   0–1   AS Douanes 0–0 0–1
Séwé Sports   2–3   NA Hussein Dey 1–0 1–3
ES Zarzis   1–6   Olympique Khouribga 1–0 0–6
Akonangui FC   1–1 (5–6 p)   Lobi Stars 1–0 0–1
Les Astres FC   2–3   Petro Atlético 1–2 2–2
CSMD Diables Noirs   2–3   Berekum Arsenal 2–1 0–2
JC Abidjan   0–2   Heartland F.C. 0–0 0–2
Haras El Hodood   7–0   AS Kaloum Star 6–0 0–1
Rayon Sport   1–3   Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary 1–0 0–3
ASC CS Sucrière   0–4   Espérance 0–1 0–3
Uganda Revenue Authority SC   2–3   Al-Merrikh 2–1 0–2
AS Bamako   1–0   King Faisal Babes 1–0 0–0
Sogéa FC   1–2   Interclube 1–0 0–2
ZESCO United   2–3   Township Rollers 2–1 0–2
Moro United   awd1   TP Mazembe
USJF Ravinala   0–0 (4–3 p)   Ferroviário da Beira 0–0 0–0

1 TP Mazembe was disqualified for showing up late for the 1st leg due to transportation problems.

Second round

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1st legs played 21–23 April 2006 and 2nd legs played 5–7 May 2006.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
NA Hussein Dey   3–1   AS Douanes 2–0 1–1
Lobi Stars   2–3   Olympique Khouribga 1–1 1–2
Berekum Arsenal   0–2   Petro Atlético 0–0 0–2
Haras El Hodood   2–3   Heartland F.C. 0–0 2–3
Espérance   1–1 (4–3 p)   Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary 1–0 0–1
AS Bamako   3–3 (2–3 p)   Al-Merrikh 3–0 0–3
Township Rollers   1–2   Interclube 1–1 0–1
USJF Ravinala   2–5   Moro United 1–2 1–3

Play-off round

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The 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the Champions League for 8 places in the group stage.
1st legs played 14-July 16, 2006 and 2nd legs played 28-July 30, 2006.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USCA Foot   0–1   Interclube 0–0 0–1
Renacimiento FC   5–4   Heartland F.C. 5–0 0–4
Étoile Sahel   7–1   Moro United 4–1 3–0
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo   3–2   Al-Merrikh 2–0 1–2
ASC Port Autonome   0–2   Petro Atlético 0–1 0–1
FAR Rabat   2–1   NA Hussein Dey 2–0 0–1
Al Hilal Omdurman   1–2   Olympique Khouribga 0–0 1–2
Raja Casablanca   0–2   Espérance 0–0 0–2

Group stage

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The Group Stage matches were played between August and October 2006.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  FAR Rabat 13 6 4 1 1 9 5 4 Final
  Olympique Khouribga 10 6 3 1 2 6 4 2
  Petro Atlético 8 6 2 2 2 10 7 3
  GD Interclube 3 6 1 0 5 3 12 -9

Group B

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Étoile Sahel 18 6 6 0 0 15 3 12 Final
  Espérance 8 6 2 2 2 10 7 3
  FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 4 6 1 1 4 8 12 -4
  Renacimiento FC 4 6 1 1 4 6 17 -11

Knockout stage

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Final

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The 1st leg was played on November 18 and the 2nd leg on December 2.

FAR Rabat  1–1  Étoile du Sahel
  • El Bahri   72'
Referee: Ahmed Ouda (Egypt)

Étoile du Sahel won on away goal after 1–1 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Manucho   Petro Atlético 8
2   Abdessamad Rafik   Olympique Khouribga 7
3   Emeka Opara   Étoile du Sahel 6
4   Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny   Haras El Hodoud 5
  Jawad Ouaddouch   FAR Rabat 5
6   Ahmed Abdel-Ghani   Haras El Hodoud 4
  El Hadji Ibrahim Touré   Renacimiento FC 4
  Samir Fellah   Olympique Khouribga 4

References

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  1. ^ CAF to investigate Confederation Cup final incident, sports.filbalad.com, 4 December 2006
  2. ^ "tandfonline".
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