2006 CAF Confederation Cup

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

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

Preliminary round

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASC Entente w/o1 ASO Chlef
Sahel SC 2–4 Séwé Sports1–11–3
ES Zarzis 2–0 US Ouagadougou2–00–0
Akonangui FC 0–0 (5–4 p) Impôts FC0–00–0
TP USCA Bangui 1–5 Les Astres FC1–30–2
Tourbillon FC 3–5 CSMD Diables Noirs2–21–3
Bakau United w/o1 JC Abidjan
Al-Akhdar 1–4 Haras El Hodood1–00–4
Rayon Sport 2–0 Awassa City FC1–01–0
Mighty Blackpool 2–3 ASC CS Sucrière2–10–2
World Hope 1–2 Uganda Revenue Authority SC1–10–1
Dynamic Togolais 0–5 AS Bamako0–00–5
AS Kabasha 0–2 Sogéa FC0–00–2
Super Magic Brothers 0–3 Township Rollers0–20–1
ZESCO United 4–0 Pointe aux Sables Mates3–01–0
Ferroviário da Beira 2–1 Élan Club2–1n/p2
JKU SC 1–2 USJF Ravinala0–01–2
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

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASO Chlef 0–1 AS Douanes0–00–1
Séwé Sports 2–3 NA Hussein Dey1–01–3
ES Zarzis 1–6 Olympique Khouribga1–00–6
Akonangui FC 1–1 (5–6 p) Lobi Stars1–00–1
Les Astres FC 2–3 Petro Atlético1–22–2
CSMD Diables Noirs 2–3 Berekum Arsenal2–10–2
JC Abidjan 0–2 Heartland F.C.0–00–2
Haras El Hodood 7–0 AS Kaloum Star6–00–1
Rayon Sport 1–3 Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary1–00–3
ASC CS Sucrière 0–4 Espérance0–10–3
Uganda Revenue Authority SC 2–3 Al-Merrikh2–10–2
AS Bamako 1–0 King Faisal Babes1–00–0
Sogéa FC 1–2 Interclube1–00–2
ZESCO United 2–3 Township Rollers2–10–2
Moro United awd1 TP Mazembe
USJF Ravinala 0–0 (4–3 p) Ferroviário da Beira0–00–0

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

Second round

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

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
NA Hussein Dey 3–1 AS Douanes2–01–1
Lobi Stars 2–3 Olympique Khouribga1–11–2
Berekum Arsenal 0–2 Petro Atlético0–00–2
Haras El Hodood 2–3 Heartland F.C.0–02–3
Espérance 1–1 (4–3 p) Al-Ittihad Al-Iskandary1–00–1
AS Bamako 3–3 (2–3 p) Al-Merrikh3–00–3
Township Rollers 1–2 Interclube1–10–1
USJF Ravinala 2–5 Moro United1–21–3

Play-off round

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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
USCA Foot 0–1 Interclube0–00–1
Renacimiento FC 5–4 Heartland F.C.5–00–4
Étoile Sahel 7–1 Moro United4–13–0
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 3–2 Al-Merrikh2–01–2
ASC Port Autonome 0–2 Petro Atlético0–10–1
FAR Rabat 2–1 NA Hussein Dey2–00–1
Al Hilal Omdurman 1–2 Olympique Khouribga0–01–2
Raja Casablanca 0–2 Espérance0–00–2

Group stage

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

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
FAR Rabat136411954Final
Olympique Khouribga106312642
Petro Atlético862221073
GD Interclube36105312-9

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Étoile Sahel18660015312Final
Espérance862221073
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo46114812-4
Renacimiento FC46114617-11

Knockout stage

Final

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

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

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Manucho Petro Atlético8
2 Abdessamad Rafik Olympique Khouribga7
3 Emeka Opara Étoile du Sahel6
4 Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny Haras El Hodoud5
Jawad Ouaddouch FAR Rabat5
6 Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Haras El Hodoud4
El Hadji Ibrahim Touré Renacimiento FC4
Samir Fellah Olympique Khouribga4

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