2006 CAF Confederation Cup

2006 CAF Confederation CupConfederation of African Football Confederation Cup

Tournament details
Dates| 17 February – 2 December
Teams| 58
Final positions
Champions|  ES Sahel (1st title)
Runners-up|  FAR Rabat
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 110
Goals scored| 260 (2.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Manucho (8 goals)

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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]

## 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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Main article: 2006 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

### 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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Main article: 2006 CAF Confederation Cup 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

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Team  | Pts  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD

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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

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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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Main article: 2006 CAF Confederation Cup Final

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

18 November 2006

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FAR Rabat | 1–1|  Étoile du Sahel

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* El Bahri 72'

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* Gilson Silva 34'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Referee: Ahmed Ouda (Egypt)

2 December 2006

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Étoile du Sahel | 0–0|  FAR Rabat

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Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

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

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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".

## External links

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* Official Site
* Confederation Cup 2006 \- rsssf.com

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