2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage was played from 26 September to 29 November 2015. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A Egypt Al-Ahly Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
B Egypt Zamalek South Africa Orlando Pirates

Format

Knockout ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[2]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 25–27 September 2015 2–4 October 2015
Final 20–22 November 2015 27–29 November 2015

Bracket

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.

In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw (5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).

  Semi-finals Final
                         
 South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 4 5  
 Egypt Al-Ahly 0 3 3  
     South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 0 1
   Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1 1 2
 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 5 0 5
 Egypt Zamalek 1 3 4  

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Orlando Pirates South Africa 5–3 Egypt Al-Ahly 1–0 4–3
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 5–4 Egypt Zamalek 5–1 0–3

4 October 2015
20:30 UTC+2
Al-Ahly Egypt 3–4 South Africa Orlando Pirates
Evouna  43', 53'
Gamal  90'		 Report Erasmus  57'
Gabuza  75'
Matlaba  85'
Rakhale  90+5'

Orlando Pirates won 5–3 on aggregate.

27 September 2015
20:00 UTC+1
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 5–1 Egypt Zamalek
Tej  5', 83'
Bounedjah  10'
Brigui  35'
Ben Aziza  85'		 Report Hefny  24'

Étoile du Sahel won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Orlando Pirates South Africa 1–2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1–1 0–1

Étoile du Sahel won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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