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

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Orlando Pirates South Africa1–0Egypt Al-Ahly
Gabuza 8' Report
Al-Ahly Egypt3–4South 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.

Zamalek Egypt3–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Kahraba 11', 55' (pen.)
Fathi 69'		 Report

Étoile du Sahel won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.