2007 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2007 CAF Confederation Cup was the fourth edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. Its schedule began with the preliminary round (home-and-away ties) in late January and mid-February with the second round in March and the third round in April.

2007 CAF Confederation Cup

Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates	28 January – 24 November
Teams	58
Final positions
Champions	CS Sfaxien (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Merrikh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	114
Goals scored	309 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer	Trésor Mputu (11 goals)
← 2006 2008 →

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2007 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

All rounds have been drawn.

Preliminary round

1st legs played 26–28 January 2007 and 2nd legs played 9–11 February 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Prince Louis	0–3	ATRACO FC	0–0	0–3
Notwane	1–2	Defence F.C.	1–1	0–1
AS Togo-Port	1–3	EGS Gafsa	1–1	0–2
Ports Authority F.C.	3–0	AS Bamako	2–0	1–0
ASAC Concorde	1–3	ASO Chlef	0–1	1–2
Al Ahli Tripoli	2–2 (a)	AS CotonTchad	2–1	0–1
Telestars	1–2	OC Bukavu Dawa	1–0	0–2
Benfica de Bissau	1–3	Satellite	1–3	1
Curepipe Starlight	1–4	AJESAIA	1–0	0–4
St Michel United FC	2–2 (a)	Saint-Pauloise FC	2–1	0–1
San Pedro Claver	1–7	Benfica de Luanda	1–5	0–2
JS Talangaï	0–3	Les Astres FC	0–2	0–1
Sahel SC	3–3 (a)	Étoile Filante	2–2	1–1
Mundu	1–6	Mwana Africa	0–3	1–3
Hawks	1–1 (a)	AS Denguélé	0–0	1–1
NPA Anchors	2–4	US Gorée	2–3	0–1
Têxtil do Punguè	5–3	Simba	1–1	4–2
AS Dragons	0–3	Kwara United	0–1	0–2

¹ The tie was played over one leg by mutual consent due to civil unrest in Guinea.

First round

1st legs played 2–4 March 2007 and 2nd legs played 16–18 March 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defence F.C.	1–2	ATRACO FC	1–0	0–2
Ports Authority F.C.	4–6	EGS Gafsa	3–2	1–4
ASO Chlef	1–0	ENPPI	0–0	1–0
AS CotonTchad	2–5	Al-Merrikh	2–0	0–5
OC Bukavu Dawa	0–7	Issia Wazi FC	0–2	0–5
Satellite	1–7	CS Sfaxien	1–3	0–4
AJESAIA	3–8	Ismaily SC	2–2	1–6
Saint-Pauloise FC	0–2	Green Buffaloes	0–0	0–2
Benfica de Luanda	4–1	DC Motema Pembe	4–1	0–0
Les Astres FC	awd1	Tema Youth	—	—
Étoile Filante	1–1 (4–3 p)	US Ouakam	1–0	0–1
Mwana Africa	2–0	Interclube	2–0	0–0
B.Hawks	2–3	Dolphins F.C.	0–0	2–3
US Gorée	2–3	Hassania Agadir	0–0	2–3
Têxtil do Punguè	0–6	US Douala	0–3	0–3
Kwara United	3–3 (4–3 p)	MC Alger	3–0	0–3

¹ Tema Youth were disqualified for not showing up to the first leg.

Second round

1st legs played 6–8 April 2007 and 2nd legs played 20–22 April 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ATRACO FC	3–3 (a)	EGS Gafsa	2–2	1–1
ASO Chlef	1–3	Al-Merrikh	1–0	0–3
Issia Wazi FC	1–2	CS Sfaxien	1–0	0–2
Ismaily SC	3–2	Green Buffaloes	2–1	1–1
Benfica de Luanda	4–1 1	Les Astres FC	3–0	1–1
Étoile Filante	2–3	Mwana Africa	2–0	0–3
Dolphins FC	1–1 (5–3 p)	Hassania Agadir	1–0	0–1
US Douala	3–4	Kwara United	1–1	2–3

¹ Benfica de Luanda were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.

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 4–6 May 2007 and 2nd legs played 18–20 May 2007.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile du Congo	2–3	Les Astres FC	2–1	0–2
Wydad AC	0–3	Ismaily SC	0–1	0–2
TP Mazembe	4–1	Mwana Africa	1–0	3–1
Young Africans	0–2	Al-Merrikh	0–0	0–2
Nasarawa United	1–2	Kwara United	1–1	0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns	3–2	EGS Gafsa	2–1	1–1
Coton Sport FC	2–5	CS Sfaxien	2–1	0–4
Maranatha	1–4	Dolphins	1–2	0–2

Group stage

Main article: 2007 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The Group Stage matches were played between August and October 2007.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
CS Sfaxien	13	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9
TP Mazembe	12	6	4	0	2	11	9	+2
Mamelodi Sundowns	6	6	2	0	4	7	13	-6
Les Astres FC	4	6	1	1	4	5	10	-5

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Al-Merrikh	10	6	3	1	2	13	8	+5
Dolphins	10	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1
Ismaily SC	8	6	2	2	2	4	5	-1
Kwara United	5	6	1	2	3	4	9	-5

Knockout stage

Final

Main article: 2007 CAF Confederation Cup Final

3 November 2007

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Al-Merrikh	2–4	CS Sfaxien
Paulinho 52' Agab 77' (pen.)		Mbele 2', 18' Kouassi 4', 60'

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman

24 November 2007

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CS Sfaxien	1–0	Al-Merrikh
Massaoud 87'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

CS Sfaxien won 5–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2007 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Trésor Mputu	TP Mazembe	11
2	Blaise Kouassi	CS Sfaxien	10
3	Wilfried Bony	Issia Wazi	6
	Endurance Idahor	Al-Merrikh	6
	Faisal Agab	Al-Merrikh	6
	Lelo Mbele	CS Sfaxien	6
7	Omar Gamal	Ismaily	4
	Bola Bello	Dolphins	4
	Douaou Bakari	EGS Gafsa	4

External links

• Official Site
• Confederation Cup 2007 - rsssf.com
• Details of group matches - goalzz.com