# 2009 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2009 CAF Confederation Cup was the 6th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The competition began with the preliminary round stage in the first week of March 2009 and concluded with the second leg of the final match on the first week of December 2009. The winners played in the 2010 CAF Super Cup.

## Qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary round and the second round were made on December 4, 2008.

### Preliminary round

1st legs played 30 January-1 February 2009 and 2nd legs played 13–15 February 2009, except the ASFAN-USM game which was postponed to Feb. 25.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| US Ouagadougou | 1–1 (a) | ASC Diaraf | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| OC Bukavu Dawa | 4–4 (a) | Club 57 Tourbillon | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Tourbillon FC | 4–1 | Vital'O F.C. | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| USM Libreville | 2–1 | ASFAN | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Hay Al Arab | 1–1 (2–3 p) | Al-Ahly SCSC | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Sport Bissau e Benfica | 1–3 | ASC Yakaar | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Prisons FC | 0–6 | Khaleej Sirte | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Mighty Barolle | 1–4 | SOA | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| AS de Vacoas-Phoenix | 2–1 | AS Adema | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Atlético Muçulmano | 2–5 | Malanti Chiefs | 1–0 | 1–5 |
| Victors FC | 0–3 | CAPS United F.C. | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Red Arrows F.C. | 7–0 | Mundu SC | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| Gor Mahia | 0–6 | APR FC | 0–5 | 0–1 |

#### Dispensation round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Deportivo Mongomo | 3–1 | Anges de Fatima | 2–0 | 1–1 |

##### Notes

* ^ Although both federations had inscribed their clubs after the deadline, the two were admitted for an intermediate round but can only gain access to the 1/16 finals in case a club already qualified forfeits; as this did not happen, also winners Deportivo Mongomo are eliminated.

### First round

First Legs were played 13–15 March 2009 and second Legs played 3–5 April 2009
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| US Ouagadougou | 2–3 | Aigle Royal de la Menoua | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Club 57 Tourbillon | 0–1 | Bayelsa United FC | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Tourbillon FC | 3–5 | US Douala | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| USM Libreville | 2–5 | Santos FC | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| CS Sfaxien | 5–3 | Al-Ahly SCSC | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Satellite FC | 2–5 | JC Abidjan | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| ASC Yakaar | 2–5 | JSM Béjaïa | 1–1 | 1–4 |
| Stade Tunisien | 0–2 | Stade Malien | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Khaleej Sirte | 0–6 | ES Sétif | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| SOA | 3–6 | CRD Libolo | 0–1 | 3–5 |
| AS de Vacoas-Phoenix | 1–9 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0–3 | 1–6 |
| Malanti Chiefs | 1–6 | AS Vita Club | 1–3 | 0–3 |
| CAPS United F.C. | 1–2 | ENPPI | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Red Arrows F.C. | 2–2 (3–2 p) | Ocean Boys FC | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| APR FC | 0–2 | Haras El Hodood | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| MAS Fès | 1–2 | EGS Gafsa | 1–1 | 0–1 |

### Second round

1st Legs to be played 17–19 April 2009 and 2nd Legs to be played 1–3 May 2009
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Aigle Royal de la Menoua | 1–5 | Bayelsa United FC | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| US Douala | 1–5 | Santos FC | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| CS Sfaxien | 3–0 | JC Abidjan | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| JSM Béjaïa | 1–1 (12–13 p) | Stade Malien | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| ES Sétif | 5–5 (a) | CRD Libolo | 4–0 | 1–5 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 2–3 | AS Vita Club | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| ENPPI | 4–3 | Red Arrows F.C. | 4–0 | 0–3 |
| Haras El Hodood | 6–1 | EGS Gafsa | 3–0 | 3–1 |

### Play-off round

Joined by round of 16 losers of the 2009 CAF Champions League. Winners to Group Stage. 1st Legs were played 17–19 May and 2nd Legs were played 29–31 May 2009.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al Ahly | 3–3 (5–6 p) | Santos | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 2–2 (a) | ENPPI | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| ES Sétif | 4–4 (4–3 p) | Djoliba | 3–1 | 1–3 |
| Coton Sport FC | 3–3 (a) | AS Vita Club | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Al Ahly (Tripoli) | 1–2 | Haras El Hodood | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Kampala City Council | 3–5 | Bayelsa United | 3–1 | 0–4 |
| Ittihad Khemisset | 2–4 | Stade Malien | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 2–2 (5–4 p) | CS Sfaxien | 2–0 | 0–2 |

## Group stage

The group stage draw was held before the second round of 16 phase - with teams allocated to groups before the winners of ties were known. Matches were played from 17 July to 20 September 2009.
* Teams qualified for next phase

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ESS | ENP | VIT | SAN |
| ES Sétif | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 9 | — | 1–3 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| ENPPI | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 9 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| AS Vita Club | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Santos | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 9 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | STA | BAY | PRI | HAR |
| Stade Malien | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Bayelsa United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 8 | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Haras El Hodood | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | — |
* 1 2 Stade Malien win the group over Bayelsa United on the basis of head-to-head away goals.

## Knock-out stage
### Bracket

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bayelsa United | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 1 | 1 | 2 | ES Sétif | ES Sétif | 2 | 0 | 2 (2) |
| | | | | | Stade Malien (p) | Stade Malien (p) | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) |
| 3 | ENPPI | 2 | 2 | 4 | Stade Malien (p) | Stade Malien (p) | 0 | 2 | 2 (3) |
| 2 | Stade Malien | 2 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |

### Semi-finals

The first legs are scheduled on 2–4 October and the second legs on 16–18 October.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bayelsa United | 1–2 | ES Sétif | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| ENPPI | 4–6 | Stade Malien | 2–2 | 2–4 |

### Final

The first leg is scheduled on 29 November and the second leg on 5 December. Stade Malien won 3–2 on penalties to win the CAF Confederation Cup.

## Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Abdelmalek Ziaya | ES Sétif | 15 |
| 2 | Ahmed Raouf | ENPPI | 8 |
| 3 | Bakary Coulibaly | Stade Malien | 7 |
| 4 | Serge Lofo Bongeli | AS Vita Club | 5 |
| 4 | Ahmed Eid | Haras El Hodood | 5 |
| 4 | Ousmane Bagayoko | Stade Malien | 5 |
| 4 | Timothy Mbewe | Red Arrows | 5 |