2006 CAF Champions League
Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates17 February – 11 November
Teams61 (from 49 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Al Ahly (5th title)
Runners-upTunisia CS Sfaxien
Tournament statistics
Matches played117
Goals scored297 (2.54 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ivory Coast Didier Ya Konan (9 goals)

The 2006 CAF Champions League was the 42nd edition of the CAF Champions League, the Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was started on 17 February 2006 with a preliminary round. Al Ahly of Egypt defeated CS Sfaxien of Tunisia in the final to win their fifth title and for the second time in a row with a late winner by Mohamed Aboutrika. AlAhly keep the trophy forever after 3 cups

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Renacimiento FC Equatorial Guinea 2–2 (a) Ivory Coast Africa Sports National 0–0 2–2
Stade Malien Mali 5–2 Guinea Satellite FC 3–0 2–2
Tusker FC Kenya 4–1 Eritrea Red Sea FC 3–1 1–0
RC Kadiogo Burkina Faso 1–2 Algeria USM Alger 1–1 0–1
AS Douanes Togo 2–3 Senegal ASC Port Autonome 0–0 2–3
FC Civics Namibia 5–2 Angola Sagrada Esperança 4–0 1–2
East End Lions Sierra Leone 0–7 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–4 0–3
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini 2–7 South Africa Orlando Pirates 0–5 2–2
AS Port-Louis 2000 Mauritius 1–0 Comoros Coin Nord 1–0 N/A1
Police FC Uganda 0–3 Sudan Al-Hilal Omdurman 0–0 0–3
Police XI Botswana 2–3 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 2–2 0–1
Mangasport Gabon 1–2 Nigeria Enyimba 1–0 0–2
LPRC Oilers Liberia 2–3 Senegal ASC Diaraf 0–0 2–3
Renaissance FC Chad 1–2 Cameroon Coton Sport FC 1–1 0–1
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo 4–1 Republic of the Congo AS Police 2–0 2–1
Anges de Fatima Central African Republic 0–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 0–0 0–2
AS-FNIS Niger 1–7 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–3 0–4
APR FC Rwanda 4–2 Angola ASA 3–2 1–0
Aigle Royal de la Menoua Cameroon 1–4 Ghana Asante Kotoko 1–1 0–3
La Passe FC Seychelles 0–2 Mozambique Clube Ferroviário de Maputo 0–0 0–2
Likhopo Lesotho 0–4 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0–1 0–3
AS Excelsior Réunion 3–3 (a) Madagascar USCA Foot 3–1 0–2
Wallidan FC The Gambia w/o2 Ghana Hearts of Oak SC N/A N/A
ENPPI Club Egypt 0–1 Ethiopia Saint-George SA 0–0 0–1
Polisi Zanzibar w/o3 Malawi CIVO United N/A N/A
Al-Ittihad Libya 1–5 Algeria JS Kabylie 1–1 0–4
Young Africans Tanzania 2–3 Zambia Zanaco FC 2–1 0–2
AS Inter Star Burundi 3–3 (a)4 Zimbabwe CAPS United 3–3 0–0
El Ahmedi Mauritania w/o5 Morocco Raja Casablanca N/A N/A

1 The tie between AS Port-Louis 2000 and Coin Nord was played over one leg only by mutual consent.
2 Wallidan FC withdrew.
3 CIVO United withdrew.
4 CAPS United were later ejected from the competition.
5 El Ahmedi withdrew.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Stade Malien Mali 2–2 (a) Equatorial Guinea Renacimiento FC 2–1 0–1
Tusker FC Kenya 0–5 Egypt Al Ahly 0–2 0–3
ASC Port Autonome Senegal 4–4 (a) Algeria USM Alger 2–1 2–3
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 4–0 Namibia FC Civics 3–0 1–0
AS Port-Louis 2000 Mauritius 0–9 South Africa Orlando Pirates 0–5 0–4
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 1–4 Sudan Al-Hilal 1–0 0–4
ASC Diaraf Senegal 0–2 Nigeria Enyimba 0–0 0–2
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–0 Cameroon Coton Sport FC 1–0 0–0
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 2–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 1–1 1–0
APR FC Rwanda 2–2 (a) Morocco FAR Rabat 2–1 0–1
Clube Ferroviário de Maputo Mozambique 1–2 Ghana Asante Kotoko 0–0 1–2
USCA Foot Madagascar 3–3 (a) South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 2–2
Saint-George SA Ethiopia 4–2 Ghana Hearts of Oak 4–0 0–21
Polisi Zanzibar 0–5 Tunisia Étoile Sahel 0–2 0–3
Zanaco FC Zambia 0–5 Algeria JS Kabylie 0–2 0–3
Raja Casablanca Morocco null and void Zimbabwe CAPS United 1–0 n/p 2
Raja Casablanca Morocco 8–2 Burundi AS Inter Star 7–0 1–2

1 The match was abandoned at 9' of injury time in the first half with Hearts of Oak leading 2–0, after Saint-George SA walked off protesting the officiating. The tie was awarded to Hearts of Oak.
2 CAPS United were ejected from the competition after 1st leg, when it was discovered that false information had been submitted for two Malawian players in their first round match against AS Inter Star. AS Inter Star were also re-instated.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Renacimiento FC Equatorial Guinea 0–4 Egypt Al Ahly 0–0 0 – 4
ASC Port Autonome Senegal 1–6 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1–0 0 – 6
Orlando Pirates(a) South Africa 3–3 Sudan Al-Hilal Omdurman 2–0 1 – 3
Enyimba Nigeria 3–0 Democratic Republic of the Congo FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 2–0 1 – 0
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 2–1 Morocco FAR Rabat 1–1 1 – 0
Asante Kotoko Ghana 6–1 Madagascar USCA Foot 6–0 0 – 1
Hearts of Oak Ghana 1 – 1 (6–5 p) Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 1–0 0 – 1
JS Kabylie Algeria 3–2 Morocco Raja Casablanca 3–1 0 – 1

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS AHL ASA JSK
1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 8
3 Ghana Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 7 10 3 5
4 Algeria JS Kabylie 6 1 1 4 4 9 5 3
Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASEC ORL ENY OAK
1 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 3 3 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 South Africa Orlando Pirates 6 2 3 1 4 6 2 7
3 Nigeria Enyimba 6 2 2 2 4 5 1 6
4 Ghana Hearts of Oak 6 0 2 4 0 7 7 2
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
          
Egypt Al Ahly 2 1 3
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0 2 2
Egypt Al Ahly 1 1 2
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1 0 1
South Africa Orlando Pirates 0 0 0
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0 1 1

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 29 September–1 October and the second legs on 14–15 October.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt 3–2 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–0 1–2
Orlando Pirates South Africa 0–1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0–0 0–1

Final

Al-Ahly Egypt1–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
  • Aboutrika 27'
Rapport
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia0–1Egypt Al-Ahly
Rapport
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2006 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Ivory Coast Didier Ya Konan Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 9
2 Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika Egypt Al Ahly 8
3 Algeria Hamza Yacef Algeria JS Kabylie 7
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo Lelo Mbele South Africa Orlando Pirates F.C. 5
Egypt Emad Moteab Egypt Al Ahly
5 Burkina Faso Ahmed Touré Ghana Asante Kotoko 4
Mali Bakary Coulibaly Mali Stade Malien
Morocco Mustapha Bidoudane Morocco Raja Casablanca
Tunisia Issam Merdassi Tunisia CS Sfaxien

See also

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