2006 CAF Champions League

2006 CAF Champions League
Confederation of African Football Champions League
Tournament details
Dates17 February – 11 November
Teams61 (from 49 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Al Ahly (5th title)
Runners-up CS Sfaxien
Tournament statistics
Matches played117
Goals scored297 (2.54 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mohamed Aboutrika (8 goals)
2005
2007

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 2–2 (a) Africa Sports National 0–0 2–2
Stade Malien 5–2 Satellite FC 3–0 2–2
Tusker FC 4–1 Red Sea FC 3–1 1–0
RC Kadiogo 1–2 USM Alger 1–1 0–1
AS Douanes 2–3 ASC Port Autonome 0–0 2–3
FC Civics 5–2 Sagrada Esperança 4–0 1–2
East End Lions 0–7 ASEC Mimosas 0–4 0–3
Mbabane Swallows 2–7 Orlando Pirates 0–5 2–2
AS Port-Louis 2000 1–0 Coin Nord 1–0 N/A1
Police FC 0–3 Al-Hilal Omdurman 0–0 0–3
Police XI 2–3 Enugu Rangers 2–2 0–1
Mangasport 1–2 Enyimba 1–0 0–2
LPRC Oilers 2–3 ASC Diaraf 0–0 2–3
Renaissance FC 1–2 Coton Sport FC 1–1 0–1
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 4–1 AS Police 2–0 2–1
Anges de Fatima 0–2 DC Motema Pembe 0–0 0–2
AS-FNIS 1–7 CS Sfaxien 1–3 0–4
APR FC 4–2 ASA 3–2 1–0
Aigle Royal de la Menoua 1–4 Asante Kotoko 1–1 0–3
La Passe FC 0–2 Clube Ferroviário de Maputo 0–0 0–2
Likhopo 0–4 Mamelodi Sundowns 0–1 0–3
AS Excelsior 3–3 (a) USCA Foot 3–1 0–2
Wallidan FC w/o2 Hearts of Oak SC N/A N/A
ENPPI Club 0–1 Saint-George SA 0–0 0–1
Polisi w/o3 CIVO United N/A N/A
Al-Ittihad 1–5 JS Kabylie 1–1 0–4
Young Africans 2–3 Zanaco FC 2–1 0–2
AS Inter Star 3–3 (a)4 CAPS United 3–3 0–0
El Ahmedi w/o5 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 2–2 (a) Renacimiento FC 2–1 0–1
Tusker FC 0–5 Al Ahly 0–2 0–3
ASC Port Autonome 4–4 (a) USM Alger 2–1 2–3
ASEC Mimosas 4–0 FC Civics 3–0 1–0
AS Port-Louis 2000 0–9 Orlando Pirates 0–5 0–4
Enugu Rangers 1–4 Al-Hilal 1–0 0–4
ASC Diaraf 0–2 Enyimba 0–0 0–2
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 1–0 Coton Sport FC 1–0 0–0
CS Sfaxien 2–1 DC Motema Pembe 1–1 1–0
APR FC 2–2 (a) FAR Rabat 2–1 0–1
Clube Ferroviário de Maputo 1–2 Asante Kotoko 0–0 1–2
USCA Foot 3–3 (a) Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 2–2
Saint-George SA 4–2 Hearts of Oak 4–0 0–21
Polisi 0–5 Étoile Sahel 0–2 0–3
Zanaco FC 0–5 JS Kabylie 0–2 0–3
Raja Casablanca null and void CAPS United 1–0 n/p 2
Raja Casablanca 8–2 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 0–4 Al Ahly 0–0 0 – 4
ASC Port Autonome 1–6 ASEC Mimosas 1–0 0 – 6
Orlando Pirates(a) 3–3 Al-Hilal Omdurman 2–0 1 – 3
Enyimba 3–0 FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 2–0 1 – 0
CS Sfaxien 2–1 FAR Rabat 1–1 1 – 0
Asante Kotoko 6–1 USCA Foot 6–0 0 – 1
Hearts of Oak 1 – 1 (6–5 p) Étoile du Sahel 1–0 0 – 1
JS Kabylie 3–2 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 CS Sfaxien 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Al Ahly 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 8
3 Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 5
4 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 ASEC Mimosas 6 3 3 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Orlando Pirates 6 2 3 1 4 6 −2 7
3 Enyimba 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 6
4 Hearts of Oak 6 0 2 4 0 7 −7 2
Source:

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
          
Al Ahly 2 1 3
ASEC Mimosas 0 2 2
Al Ahly 1 1 2
CS Sfaxien 1 0 1
Orlando Pirates 0 0 0
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 3–2 ASEC Mimosas 2–0 1–2
Orlando Pirates 0–1 CS Sfaxien 0–0 0–1

Final

Al-Ahly 1–1 CS Sfaxien
  • Aboutrika 27'
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Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
CS Sfaxien 0–1 Al-Ahly
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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 Mohamed Aboutrika Al Ahly 8
2 Emad Moteab Al Ahly 5
3 Hamza Yacef JS Kabylie 4
4 Flávio Al Ahly 3
Osama Hosny Al Ahly
Joetex Asamoah Frimpong CS Sfaxien
Hamid Berguiga JS Kabylie
Cheick Oumar Dabo JS Kabylie
Mustapha Bidoudane Raja CA

See also