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2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds
Dates13 February – 3 May 2015
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The 2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 13 February to 3 May 2015. A total of 57 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the eight places in the group stage of the 2015 CAF Champions League.[1]

Draw

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The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 22 December 2014 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The entry round of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.

The following 57 teams were entered into the draw:

Byes to first round Entrants to preliminary round

Format

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Qualification 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

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The schedule of each round was as follows.[3]

Round First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 13–15 February 2015 27 February–1 March 2015
First round 13–15 March 2015 3–5 April 2015
Second round 17–19 April 2015 1–3 May 2015

Bracket

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The eight winners of the second round advanced to the group stage, while the eight losers of the second round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.[4]

Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Algeria USM Alger 3 1 4
Chad Foullah Edifice 0 3 3
Algeria USM Alger 5 1 6
Senegal AS Pikine 1 1 2
Senegal AS Pikine 1 0 1
Burkina Faso Étoile Filante 0 0 0
Algeria USM Alger 2 1 3
Guinea AS Kaloum 1 1 2
Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 1 0 1
Zambia ZESCO United 1 1 2
Zambia ZESCO United 1 1 2(4)
Guinea AS Kaloum (pen.) 1 1 2(5)
Ivory Coast Séwé Sport 1 1 2
Guinea AS Kaloum 2 1 3
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Cameroon Coton Sport — — —
Bye — — —
Cameroon Coton Sport 0 0 0
Democratic Republic of the Congo SM Sanga Balende 0 2 2
Angola Recreativo do Libolo 3 0 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo SM Sanga Balende (a) 1 2 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo SM Sanga Balende 0 0 0
Sudan Al-Hilal 1 1 2
Sudan Al-Hilal 2 0 2
Zanzibar KMKM 0 1 1
Sudan Al-Hilal 4 1 5
Malawi Big Bullets 0 1 1
Comoros Fomboni Club 0 2 2
Malawi Big Bullets 1 2 3
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Tanzania Azam 2 0 2
Sudan Al-Merrikh 0 3 3
Sudan Al-Merrikh 2 1 3
Angola Kabuscorp 0 2 2
Burundi LLB Académic 0 0 0
Angola Kabuscorp 0 1 1
Sudan Al-Merrikh (a) 1 1 2
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 0 2 2
Uganda Kampala City Council 1 0 1
Cameroon Cosmos de Bafia 0 3 3
Cameroon Cosmos de Bafia 0 1 1
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1 3 4
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis — — —
Bye — — —
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Algeria MC El Eulma (a) 1 1 2
Ethiopia Saint George 0 2 2
Algeria MC El Eulma 0 2 2
Ghana Asante Kotoko 0 1 1
Sierra Leone East End Lions — — —
Ghana Asante Kotoko (w/o) — — —
Algeria MC El Eulma (pen.) 1 0 1(7)
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0 1 1(6)
Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema 1 0 1
Togo AC Semassi 1 1 2
Togo AC Semassi 0 0 0
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 5 1 6
Tunisia CS Sfaxien — — —
Bye — — —
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Kenya Gor Mahia (a) 1 2 3
Madagascar CNaPS Sport 0 3 3
Kenya Gor Mahia 0 0 0
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 1 1 2
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards — — —
Bye — — —
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 1 0 1
Egypt Smouha 0 2 2
Nigeria Enyimba 3 1 4
Benin Buffles du Borgou 0 0 0
Nigeria Enyimba 1 0 1
Egypt Smouha 0 2 2
Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 1 0 1(3)
Egypt Smouha (pen.) 0 1 1(5)
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Mali Club Olympique de Bamako 2 0 2
Morocco Moghreb Tétouan 0 3 3
Morocco Moghreb Tétouan 4 1 5
Nigeria Kano Pillars 0 2 2
South Sudan Al-Malakia 0 0 0
Nigeria Kano Pillars 2 3 5
Morocco Moghreb Tétouan (pen.) 1 0 1(4)
Egypt Al-Ahly 0 1 1(3)
Mozambique Liga Muçulmana 0 1 1
Rwanda APR 0 2 2
Rwanda APR 0 0 0
Egypt Al-Ahly 2 2 4
Egypt Al-Ahly — — —
Bye — — —
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
South Africa Kaizer Chiefs 2 1 3
Botswana Township Rollers 1 0 1
South Africa Kaizer Chiefs 0 0 0
Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 2 3
Morocco Raja Casablanca 4 2 6
Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 0 2 2
Morocco Raja Casablanca 2 2 4(1)
Algeria ES Sétif (pen.) 2 2 4(4)
The Gambia Real Banjul 1 1 2
Liberia Barrack Young Controllers 1 0 1
The Gambia Real Banjul 1 0 1
Algeria ES Sétif 1 2 3
Algeria ES Sétif — — —
Bye — — —
Preliminary round First round Second round
            
Gabon AS Mangasport 1 0 1
Lesotho Bantu 0 0 0
Gabon AS Mangasport 1 1 2
Mali Stade Malien 3 2 5
Mali Stade Malien (a) 0 1 1
Niger AS GNN 0 1 1
Mali Stade Malien 2 1 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2 2 4
Seychelles St Michel United 1 0 1
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1 3 4
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1 1 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0 3 3
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe — — —
Bye — — —

Preliminary round

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The preliminary round included the 50 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini 1–2 Zambia ZESCO United 1–1 0–1
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast 2–3 Guinea AS Kaloum 1–2 1–1
USM Alger Algeria 4–3 Chad Foullah Edifice 3–0 1–3
AS Pikine Senegal 1–0 Burkina Faso Étoile Filante 1–0 0–0
Al-Hilal Sudan 2–1 Zanzibar KMKM 2–0 0–1
Fomboni Club Comoros 2–3 Malawi Big Bullets 0–1 2–2
Recreativo do Libolo Angola 3–3 (a) Democratic Republic of the Congo SM Sanga Balende 3–1 0–2
Kampala City Council Uganda 1–3 Cameroon Cosmos de Bafia 1–0 0–3
Azam Tanzania 2–3 Sudan Al-Merrikh 2–0 0–3
LLB Académic Burundi 0–1 Angola Kabuscorp 0–0 0–1
Sony Elá Nguema Equatorial Guinea 1–2 Togo AC Semassi 1–1 0–1
MC El Eulma Algeria 2–2 (a) Ethiopia Saint George 1–0 1–2
East End Lions Sierra Leone w/o Ghana Asante Kotoko — —
Enyimba Nigeria 4–0 Benin Buffles du Borgou 3–0 1–0
Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya 1–1 (3–5 p) Egypt Smouha 1–0 0–1
Gor Mahia Kenya 3–3 (a) Madagascar CNaPS Sport 1–0 2–3
Liga Muçulmana Mozambique 1–2 Rwanda APR 0–0 1–2
Club Olympique de Bamako Mali 2–3 Morocco Moghreb Tétouan 2–0 0–3
Al-Malakia South Sudan 0–5 Nigeria Kano Pillars 0–2 0–3
Real Banjul The Gambia 2–1 Liberia Barrack Young Controllers 1–1 1–0
Kaizer Chiefs South Africa 3–1 Botswana Township Rollers 2–1 1–0
Raja Casablanca Morocco 6–2 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 4–0 2–2
St Michel United Seychelles 1–4 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 0–3
AS Mangasport Gabon 1–0 Lesotho Bantu 1–0 0–0
Stade Malien Mali 1–1 (a) Niger AS GNN 0–0 1–1
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini1–1Zambia ZESCO United
Badenhorst 89' Report Zulu 44'

ZESCO United won 2–1 on aggregate.

Note: The second leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak.
AS Kaloum won 3–2 on aggregate.

USM Alger won 4–3 on aggregate.

AS Pikine won 1–0 on aggregate.

KMKM Zanzibar1–0Sudan Al-Hilal
Mwalim 69' Report
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Big Bullets won 3–2 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate. SM Sanga Balende won on away goals.

Cosmos de Bafia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Al-Merrikh Sudan3–0Tanzania Azam
Al-Madina 12'
Abdalla 86'
Wanga 89'		 Report

Al-Merrikh won 3–2 on aggregate.

Kabuscorp won 1–0 on aggregate.

AC Semassi Togo1–0Equatorial Guinea Sony Elá Nguema
Fousseni 88' Report
Attendance: 10,000

AC Semassi won 2–1 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. MC El Eulma won on away goals.

East End Lions Sierra LeoneCancelledGhana Asante Kotoko
Report
Asante Kotoko GhanaCancelledSierra Leone East End Lions
Report

Asante Kotoko won on walkover after East End Lions withdrew.[5]

Enyimba won 4–0 on aggregate.

Note: The first leg was played outside of Libya due to security concerns.
1–1 on aggregate. Smouha won on penalties.

3–3 on aggregate. Gor Mahia won on away goals.

APR won 2–1 on aggregate.

Moghreb Tétouan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Malakia South Sudan0–2Nigeria Kano Pillars
Report Gambo 49'
Obiazor 63'
Kano Pillars Nigeria3–0South Sudan Al-Malakia
Gambo 38', 90+2'
Hassan 89'		 Report
Referee: Kossi Azaleko (Togo)

Kano Pillars won 5–0 on aggregate.

Note: The second leg was played outside of Liberia due to Ebola outbreak. The match was scheduled to take place in the Stade du 26 Mars, Bamako (Mali), on 1 March 2015 but the Malian Football Federation eventually did not allow Barrack Young Controllers to play there.[6][7] The match was moved to take place in the Gambia the following week.[8]
Real Banjul won 2–1 on aggregate.

Kaizer Chiefs won 3–1 on aggregate.

Raja Casablanca won 6–2 on aggregate.

Mamelodi Sundowns won 4–1 on aggregate.

AS Mangasport won 1–0 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Stade Malien won on away goals.

First round

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The first round included 32 teams: the 25 winners of the preliminary round, and the 7 teams that received byes to this round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ZESCO United Zambia 2–2 (4–5 p) Guinea AS Kaloum 1–1 1–1
USM Alger Algeria 6–2 Senegal AS Pikine 5–1 1–1
Al-Hilal Sudan 5–1 Malawi Big Bullets 4–0 1–1
Coton Sport Cameroon 0–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo SM Sanga Balende 0–0 0–2
Cosmos de Bafia Cameroon 1–4 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 0–1 1–3
Al-Merrikh Sudan 3–2 Angola Kabuscorp 2–0 1–2
AC Semassi Togo 0–6 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0–5 0–1
MC El Eulma Algeria 2–1 Ghana Asante Kotoko 0–0 2–1
Enyimba Nigeria 1–2 Egypt Smouha 1–0 0–2
Gor Mahia Kenya 0–2 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 0–1 0–1
APR Rwanda 0–4 Egypt Al-Ahly 0–2 0–2
Moghreb Tétouan Morocco 5–2 Nigeria Kano Pillars 4–0 1–2
Real Banjul The Gambia 1–3 Algeria ES Sétif 1–1 0–2
Kaizer Chiefs South Africa 0–3 Morocco Raja Casablanca 0–1 0–2
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 2–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1–0 1–3
AS Mangasport Gabon 2–5 Mali Stade Malien 1–3 1–2

Note: The second leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak.
2–2 on aggregate. AS Kaloum won on penalties.

USM Alger Algeria5–1Senegal AS Pikine
Bouchema 12'
Beldjilali 22'
Meftah 53' (pen.), 81'
Belaïli 70'		 Report Niang 10'
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

USM Alger won 6–2 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal Sudan4–0Malawi Big Bullets
Careca 9', 48'
Kébé 12'
Hamid 84'		 Report

Al-Hilal won 5–1 on aggregate.

SM Sanga Balende won 2–0 on aggregate.

Espérance de Tunis won 4–1 on aggregate.

Al-Merrikh Sudan2–0Angola Kabuscorp
Abdalla 16'
Coffie 49'		 Report

Al-Merrikh won 3–2 on aggregate.

CS Sfaxien won 6–0 on aggregate.

MC El Eulma won 2–1 on aggregate.

Smouha Egypt2–0Nigeria Enyimba
El-Agazy 85' (pen.)
Kouao 90'		 Report

Smouha won 2–1 on aggregate.

AC Léopards won 2–0 on aggregate.

APR Rwanda0–2Egypt Al-Ahly
Report Moteab 66'
Soliman 83'

Al-Ahly won 4–0 on aggregate.

Note: The first leg was postponed by a week after five Kano Pillars players were wounded in a shooting on 5 March 2015.[9]
Moghreb Tétouan won 5–2 on aggregate.

ES Sétif won 3–1 on aggregate.

Raja Casablanca won 3–0 on aggregate.

TP Mazembe won 3–2 on aggregate.

Stade Malien won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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The second round included the 16 winners of the first round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 3–2 Guinea AS Kaloum 2–1 1–1
SM Sanga Balende Democratic Republic of the Congo 0–2 Sudan Al-Hilal 0–1 0–1
Al-Merrikh Sudan 2–2 (a) Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–0 1–2
MC El Eulma Algeria 1–1 (7–6 p) Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–0 0–1
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo 1–2 Egypt Smouha 1–0 0–2
Moghreb Tétouan Morocco 1–1 (4–3 p) Egypt Al-Ahly 1–0 0–1
Raja Casablanca Morocco 4–4 (1–4 p) Algeria ES Sétif 2–2 2–2
Stade Malien Mali 3–4 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2–2 1–2

Note: The second leg was played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak.
USM Alger won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal won 2–0 on aggregate.

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Merrikh won on away goals.

1–1 on aggregate. MC El Eulma won on penalties.

Smouha won 2–1 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate. Moghreb Tétouan won on penalties.

4–4 on aggregate. ES Sétif won on penalties.

TP Mazembe won 4–3 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Draws made for 2015 Orange Champions League, Confederations Cup". CAF. 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ "19th Edition of CAF Champions League CL 2015" (PDF). CAF.
  5. ^ "CAF Clubs Competitions across Africa, Hearts in Action whilst Kotoko gets a walkover". SpyGhana. 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  6. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: BYC vs Real de Banjul return leg in Bamako off". Real de Banjul Football Club. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  7. ^ "CLUB STATEMENT: Real de Banjul's decision on BYC away match". Real de Banjul Football Club. 27 February 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Real to play Champions League return leg with BYC in Banjul". Real de Banjul Football Club. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 7 March 2015.
  9. ^ "CAF shifts Kano Pillars game by one week". News24 Nigeria. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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