2011 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

This page provides the summaries of the matches of the qualifying rounds for the group stage of the 2011 CAF Champions League.

The schedule for the tournament was released in October 2010,[1] and the draw for all three rounds was held in Cairo on 20 December 2010.[2]

Qualification ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[3]

Preliminary round

This was a knock-out stage of the 46 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

First legs: 28–30 January 2011; Second legs: 11–13, 25–27 February and 4–6 March 2011.[4]

29 January 2011
16:30 UTC+01:00
ASFAN Niger 0 – 0 Ivory Coast JC Abidjan

27 February 2011
15:30 UTC±00:00
JC Abidjan Ivory Coast 3 – 0 Niger ASFAN
Laciné Traoré  36'
Djémory Coulibaly  55'
Hamadou Diabaté  57' 		Report

JC Abidjan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

13 February 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Enyimba Nigeria 2 – 0 Republic of the Congo Saint Michel d'Ouenzé
John Lawrence  17'
Victor Barnabas  45' 		Report

Enyimba won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Aggregate 0–0. US Bitam won the penalty shootout and advanced to the first round.

11 February 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
MC Alger Algeria 2 – 0 Central African Republic Olympic Real de Bangui
Nassim Bouchema  23'
Mohamed Derrag  51' 		Report
Stade Rouïba, Rouïba

MC Alger won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.


Inter Luanda Angola w/o[5] Botswana Township Rollers

Inter Luanda advanced to the first round after Township Rollers withdrew.

30 January 2011
15:00 UTC±00:00
East End Lions Sierra Leone 0 – 2 Mali Djoliba
Alou Bagayoko  66', 82'

5 March 2011
16:30 UTC±00:00
Djoliba Mali 2 – 0 Sierra Leone East End Lions
Ousmane Cissé  32'
Amadou Karembé  80'

Djoliba won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

30 January 2011
16:00 UTC±00:00
Diaraf Senegal 1 – 1 The Gambia Ports Authority
Ibrahima Ndoye  88' Report Hatab Badji  51'

12 February 2011
16:30 UTC±00:00
Ports Authority The Gambia 0 – 2 Senegal Diaraf
Babacar Ndiour  32'
Pape Maka Sarr  82'
Serrekunda East Mini-Stadium, Serrekunda

Diaraf won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

30 January 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
ASPAC Benin 1 – 0 Equatorial Guinea Deportivo Mongomo
Hyacinthe Sèwanou  32' Report

12 February 2011
15:30 UTC+01:00
Deportivo Mongomo Equatorial Guinea 1 – 1 Benin ASPAC
Junior  13' William Dassagaté  37'

ASPAC won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

30 January 2011
16:00 UTC±00:00
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 7 – 0 Mauritania CF Cansado
Robert Sankara  3'
Patrick N'doua  15'
Adama Bakayoko  21', 28', 84'
Zahui Okou  77'
Jean Imère Yao Krizo  87' 		Report

26 February 2011
16:30 UTC±00:00
CF Cansado Mauritania 0 – 2 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Report Jean Jacques Bougouhi  37'
Antoine N'Gossan  87'
Stade Olympique, Nouakchott

ASEC Mimosas won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

13 February 2011
14:30 UTC+03:00
CNaPS Sport Madagascar 0 – 1 Zimbabwe Motor Action
Kudakwashe Musharu  80'
  Penalties  
3 – 4

Aggregate 1–1. Motor Action won the penalty shootout and advanced to the first round.

28 January 2011
20:00 UTC±00:00
Raja Casablanca Morocco 10 – 1 Chad Tourbillon
Abdessamad Ouhakki  10'
Hassan Tair  13', 29', 50'
Ismail Belmaalam  19'
Bouchaib El Moubarki  25'
Mohsine Moutouali  33'
Hicham Aboucherouane  63'
Lanciné Koné  68'
Hassan Souari  82' 		Report Habib Mahamat  67'


Tourbillon Chad w/o[6] Morocco Raja Casablanca

Raja Casablanca advanced to the first round after Tourbillon withdrew after the first leg.

29 January 2011
16:00 UTC+03:00
Ulinzi Stars Kenya 0 – 4 Egypt Zamalek
Report Mahmoud Fathalla  61' (pen.)
Hassan Mostafa  69'
Mohamed Amine Aoudia  76'
Ibrahim Salah  90+1'

27 February 2011
17:30 UTC+02:00
Zamalek Egypt 1 – 0 Kenya Ulinzi Stars
Shikabala  58' Report

Zamalek won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

29 January 2011
15:30 UTC+02:00
APR Rwanda 2 – 2 Tunisia Club Africain
Alfred Ngabo  43'
Eugene Twite  75' (pen.) 		Report Khaled Melliti  16'
Hamza Messaadi  44'
Stade Amahoro, Kigali

4 March 2011
15:00 UTC+01:00
Club Africain Tunisia 4 – 0 Rwanda APR
Bilel Ifa  20'
Wissem Ben Yahia  49' (pen.)
Ezechiel Ndouassel  73'
Youssef Mouihbi  75' 		Report
Olympic Stadium, Radès

Club Africain won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

30 January 2011
15:00 UTC+01:00
Recreativo Caála Angola 2 – 0 Ethiopia Saint-George SA
Paizinho  28', 71'

13 February 2011
16:00 UTC+03:00
Saint-George SA Ethiopia 1 – 0 Angola Recreativo Caála
Adane Girma  28'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Abeba

Recreativo Caála won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

29 January 2011
15:00 UTC+03:00
Élan Club Comoros 0 – 0 Tanzania Simba

12 February 2011
16:00 UTC+03:00
Simba Tanzania 4 – 2 Comoros Élan Club
Mbwana Samata  45', 56'
Patrick Ochan  47'
Amri Kiemba  71' 		Report Madaha Mohamed  43'
Abdoulkarim Sandjema  63'
Uhuru Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam

Simba won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

30 January 2011
16:00 UTC±00:00
Mighty Barrolle Liberia 1 – 2 Nigeria Kano Pillars
Harris Jimmy  80' Report Morris Chigozie  26'
Sheriff Isa  80'

12 February 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Kano Pillars Nigeria 1 – 0 Liberia Mighty Barrolle
Gambo Mohammed  29' Report

Kano Pillars won 3–1 on aggregate and advance to the first round.

30 January 2011
17:00 UTC±00:00
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 3 – 0 Ghana Aduana Stars
Abderahim Benkhajjan  8'
Mouhcine Iajour  18', 43'

Wydad Casablanca won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

30 January 2011
16:30 UTC±00:00
Fello Star Guinea 1 – 1 Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga
Diallo Alpha Bacar  60' Report Aly Babo  4'

12 February 2011
16:00 UTC±00:00
ASFA Yennenga Burkina Faso 3 – 0 Guinea Fello Star
Issa Gouo  12'
Solomon Asante  41'
Abasse Bundu  69'
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

ASFA Yennenga won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

30 January 2011
15:30 UTC+02:00
Vital'O Burundi 2 – 2 Cameroon Coton Sport
Tambwe Amissi  20'
Sutche Wambo  25' 		Jacques Haman  41'
Osmaila Baba  73'

6 March 2011
15:00 UTC+01:00
Coton Sport Cameroon 1 – 1 Burundi Vital'O
Jacques Haman  31' Report Alain Ndizeye  58'
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua

Aggregate 3–3. Coton Sport advanced on the away goals rule to the first round.

30 January 2011
20:30 UTC+03:00
Zanzibar Ocean View Zanzibar 1 – 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Nelson Lukong  88' (o.g.) Alfred M'Fongang  76'

27 February 2011
15:30 UTC+01:00
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 – 0 Zanzibar Zanzibar Ocean View
Yves Magola Mapanda  42'
Alfred M'Fongang  70', 89' 		Report

AS Vita Club won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

30 January 2011
15:30 UTC+02:00
Supersport United South Africa 2 – 0 Lesotho Matlama
Jabulani Maluleke  59'
Tebogo Langerman  73' 		Report

13 February 2011
15:00 UTC+02:00
Matlama Lesotho 2 – 1 South Africa Supersport United
Litsepe Marabe  55'
Motlalepula Chabeli  59' 		Report Fikru Lemessa  19'

Supersport United won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

13 February 2011
16:30 UTC+04:00
St Michel United Seychelles 2 – 1 Swaziland Young Buffaloes
Alex Nibourette  30'
Nestor Benohavy  73' 		Report Sibuiso Dlamini  45'

Young Buffaloes won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

29 January 2011
15:00 UTC+02:00
ZESCO United Zambia 3 – 0 Mozambique Liga Muçulmana
Humprey Luputa  6'
Jackson Mwanza  21'
Portipher Zulu  81'

12 February 2011
15:00 UTC+02:00
Liga Muçulmana Mozambique 2 – 1 Zambia ZESCO United
Manuel Mablango  25'
Dário Monteiro  69' 		Report Portipher Zulu  37'

ZESCO United won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

This was a knock-out stage of 32 teams; the 23 teams advancing from the preliminary round, and 9 teams that received byes into this round.

First legs: 18–20 March 2011; Second legs: 1–3 April 2011.


JC Abidjan Ivory Coast w/o Libya Al-Ittihad

Al-Ittihad advanced to the second round after JC Abidjan withdrew. Tie was scheduled to be played over one leg at a neutral venue (at Bamako, Mali on 3 April 2011) due to the political situations in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya,[7] but match did not take place.

3 April 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Enyimba Nigeria 2 – 1 Gabon US Bitam
Victor Barnabas  53' (pen.)
Josiah Maduabuchi  90+7' 		Report Serge Patrick Beh Za'a  30'

Enyimba won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

20 March 2011
15:00 UTC+02:00
Dynamos Zimbabwe 4 – 1 Algeria MC Alger
Guthrie Zhokinyi  17'
Roderick Mutuma  45+2'
Denver Mukamba  76'
Farai Vimisai  83' 		Report Réda Babouche  88'

3 April 2011
19:00 UTC+01:00
MC Alger Algeria 3 – 0 Zimbabwe Dynamos
Brahim Bedbouda  41', 90'
Abdelmalek Mokdad  76' (pen.) 		Report
Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers

Aggregate 4–4. MC Alger advanced on the away goals rule to the second round.

19 March 2011
20:00 UTC+03:00
Al-Merreikh Sudan 2 – 0 Angola Inter Luanda
Mohamed Osman Hanno  16'
Faisal Agab  86' 		Report
Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman

2 April 2011
15:30 UTC+01:00
Inter Luanda Angola 2 – 0 Sudan Al-Merreikh
Manucho Barros  15'
Pedro Henriques  40' (pen.) 		Report
  Penalties  
3 – 2

Aggregate 2–2. Inter Luanda won on penalties and advanced to the second round.

20 March 2011
17:00 UTC±00:00
Diaraf Senegal 3 – 0 Mali Djoliba
Djibril Sidibé  7', 69'
Ibrahima N'Doye  42'

2 April 2011
17:00 UTC±00:00
Djoliba Mali 1 – 1 Senegal Diaraf
Moussa Diallo  58' Report Moussa N'Diaye  72'

Diaraf won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

19 March 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Espérance ST Tunisia 5 – 0 Benin ASPAC
Youssef Msakni  8', 15'
Dramane Traoré  12'
Singbo Maxim  25' (o.g.)
Oussama Darragi  32'
Olympic Stadium, Radès

3 April 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
ASPAC Benin 2 – 0 Tunisia Espérance ST
Adam Wahidi  38'
Moukaïla Bouraïma  76'

Espérance ST won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

ASEC Mimosas won on penalties and advanced to the second round. Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire.[7]

19 March 2011
16:30 UTC±00:00
Stade Malien Mali 2 – 1 Morocco Raja Casablanca
Mamadou Coulibaly  44', 54' Report Bouchaib El Moubarki  7'

2 April 2011
20:00 UTC+01:00
Raja Casablanca Morocco 1 – 0 Mali Stade Malien
Mamadou Baila Traoré  40' Report

Aggregate 2–2. Raja Casablanca advanced on the away goals rule to the second round.

20 March 2011
15:30 UTC+01:00
Club Africain Tunisia 4 – 2 Egypt Zamalek
Ezechiel Ndouassel  3'
Youssef Mouihbi  46'
Karim Aouadhi  53'
Bilel Ifa  86' 		Shikabala  30'
Ahmed Gaafar  79'
Olympic Stadium, Radès

2 April 2011
16:00 UTC+02:00
Zamalek Egypt Match abandoned Tunisia Club Africain
Mahmoud Fathallah  29'
Hussein Yasser  45+2' 		Report Wissem Ben Yahia  38'

Second leg abandoned on 90+5 minutes with Zamalek leading 2–1 (Club Africain leading 5–4 on aggregate) when Zamalek fans invaded the pitch.[8] Club Africain advanced to the second round.

20 March 2011
20:00 UTC+03:00
Al-Hilal Sudan 3 – 0 Angola Recreativo Caála
Osama Ali  22'
Mudathir Eltaib  55', 80'

2 April 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Recreativo Caála Angola 1 – 1 Sudan Al-Hilal
Paizinho  28' Edward Sadomba  68'

Al-Hilal won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

20 March 2011
15:30 UTC+02:00
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 – 1 Tanzania Simba
Milota Kabangu  11'
Narcisse Ekanga  30'
Dioko Kaluyituka  64' 		Report Emmanuel Okwi  75'

3 April 2011
15:30 UTC+03:00
Simba Tanzania 2 – 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Shija Mkina  59'
Mbwana Samata  68' 		Given Singuluma  17'
Dioko Kaluyituka  64', 72'
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam

TP Mazembe won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. As a result, Simba played against Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca, which lost to TP Mazembe in the second round, in a play-off for a place in the group stage.

20 March 2011
19:00 UTC±00:00
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 2 – 0 Nigeria Kano Pillars
Fabrice N'Guessi  8', 84'

Wydad Casablanca won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

19 March 2011
19:00 UTC+01:00
ES Sétif Algeria 2 – 0 Burkina Faso ASFA Yennenga
Nabil Hemani  8'
Lazhar Hadj Aïssa  47' 		Report

3 April 2011
15:30 UTC±00:00
ASFA Yennenga Burkina Faso 3 – 4 Algeria ES Sétif
Ali Zoungrana  49'
Ocansey Mandela  66' (pen.)
Mamadou Zongo  80' 		Nabil Hemani  26', 78'
Lazhar Hadj Aïssa  45'
Abderahmane Hachoud  90+5'
Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou

ES Sétif won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

3 April 2011
15:45 UTC+01:00
Coton Sport Cameroon 2 – 0 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Joel Babanda  35'
Hilaire Momi  80' 		Report
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua

Coton Sport won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

18 March 2011
17:30 UTC+02:00
Al-Ahly Egypt 2 – 0 South Africa Supersport United
Osama Hosny  3'
Dominique Da Silva  84' 		Report

2 April 2011
20:15 UTC+02:00
Supersport United South Africa 1 – 0 Egypt Al-Ahly
Jabulani Maluleke  28' Report

Al-Ahly won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

19 March 2011
15:00 UTC+02:00
ZESCO United Zambia 5 – 0 Swaziland Young Buffaloes
Alfred Luputa  5', 10', 80'
Kangwa Chileshe  15'
Nicholas Zulu  70'

2 April 2011
16:00 UTC+02:00
Young Buffaloes Swaziland 0 – 2 Zambia ZESCO United
Report Kangwa Chileshe  47'
Alfred Luputa  78'

ZESCO United won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

This was a knock-out stage of the 16 teams that advanced from the first round; winners advanced to the group stage, with the losers advancing to the Confederation Cup play-off round.[3]

First legs: 22–24 April 2011; Second legs 7–8 May 2011.

8 May 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Enyimba Nigeria 1 – 0 Libya Al-Ittihad
Victor Barnabas  66' (pen.) Report
Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Referee: Gassama Bakary, Gambia

Enyimba advanced to the group stage. Al-Ittihad advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round. Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Libya.[9]

23 April 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Inter Luanda Angola 1 – 1 Algeria MC Alger
Pedro Henriques  9' Report Zinedine Bensalem  90+3'
Estádio Joaquim Dinis, Luanda
Attendance: 10,000

7 May 2011
19:00 UTC+01:00
MC Alger Algeria 3 – 2 Angola Inter Luanda
Youssef Sofiane  5'
Abdelmalek Mokdad  45+2'
Brahim Bedbouda  89' (pen.) 		Pedro Henriques  43', 67'
Omar Hammadi Stadium, Algiers

MC Alger won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage. Inter Luanda advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

23 April 2011
19:10 UTC+01:00
Espérance ST Tunisia 5 – 0 Senegal Diaraf
Dramane Traore  11'
Oussama Darragi  14', 32' (pen.)
Idriss Mhirsi  43'
Youssef Msakni  53' 		Report

8 May 2011
17:00 UTC±00:00
Diaraf Senegal 0 – 1 Tunisia Espérance ST
Roger Toindouba  40'

Espérance ST won 6–0 and advanced to the group stage. Diaraf advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

7 May 2011
21:00 UTC+01:00
Raja Casablanca Morocco 1 – 1 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Mohsine Moutouali  90' Adama Bakayoko  57'
  Penalties  
5 – 4

Raja Casablanca won on penalties and advanced to the group stage. ASEC Mimosas advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round. Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire.[9]

7 May 2011
17:00 UTC+01:00
Club Africain Tunisia Match abandoned Sudan Al-Hilal
Khaled Melliti  71' Edward Sadomba  18'
Olympic Stadium, Radès

Second leg abandoned on 81 minutes with the score at 1–1 (Al-Hilal leading 2–1 on aggregate) when Club Africain fans invaded the pitch.[10] Al-Hilal advanced to the group stage. Club Africain advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the first round. As a result, Wydad Casablanca played against Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to TP Mazembe in the first round, in a play-off for a place in the group stage.

7 May 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Coton Sport Cameroon 4 – 1 Algeria ES Sétif
Ambroise Oyongo Bitolo  12'
Awangue Mbongo  53'
Hilaire Momi  70'
Lassina Abdoul Karim  86' 		Lazhar Hadj Aïssa  34'
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua

Coton Sport won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage. ES Sétif advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Note: First leg postponed following a request from Coton Sport who had four players in the Cameroon U-20 team playing in the 2011 African Youth Championship in South Africa.[9]

23 April 2011
15:00 UTC+02:00
ZESCO United Zambia 0 – 0 Egypt Al-Ahly
Report

Al-Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage. ZESCO United advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Special play-off

On 14 May 2011, the CAF announced that TP Mazembe from Congo DR were disqualified from the Champions League group stage following a complaint about the eligibility of TP Mazembe's player Janvier Besala Bokungu from Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to them in the first round. As a result, the Organising Committee decided that a replacement for the group stage would be determined by a play-off match at a neutral venue, between Simba and Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca, which lost to TP Mazembe in the second round.[11][12]

28 May 2011
18:00 UTC+02:00
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 3 – 0 Tanzania Simba
Fabrice N'Guessi  88'
Ayoub El Khaliqi  90+4'
Mouhcine Iajour  90+6' 		Report

Wydad Casablanca advanced to the group stage. Simba advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

References

  1. ↑ Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011
  2. ↑ Fixtures for preliminary round, first qualifying round, and second qualifying round
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Regulations of the CAF Champions League
  4. ↑ CL and CC: matches postponed
  5. ↑ CAF suspends, fines POPA
  6. ↑ C1 CAF : Le Raja de Casablanca en 16ème de finale
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 CAF Interclubs matches venues and dates reviewed
  8. ↑ Violence rocks Zamalek match against Club Africain
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Orange CAF Champions League postponed matches
  10. ↑ Club Africain Hilal game abandoned after pitch invasion
  11. ↑ TP Mazembe disqualified from the Orange CL group stage fielding ineligible player
  12. ↑ Mazembe are disqualified from the Champions League

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