2015 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

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

Draw

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

Al-Ahly (62 pts) Espérance de Tunis (48 pts) TP Mazembe (41 pts) ES Sétif (31 pts) Coton Sport (26 pts) AC Léopards (26 pts) CS Sfaxien (24 pts)

Al-Hilal (24 pts) Séwé Sport (23 pts) Stade Malien (11 pts) Enyimba (6 pts) Al-Merrikh (6 pts) Recreativo do Libolo (4 pts) Saint George (4 pts) Raja Casablanca (2 pts) Smouha SM Sanga Balende Moghreb Tétouan Kano Pillars USM Alger MC El Eulma Club Olympique de Bamako Cosmos de Bafia Diables Noirs Mamelodi Sundowns Kaizer Chiefs Kabuscorp Asante Kotoko Al-Ahli Tripoli ZESCO United AS GNN Buffles du Borgou Township Rollers Étoile Filante LLB Académic Foullah Edifice Fomboni Club Sony Elá Nguema AS Mangasport Real Banjul AS Kaloum Gor Mahia Bantu Barrack Young Controllers CNaPS Sport Big Bullets Liga Muçulmana APR AS Pikine St Michel United East End Lions Al-Malakia Mbabane Swallows Azam AC Semassi Kampala City Council KMKM

Format

Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides are level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the tie proceeds directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played).^[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round is 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

Preliminary round

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mbabane Swallows	1–2	ZESCO United	1–1	0–1
Séwé Sport	2–3	AS Kaloum	1–2	1–1
USM Alger	4–3	Foullah Edifice	3–0	1–3
AS Pikine	1–0	Étoile Filante	1–0	0–0
Al-Hilal	2–1	KMKM	2–0	0–1
Fomboni Club	2–3	Big Bullets	0–1	2–2
Recreativo do Libolo	3–3 (a)	SM Sanga Balende	3–1	0–2
Kampala City Council	1–3	Cosmos de Bafia	1–0	0–3
Azam	2–3	Al-Merrikh	2–0	0–3
LLB Académic	0–1	Kabuscorp	0–0	0–1
Sony Elá Nguema	1–2	AC Semassi	1–1	0–1
MC El Eulma	2–2 (a)	Saint George	1–0	1–2
East End Lions	w/o	Asante Kotoko	—	—
Enyimba	4–0	Buffles du Borgou	3–0	1–0
Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–1 (3–5 p)	Smouha	1–0	0–1
Gor Mahia	3–3 (a)	CNaPS Sport	1–0	2–3
Liga Muçulmana	1–2	APR	0–0	1–2
Club Olympique de Bamako	2–3	Moghreb Tétouan	2–0	0–3
Al-Malakia	0–5	Kano Pillars	0–2	0–3
Real Banjul	2–1	Barrack Young Controllers	1–1	1–0
Kaizer Chiefs	3–1	Township Rollers	2–1	1–0
Raja Casablanca	6–2	Diables Noirs	4–0	2–2
St Michel United	1–4	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1	0–3
AS Mangasport	1–0	Bantu	1–0	0–0
Stade Malien	1–1 (a)	AS GNN	0–0	1–1

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

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

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USM Alger won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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AS Pikine won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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Big Bullets won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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3–3 on aggregate. SM Sanga Balende won on the away goals rule and advanced to the first round.

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Cosmos de Bafia won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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Al-Merrikh won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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Kabuscorp won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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

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2–2 on aggregate. MC El Eulma won on the away goals rule and advanced to the first round.

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Asante Kotoko advanced to the first round after East End Lions withdrew.^[4]

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

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Note: The first leg was played outside of Libya due to security concerns.
1–1 on aggregate. Smouha won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the first round.

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3–3 on aggregate. Gor Mahia won on the away goals rule and advanced to the first round.

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

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Moghreb Tétouan won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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

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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 Mali Football Federation eventually did not allow Barrack Young Controllers to play there.^[5][6] The match was moved to take place in the Gambia the following week.^[7]
Real Banjul won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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

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Raja Casablanca won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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Mamelodi Sundowns won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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AS Mangasport won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

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1–1 on aggregate. Stade Malien won on the away goals rule and advanced to the first round.

First round

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ZESCO United	2–2 (4–5 p)	AS Kaloum	1–1	1–1
USM Alger	6–2	AS Pikine	5–1	1–1
Al-Hilal	5–1	Big Bullets	4–0	1–1
Coton Sport	0–2	SM Sanga Balende	0–0	0–2
Cosmos de Bafia	1–4	Espérance de Tunis	0–1	1–3
Al-Merrikh	3–2	Kabuscorp	2–0	1–2
AC Semassi	0–6	CS Sfaxien	0–5	0–1
MC El Eulma	2–1	Asante Kotoko	0–0	2–1
Enyimba	1–2	Smouha	1–0	0–2
Gor Mahia	0–2	AC Léopards	0–1	0–1
APR	0–4	Al-Ahly	0–2	0–2
Moghreb Tétouan	5–2	Kano Pillars	4–0	1–2
Real Banjul	1–3	ES Sétif	1–1	0–2
Kaizer Chiefs	0–3	Raja Casablanca	0–1	0–2
Mamelodi Sundowns	2–3	TP Mazembe	1–0	1–3
AS Mangasport	2–5	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 the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the second round.

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USM Alger won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Al-Hilal won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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SM Sanga Balende won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Espérance de Tunis won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Al-Merrikh won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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CS Sfaxien won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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MC El Eulma won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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

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AC Léopards won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Al-Ahly won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Note: The first leg was postponed by a week after five Kano Pillars players were wounded in a shooting on 5 March 2015.^[8]
Moghreb Tétouan won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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ES Sétif won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Raja Casablanca won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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TP Mazembe won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

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Stade Malien won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger		AS Kaloum	2–1	3 May
SM Sanga Balende		Al-Hilal	0–1	3 May
Al-Merrikh		Espérance de Tunis	1–0	3 May
MC El Eulma		CS Sfaxien	1–0	3 May
AC Léopards		Smouha	1–0	2 May
Moghreb Tétouan		Al-Ahly	1–0	2 May
Raja Casablanca	4–4 (1–4 p)	ES Sétif	2–2	2–2
Stade Malien		TP Mazembe	2–2	3 May

Note: The second leg will be played outside of Guinea due to Ebola outbreak.
Winner advances to the group stage. Loser enters the Confederation Cup play-off round.

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Winner advances to the group stage. Loser enters the Confederation Cup play-off round.

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Winner advances to the group stage. Loser enters the Confederation Cup play-off round.

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Winner advances to the group stage. Loser enters the Confederation Cup play-off round.

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Winner advances to the group stage. Loser enters the Confederation Cup play-off round.

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Winner advances to the group stage. Loser enters the Confederation Cup play-off round.

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4–4 on aggregate. ES Sétif won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the group stage. Raja Casablanca entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.

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Winner advances to the group stage. Loser enters the Confederation Cup play-off round.

References

External links

• Orange CAF Champions League 2015, CAFonline.com

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