CAF Cup
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Founded | 1992 |
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Abolished | 2004 |
Region | Africa (CAF) |
Number of teams | from 31 to 37 |
Most successful club(s) |
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The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runner-ups of member associations who haven't qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or the African Cup Winners' Cup.
Format
Only runner-ups of the domestic leagues of member associations were eligible to participate in the competition if and only if they were not participating as cup winners of their national associations cup competitions in the African Cup Winners' Cup.
In case the runner-up of the domestic league was not to participate in the CAF Cup, CAF approval was mandatory to accept another team among the top three placed teams of the concerned association to take part in the competition.
All rounds of the competition including the final were played according to the knock-out system of two legs tie. The team which scores a higher aggregate number of goals in the two matches was qualified for the next round.[1]
History
The tournament was founded in 1992 modeled after the European UEFA Cup. Trophy named after Moshood Abiola, a Nigerian businessman, publisher and politician as well as being the first Director of Sports in independent Nigeria.
The CAF Cup was the idea of the current CAF president, Issa Hayatou who successfully made 1992 the year of African football. The competition was initiated soon after the successful 1992 African Cup of Nations in which twelve finalists participated in the competition for the first time in the history of the African competition. 31 teams participated in the first edition of the CAF Cup and the Nigerian club Shooting Stars F.C. were the first to hold the cup after defeating the Ugandan Villa SC in the final.
The trophy became an absolute property to JS Kabylie who have won it outright following their third successive win in 2002 being the one and only team in Africa who is able to show the trophy in his trophy room.
The Moroccan club Raja Casablanca was the last to hold the trophy in 2003 defeating the Cameroonian Cotonsport de Garoua in the final.
In 2004, the CAF Cup was merged with the African Cup Winners' Cup, and was renamed the CAF Confederation Cup, again following the European example of the UEFA Cup.[2]
Finals
Year | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance |
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1992 Details |
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0 – 0 | ![]() |
National Stadium, Kampala | |
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2 – 0 | ![]() |
Liberty Stadium, Ibadan | ||
Shooting Stars FC won 2 – 0 on aggregate | |||||
1993 Details |
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0 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan | |
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0 – 2 | ![]() |
William Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam | ||
Stella Club d'Adjamé won 2 – 0 on aggregate | |||||
1994 Details |
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1 – 0 | ![]() |
Estádio Municipal, Benguela | |
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3 – 0 | ![]() |
Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City | ||
Bendel Insurance FC won 3 – 1 on aggregate | |||||
1995 Details |
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0 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry | |
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2 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse | ||
ES Sahel won 2 – 0 on aggregate | |||||
1996 Details |
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3 – 1 | ![]() |
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse | 20,000 |
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2 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade El Harti, Marrakech | 15,000 | |
Kawkab AC Marrakech won by away goal after 3 – 3 on aggregate | |||||
1997 Details |
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1 – 0 | ![]() |
Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda | |
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2 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade Olympique d'El Menzah, Tunis | 45,000 | |
ES Tunis won 2 – 1 on aggregate | |||||
1998 Details |
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0 – 1 | ![]() |
Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar | 15,000 |
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3 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax | 16,000 | |
CS Sfax won 4 – 0 on aggregate | |||||
1999 Details |
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1 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse | |
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2 – 1 | ![]() |
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca | ||
ES Sahel won by away goal after 2 – 2 on aggregate | |||||
2000 Details |
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1 – 1 | ![]() |
Ismailia Stadium, Ismaïlia | 25,000 |
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Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers | 90,000 | |
JS Kabylie won by away goal after 1 – 1 on aggregate | |||||
2001 Details |
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2 – 1 | ![]() |
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse | |
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1 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers | 80,000 | |
JS Kabylie won by away goal after 2 – 2 on aggregate | |||||
2002 Details |
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4 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers | 80,000 |
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1 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé | 30,000 | |
JS Kabylie won 4 – 1 on aggregate | |||||
2003 Details |
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2 – 0 | ![]() |
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca | |
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0 – 0 | ![]() |
Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua | ||
Raja CA Casablanca won 2 – 0 on aggregate |
Records and statistics
By club
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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![]() | 3 | 0 | 2000, 2001, 2002 | - |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 1995, 1999 | 1996, 2001 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1998 | - |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1994 | - |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1997 | - |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1996 | - |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2003 | - |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1992 | - |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1993 | - |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 1995 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 1998 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 1997 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 2003 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 1994 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 2000 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 1993 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 2002 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 1992 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | - | 1999 |
By nation
Nation | Wins | RUp | Winning Clubs | Runners-Up |
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4 | 2 | Étoile du Sahel (2), CS Sfaxien (1), Espérance (1) | Étoile du Sahel (2) |
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3 | 0 | JS Kabylie (3) | - |
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2 | 1 | Kawkab Marrakech (1), Raja Casablanca (1) | Wydad Casablanca (1) |
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2 | 0 | Bendel Insurance (1), Shooting Stars (1) | - |
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1 | 0 | Stella Club d'Adjamé (1) | - |
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0 | 2 | - | Petro de Luanda (1), Primeiro de Maio (1) |
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0 | 2 | - | Cotonsport Garoua (1), Tonnerre Yaoundé (1) |
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0 | 1 | - | Ismaily (1) |
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0 | 1 | - | AS Kaloum Star (1) |
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0 | 1 | - | ASC Jeanne d'Arc (1) |
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0 | 1 | - | Simba SC (1) |
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0 | 1 | - | Villa SC (1) |
Trivia
- JS Kabylie was the only team to reach the final for three successive times between 2000 and 2002 being able to win them all and so became the first and only African team to keep the CAF Cup trophy as an absolute property.
See also
References
- ↑ "CAF Confederation Cup Regulation" (PDF). CAF. 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ↑ "CAF Cup". RSSSF. 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
External links
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