2010 CAF Confederation Cup explained

Tourney Name:CAF Confederation Cup
Year:2010
Other Titles:Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Size:130px
Dates:February 2010 – November
Num Teams:52
Champion Other: FUS Rabat
Count:1
Second Other: CS Sfaxien
Matches:116
Goals:297
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 CAF Confederation Cup was the 7th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winners played in the 2011 CAF Super Cup.

Schedule

Round1st leg2nd leg
Preliminary round12–14 February26–28 February
First round19–21 March2–4 April
Second round
(1st Round of 16)
23–25 April7–9 May
Play-off for group stage
(2nd Round of 16)
16–18 July30 July–1 August
Group stage13–15 August
27–29 August
10–12 September
17–19 September
1–3 October
15–17 October
Semifinals29–31 October12–14 November
Final26–28 November3–5 December

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

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Byes: Primeiro de Agosto (Angola), Coton Sport FC (Cameroon), Haras El Hodood (Egypt), FC 105 (Gabon), FAR Rabat (Morocco), Stade Malien (Mali), Enyimba (Nigeria), AS Vita Club (Congo DR), Simba (Tanzania), Étoile Sahel (Tunisia), CS Sfaxien (Tunisia), ZESCO United (Zambia), Académica do Soyo (Angola)2, Panthère Sportive du Ndé FC (Cameroon) 3.

1 SC Villa withdrew.
2 Académica do Soyo were drawn against the champions of São Tomé and Príncipe, but the São Toméan FA did not send a team.
3 Panthère du Ndé were drawn against the champions of Benin, but the Beninese FA did not send a team.

First round

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Second round

|}The Winners advance to a play-off against the losers of the Second Round of the Champions League

Play-off round

|}The Winners advanced to the Group Stage

Group stage

See main article: 2010 CAF Confederation Cup group stage.

Group B

Knock-out stage

See main article: 2010 CAF Confederation Cup knock-out stage.

Semifinals

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Final

See main article: 2010 CAF Confederation Cup Final.

FUS Rabat won 3 - 2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2010 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Ahmed Abdel-Ghani Haras El Hodood7
2 Al-Tahir Hamad Al-Amal Atbara5
Edward Sadomba Al-Hilal5
Hamza Younés CS Sfaxien5

See also

References