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2019–20 CAF Champions League

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2019–20 CAF Champions League
2019–20 Total CAF Champions League
Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, hosted the final
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
9 August – 29 September 2019
Competition proper:
29 November 2019 – 27 November 2020
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 61 (from 49 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Al-Ahly (9th title)
Runners-upEgypt Zamalek
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored131 (2.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)Democratic Republic of the Congo Jackson Muleka
(7 goals)

The 2019–20 CAF Champions League (officially the 2019–20 Total CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 56th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 24th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.

This season was to be the first to follow an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017.[2] However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the semi-finals and final of the competition to be postponed until October and November 2020. Moreover, for the first time, the final was played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CAF,[3] and was originally to be played at the Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon.[4] However, during the suspension of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cameroon decided to withdraw from hosting, and instead, the final was played in Egypt, at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo.

Ahly won a record 9th title, defeating fellow Egyptian rivals Zamalek 2–1 in the final.[5]

As winners of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League, Ahly qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar, and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2020–21 CAF Super Cup.[6]

This was the first time in the history of the CAF Champions League that the final was contested between two clubs from the same country.

Association team allocation

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All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[6] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.

For the 2019–20 CAF Champions League, the CAF uses the 2015–2019 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:[7][8][9]

CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Winners 6 points 5 points
Runners-up 5 points 4 points
Losing semi-finalists 4 points 3 points
Losing quarter-finalists (from 2017) 3 points 2 points
3rd place in groups 2 points 1 point
4th place in groups 1 point 0.5 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

  • 2018–19 – 5
  • 2018 – 4
  • 2017 – 3
  • 2016 – 2
  • 2015 – 1

This was announced by the CAF on 4 June 2019, as using the previous scheme, it would be based on results from 2014 to 2018. The only change for the top 12 associations is that Tanzania is included while Ivory Coast is excluded.[10][11]

Teams

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The following 61 teams from 49 associations entered the competition.

Associations are shown according to their 2015–2019 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Association Team Qualifying method
 Tunisia (1st – 154 pts) Espérance de Tunis Title holders (2018–19 CAF Champions League winners)
2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions
Étoile du Sahel 2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
 Morocco (2nd – 153 pts) Wydad AC 2018–19 Botola champions
Raja Casablanca 2018–19 Botola runners-up
 Egypt (3rd – 120.5 pts) Al-Ahly 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League champions
Zamalek 2018–19 Egyptian Premier League runners-up
 Algeria (4th – 92 pts) USM Alger 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions
JS Kabylie 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
 DR Congo (5th – 87 pts) TP Mazembe 2018–19 Linafoot champions
AS Vita Club 2018–19 Linafoot runners-up
 South Africa (6th – 76.5 pts) Mamelodi Sundowns 2018–19 South African Premier Division champions
Orlando Pirates 2018–19 South African Premier Division runners-up
 Zambia (7th – 40.5 pts) ZESCO United 2019 Zambian Super League champions
Green Eagles 2019 Zambian Super League runners-up
 Sudan (8th – 35 pts) Al-Merrikh 2018–19 Sudan Premier League champions
Al-Hilal 2018–19 Sudan Premier League runners-up
 Nigeria (9th – 32.5 pts) Enyimba 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League champions
Kano Pillars 2019 Nigeria Professional Football League runners-up
 Guinea (10th – 30 pts) Horoya 2018–19 Guinée Championnat National champions
Hafia 2018–19 Guinée Championnat National runners-up
 Angola (11th – 21.5 pts) 1º de Agosto 2018–19 Girabola champions
Petro de Luanda 2018–19 Girabola runners-up
 Tanzania (12th – 18 pts) Simba 2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League champions
Young Africans 2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League runners-up
Associations eligible to enter one team
Association Team Qualifying method
 Ivory Coast (13th – 15 pts) SO de l'Armée 2018–19 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 champions
 Kenya (14th – 14 pts) Gor Mahia 2018–19 Kenyan Premier League champions
 Mozambique (15th – 13 pts) UD Songo 2018 Moçambola champions
 Congo (16th – 11.5 pts) AS Otôho 2018–19 Congo Ligue 1 champions
 Uganda (17th – 11 pts) KCCA 2018–19 Uganda Premier League champions
 Libya (18th – 10 pts) Al-Nasr 2017–18 Libyan Premier League champions[Note LBY]
 Ghana (19th – 9 pts) Asante Kotoko 2019 GFA Normalization Committee Special Competition Tier 1 winners
 Rwanda (T-20th – 8 pts) Rayon Sports 2018–19 Rwanda Premier League champions
 Zimbabwe (T-20th – 8 pts) FC Platinum 2018 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League champions
 Eswatini (22nd – 7 pts) Green Mamba 2018–19 Eswatini Premier League champions
 Ethiopia (23rd – 6 pts) Mekelle 70 Enderta 2018–19 Ethiopian Premier League champions
 Botswana (T-24th – 4 pts) Township Rollers 2018–19 Botswana Premier League champions
 Togo (T-24th – 4 pts) ASC Kara 2018–19 Togolese Championnat National champions
 Cameroon (T-26th – 3 pts) UMS de Loum 2019 Elite One champions
 Mali (T-26th – 3 pts) Stade Malien 2018 Malian Cup winners[Note MLI]
 Burkina Faso (28th – 2.5 pts) Rahimo 2018–19 Burkinabé Premier League champions
 Gabon (29th – 1.5 pts) Cercle Mbéri Sportif 2019 Gabon Championnat National D1 champions
 Benin Buffles du Borgou 2018–19 Benin Premier League champions
 Burundi Aigle Noir 2018–19 Burundi Premier League champions
 Central African Republic AS Tempête Mocaf 2019 Central African Republic League champions
 Chad Elect-Sport 2019 Chad Premier League champions
 Comoros Fomboni 2019 Comoros Premier League champions
 Equatorial Guinea Cano Sport 2018–19 Equatoguinean Primera División champions
 Gambia Brikama United 2018–19 GFA League First Division champions
 Lesotho Matlama 2018–19 Lesotho Premier League champions
 Liberia LPRC Oilers 2019 Liberian First Division League champions
 Madagascar Fosa Juniors 2019 THB Champions League champions
 Malawi Big Bullets 2018 Malawi Premier Division champions
 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 2018–19 Ligue 1 Mauritania champions
 Mauritius Pamplemousses 2018–19 Mauritian Premier League champions
 Namibia African Stars 2018–19 Namibia Premier League runners-up
 Niger AS SONIDEP 2018–19 Niger Premier League champions
 Senegal Génération Foot 2018–19 Senegal Premier League champions
 Seychelles Côte d'Or 2018 Seychelles First Division champions
 Somalia Dekedaha 2019 Somali First Division champions
 South Sudan Atlabara 2019 South Sudan Football Championship champions
 Zanzibar KMKM 2018–19 Zanzibar Premier League champions
Notes
  1. ^
    Libya (LBY): For the second consecutive season, Libya were represented by Al-Nasr, the 2017–18 Libyan Premier League champions, as the 2018–19 Libyan Premier League was suspended and the Libyan Cup was not played in 2018–19.
  2. ^
    Mali (MLI): For the second consecutive season, Mali were represented by Stade Malien, the 2018 Malian Cup winners, as the Malian Première Division and Malian Cup were not played in 2018–19.
Associations which did not enter a team

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[12]

On 24 November 2019, CAF made a change to all fixtures dates starting from the group stage matchday 4 to the final, due to rescheduling of the 2020 African Nations Championship from January/February to April. The quarter-finals draw date was also changed.[13]

Following the quarter-finals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the semi-finals, originally scheduled for 1–2 May (first legs) and 8–9 May (second legs), were postponed indefinitely on 11 April 2020,[14] and the final, originally scheduled for 29 May, was also postponed on 18 April 2020.[15] On 30 June 2020, the CAF Executive Committee proposed that the competition would resume with a Final Four format played as single matches in a host country to be decided.[16] However, these plans were later halted after the Cameroonian Football Federation withdrew from hosting the Final Four, and the CAF decided against hosting it in either Egypt or Morocco in the principle of fairness. On 3 August 2020, the CAF announced that the competition would resume in its original format with the semi-finals played on 25–26 September (first legs) and 2–3 October (second legs), and the final played on 16 or 17 October.[17] On 10 September 2020, the CAF announced that at the request of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the semi-finals were rescheduled to 17–18 October (first legs) and 23–24 October (second legs), and the final to 6 November.[18] On 22 October 2020, the CAF announced that the semi-final second leg between Zamalek and Raja Casablanca, originally scheduled to be played on 24 October, was postponed to 1 November, due to Raja Casablanca being required by Moroccan authorities to self-isolate until 27 October after eight players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, with the total number of cases increasing to fourteen the following day.[19] On 30 October 2020, the CAF announced that this match was further postponed to 4 November, the final postponed to 27 November.[20]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 21 July 2019 9–11 August 2019 23–25 August 2019
First round 13–15 September 2019 27–29 September 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 9 October 2019 29–30 November 2019
Matchday 2 6–7 December 2019
Matchday 3 27–28 December 2019
Matchday 4 10–11 January 2020
Matchday 5 24–25 January 2020
Matchday 6 31 January – 1 February 2020
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 5 February 2020 28–29 February 2020 6–7 March 2020
Semi-finals 17–18 October 2020 23 October & 4 November 2020
Final 27 November 2020

Qualifying rounds

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The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 21 July 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[21][22]

In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).[6]

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Brikama United The Gambia 3–7 Morocco Raja Casablanca 3–3 0–4
AS Tempête Mocaf Central African Republic 2–3 Libya Al-Nasr 1–0 1–3
JS Kabylie Algeria 3–3 (a) Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–0 2–3
Stade Malien Mali 1–2 Guinea Horoya 1–1 0–1
Buffles du Borgou Benin 1–2 Togo ASC Kara 1–1 0–1
UMS de Loum Cameroon 0–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0–0 0–1
Rayon Sports Rwanda 1–1 (a) Sudan Al-Hilal 1–1 0–0
Rahimo Burkina Faso 1–5 Nigeria Enyimba 1–0 0–5
AS SONIDEP Niger 2–5 Algeria USM Alger 1–2 1–3
Aigle Noir Burundi 1–5 Kenya Gor Mahia 0–0 1–5
Atlabara South Sudan 0–13 Egypt Al-Ahly 0–4 0–9
Cano Sport Equatorial Guinea 3–2 Ethiopia Mekelle 70 Enderta 2–1 1–1
Dekedaha Somalia 0–13 Egypt Zamalek 0–7 0–6
LPRC Oilers Liberia 1–3 Senegal Génération Foot 1–0 0–3
Hafia Guinea 3–8 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–1 1–7
Kano Pillars Nigeria 3–4 Ghana Asante Kotoko 3–2 0–2
African Stars Namibia 3–4 Uganda KCCA 3–2 0–2
Matlama Lesotho 0–4 Angola Petro de Luanda 0–2 0–2
Fomboni Comoros 3–3 (a) Seychelles Côte d'Or 2–2 1–1
AS Otôho Republic of the Congo 2–5 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2–1 0–4
SO de l'Armée Ivory Coast 0–1 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 0–0 0–1
Cercle Mbéri Sportif Gabon 0–2 Chad Elect-Sport 0–0 0–2
Green Mamba Eswatini 0–3 Zambia ZESCO United 0–2 0–1
Young Africans Tanzania 2–1 Botswana Township Rollers 1–1 1–0
Big Bullets Malawi 2–3 Zimbabwe FC Platinum 0–0 2–3
UD Songo Mozambique 1–1 (a) Tanzania Simba 0–0 1–1
KMKM Zanzibar 0–4 Angola 1º de Agosto 0–2 0–2
Green Eagles Zambia 2–1 South Africa Orlando Pirates 1–0 1–1
Fosa Juniors Madagascar 2–1 Mauritius Pamplemousses 1–0 1–1

First round

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The 16 winners of the first round advanced to the group stage, while the 16 losers of the first round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Nasr Libya 2–4 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–3 1–1
JS Kabylie Algeria 2–2 (5–3 p) Guinea Horoya 2–0 0–2
ASC Kara Togo 0–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 0–0 0–1
Enyimba Nigeria 0–1 Sudan Al-Hilal 0–0 0–1
USM Alger Algeria 6–1 Kenya Gor Mahia 4–1 2–0
Cano Sport Equatorial Guinea 0–6 Egypt Al-Ahly 0–2 0–4
Génération Foot Senegal 2–2 (a) Egypt Zamalek 2–1 0–1
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2–3 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–0 0–3
Petro de Luanda Angola 1–1 (a) Uganda KCCA 0–0 1–1
Côte d'Or Seychelles 1–16 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0–5 1–11
FC Nouadhibou Mauritania 1–6 Morocco Wydad AC 0–2 1–4
Elect-Sport Chad 2–3 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–1 1–2
Young Africans Tanzania 2–3 Zambia ZESCO United 1–1 1–2
FC Platinum Zimbabwe 5–2 Mozambique UD Songo 1–0 4–2
Green Eagles Zambia 2–2 (a) Angola 1º de Agosto 1–2 1–0
Fosa Juniors Madagascar 1–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0–0 1–3

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2019, 20:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[23] The 16 teams, all winners of the first round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four.

The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.[24]

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Teams

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM ZAM AGO ZES
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 4 2 0 11 4 +7 14 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 2–1 3–1
2 Egypt Zamalek 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 0–0 2–0 2–0
3 Angola 1º de Agosto 6 0 4 2 4 7 −3 4 1–1 0–0 1–1
4 Zambia ZESCO United 6 0 3 3 5 10 −5 3 1–2 1–1 1–1
Source: CAF

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS AHL HIL PLA
1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 4 0 2 8 3 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 0–1 2–0
2 Egypt Al-Ahly 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3 11 1–0 2–1 2–0
3 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–2 1–1 2–1
4 Zimbabwe FC Platinum 6 0 1 5 2 11 −9 1 0–3 1–1 0–1
Source: CAF

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MSD WAC PET USM
1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 4 2 0 9 3 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 3–0 2–1
2 Morocco Wydad AC 6 2 3 1 10 6 +4 9 0–0 4–1 3–1
3 Angola Petro de Luanda 6 0 4 2 8 14 −6 4 2–2 2–2 1–1
4 Algeria USM Alger 6 0 3 3 6 10 −4 3 0–1 1–1 2–2
Source: CAF

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST RCA JSK VIT
1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11[a] Advance to knockout stage 2–2 1–0 0–0
2 Morocco Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11[a] 0–2 2–0 1–0
3 Algeria JS Kabylie 6 2 1 3 3 7 −4 7 1–0 0–0 1–0
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 6 1 1 4 4 6 −2 4 0–2 0–1 4–1
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Espérance de Tunis 4, Raja Casablanca 1.

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, the quarter-finals and semi-finals were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was not played and the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out.

In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was also not to be played and the winners would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[6]

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.

Bracket

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The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals and semi-finals), which was held on 5 February 2020, 20:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[25][26]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Morocco Raja Casablanca202
 
 
 
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe011
 
Morocco Raja Casablanca011
 
 
 
Egypt Zamalek134
 
Egypt Zamalek303
 
 
 
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis112
 
Egypt Zamalek1
 
 
 
Egypt Al-Ahly2
 
Morocco Wydad AC202
 
 
 
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel011
 
Morocco Wydad AC011
 
 
 
Egypt Al-Ahly235
 
Egypt Al-Ahly213
 
 
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns011
 

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly Egypt 3–1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 1–1
Raja Casablanca Morocco 2–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2–0 0–1
Zamalek Egypt 3–2 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 3–1 0–1
Wydad AC Morocco 2–1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–0 0–1

Semi-finals

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, all semi-final matches, originally scheduled for 1–2 May (first legs) and 8–9 May 2020 (second legs), were postponed.[14] The matches were later rescheduled for 17–18 October (first legs) and 23 October and 4 November 2020 (second legs).[18][20]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Raja Casablanca Morocco 1–4 Egypt Zamalek 0–1 1–3
Wydad AC Morocco 1–5 Egypt Al-Ahly 0–2 1–3

Final

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the final, originally scheduled for 29 May 2020, 20:00 WAT, at the Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon, was postponed until further notice.[4][15] In July, the Cameroonian Football Federation announced that they had withdrawn from hosting the final.[27] The CAF decided that the final would be played in Egypt if both semi-finalists from Egypt, Al-Ahly and Zamalek, reached the final, or in Morocco if both semi-finalists from Morocco, Raja Casablanca and Wydad Casablanca, reached the final. If one team from Egypt and one team from Morocco reached the final, it was initially decided that the final would be played in a neutral country,[17] but it was later decided that the final would then be played in either Egypt or Morocco, to be decided by a draw, which was held on 16 October 2020 in Casablanca, Morocco prior to the semi-final first legs, and the country drawn was Egypt.[28]

Since both finalists were from Egypt, the match was played in Egypt, at the Cairo International Stadium, Cairo on 27 November 2020.[20]

Zamalek Egypt1–2Egypt Al Ahly
Shikabala 31' Report

Top goalscorers

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  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F Total[30]
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo Jackson Muleka Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2 2 1 2 7
2 Morocco Achraf Bencharki Egypt Zamalek 2 1 1 1 5
3 Algeria Karim Aribi Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2 1 1 4
Egypt Mostafa Mohamed Egypt Zamalek 1 1 2
5 Morocco Badr Banoun Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 1 1 3
Sudan Mohamed Eldai Sudan Al-Hilal 2 1
Morocco Ayoub El Kaabi Morocco Wydad AC 3
Zambia Winston Kalengo Zambia ZESCO United 1 1 1
Tunisia Ali Maâloul Egypt Al-Ahly 2 1
Angola Mabululu Angola 1º de Agosto 1 1 1
Egypt Mohamed Magdy Egypt Al-Ahly 1 1 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ben Malango Morocco Raja Casablanca 1 1 1
Brazil Toni Angola Petro de Luanda 1 1 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.[29]

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