The 2006 CAF Confederation Cup was the third edition of the
CAF Confederation Cup
The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...
. It started with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) that was played in February and March 2006.
Étoile Sahel
Étoile may refer to:
Places
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* Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, station of the Paris Métro
* Étoile-Saint-Cyrice, commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in France
* Étoile-sur-Rhône, commune in the Drôme department in France
* L'Éto ...
of
Tunisia
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beat
FAR Rabat
Association sportive des Forces armées royales (, ar, الجمعية الرياضية للقوات المسلحة الملكية), commonly known as AS FAR ( ar, نادي الجيش الملكي), is a professional sport club based in Morocco's ...
of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
in the final. The final was marred by a skirmish when FAR Rabat attacked the referee and his linesman after having a late goal ruled ou
Qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
1st legs played 17–19 February 2006 and 2nd legs played 3–5 March 2006.
1 ASC Entente and
Bakau United
The Bakau United Football Club is a football club from Bakau in the West African, state of Gambia, located near the capital of Banjul. They play in the GFA League First Division, which is the highest league in Football in the Gambia, Gambian foot ...
FC withdrew.
2 The tie between
Ferroviário da Beira and
Élan Club was played over one leg only by mutual consent.
3 Moro United were drawn against the representatives of Zimbabwe, but the Zimbabwean FA were unable to send a team as their cup winners and league runners-up,
Masvingo United
Masvingo United is a Zimbabwean football club. It is based in Masvingo. They joined the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, (the first tier league) They were repeatedly relegated to Division One. The club used to be bankrolled by Tanda Tavaruva.
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, were suspended from CAF competition.
First round
1st legs played 17–19 March 2006 and 2nd legs played 31 March -2 April 2006.
1 TP Mazembe
Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi.
History
Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 ...
was disqualified for showing up late for the 1st leg due to transportation problems.
Second round
1st legs played 21–23 April 2006 and 2nd legs played 5–7 May 2006.
Play-off round
The 8 winners of the round of 16 play the losers of the round of 16 of the
Champions League for 8 places in the group stage.
1st legs played 14-July 16, 2006 and 2nd legs played 28-July 30, 2006.
Group stage
The Group Stage matches were played between August and October 2006.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Final
The 1st leg was played on November 18 and the 2nd leg on December 2.
''Étoile du Sahel won on away goal after 1–1 on aggregate.''
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:
External links
Official Site
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