2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup


The 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup is the 17th edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.
This season is the first to follow an August–to-May schedule, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017. Moreover, for the first time, the final will be played as a single match at a venue pre-selected by CAF, and will be played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Morocco.
The winners of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League in the 2020 CAF Super Cup in August. Zamalek were the title holders, but as they qualified for the 2019–20 CAF Champions League and reached the group stage, they were not able to defend their title.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. 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 Confederation Cup, 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:
CAF Champions LeagueCAF Confederation Cup
Winners6 points5 points
Runners-up5 points4 points
Losing semi-finalists4 points3 points
Losing quarter-finalists 3 points2 points
3rd place in groups2 points1 point
4th place in groups1 point0.5 point

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

Teams

The following 53 teams from 42 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.
AssociationTeamQualifying method
CS Sfaxien2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
US Ben Guerdane2018–19 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
Hassania Agadir2018–19 Botola third place
RS Berkane2018 Moroccan Throne Cup winners
Pyramids2018–19 Egyptian Premier League third place
Al-Masry2018–19 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
Paradou AC2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
CR Belouizdad2018–19 Algerian Cup winners
DC Motema Pembe2018–19 Linafoot third place
AS Maniema Union2019 Coupe du Congo DR winners
Bidvest Wits2018–19 South African Premier Division third place
TS Galaxy2018–19 Nedbank Cup winners
Buildcon2019 Zambia Super League third place
Zanaco2019 Zambia Super League fourth place
Al-Ahly Shendi2018–19 Sudan Premier League third place
Al-Khartoum2018–19 Sudan Premier League fourth place
Enugu Rangers2019 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Niger Tornadoes2019 Nigeria Federation Cup runners-up
Santoba2018–19 Guinée Championnat National third place
CI Kamsar2019 Guinée Coupe Nationale runners-up
Azam2018–19 Tanzania FA Cup winners
KMC2018–19 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place

A further 16 teams eliminated from the 2019–20 CAF Champions League enter the [|play-off round].
Al-Nasr Horoya ASC Kara Enyimba
Gor Mahia Cano Sport Génération Foot Asante Kotoko
KCCA Côte d'Or FC Nouadhibou Elect-Sport
Young Africans Songo Green Eagles Fosa Juniors

;Notes
;Associations which did not enter a team
;Associations which did not enter a team initially, but had a team transferred from Champions League
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
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.
The semi-finals and final had been postponed until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

First round

Play-off round

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers