The 2009 CAF Confederation Cup was the 6th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The competition began with the preliminary round stage in the first week of March 2009 and concluded with the second leg of the final match on the first week of December 2009. The winners played in the 2010 CAF Super Cup.
Qualifying rounds The draw for the preliminary round and the second round were made on December 4, 2008.
Preliminary round 1st legs played 30 January-1 February 2009 and 2nd legs played 13–15 February 2009, except the ASFAN-USM game which was postponed to Feb. 25.
Dispensation round
Notes
First round First Legs were played 13–15 March 2009 and second Legs played 3–5 April 2009
Second round 1st Legs to be played 17–19 April 2009 and 2nd Legs to be played 1–3 May 2009
Play-off round Joined by round of 16 losers of the 2009 CAF Champions League. Winners to Group Stage. 1st Legs were played 17–19 May and 2nd Legs were played 29–31 May 2009.
Group stage The group stage draw was held before the second round of 16 phase - with teams allocated to groups before the winners of ties were known. Matches were played from 17 July to 20 September 2009.
Teams qualified for next phase
Group A
Group B
Knock-out stage Bracket
Semi-finals The first legs are scheduled on 2–4 October and the second legs on 16–18 October.
Final
The first leg is scheduled on 29 November and the second leg on 5 December. Stade Malien won 3–2 on penalties to win the CAF Confederation Cup.
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Abdelmalek Ziaya ES Sétif152 Ahmed Raouf ENPPI83 Bakary Coulibaly Stade Malien74 Serge Lofo Bongeli AS Vita Club5 Ahmed Eid Haras El Hodood5 Ousmane Bagayoko Stade Malien5 Timothy Mbewe Red Arrows5
References
External links Confederation Cup 2009 - rsssf.com