2015 CAF Champions League final

2015 CAF Champions League Final
Event	2015 CAF Champions League
	on aggregate
First leg
Date	31 October 2015
Venue	Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
Referee	Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Second leg
Date	8 November 2015
Venue	Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee	Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
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The 2015 CAF Champions League Final was the final of the 2015 CAF Champions League, the 51st edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 19th edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between USM Alger of Algeria and TP Mazembe of Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first leg was hosted by USM Alger at the Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers on 31 October 2015, while the second leg was hosted by TP Mazembe at the Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba in Lubumbashi on 8 November 2015.^[1] The winner earned the right to represent the CAF at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage, as well as play in the 2016 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.^[2]

TP Mazembe won the competition for the fifth time in its history and first time since 2010, defeating USM Alger of Algeria 4–1 on aggregate.^[3]^[4]

Road to final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).^[5]

TP Mazembe

Round

USM Alger

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Qualifying rounds

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Bye

Preliminary round

Foullah Edifice

4–3

3–0 (H)

1–3 (A)

Mamelodi Sundowns

3–2

0–1 (A)

3–1 (H)

First round

AS Pikine

6–2

5–1 (H)

1–1 (A)

Stade Malien

4–3

2–2 (A)

2–1 (H)

Second round

AS Kaloum

3–2

2–1 (H)

1–1 (A)

Opponent

Result

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Al-Hilal

0–0 (H)

Matchday 1

ES Sétif

2–1 (A)

Moghreb Tétouan

0–0 (A)

Matchday 2

Al-Merrikh

1–0 (H)

Smouha

2–0 (A)

Matchday 3

MC El Eulma

2–1 (H)

Smouha

1–0 (H)

Matchday 4

MC El Eulma

1–0 (A)

Al-Hilal

0–1 (A)

Matchday 5

ES Sétif

3–0 (H)

Moghreb Tétouan

5–0 (H)

Matchday 6

Al-Merrikh

0–1 (A)

Group A winner

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TP Mazembe	6	3	2	1	8	1	+7	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Hilal	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Moghreb Tétouan	6	2	2	2	6	10	−4	8
4	Smouha	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4

Source: CAF

Final standings

Group B winner

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	USM Alger	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Merrikh	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage
3	ES Sétif	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5
4	MC El Eulma	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1

Source: CAF

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Knockout stage

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Al-Merrikh

4–2

1–2 (A)

3–0 (H)

Semifinals

Al-Hilal

2–1

2–1 (A)

0–0 (H)

Rules

The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (no extra time would be played).^[2]

Matches

First leg

31 October 2015

20:30 UTC+1

USM Alger	1–2	TP Mazembe
Seguer 89'	Report	Kalaba 28' Samatta 79' (pen.)

Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers

Attendance: 15.000

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

USM Alger

TP Mazembe


GK	1	Mohamed Zemmamouche
DF	25	Mokhtar Benmoussa
DF	26	Brahim Boudebouda
DF	5	Arslane Mazari		51'
DF	19	Houcine Benayada		70'
MF	23	Hamza Koudri
MF	20	Nacereddine Khoualed (c)	77'
MF	11	Hocine El Orfi	22' 67'
MF	7	Zinedine Ferhat
MF	8	Kaddour Beldjilali		46'
FW	14	Rachid Nadji
Substitutes:
FW	18	Mohamed Seguer		46'
DF	6	Farouk Chafaï		51'
FW	2	Mohamed Amine Aoudia		70'
DF	3	Ayoub Abdellaoui
MF	13	Nassim Bouchema
MF	28	Karim Baïteche
GK	29	Ismaïl Mansouri
Manager:
Miloud Hamdi


GK	1	Robert Kidiaba
DF	24	Yaw Frimpong
DF	2	Joël Kimwaki (c)	69'
DF	27	Richard Kissi Boateng
DF	6	Salif Coulibaly
MF	4	Nathan Sinkala	15'	72'
MF	29	Boubacar Diarra
MF	18	Rainford Kalaba	45+1'
FW	9	Mbwana Samatta		86'
FW	28	Thomas Ulimwengu		90+1'
FW	11	Adama Traoré
Substitutes:
DF	12	Merveille Bokadi		72'
FW	7	Roger Assalé		86'
MF	19	Daniel Nii Adjei		90+1'
DF	3	Jean Kasusula
FW	17	Jonathan Bolingi
FW	20	Solomon Asante
GK	22	Sylvain Gbohouo
Manager:
Patrice Carteron

Assistant referees:
Tahssen Abo El Sadat Bedyer (Egypt)
Ahmed Taha Hossam (Egypt)
Fourth official:
Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Second leg

8 November 2015

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2–0	USM Alger
Samatta 74' (pen.) Assalé 90+3'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

TP Mazembe

USM Alger


GK	1	Robert Kidiaba
DF	24	Yaw Frimpong
DF	2	Joël Kimwaki (c)
DF	27	Richard Kissi Boateng
DF	6	Salif Coulibaly
MF	20	Solomon Asante		46'
MF	4	Nathan Sinkala		46'
MF	29	Boubacar Diarra
FW	9	Mbwana Samatta
FW	28	Thomas Ulimwengu	70'	77'
FW	11	Adama Traoré
Substitutes:
FW	7	Roger Assalé		46'
MF	19	Daniel Nii Adjei		46'
FW	17	Jonathan Bolingi		77'
FW	10	Given Singuluma
DF	12	Merveille Bokadi
DF	14	Kabaso Chongo
GK	22	Sylvain Gbohouo
Manager:
Patrice Carteron


GK	16	Ismaïl Mansouri
DF	25	Mokhtar Benmoussa
DF	26	Brahim Boudebouda
DF	6	Farouk Chafaï
DF	3	Ayoub Abdellaoui
MF	24	Mohamed Benkhemassa
MF	19	Houcine Benayada	2'
MF	23	Hamza Koudri
MF	7	Zinedine Ferhat	73' 90+5'
FW	2	Mohamed Amine Aoudia		46'
FW	9	Carolus Andriamatsinoro
Substitutes:
MF	8	Kaddour Beldjilali		46'
GK	1	Mohamed Zemmamouche
MF	13	Nassim Bouchema
FW	14	Rachid Nadji
FW	18	Mohamed Seguer
GK	27	Mourad Berrefane
MF	28	Karim Baïteche
Manager:
Miloud Hamdi

Assistant referees:
Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger)
Fourth official:
Bakary Camara (Gambia)^[6]

References

^ "CAF Champions League final details". CAF. 30 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
^ "Advantage Mazembe in CAF final after away win". CAF. 1 November 2015.
^ "Mazembe beat USMA to reach fifth heaven". CAF. 8 November 2015.
^ "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
^ "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: TP Mazembe VS U.S.M Alger start list" (PDF). CAF.

External links

Orange CAF Champions League 2015, CAFonline.com

[1] "CAF Champions League final details". CAF. 30 October 2015.

[regulations-2] "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

[3] "Advantage Mazembe in CAF final after away win". CAF. 1 November 2015.

[4] "Mazembe beat USMA to reach fifth heaven". CAF. 8 November 2015.

[5] "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.

[6] "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: TP Mazembe VS U.S.M Alger start list" (PDF). CAF.

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