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2006 CAF Confederation Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | CAF Confederation Cup |
| year | 2006 |
| other_titles | Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup |
| size | 130px |
| dates | 17 February – 2 December |
| num_teams | 58 |
| champion_other | TUN ES Sahel |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | MAR FAR Rabat |
| matches | 110 |
| goals | 260 |
| top_scorer | ANG Manucho (8 goals) |
| prevseason | 2005 |
| nextseason | 2007 |
The 2006 CAF Confederation Cup was the third edition of the CAF Confederation Cup. It started with the preliminary round (home-and away ties) that was played in February and March 2006. Étoile Sahel of Tunisia beat FAR Rabat of Morocco 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 out.
Pre Cup Events
Before the cup, Morocco and South Africa offered to host the cup. Due to the uncertainty of hosting the cup in African terrain where there were ongoing conflicts at the time they did not host the cup.
Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2006 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
1st legs played 17–19 February 2006 and 2nd legs played 3–5 March 2006.
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|} 1 ASC Entente and Bakau United 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, 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 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.
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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.
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Group stage
Main article: 2006 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
The Group Stage matches were played between August and October 2006.
| Key to colours in group tables |
|---|
| Group winners advance to the final |
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Final
Main article: 2006 CAF Confederation Cup Final
The 1st leg was played on November 18 and the 2nd leg on December 2.
- El Bahri
- Gilson Silva
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:
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANG Manucho | ANG Petro Atlético | 8 |
| 2 | MAR Abdessamad Rafik | MAR Olympique Khouribga | 7 |
| 3 | NGR Emeka Opara | TUN Étoile du Sahel | 6 |
| 4 | EGY Abdul-Hamid Bassiouny | EGY Haras El Hodoud | 5 |
| MAR Jawad Ouaddouch | MAR FAR Rabat | 5 | |
| 6 | EGY Ahmed Abdel-Ghani | EGY Haras El Hodoud | 4 |
| EQG El Hadji Ibrahim Touré | EQG Renacimiento FC | 4 | |
| MAR Samir Fellah | MAR Olympique Khouribga | 4 |
References
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927151453/http://sports.filbalad.com/English/News.asp?NewsID=29317 CAF to investigate Confederation Cup final incident], sports.filbalad.com, 4 December 2006
- "tandfonline".
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