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2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final

Event	2015 CAF Confederation Cup
Orlando Pirates Étoile du Sahel 1 2
First leg
Orlando Pirates Étoile du Sahel 1 1
Date	21 November 2015
Venue	Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg
Referee	Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Second leg
Étoile du Sahel Orlando Pirates 1 0
Date	29 November 2015
Venue	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee	Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
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The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final was the final of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup, the 12th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Orlando Pirates of South Africa and Étoile du Sahel of Tunisia. The first leg was hosted by Orlando Pirates at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg on 21 November 2015, while the second leg was hosted by Étoile du Sahel at the Stade Olympique de Sousse in Sousse on 29 November 2015. The winner earned the right to play in the 2016 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 2015 CAF Champions League.

After drawing the first leg 1–1, Étoile du Sahel won the second leg 1–0 on Ammar Jemal's goal, giving them the title on the 2–1 on aggregate.

Road to final

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

Orlando Pirates				Round	Étoile du Sahel
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying rounds	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				Preliminary round	Bye
URA	4–3	2–1 (H)	2–2 (A)	First round	Benfica de Luanda	2–1	1–0 (H)	1–1 (A)
CF Mounana	5–2	2–2 (A)	3–0 (H)	Second round	Young Africans	2–1	1–1 (A)	1–0 (H)
AS Kaloum	6–1	2–0 (A)	4–1 (H)	Play-off round	Raja Casablanca	3–2	0–2 (A)	3–0 (H)
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
AC Léopards	1–0 (A)			Matchday 1	Stade Malien	1–0 (H)
Zamalek	1–2 (H)			Matchday 2	Espérance de Tunis	1–0 (A)
CS Sfaxien	1–0 (A)			Matchday 3	Al-Ahly	0–1 (A)
CS Sfaxien	2–0 (H)			Matchday 4	Al-Ahly	1–0 (H)
AC Léopards	2–0 (H)			Matchday 5	Stade Malien	1–1 (A)
Zamalek	1–4 (A)			Matchday 6	Espérance de Tunis	2–1 (H)
Group B runner-up Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Zamalek 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage 2 Orlando Pirates 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 3 AC Léopards 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 4 CS Sfaxien 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 Source: CAF				Final standings	Group A runner-up Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Al-Ahly 6 4 1 1 6 1 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage 2 Étoile du Sahel 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 13 3 Stade Malien 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 4 Espérance de Tunis 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 Source: CAF
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly	5–3	1–0 (H)	4–3 (A)	Semifinals	Zamalek	5–4	5–1 (H)	0–3 (A)

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).

Matches

First leg

Orlando Pirates	1–1	Étoile du Sahel
Gabuza 36'	Report	Jemal 87'

Orlando Pirates

Étoile du Sahel

GK Felipe Ovono DF Siyabonga Sangweni DF Happy Jele DF Ayanda Gcaba DF Thabo Matlaba MF Lehlogonolo Masalesa  83' MF Thandani Ntshumayelo MF Mpho Makola MF Thabo Rakhale FW Thamsanqa Gabuza FW Kermit Erasmus  88' Substitutes: GK Brighton Mhlongo DF Ntsikelelo Nyauza MF Issa Sarr  83' MF Gift Motupa  88' MF Sifiso Myeni MF Menzi Masuku FW Lehlohonolo Majoro Manager: Eric Tinkler

GK Zied Jebali DF Ghazi Abderrazzak DF Ammar Jemal DF Zied Boughattas DF Hamdi Nagguez DF Alaya Brigui  87' MF Mohamed Ben Amor MF Franck Kom MF Iheb Msakni  85' MF Hamza Lahmar FW Baghdad Bounedjah Substitutes: GK Aymen Mathlouthi DF Saddam Ben Aziza MF Mehdi Saada  87' MF Moses Orkuma FW Diogo  85' DF Rami Bedoui MF Aymen Trabelsi Manager: Faouzi Benzarti

Second leg

Étoile du Sahel	1–0	Orlando Pirates
Jemal 24'	Report

Étoile du Sahel

Orlando Pirates

GK Aymen Mathlouthi DF Hamdi Nagguez DF Ammar Jemal DF Zied Boughattas DF Marouane Tej  84' MF Aymen Trabelsi MF Franck Kom MF Hamza Lahmar MF Alaya Brigui MF Iheb Msakni FW Baghdad Bounedjah  20' Substitutes: MF Mehdi Saada  84' FW Diogo  20'           Manager: Faouzi Benzarti

GK Felipe Ovono DF Thabo Matlaba DF Ayanda Gcaba DF Siyabonga Sangweni DF Happy Jele MF Lehlogonolo Masalesa MF Gift Motupa MF Mpho Makola  71' MF Thabo Rakhale  71' FW Kermit Erasmus FW Thamsanqa Gabuza Substitutes: GK Brighton Mhlongo DF Ntsikelelo Nyauza MF Issa Sarr DF Rooi Mahamutsa MF Sifiso Myeni  71' MF Menzi Masuku  71' FW Lehlohonolo Majoro Manager: Eric Tinkler

References

1. ^ "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
2. "Advantage Etoile in CAF final after away draw". CAF. 21 November 2015.
3. "Jemal goal wins CAF Cup for Etoile Sahel". CAF. 29 November 2015.
4. ^ "Orlando Pirates vs Etoile du Sahel 2015 CAF Confederation Cup Final report". Kickoff.com. 21 November 2015.
5. ^ "CAF Confederation Cup Final: Orlando Pirates vs Etoile du Sahel". Kickoff.com. 29 November 2015.

External links

• Orange Confederation Cup 2015, CAFonline.com

• CAF Confederation Cup finals
• 2015 CAF Confederation Cup
• Orlando Pirates F.C. matches
• Étoile Sportive du Sahel matches