2011 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

This was a knock-out stage of the 46 teams that did not receive byes to the first round.

First legs: 28–30 January 2011; Second legs: 11–13, 25–27 February and 4–6 March 2011.

Djémory Coulibaly
Hamadou Diabaté

JC Abidjan won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Victor Barnabas

Enyimba won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Aggregate 0–0. US Bitam won the penalty shootout and advanced to the first round.

Mohamed Derrag

MC Alger won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Interclube advanced to the first round after Township Rollers withdrew.

Amadou Karembé

Djoliba won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Pape Maka Sarr

Diaraf won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

ASPAC won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Patrick N'doua
Adama Bakayoko
Zahui Okou
Jean Imère Yao Krizo

Antoine N'Gossan

ASEC Mimosas won 9–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Aggregate 1–1. Motor Action won the penalty shootout and advanced to the first round.

Hassan Tair
Ismail Belmaalem
Bouchaib El Moubarki
Mohsine Moutouali
Hicham Aboucherouane
Lanciné Koné
Hassan Souari

Raja CA advanced to the first round after Tourbillon withdrew after the first leg.

Hassan Mostafa
Mohamed Amine Aoudia
Ibrahim Salah

Zamalek won 5–0 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Eugene Twite Hamza Messaadi

Wissem Ben Yahia
Ezechiel Ndouassel
Youssef Mouihbi

Club Africain won 6–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Recreativo Caála won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Patrick Ochan
Amri Kiemba Abdoulkarim Sandjema

Simba won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Sheriff Isa

Kano Pillars won 3–1 on aggregate and advance to the first round.

Mouhcine Iajour

Wydad AC won 3–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Solomon Asante
Abasse Bundu

ASFA Yennenga won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Sutche Wambo Osmaila Baba

Aggregate 3–3. Coton Sport advanced on the away goals rule to the first round.

Alfred M'Fongang

AS Vita Club won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Tebogo Langerman

Motlalepula Chabeli

Supersport United won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Ndoda Mthethwa
Sibusiso Dlamini

Nestor Benohavy

Young Buffaloes won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

Jackson Mwanza
Portipher Zulu

Dário Monteiro

ZESCO United won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the first round.

First round

This was a knock-out stage of 32 teams; the 23 teams advancing from the preliminary round, and 9 teams that received byes into this round.

First legs: 18–20 March 2011; Second legs: 1–3 April 2011.

Al-Ittihad advanced to the second round after JC Abidjan withdrew. Tie was scheduled to be played over one leg at a neutral venue (at Bamako, Mali on 3 April 2011) due to the political situations in Côte d'Ivoire and Libya, but match did not take place.

Josiah Maduabuchi

Enyimba won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Roderick Mutuma
Denver Mukamba
Farai Vimisai

Abdelmalek Mokdad

Aggregate 4–4. MC Alger advanced on the away goals rule to the second round.

Faisal Agab

Pedro Henriques

Aggregate 2–2. Interclube won on penalties and advanced to the second round.

Ibrahima N'Doye

Diaraf won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Dramane Traoré
Singbo Maxim
Oussama Darragi

Moukaïla Bouraïma

Espérance ST won 5–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

ASEC Mimosas won on penalties and advanced to the second round. Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire.

Aggregate 2–2. Raja CA advanced on the away goals rule to the second round.

Youssef Mouihbi
Karim Aouadhi
Bilel Ifa Ahmed Gaafar

Hussein Yasser

Second leg abandoned on 90+5 minutes with Zamalek leading 2–1 (Club Africain leading 5–4 on aggregate) when Zamalek fans invaded the pitch. Club Africain advanced to the second round.

Mudathir Eltaib

Al-Hilal won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Narcisse Ekanga
Dioko Kaluyituka

Mbwana Samata Dioko Kaluyituka

TP Mazembe won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player. As a result, Simba played against Moroccan side Wydad AC, which lost to TP Mazembe in the second round, in a play-off for a place in the group stage.

Wydad AC won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Lazhar Hadj Aïssa

Ocansey Mandela
Mamadou Zongo Lazhar Hadj Aïssa
Abderahmane Hachoud

ES Sétif won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Hilaire Momi

Coton Sport won 3–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Dominique Da Silva

Al-Ahly won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Kangwa Chileshe
Nicholas Zulu

Alfred Luputa

ZESCO United won 7–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.

Second round

This was a knock-out stage of the 16 teams that advanced from the first round; winners advanced to the group stage, with the losers advancing to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

First legs: 22–24 April 2011; Second legs 7–8 May 2011.

Enyimba advanced to the group stage. Al-Ittihad advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round. Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Libya.

Abdelmalek Mokdad
Brahim Bedbouda

MC Alger won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage. Interclube advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Oussama Darragi
Idriss Mhirsi
Youssef Msakni

Espérance ST won 6–0 and advanced to the group stage. Diaraf advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Raja CA won on penalties and advanced to the group stage. ASEC Mimosas advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round. Tie played over one leg due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire.

Second leg abandoned on 81 minutes with the score at 1–1 (Al-Hilal leading 2–1 on aggregate) when Club Africain fans invaded the pitch. Al-Hilal advanced to the group stage. Club Africain advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Mbenza Bedi

TP Mazembe won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage, but were later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player in the first round. As a result, Wydad AC played against Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to TP Mazembe in the first round, in a play-off for a place in the group stage.

Awangue Mbongo
Hilaire Momi
Lassina Abdoul Karim

Hocine Metref

Coton Sport won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage. ES Sétif advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Note: First leg postponed following a request from Coton Sport who had four players in the Cameroon U-20 team playing in the 2011 African Youth Championship in South Africa.

Al-Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the group stage. ZESCO United advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

Special play-off

On 14 May 2011, the CAF announced that TP Mazembe from Congo DR were disqualified from the Champions League group stage following a complaint about the eligibility of TP Mazembe's player Janvier Besala Bokungu from Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to them in the first round. As a result, the Organising Committee decided that a replacement for the group stage would be determined by a play-off match at a neutral venue, between Simba and Moroccan side Wydad AC, which lost to TP Mazembe in the second round.

Ayoub El Khaliqi
Mouhcine Iajour

Wydad AC advanced to the group stage. Simba advanced to the Confederation Cup play-off round.

References

References

1. [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/interclub_2011_calendar.pdf Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011]
2. [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/clFIXTURE2011.pdf Fixtures for preliminary round, first qualifying round, and second qualifying round]
3. [http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Regulation/champions%20league.pdf Regulations of the CAF Champions League]
4. [http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/7892-cl-and-cc-matches-postponed.html CL and CC: matches postponed]
5. "CAF suspends, fines POPA".
6. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110210185547/http://www.marocfootball.info/africaine/3646-c1-caf-le-raja-de-casablanca-en-16eme-de-finale-2345.html C1 CAF : Le Raja de Casablanca en 16ème de finale]
7. [http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/8543-caf-interclubs-matches-venues-and-dates-reviewed.html CAF Interclubs matches venues and dates reviewed]
8. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9444781.stm Violence rocks Zamalek match against Club Africain]
9. [http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2010/news/9076-orange-caf-champions-league-and-confederations-cup-update.html Orange CAF Champions League postponed matches]
10. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9479177.stm Club Africain Hilal game abandoned after pitch invasion]
11. [http://www.cafonline.com/competition/champions-league_2010/news/9610-tp-mazembe-disqualified-from-the-orange-cl-group-stage-fielding-ineligible-player.html TP Mazembe disqualified from the Orange CL group stage fielding ineligible player]
12. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13400369.stm Mazembe are disqualified from the Champions League]