2004 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2004 CAF Confederation Cup was the first edition of the newly created CAF Confederation Cup. Hearts of Oak of Ghana beat fellow Ghanaians Asante Kotoko 8-7 on penalties in the final after the two legs ended 2-2.

2004 CAF Confederation Cup

Confederation of African Football Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates	6 March 2004 – 9 January
Teams	55
Final positions
Champions	Hearts of Oak (1st title)
Runners-up	Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played	104
Goals scored	299 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ugochukwu Okeke Christopher Katongo (5 goals each)
← 2003 (CAF Cup) 2005 →

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2004 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Tunisien	6–3	ASC Thiès	6–0	0–3
Olympic Real	w/o	Petro do Huambo	—	—
Saint Louis Suns United	2–6	Léopards de Transfoot	2–2	0–4
Ferroviário de Nampula	1–6	Wits University FC	1–2	0–4
Kiyovu Sport	1–3	USM Libreville	0–1	1–2
Chemelil Sugar FC	1–4	Mtibwa Sugar FC	0–2	1–2
Savanne SC	0–3	Dynamos FC	0–0	0–3
Al-Merrikh	1–2	Green Buffaloes	1–0	0–2
Express FC	2–1	Ethiopia Bunna	2–1	0–0
Diables Noirs	2–2 (a)	Deportivo Mongomo	2–2	0–0
Étoile Filante	2–0	Dynamic Togolais	2–0	0–0
Mogas 90 FC	2–5	Al-Nasr	2–2	0–3
ASC Entente Sebkha	0–4	Étoile de Guinée	0–2	0–2
Djoliba AC	2–3	Wallidan FC	1–0	1–3
CO Bouaflé	3–3 (a)	Olympic FC	3–2	0–1

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Interclube	2–4	AS Douanes	1–2	1–2
PWD Bamenda	2–2 (a)	TP Mazembe	1–0	1–2
Ismaily SC	2–3	Stade Tunisien	2–1	0–2
Petro do Huambo	2–5	Liberty Professionals	1–0	1–5
Léopards de Transfoot	3–3 (a)	Wits University FC	1–1	2–2
USM Libreville	3–3 (a)	Sable FC	2–2	1–1
Mtibwa Sugar FC	0-6	Santos	0–3	0-3 ^1
Dynamos FC	0–5	King Faisal Babes	0–1	0–4
Green Buffaloes	7–3	DC Motema Pembe	6–1	1–2
Express FC	1–4	Lobi Stars FC	1–1	0–3
Deportivo Mongomo	1–3	Stella Club d'Adjamé	1–1	0–2
Étoile Filante	0–1	Wydad AC	0–1	0–0
Al-Nasr	1–4	Enugu Rangers	1–0	0–4
Etoile Guinee	2–2 (a)	CR Belouizdad	1–0	1–2
Wallidan FC	1–1 (a)	Club Africain	0–0	1–1
FAR Rabat	6–2	Olympic FC	3–0	3–2

¹ Mitwba Sugar withdrew before the 2nd leg.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PWD Bamenda	2–5	AS Douanes	2–2	0–3
Liberty Professionals	4–3	Stade Tunisien	3–2	1–1
Sable FC	6–2	Léopards de Transfoot	4–1	2–1
King Faisal Babes	2–3	Santos	1–1	1–2
Lobi Stars FC	4–5	Green Buffaloes	2–1	2–4
Stella Club d'Adjamé	1–2	Wydad AC	0–0	1–2
Etoile Guinee	1–2	Enugu Rangers	0–0	1–2
FAR Rabat	1–1 (a)	Club Africain	0–0	1–1

Play-off round

In this 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.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	3–1	Wydad AC	2–0	1–1
Orlando Pirates	4-5	Sable FC	4–2	0-3 ^[A]
APR FC	1–3	Enugu Rangers	1–0	0–3
Coton Sport FC	4–1	Green Buffaloes	3–0	1–1
Petro de Luanda	1–0	FAR Rabat	0–0	1–0
Hearts of Oak	1–0	AS Douanes	1–0	0–0
Al-Hilal	1–1 (3–0 p)	Liberty Professionals	1–0	0–1
Canon Yaoundé	1–3	Santos	1–1	0–2

Notes

1. The match was abandoned at 50' with the score at 0-0 due to torrential rain. The replay was postponed twice due to torrential rain, being rescheduled for 15 August, but Orlando Pirates FC failed to appear as the team had returned to South Africa. Sable were awarded a 3-0 victory - which advanced them to the next round - while Orlando were disqualified and fined $5000.

Group stage

Main article: 2004 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Asante Kotoko	10	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3
Enugu Rangers	10	6	3	1	2	12	6	+6
Al-Hilal	9	6	3	0	3	6	11	+5
Petro de Luanda	5	6	1	2	3	5	9	-4

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Hearts of Oak	13	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5
Coton Sport FC	11	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6
Sable FC	7	6	2	1	3	6	9	-3
Santos FC	3	6	1	0	5	3	11	-8

Knockout stage

Final

Main article: 2004 CAF Confederation Cup Final

2 January 2005

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Hearts of Oak	1–1	Asante Kotoko
Agyemang   90'		M. Osei   61'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

9 January 2005

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Asante Kotoko	1–1	Hearts of Oak
Taylor   53'		Adjah-Tetteh   81'
Penalties
Ansah   Ahmed   F. Osei   Chibsah   Asante   G. Yeboah   D. Yeboah   Appiah   Hendricks	7–8	Mireku   Quaye   Kuffour   Bossman   Harrison   Adjei   Morgan   Adjah-Tetteh   Donkor

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2004 CAF Confederation Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ugochukwu Okeke	Enugu Rangers	5
	Christopher Katongo	Green Buffaloes	5
2	Flávio	Petro de Luanda	4
	Herman Dzumafo	Sable FC	4
	Bernard Ngom	Sable FC	4
	Eric Gawu	King Faisal Babes	4
	Ahmed Saad	Al-Nasr	4
	Francky Randrianasoliana	Léopards de Transfoot	4
	Jimmy Mumba	Green Buffaloes	4

External links

• 2004 CAF Confederation - CAF official website
• Confederation Cup 2004 - rsssf.com