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2021–22 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

The 2021–22 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds were played from 10 September to 24 October 2021.^[1] A total of 54 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.^[2]

Times are in local times.

Draw[edit]

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 13 August 2021 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[3][4][5]

The entry round of the 54 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).

Entry round	Second round (10 teams)	First round (44 teams)
Teams	Al Ahly (78 pts) Espérance de Tunis (65 pts) Wydad AC (63 pts) Raja Casablanca (54 pts) Zamalek (47 pts) Mamelodi Sundowns (46 pts) TP Mazembe (45 pts) Horoya (38 pts) Étoile du Sahel (36 pts) Simba (24 pts)	Al Hilal (21 pts) CR Belouizdad (15 pts) Petro de Luanda (14.5 pts) ES Sétif (13 pts) ZESCO United (11.5 pts) Zanaco (10 pts) Al Merrikh (7 pts) FC Platinum (7 pts) ASEC Mimosas (5 pts) Teungueth (5 pts) ESAE (2 pts) FC Nouadhibou (2 pts) UD Songo (2 pts) AS Otohô (1.5 pts) Young Africans (1 pt) Rivers United (0.5 pt) Sagrada Esperança Jwaneng Galaxy AS SONABEL Le Messager Ngozi Fovu de Baham DFC 8ème AS Maniema Union Arta/Solar7 Akonangui Royal Leopards Fasil Kenema AS Bouenguidi Fortune FC Hearts of Oak CI Kamsar Tusker LPRC Oilers Al Ittihad Nyasa Big Bullets Stade Malien Akwa United USGN APR Mogadishu City AmaZulu ASKO Kara Express KMKM

Format[edit]

In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time won't be played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 &14).^[2]

Schedule[edit]

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Bracket[edit]

The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 13 August 2021.

The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage, while the 16 losers of the second round entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.

	First round							Second round
	1	CI Kamsar	–	0	0
	4	Hearts of Oak	–	2	2
								Hearts of Oak		1	1	2
								Wydad AC		0	6	6

	First round							Second round
	1	LPRC Oilers	3	1	4
	4	ASKO Kara	0	2	2
								LPRC Oilers		0	0	0
								Raja Casablanca		2	2	4

	First round							Second round
	1	AS SONABEL	0	0	0
	4	Stade Malien	1	3	4
								Stade Malien		0	1	1
								Horoya		1	2	3

	First round							Second round
	1	USGN	1	1	2
	4	Le Messager Ngozi	1	0	1
								USGN		1	1	2
								Al Ahly		1	6	7

	First round							Second round
	1	KMKM	0	0	0
	4	Al Ittihad	2	2	4
								Al Ittihad		0	0	0
								Espérance de Tunis		0	1	1

	First round							Second round
	1	Arta/Solar7	1	0	1
	4	Tusker	1	3	4
								Tusker		0	0	0
								Zamalek		1	4	5

	First round							Second round
	1	Mogadishu City	0	1	1
	4	APR	0	2	2
								APR		1	0	1
								Étoile du Sahel		1	4	5

	First round							Second round
	1	AS Bouenguidi	1	0	1
	4	AS Maniema Union	1	2	3
								AS Maniema Union		2	0	2
								Mamelodi Sundowns		2	2	4

	First round							Second round
	1	AmaZulu	0	3	3
	4	Nyasa Big Bullets	1	1	2
								AmaZulu (a)		0	1	1
								TP Mazembe		0	1	1

	First round							Second round
	1	Jwaneng Galaxy	2	0	2
	4	DFC 8ème	0	1	1
								Jwaneng Galaxy (a)		0	3	3
								Simba		2	1	3

	First round							Second round
	1	Young Africans	0	0	0
	4	Rivers United	1	1	2
								Rivers United		1	0	1
								Al Hilal		1	1	2
	3	Fasil Kenema	2	1	3
	2	Al Hilal (a)	2	1	3

	First round							Second round
	1	Teungueth	0	0	0
	4	ASEC Mimosas	1	1	2
								ASEC Mimosas		3	0	3
								CR Belouizdad (a)		1	2	3
	3	Akwa United	1	0	1
	2	CR Belouizdad	0	2	2

	First round							Second round
	1	UD Songo	1	0	1 (3)
	4	AS Otohô (p)	0	1	1 (4)
								AS Otohô		2	0	2
								Petro de Luanda		2	2	4
	3	Fovu de Baham	2	0	2
	2	Petro de Luanda (a)	2	0	2

	First round							Second round
	1	ESAE	1	0	1
	4	FC Nouadhibou	1	2	3
								FC Nouadhibou		3	0	3
								ES Sétif (a)		1	2	3
	3	Fortune FC	3	0	3 (4)
	2	ES Sétif (p)	0	3	3 (5)

	First round							Second round
	1	Sagrada Esperança (p)	0	0	0 (5)
	4	FC Platinum	0	0	0 (4)
								Sagrada Esperança		3	0	3
								Royal Leopards		1	1	2
	3	Royal Leopards (a)	1	1	2
	2	ZESCO United	0	2	2

	First round							Second round
	1	Express	2	0	2
	4	Al Merrikh (a)	1	1	2
								Al Merrikh		3	1	4
								Zanaco		0	2	2
	3	Akonangui	0	0	0
	2	Zanaco	2	1	3

First round[edit]

The first round, also called the first preliminary round, included the 44 teams that did not receive byes to the second round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CI Kamsar	0–2[A]	Hearts of Oak
LPRC Oilers	4–2	ASKO Kara	3–0	1–2
AS SONABEL	0–4	Stade Malien	0–1	0–3
USGN	2–1	Le Messager Ngozi	1–1	1–0
KMKM	0–4	Al Ittihad	0–2	0–2
Arta/Solar7	1–4	Tusker	1–1	0–3
Mogadishu City	1–2	APR	0–0	1–2
AS Bouenguidi	1–3	AS Maniema Union	1–1	0–2
AmaZulu	3–2	Nyasa Big Bullets	0–1	3–1
Jwaneng Galaxy	2–1	DFC 8ème	2–0	0–1
Young Africans	0–2	Rivers United	0–1	0–1
Fasil Kenema	3–3 (a)	Al Hilal	2–2	1–1
Teungueth	0–2	ASEC Mimosas	0–1	0–1
Akwa United	1–2	CR Belouizdad	1–0	0–2
UD Songo	1–1 (3–4 p)	AS Otohô	1–0	0–1
Fovu de Baham	2–2 (a)	Petro de Luanda	2–2	0–0
ESAE	1–3	FC Nouadhibou	1–1	0–2
Fortune FC	3–3 (4–5 p)	ES Sétif	3–0	0–3
Sagrada Esperança	0–0 (5–4 p)	FC Platinum	0–0	0–0
Royal Leopards	2–2 (a)	ZESCO United	1–0	1–2
Express	2–2 (a)	Al Merrikh	2–1	0–1
Akonangui	0–3	Zanaco	0–2	0–1

Notes:

Hearts of Oak	2–0	CI Kamsar
Kordzi 84' Adams 90+4'	Report

Referee: Patrick Tanguy Vlei (Ivory Coast)

LPRC Oilers	3–0	ASKO Kara
Sackor 25' Gbotoe 70' Richardson 71'	Report

Referee: Antonio Rodrigues (Cape Verde)

ASKO Kara	2–1	LPRC Oilers
Dweh 21' (o.g.) Magnim 53'	Report	Sackor 90+5'

Referee: Moussa Ahmadou Alou (Niger)

LPRC Oilers won 3–2 on aggregate.

AS SONABEL	0–1	Stade Malien
	Report	Traore 22'

Referee: Komlanvi Aklassou (Togo)

Stade Malien	3–0	AS SONABEL
Traore 10' (pen.), 26' Diakité 40'	Report

Referee: Alioune Sow Sandigui (Senegal)

Stade Malien won 4–0 on aggregate.

USGN	1–1	Le Messager Ngozi
Hinsa 17'	Report	Hakizimana 82'

Referee: Benoit Bado (Burkina Faso)

Le Messager Ngozi	0–1	USGN
	Report	Diori 47'

Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)

USGN won 2–1 on aggregate.

KMKM	0–2	Al Ittihad
	Report	Eisa 45' Al Shadi 85'

Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagiramukiza (Rwanda)

Al Ittihad	2–0	KMKM
Kara 53' Zubya 72' (pen.)	Report

Referee: Ahmed Al Ghandour (Egypt)

Al Ittihad won 4–0 on aggregate.

Arta/Solar7	1–1	Tusker
Traoré 16'	Report	Ibrahimu 14'

Referee: Haileyesus Bazezew (Ethiopia)

Tusker	3–0	Arta/Solar7
Kibwana 8' (pen.) Ibrahimu 24' Ojok 75'	Report

Referee: Elsiddig Eltreefe (Sudan)

Tusker won 4–1 on aggregate.

Mogadishu City	0–0	APR
	Report

Referee: Ramadhani Kayoko (Tanzania)

APR	2–1	Mogadishu City
Manishimwe 59' Hassan 73'	Report	Boue Bi 24'

Referee: Belay Tadesse (Ethiopia)

APR won 2–1 on aggregate.

AS Bouenguidi	1–1	AS Maniema Union
Mpia 17' (o.g.)	Report	Nguele 5' (o.g.)

Referee: Santillan da Costa (São Tomé and Príncipe)

AS Maniema Union	2–0	AS Bouenguidi
Wango 12' Kalowa 40'	Report

Referee: Douglas Lemouchele (Cameroon)

AS Maniema Union won 3–1 on aggregate.

AmaZulu	0–1	Nyasa Big Bullets
	Report	Msowoya 26'

Referee: Lebalang Mokete (Lesotho)

Nyasa Big Bullets	1–3	AmaZulu
Kabichi 48'	Report	Ntuli 4' (pen.), 11' Mthembu 54'

Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

AmaZulu won 3–2 on aggregate.

Jwaneng Galaxy	2–0	DFC 8ème
Mokoena 64' Rudath 87'	Report

Referee: Audrick Nkole (Zambia)

DFC 8ème	1–0	Jwaneng Galaxy
Mokonou 86'	Report

Referee: Tanguy Lopembe Tangi (DR Congo)

Jwaneng Galaxy won 2–1 on aggregate.

Young Africans	0–1	Rivers United
	Report	Omoduemuke 51'

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Rivers United	1–0	Young Africans
Onwuansanya 81'	Report

Referee: Adaari Abdul-Latif (Ghana)

Rivers United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Fasil Kenema	2–2	Al Hilal
Desta 65' Afolabi 78'	Report	Abdelrahman 23' (pen.) Muzmel 53'

Referee: William Oloya (Uganda)

Al Hilal	1–1	Fasil Kenema
Abdelrahman 25'	Report	Dagnachew 81'

Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

3–3 on aggregate. Al Hilal won on away goals.

Teungueth	0–1	ASEC Mimosas
	Report	Diakité 50'

Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)

ASEC Mimosas	1–0	Teungueth
Konaté 74'	Report

Referee: Vincent Kabore (Burkina Faso)

ASEC Mimosas won 2–0 on aggregate.

Akwa United	1–0	CR Belouizdad
Friday 87'	Report

Referee: Clement Franklin Kpan (Ivory Coast)

CR Belouizdad	2–0	Akwa United
Khalfallah 70' Nessakh 83' (pen.)	Report

Referee: Shuhoub Abdulbasit (Libya)

CR Belouizdad won 2–1 on aggregate.

UD Songo	1–0	AS Otohô
Lau King 81'	Report

Referee: Antonio Dungula (Angola)

AS Otohô	1–0	UD Songo
Nkounkou 73' (pen.)	Report
Penalties
	4–3

Referee: Jacinto Ondo Nchama (Equatorial Guinea)

1–1 on aggregate. AS Otohô won 4–3 on penalties.

Fovu de Baham	2–2	Petro de Luanda
Nsangue 10' Ikpeme 89'	Report	Azulão 19' Teixeira 45'

Referee: Kabanga Yannick Malala (DR Congo)

Petro de Luanda	0–0	Fovu de Baham
	Report

Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

2–2 on aggregate. Petro de Luanda won on away goals.

ESAE	1–1	FC Nouadhibou
Kpara 67'	Report	M'Changama 17'

Referee: Salisu Basheer (Nigeria)

FC Nouadhibou	2–0	ESAE
Tanjy 55' (pen.) Mouhsine 75'	Report

Referee: El Hadji Amadou Sy (Senegal)

FC Nouadhibou won 3–1 on aggregate.

Fortune FC	3–0	ES Sétif
Camara 22' Sylva 59' Barry 81'	Report

Referee: Moses Forkpah (Liberia)

ES Sétif	3–0	Fortune FC
Sawaneh 3' (o.g.) Benayad 20' Djabou 66'	Report
Penalties
Djahnit Karaoui Deghmoum Kendouci Lomotey	5–4	Barry Jarju Sanyang Camara Darboe

Referee: Mustapha Kechaf (Morocco)

3–3 on aggregate. ES Sétif won 5–4 on penalties.

Sagrada Esperança	0–0	FC Platinum
	Report

Referee: Thulani Sibandze (Eswatini)

FC Platinum	0–0	Sagrada Esperança
	Report
Penalties
Chinyengetere Mbweti Chinyerere Dzvinyai Moyo	4–5	Cachi Paciência Tati Gaspar

Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)

0–0 on aggregate. Sagrada Esperança won 5–4 on penalties.

Royal Leopards	1–0	ZESCO United
Sakala 60' (o.g.)	Report

Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)

ZESCO United	2–1	Royal Leopards
Rusike 30' Kalengo 47'	Report	Magagula 35'

Referee: João Goma (Angola)

2–2 on aggregate. Royal Leopards won on away goals.

Express	2–1	Al Merrikh
Kambale 7' Kizza 60'	Report	Al Madina 39'

Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

Al Merrikh	1–0	Express
Al-Tash 73'	Report

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

2–2 on aggregate. Al Merrikh won on away goals.

Akonangui	0–2	Zanaco
	Report	Katema 14' Mbewe 31'

Referee: Justus Mbelle (Cameroon)

Zanaco	1–0	Akonangui
Siankombo 68'	Report

Referee: Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana)

Zanaco won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second round[edit]

The second round, also called the second preliminary round, included 32 teams: the 10 teams that received byes to this round, and the 22 winners of the first round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hearts of Oak	2–6	Wydad AC	1–0	1–6
LPRC Oilers	0–4	Raja Casablanca	0–2	0–2
Stade Malien	1–3	Horoya	0–1	1–2
USGN	2–7	Al Ahly	1–1	1–6
Al Ittihad	0–1	Espérance de Tunis	0–0	0–1
Tusker	0–5	Zamalek	0–1	0–4
APR	1–5	Étoile du Sahel	1–1	0–4
AS Maniema Union	2–4	Mamelodi Sundowns	2–2	0–2
AmaZulu	1–1 (a)	TP Mazembe	0–0	1–1
Jwaneng Galaxy	3–3 (a)	Simba	0–2	3–1
Rivers United	1–2	Al Hilal	1–1	0–1
ASEC Mimosas	3–3 (a)	CR Belouizdad	3–1	0–2
AS Otohô	2–4	Petro de Luanda	2–2	0–2
FC Nouadhibou	3–3 (a)	ES Sétif	3–1	0–2
Sagrada Esperança	3–2	Royal Leopards	3–1	0–1
Al Merrikh	4–2	Zanaco	3–0	1–2

Hearts of Oak	1–0	Wydad AC
Mensah 41'	Report

Referee: Hélder Martins (Angola)

Wydad AC	6–1	Hearts of Oak
Msuva 4', 61' El Hassouni 8' Dari 20' Jabrane 38' (pen.) Serrhat 49'	Report	Razak 84'

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Wydad AC won 6–2 on aggregate.

LPRC Oilers	0–2	Raja Casablanca
	Report	Rahimi 21' Benhalib 45'

Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)

Raja Casablanca	2–0	LPRC Oilers
Benhalib 6' Soukhane 26'	Report

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

Raja Casablanca won 4–0 on aggregate.

Stade Malien	0–1	Horoya
	Report	Agyei 55'

Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)

Horoya	2–1	Stade Malien
Nikièma 36' Coulibaly 52'	Report	Konaté 72'

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Horoya won 3–1 on aggregate.

USGN	1–1	Al Ahly
Diori 75'	Report	Maâloul 19' (pen.)

Referee: Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)

Al Ahly	6–1	USGN
Sherif 9' Magdy 17', 58' El Shahat 64' Kahraba 69' Fathy 89'	Report	Hinsa 35'

Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)

Al Ahly won 7–2 on aggregate.

Al Ittihad	0–0	Espérance de Tunis
	Report

Referee: Antoine Essouma (Cameroon)

Espérance de Tunis	1–0	Al Ittihad
Ben Khalifa 63'	Report

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Espérance de Tunis won 1–0 on aggregate.

Tusker	0–1	Zamalek
	Report	Bencharki 47'

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)