2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage

The 2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 26 September to 8 November 2015. A total of four teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 CAF Champions League.[1]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A TP Mazembe Al-Hilal
B USM Alger Al-Merrikh

Format

Knockout ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. 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).[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[2]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 25–27 September 2015 2–4 October 2015
Final 30 October–1 November 2015 6–8 November 2015

Bracket

In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.

In the final, the order of legs was determined by a draw, held after the group stage draw (5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).

  Semi-finals Final
                         
Al-Hilal 1 0 1  
USM Alger 2 0 2  
    USM Alger 1 0 1
  TP Mazembe 2 2 4
Al-Merrikh 2 0 2
TP Mazembe 1 3 4  

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Merrikh 2–4 TP Mazembe 2–1 0–3
Al-Hilal 1–2 USM Alger 1–2 0–0
Al-Merrikh 2–1 TP Mazembe
Coffie  41'
Al-Madina  81'		 Report Ulimwengu  77'
TP Mazembe 3–0 Al-Merrikh
Samatta  52'
Omer  70' (o.g.)
Assalé  71'		 Report

TP Mazembe won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal 1–2 USM Alger
Careca  2' Report Aoudia  13'
Baïteche  73'

USM Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2015 CAF Champions League Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger 1–4 TP Mazembe 1–2 0–2
USM Alger 1–2 TP Mazembe
Seguer  89' Report Kalaba  28'
Samatta  79' (pen.)
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
TP Mazembe 2–0 USM Alger
Samatta  74' (pen.)
Assalé  90+3'		 Report

TP Mazembe won 4–1 on aggregate.

References
  1. "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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