2010 CAF Champions League


The 2010 CAF Champions League was the 46th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, and the 14th edition under the current CAF [Champions League] format. The winner, TP Mazembe qualified for the 2010 FIFA [Club World Cup], and also played in the CAF Super Cup">Confederation of African Football">CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

  • Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations entered the 2010 CAF Champions League.
  • The 12 highest ranked associations according to CAF 5-year ranking were eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition, CAF used 2004-08 5-Year ranking. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams entered the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
Below is the qualification scheme for the competition. Nations are shown according to their CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated:
Unranked associations have no ranking points and hence are equal 20th.
Bolded clubs received a bye in the preliminary round, entering the tournament in the first round.
1 Hearts of Oak S.C.|Hearts of Oak], the champion of Ghana, did not enter the competition, citing financial problems.

2 A position was included for a representative of the association at the time of the draw, but the association eventually withdrew without sending a team.

Schedule

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

First round

Second round

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Semi-finals

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

Final

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 2010 CAF Champions League are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1