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

1	Al-Hilal	1	0	1

4	USM Alger	2	0	2
					USM Alger	1	0	1

					TP Mazembe	2	2	4
3	Al-Merrikh	2	0	2

2	TP Mazembe	1	3	4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

26 September 2015

21:00 UTC+3

Al-Merrikh	2–1	TP Mazembe
Coffie 41' Al-Madina 81'	Report	Ulimwengu 77'

Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

4 October 2015

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	3–0	Al-Merrikh
Samatta 52' Omer 70' (o.g.) Assalé 71'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

TP Mazembe won 4–2 on aggregate.

27 September 2015

20:00 UTC+3

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

Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

3 October 2015

21:30 UTC+1

USM Alger	0–0	Al-Hilal
	Report

Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

USM Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	1–4	TP Mazembe	1–2	0–2

31 October 2015

20:30 UTC+1

USM Alger	1–2	TP Mazembe
Seguer 89'	Report	Kalaba 28' Samatta 79' (pen.)

Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

8 November 2015

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2–0	USM Alger
Samatta 74' (pen.) Assalé 90+3'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

TP Mazembe won 4–1 on aggregate.

References

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