Holders Mazembe advance as Al Hilal, Coton Sport crash out

   CAF Champions League holders TP Mazembe booked their spot in the round of 16 of the competition after enjoying a 1-0 win over Saint George in Lubumbashi on Sunday.

Jonathan Bolingi scored the winner from the penalty spot for the Ravens two minutes from time.

Held to a 2-2 draw in Addis Ababa in the first leg of their first round tie, the five-time African champions progressed 3-2 on aggregate.


Mazembe’s fellow Congolese heavyweights AS Vita Club are also through in Africa’s most prestigious club tournament with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Ferroviario Maputo of Mozambique, courtesy of a 1-1 draw in Maputo following their 1-0 home win in Kinshasa a week ago.

2014 African champions ES Sétif finished the job at home against Etoile du Congo with a convincing 4-2 win, after holding their opponents to a 1-1 draw in Brazzaville in the first leg.

Central African Republic international striker Eudes Dagoulou hit a hat-trick to help the Black Eagles through to the round of 16.

Meanwhile, fellow Algerian outfit MO Béjaia overturned their 1-0 first-leg deficit against Tunisia’s Club Africain with a 2-0 home win, and Zambia’s ZESCO United managed to get past Horoya AC of Guinea despite suffering a 2-0 loss in Conakry.

However, continental powerhouses Al Hilal, Coton Sport and Kaizer Chiefs crashed out of the competition.

Defeated 1-0 by Al-Ahli Tripoli in Tunis a week ago, the Khartoum giants fell victim to the away goals rule after recording a 2-1 home win in the reverse fixture, while Coton Sport and Kaizer Chiefs failed to overturn their first-leg deficit.

Beaten 2-0 by Stade Malien in Bamako, the Cameroonian champions had to settle for a 1-0 home win in Garoua, as Amakhosi played out a goalless draw in Abidjan following their 0-1 home loss in Johannesburg in the first leg.



CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESULTS – SUNDAY 20 MARCH 2016

(Aggregate scores in brackets)



Ferroviario Maputo 1-1 AS Vita Club (1-2)

TP Mazembe 1-0 Saint George (3-2)

Al Hilal 2-1 Al Ahli Tripoli (2-2)

Coton Sport 1-0 Stade Malien (1-2)

ASEC Mimosas 0-0 Kaizer Chiefs (1-0)

MO Béjaia 2-0 Club Africain (2-1)

Horoya AC 2-0 ZESCO United (3-4)

ES Sétif 4-2 Etoile du Congo (5-3)



CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, ROUND OF 16 – FIXTURES

(First leg on 8-10 April, second leg on 19-20 April)



AS Vita Club v Mamelodi Sundowns

Al Merreikh v ES Sétif

Wydad Casablanca v TP Mazembe

Enyimba v Etoile du Sahel

Stade Malien v ZESCO United

Young Africans v Al Ahly

ASEC Mimosas v Al-Ahli Tripoli

Zamalek v MO Béjaia