title: 2015 CAF Champions League knockout stage
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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).
  
  ## Schedule
  
  The schedule of each round was as follows.
  
  | 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 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Al-Hilal | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |
  | 4 | USM Alger | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
  | 4 | USM Alger | 2 | 0 | 2 | USM Alger | USM Alger | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | | | TP Mazembe | TP Mazembe | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 3 | Al-Merrikh | 2 | 0 | 2 | TP Mazembe | TP Mazembe | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 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 |
  
  TP Mazembe won 4–2 on aggregate.
  
  USM Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.
  
  ## Final
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | USM Alger | 1–4 | TP Mazembe | 1–2 | 0–2 |
  
  TP Mazembe won 4–1 on aggregate.
  
  