CAF Cup final: Orlando Pirates factfile

CAF Cup final: Orlando Pirates factfile

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Factfile for CAF Confederation Cup finalists Orlando Pirates of South Africa:

Formed: 1937

Home ground: Orlando Stadium, Soweto (capacity: 37,000)

Popular name: Buccaneers

Possible team (RSA unless noted): Richard Ofori (GHA); Abel Mabaso, Olisa Ndah (NGR), Happy Jele (capt), Innocent Maela; Ben Motshwari, Goodwin Mosele; Bandile Shandu, Thembinkosi Lorch, Deon Hotto (NAM); Kwame Peprah (GHA)

Coaches: Fadlu Davids and Mandla Ncikasi (both RSA)

Route to final: Round of 32 - Diables Noirs (CGO) 1-0 home, 0-0 away; Play-off: LPRC Oilers (LBR) 2-0, Oilers withdraw after first leg in Monrovia; Group B: JS Saoura (ALG) 2-0 2-0, Al Ittihad (LBA) 0-0 2-3, Royal Leopard (ESW) 3-0 6-2; Quarter-final: Simba (TAN) 1-0 0-1, Pirates won 4-3 on penalties; Semi-final: Al Ahly Tripoli (LBA) 0-1 2-0

Scorers: 4 - Shandu; 3 - Kabelo Dlamini, Jele; 2 - Terrance Dzvukamanja, Fortune Makaringe, Peprah; 1 - Tshegofatso Mabasa, Maela, Mosele, Ntsikelelo Nyauza, Machawe Dlamini (Leopard)-own goal

Previous Confederation Cup appearances: 2004 - play-offs, 2015 - runners-up, 2021 - quarter-finals

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