2017 CAF Champions League group stage

2017 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates12 May – 9 July 2017
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored106 (2.3 per match)
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The 2017 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 12 May to 9 July 2017.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2017 CAF Champions League.[2]

Draw

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The draw for the group stage was held on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4][5] The 16 teams, all winners of the first round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).[6]

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Teams

Format

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In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

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The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):[2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

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The schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[1][7]

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 12–14 May 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 23–24 May 2017 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 2–4 June 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 20–21 June 2017 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 30 June – 2 July 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 7–9 July 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS CFB MER HIL
1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 3 3 0 13 4 +9 12 Quarter-finals — 5–0 3–0 (awd.)[a] 1–1
2 Mozambique Ferroviário Beira 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8 1–1 — 1–0 0–0
3 Sudan Al-Merrikh 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–2 2–1 — 2–1
4 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 0 4 2 4 8 −4 4 1–1 0–3 (awd.)[a] 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.[8] As a result, both Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh could not play their final group matches against Ferroviário Beira and Étoile du Sahel respectively, and the matches were awarded as 3–0 wins to their opponents.[9]
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia5–0Mozambique Ferroviário Beira
 Report
Al-Hilal Sudan1–1Sudan Al-Merrikh
 Report
Ferroviário Beira Mozambique0–0Sudan Al-Hilal
Report
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Al-Merrikh Sudan1–2Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–1Sudan Al-Hilal
 Report
Al-Merrikh Sudan2–1Mozambique Ferroviário Beira
 Report
Al-Hilal Sudan1–1Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Al-Merrikh Sudan2–1Sudan Al-Hilal
 Report
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia3–0
Awarded		Sudan Al-Merrikh
Report
Al-Hilal Sudan0–3
Awarded		Mozambique Ferroviário Beira
Report

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USM AHT ZAM CAP
1 Algeria USM Alger 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11 Quarter-finals — 3–0 2–0 4–1
2 Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli 6 2 3 1 11 10 +1 9 1–1 — 0–0 4–2
3 Egypt Zamalek 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6[a] 1–1 2–2 — 2–0
4 Zimbabwe CAPS United 6 2 0 4 10 16 −6 6[a] 2–1 2–4 3–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).
USM Alger Algeria3–0Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Zamalek Egypt2–0Zimbabwe CAPS United
 Report
CAPS United Zimbabwe2–1Algeria USM Alger
 Report
CAPS United Zimbabwe2–4Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Zamalek Egypt1–1Algeria USM Alger
 Report
Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya4–2Zimbabwe CAPS United
 Report
USM Alger Algeria2–0Egypt Zamalek
 Report
CAPS United Zimbabwe3–1Egypt Zamalek
 Report
Zamalek Egypt2–2Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
USM Alger Algeria4–1Zimbabwe CAPS United
 Report
Attendance: 52,000

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST MSD STG VIT
1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 3 3 0 11 4 +7 12 Quarter-finals — 0–0 4–0 3–1
2 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 2 3 1 6 4 +2 9 1–2 — 0–0 1–1
3 Ethiopia Saint George 6 1 2 3 2 7 −5 5[a] 0–0 0–1 — 1–0
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5[a] 2–2 1–3 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Saint George 1–0 AS Vita Club, AS Vita Club 2–1 Saint George (Saint George won on away goals).
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo1–3South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Saint George Ethiopia1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
 Report
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1Ethiopia Saint George
 Report
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo2–2Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia4–0Ethiopia Saint George
 Report

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAC AHL ZAN COT
1 Morocco Wydad AC 6 4 0 2 7 3 +4 12 Quarter-finals — 2–0 1–0 2–0
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11[a] 2–0 — 0–0 3–1
3 Zambia Zanaco 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 11[a] 1–0 0–0 — 2–1
4 Cameroon Coton Sport 6 0 0 6 2 12 −10 0 0–2 0–2 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Ahly 0–0 Zanaco, Zanaco 0–0 Al-Ahly (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).
Wydad AC Morocco2–0Cameroon Coton Sport
 Report
Al-Ahly Egypt0–0Zambia Zanaco
Report
Coton Sport Cameroon0–2Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Zanaco Zambia1–0Morocco Wydad AC
 Report
Zanaco Zambia2–1Cameroon Coton Sport
 Report
Al-Ahly Egypt2–0Morocco Wydad AC
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Wydad AC Morocco2–0Egypt Al-Ahly
 Report
Coton Sport Cameroon0–1Zambia Zanaco
Report
Zanaco Zambia0–0Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Coton Sport Cameroon0–2Morocco Wydad AC
Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Al-Ahly Egypt3–1Cameroon Coton Sport
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Wydad AC Morocco1–0Zambia Zanaco
 Report

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References

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  1. ^ a b "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase Draw". CAF. 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Draw results for CL group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Draw procedure for CL group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Total Champions League 2017: fixtures of the group matches" (PDF). CAF.
  8. ^ "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.
  9. ^ "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
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