2017 CAF Champions League group stage

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]

2017 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates12 May – 9 July 2017

Draw

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

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

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

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS CFB MER HIL
1 Étoile du Sahel 6 3 3 0 13 4 +9 12 Quarter-finals — 5–0 3–0 (awd.)[lower-alpha 1] 1–1
2 Ferroviário Beira 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8 1–1 — 1–0 0–0
3 Al-Merrikh 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–2 2–1 — 2–1
4 Al-Hilal 6 0 4 2 4 8 −4 4 1–1 0–3 (awd.)[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 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 5–0 Ferroviário Beira
 Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Merrikh
 Report
  • Saadeldin  61'
Ferroviário Beira 0–0 Al-Hilal
Report
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Al-Merrikh 1–2 Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Ferroviário Beira 1–0 Al-Merrikh
 Report
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Étoile du Sahel 1–1 Al-Hilal
 Report
  • Idris  80'
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
Al-Merrikh 2–1 Ferroviário Beira
  • Saadeldin  31'
  • Abdalla  59'
 Report
Al-Hilal 1–1 Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Al-Merrikh 2–1 Al-Hilal
  • Rahman  9', 48'
 Report
  • Idris  65'
Ferroviário Beira 1–1 Étoile du Sahel
  • Chelito  72'
 Report
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Étoile du Sahel 3–0
Awarded		 Al-Merrikh
Report
Al-Hilal 0–3
Awarded		 Ferroviário Beira
Report
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USM AHT ZAM CAP
1 USM Alger 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11 Quarter-finals — 3–0 2–0 4–1
2 Al-Ahli Tripoli 6 2 3 1 11 10 +1 9 1–1 — 0–0 4–2
3 Zamalek 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–2 — 2–0
4 CAPS United 6 2 0 4 10 16 −6 6[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 2–4 3–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).
USM Alger 3–0 Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United
 Report
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Al-Ahli Tripoli 0–0 Zamalek
Report
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
CAPS United 2–1 USM Alger
 Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
CAPS United 2–4 Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Zamalek 1–1 USM Alger
 Report
Al-Ahli Tripoli 4–2 CAPS United
 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
USM Alger 2–0 Zamalek
 Report
Al-Ahli Tripoli 1–1 USM Alger
  • Saltou  38'
 Report
CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek
 Report
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Zamalek 2–2 Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
USM Alger 4–1 CAPS United
 Report
Attendance: 52,000

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST MSD STG VIT
1 Espérance de Tunis 6 3 3 0 11 4 +7 12 Quarter-finals — 0–0 4–0 3–1
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 6 2 3 1 6 4 +2 9 1–2 — 0–0 1–1
3 Saint George 6 1 2 3 2 7 −5 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 0–1 — 1–0
4 AS Vita Club 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5[lower-alpha 1] 2–2 1–3 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Saint George 1–0 AS Vita Club, AS Vita Club 2–1 Saint George (Saint George won on away goals).
Espérance de Tunis 3–1 AS Vita Club
 Report
Mamelodi Sundowns 0–0 Saint George
Report
Referee: Mohamed El Hanafy (Egypt)
Saint George 0–0 Espérance de Tunis
Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
AS Vita Club 1–3 Mamelodi Sundowns
  • Sidibé  32'
 Report
Mamelodi Sundowns 1–2 Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Saint George 1–0 AS Vita Club
 Report
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
AS Vita Club 2–1 Saint George
 Report
Espérance de Tunis 0–0 Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
AS Vita Club 2–2 Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 AS Vita Club
 Report
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Espérance de Tunis 4–0 Saint George
 Report

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAC AHL ZAN COT
1 Wydad Casablanca 6 4 0 2 7 3 +4 12 Quarter-finals — 2–0 1–0 2–0
2 Al-Ahly 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 — 0–0 3–1
3 Zanaco 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 11[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 0–0 — 2–1
4 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. 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 Casablanca 2–0 Coton Sport
 Report
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Al-Ahly 0–0 Zanaco
Report
Coton Sport 0–2 Al-Ahly
Report
Zanaco 1–0 Wydad Casablanca
 Report
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Zanaco 2–1 Coton Sport
 Report
  • Souleymanou  25'
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
Al-Ahly 2–0 Wydad Casablanca
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Wydad Casablanca 2–0 Al-Ahly
 Report
Coton Sport 0–1 Zanaco
Report
Zanaco 0–0 Al-Ahly
Report
Coton Sport 0–2 Wydad Casablanca
Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Al-Ahly 3–1 Coton Sport
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)
Wydad Casablanca 1–0 Zanaco
 Report

Notes
  1. Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References
  1. "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "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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