2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup 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 Confederation Cup.[2]

2017 CAF Confederation Cup 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 play-off 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
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 CAF FUS KCC RIV
1 Club Africain 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Quarter-finals 2–1 4–0 3–1
2 FUS Rabat 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 3–0 2–1
3 KCCA 6 3 0 3 8 12 4 9[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 3–1 2–1
4 Rivers United 6 2 0 4 6 10 4 6 0–2 1–0 2–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.
FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA
Report
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Club Africain 3–1 Rivers United
Report
  • Odumegwu  53'
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

KCCA 2–1 Club Africain
Report
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
Rivers United 1–0 FUS Rabat
Report
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

FUS Rabat 2–1 Club Africain
Report
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
KCCA 2–1 Rivers United
Report
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

Rivers United 2–1 KCCA
  • Ovoke  1'
  • Obomate  14'
Report
Club Africain 2–1 FUS Rabat
Report

KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat
Report
  • Diakité  85'
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Rivers United 0–2 Club Africain
Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

FUS Rabat 2–1 Rivers United
Report
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Club Africain 4–0 KCCA
Report
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS MCA MBS PST
1 CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13 Quarter-finals 4–0 1–0 3–0
2 MC Alger 6 3 2 1 7 7 0 11 2–1 2–1 2–0
3 Mbabane Swallows 6 1 2 3 8 10 2 5 1–3 0–0 4–2
4 Platinum Stars 6 0 3 3 6 13 7 3 1–1 1–1 2–2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
CS Sfaxien 1–0 Mbabane Swallows
Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Platinum Stars 1–1 MC Alger
  • Khunou  43'
Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

Mbabane Swallows 4–2 Platinum Stars
Report
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
MC Alger 2–1 CS Sfaxien
Report

Mbabane Swallows 0–0 MC Alger
Report
Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)
CS Sfaxien 3–0 Platinum Stars
Report
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

MC Alger 2–1 Mbabane Swallows
Report
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Platinum Stars 1–1 CS Sfaxien
Report

MC Alger 2–0 Platinum Stars
Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Mbabane Swallows 1–3 CS Sfaxien
  • Tshishimbi  44'
Report
Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)

CS Sfaxien 4–0 MC Alger
Report
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
Platinum Stars 2–2 Mbabane Swallows
Report
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZES HLU RLB SMO
1 ZESCO United 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10[lower-alpha 1] Quarter-finals 3–0 (awd.)[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 1–0
2 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 2–0 2–1
3 Recreativo do Libolo 6 2 1 3 4 5 1 7 3–0 1–0 0–0
4 Smouha 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 1–1 1–1 2–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
  2. FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.[8] As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents.[9] Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup,[10] but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July,[11] they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.[9]
ZESCO United 1–0 Smouha
Report
Referee: Cecil Fleischer (Ghana)
Recreativo do Libolo 1–0 El-Hilal El-Obeid
Report
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou (Cameroon)

Smouha 2–0 Recreativo do Libolo
Report
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
El-Hilal El-Obeid 1–0 ZESCO United
  • Moukoro  86'
Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Smouha 1–1 El-Hilal El-Obeid
Report
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
ZESCO United 1–0 Recreativo do Libolo
Report
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

Recreativo do Libolo 3–0 ZESCO United
Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
El-Hilal El-Obeid 2–1 Smouha
  • Girfa  72'
  • Ladzagla  90+3'
Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

Smouha 1–1 ZESCO United
Report
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
El-Hilal El-Obeid 2–0 Recreativo do Libolo
Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)

ZESCO United 3–0
Awarded
El-Hilal El-Obeid
Report
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
Recreativo do Libolo 0–0 Smouha
Report
Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM SSU HOR MOU
1 TP Mazembe 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Quarter-finals 2–2 2–1 2–0
2 SuperSport United 6 2 4 0 13 8 +5 10 0–0 2–2 4–1
3 Horoya 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–1 0–0 1–0
4 CF Mounana 6 0 0 6 4 14 10 0 0–1 3–5 0–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
SuperSport United 2–2 Horoya
Report
  • Dipita  33'
  • Kyei  51'
TP Mazembe 2–0 CF Mounana
Report
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

CF Mounana 3–5 SuperSport United
Report
Horoya 1–1 TP Mazembe
  • Dipita  33'
Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

CF Mounana 0–1 Horoya
Report
TP Mazembe 2–2 SuperSport United
Report
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

Horoya 1–0 CF Mounana
Report
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)
SuperSport United 0–0 TP Mazembe
Report

Horoya 0–0 SuperSport United
Report
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
CF Mounana 0–1 TP Mazembe
Report

TP Mazembe 2–1 Horoya
Report
  • Dipita  37'
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
SuperSport United 4–1 CF Mounana
Report
  • Mensah  56'
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

References

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