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]
| Dates | 12 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 |
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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]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- 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 | |
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| 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 | — |
- Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.
| FUS Rabat | 3–0 | KCCA |
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| Report |
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)
| Club Africain | 3–1 | Rivers United |
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Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
| KCCA | 2–1 | Club Africain |
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| Report |
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| Rivers United | 1–0 | FUS Rabat |
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Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
| FUS Rabat | 2–1 | Club Africain |
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| Report |
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Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
| KCCA | 2–1 | Rivers United |
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Report |
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| Rivers United | 2–1 | KCCA |
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Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
| Club Africain | 2–1 | FUS Rabat |
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| Report |
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
| Rivers United | 0–2 | Club Africain |
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| Report |
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
| FUS Rabat | 2–1 | Rivers United |
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| Report |
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Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
| Club Africain | 4–0 | KCCA |
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| 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 | — |
| CS Sfaxien | 1–0 | Mbabane Swallows |
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Report |
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
| Platinum Stars | 1–1 | MC Alger |
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Report |
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
| Mbabane Swallows | 4–2 | Platinum Stars |
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Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
| MC Alger | 2–1 | CS Sfaxien |
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| Report |
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Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
| Mbabane Swallows | 0–0 | MC Alger |
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| Report |
Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)
| CS Sfaxien | 3–0 | Platinum Stars |
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| Report |
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
| Platinum Stars | 1–1 | CS Sfaxien |
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Report |
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Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)
| MC Alger | 2–0 | Platinum Stars |
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| Report |
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
| Mbabane Swallows | 1–3 | CS Sfaxien |
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Report |
Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)
| CS Sfaxien | 4–0 | MC Alger |
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| Report |
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
| Platinum Stars | 2–2 | Mbabane Swallows |
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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 | — |
- Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
- 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 |
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| Report |
Referee: Cecil Fleischer (Ghana)
| Recreativo do Libolo | 1–0 | El-Hilal El-Obeid |
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Referee: Aurélien Juenkou (Cameroon)
| Smouha | 2–0 | Recreativo do Libolo |
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| Report |
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
| El-Hilal El-Obeid | 1–0 | ZESCO United |
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| Smouha | 1–1 | El-Hilal El-Obeid |
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| Report |
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
| ZESCO United | 1–0 | Recreativo do Libolo |
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Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
| Recreativo do Libolo | 3–0 | ZESCO United |
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Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
| El-Hilal El-Obeid | 2–1 | Smouha |
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El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
| Smouha | 1–1 | ZESCO United |
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| Report |
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
| ZESCO United | 3–0 Awarded | El-Hilal El-Obeid |
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| Report |
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
| Recreativo do Libolo | 0–0 | Smouha |
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| 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 | — |
| SuperSport United | 2–2 | Horoya |
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| Report |
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Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
| TP Mazembe | 2–0 | CF Mounana |
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| Report |
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
| CF Mounana | 3–5 | SuperSport United |
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| Report |
Referee: Abubakar Ago (Nigeria)
| Horoya | 1–1 | TP Mazembe |
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Report |
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Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
| CF Mounana | 0–1 | Horoya |
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| Report |
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Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
| TP Mazembe | 2–2 | SuperSport United |
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| Report |
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)
| Horoya | 1–0 | CF Mounana |
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Report |
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)
| SuperSport United | 0–0 | TP Mazembe |
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| Report |
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
| Horoya | 0–0 | SuperSport United |
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| Report |
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
| CF Mounana | 0–1 | TP Mazembe |
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| Report |
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Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
| TP Mazembe | 2–1 | Horoya |
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| Report |
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Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
| SuperSport United | 4–1 | CF Mounana |
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| Report |
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Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
References
- "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
- "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
- "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase Draw". CAF. 23 March 2017.
- "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
- "Draw results for CC group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
- "Procedure for CC group phase draw". CAF. 26 April 2017.
- "Total Confederation Cup 2017: fixtures of the group matches". CAF.
- "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.
- "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
- "Sudanese clubs disqualified following FIFA suspension". CAF. 7 July 2017.
- "FIFA lifts suspension of Sudan Football Association (SFA)". FIFA.com. 13 July 2017.
External links
- Total Confederation Cup 2017, CAFonline.com
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