2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup group stage were played from 3 February to 17 March 2019.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup.[2]

2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates3 February – 17 March 2019

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 January 2019, 12:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4] The 16 teams, including the winners of the first round with the best CAF 5-Year Ranking, Étoile du Sahel, and the 15 winners of the play-off round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four.[5]

The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1 and Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
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] Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.[6]

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 3 February 2019 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 13 February 2019 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 24 February 2019 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 3 March 2019 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 10 March 2019 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 17 March 2019 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB HAS RCA ASO
1 RS Berkane 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 Quarter-finals 2–1 0–0 3–0
2 Hassania Agadir 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 1–0 1–1 2–1
3 Raja Casablanca 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 7 2–4 0–0 0–0
4 AS Otohô 6 1 2 3 4 10 6 5 1–1 1–0 1–4
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
AS Otohô 1–1 RS Berkane
Report
Hassania Agadir 1–1 Raja Casablanca
Report
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

Raja Casablanca 0–0 AS Otohô
Report
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
RS Berkane 2–1 Hassania Agadir
Report
  • El Mallouki  45+2'
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Raja Casablanca 2–4 RS Berkane
Report
  • Fiddi  10' (o.g.)
  • Laba  52', 84'
  • Farehane  64'
Hassania Agadir 2–1 AS Otohô
  • Rami  50', 54'
Report
  • Botamba  88'
Referee: Tsegay Mogos Teklu (Eritrea)

AS Otohô 1–0 Hassania Agadir
  • Biassadila  70'
Report
RS Berkane 0–0 Raja Casablanca
Report

Raja Casablanca 0–0 Hassania Agadir
Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
RS Berkane 3–0 AS Otohô
Report

Hassania Agadir 1–0 RS Berkane
  • Alfahli  26'
Report
Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)
AS Otohô 1–4 Raja Casablanca
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS ESS RAN SAL
1 CS Sfaxien 6 3 3 0 5 2 +3 12 Quarter-finals 2–1 1–1 0–0
2 Étoile du Sahel 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 0–1 2–1 1–0
3 Enugu Rangers 6 1 2 3 5 7 2 5 0–1 0–2 2–0
4 Salitas 6 0 4 2 1 4 3 4 0–0 0–0 1–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Enugu Rangers 2–0 Salitas
Report
Étoile du Sahel 0–1 CS Sfaxien
Report
  • Harzi  9'

Salitas 0–0 Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
CS Sfaxien 1–1 Enugu Rangers
Report
  • Sané  73'
Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

CS Sfaxien 0–0 Salitas
Report
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Étoile du Sahel 2–1 Enugu Rangers
Report
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

Enugu Rangers 0–2 Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Salitas 0–0 CS Sfaxien
Report
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)

CS Sfaxien 2–1 Étoile du Sahel
Report
  • Ben Aziza  62'
Salitas 1–1 Enugu Rangers
  • Sawadogo  50'
Report
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Étoile du Sahel 1–0 Salitas
Report
Enugu Rangers 0–1 CS Sfaxien
Report
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL NKA ASA ZES
1 Al-Hilal 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 11 Quarter-finals 4–1 1–0 3–1
2 Nkana 6 3 0 3 9 11 2 9 2–1 3–1 3–0
3 Asante Kotoko 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 7[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 3–0 2–1
4 ZESCO United 6 2 1 3 7 10 3 7[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–0 2–1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Goal difference in all group matches: Asante Kotoko 0, ZESCO United –3.
ZESCO United 2–0 Nkana
Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Al-Hilal 1–0 Asante Kotoko
  • Waleed  40'
Report

Nkana 2–1 Al-Hilal
Report
  • Waleed  7'
Referee: Ali Adelaïd (Comoros)
Asante Kotoko 2–1 ZESCO United
Report
  • Osumanu  73'
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Nkana 3–1 Asante Kotoko
Report
  • Songné  23'
Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour (Egypt)
ZESCO United 1–1 Al-Hilal
Report
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)

Asante Kotoko 3–0 Nkana
Report
Referee: Gauthier Marc Mihindou Mbina (Gabon)
Al-Hilal 3–1 ZESCO United
  • Eldai  10'
  • Waleed  36'
  • Abdellatif  66'
Report

Nkana 3–0 ZESCO United
Report
Asante Kotoko 1–1 Al-Hilal
  • Songné  86'
Report
  • Waleed  33'

ZESCO United 2–1 Asante Kotoko
Report
  • Nyarko  46'
Al-Hilal 4–1 Nkana
Report

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAM GOR NAH PET
1 Zamalek 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9[lower-alpha 1] Quarter-finals 4–0 1–1 1–1
2 Gor Mahia 6 3 0 3 8 9 1 9[lower-alpha 1] 4–2 2–0 1–0
3 NA Hussein Dey 6 2 2 2 4 6 2 8 0–0 1–0 2–1
4 Petro de Luanda 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 0–1 2–1 2–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head goal difference: Zamalek +2, Gor Mahia –2.
Gor Mahia 4–2 Zamalek
Report
NA Hussein Dey 2–1 Petro de Luanda
  • Tougaï  19'
  • Alati  54'
Report
  •  76'
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

Petro de Luanda 2–1 Gor Mahia
  • Manguxi  13'
  • Toni  37'
Report
  • Kipkirui  90+2'
Referee: Tsegay Mogos Teklu (Eritrea)
Zamalek 1–1 NA Hussein Dey
Report
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

Gor Mahia 2–0 NA Hussein Dey
Report
Zamalek 1–1 Petro de Luanda
Report

Petro de Luanda 0–1 Zamalek
Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
NA Hussein Dey 1–0 Gor Mahia
Report
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Petro de Luanda 2–0 NA Hussein Dey
Report
Zamalek 4–0 Gor Mahia
Report
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

Gor Mahia 1–0 Petro de Luanda
Report
NA Hussein Dey 0–0 Zamalek
Report
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

References

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