2018 CAF Champions League group stage

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2018 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates4 May – 28 August 2018
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored102 (2.13 per match)
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The 2018 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 4 May to 28 August 2018.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2018 CAF Champions League.[2]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 March 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4] 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).[5] Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.[6]

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Teams

Format[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).[1][7] Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches were played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches were played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays and Tuesdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.[8]

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 4–5 May 2018 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 15 May 2018 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 17 July 2018 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 27–28 July 2018 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 17–18 August 2018 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 28 August 2018 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL EST KCC ROL
1 Egypt Al Ahly 6 4 1 1 9 5 +4 13 Quarter-finals — 0–0 4–3 3–0
2 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11 0–1 — 3–2 4–1
3 Uganda KCCA 6 2 0 4 8 9 −1 6 2–0 0–1 — 1–0
4 Botswana Township Rollers 6 1 1 4 2 9 −7 4 0–1 0–0 1–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Ahly Egypt0–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Township Rollers Botswana1–0Uganda KCCA
 Report
KCCA Uganda2–0Egypt Al-Ahly
 Report
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia4–1Botswana Township Rollers
 Report
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia3–2Uganda KCCA
 Report
Al-Ahly Egypt3–0Botswana Township Rollers
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
KCCA Uganda0–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Township Rollers Botswana0–1Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia0–1Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
KCCA Uganda1–0Botswana Township Rollers
 Report
Al-Ahly Egypt4–3Uganda KCCA
 Report

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM ESS DHJ MCA
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Quarter-finals — 4–1 1–1 1–0
2 Algeria ES Sétif 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 8 1–1 — 2–1 0–1
3 Morocco Difaâ El Jadidi 6 1 3 2 6 7 −1 6 0–2 1–1 — 2–0
4 Algeria MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 1–1 1–2 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
MC Alger Algeria1–1Morocco Difaâ El Jadidi
 Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo4–1Algeria ES Sétif
 Report
Attendance: 17,000
Difaâ El Jadidi Morocco0–2Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report
Attendance: 12,000
ES Sétif Algeria0–1Algeria MC Alger
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Algeria MC Alger
 Report
ES Sétif Algeria2–1Morocco Difaâ El Jadidi
 Report
Difaâ El Jadidi Morocco1–1Algeria ES Sétif
 Report
ES Sétif Algeria1–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
Difaâ El Jadidi Morocco2–0Algeria MC Alger
 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–1Morocco Difaâ El Jadidi
 Report
MC Alger Algeria1–2Algeria ES Sétif
 Report

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAC HOR MSD TGP
1 Morocco Wydad AC 6 3 3 0 8 2 +6 12 Quarter-finals — 2–0 1–0 3–0
2 Guinea Horoya 6 2 3 1 7 7 0 9 1–1 — 2–2 2–1
3 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6 1–1 0–0 — 2–1
4 Togo AS Togo-Port 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 0–0 1–2 1–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
AS Togo-Port Togo1–2Guinea Horoya
 Report
Wydad AC Morocco3–0Togo AS Togo-Port
 Report
AS Togo-Port Togo1–0South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Horoya Guinea1–1Morocco Wydad AC
 Report
Wydad AC Morocco2–0Guinea Horoya
 Report
Horoya Guinea2–1Togo AS Togo-Port
 Report
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Wydad AC Morocco1–0South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
AS Togo-Port Togo0–0Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Report
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa0–0Guinea Horoya
Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS AGO ZES MBS
1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 3 3 0 10 4 +6 12 Quarter-finals — 1–1 2–1 2–0
2 Angola 1º de Agosto 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–1 — 2–1 2–1
3 Zambia ZESCO United 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 6 1–1 0–0 — 1–1
4 Eswatini Mbabane Swallows 6 1 1 4 3 11 −8 4 0–3 1–0 0–3 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
ZESCO United Zambia1–1Eswatini Mbabane Swallows
 Report
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia2–1Zambia ZESCO United
 Report
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini0–3Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
1º de Agosto Angola2–1Zambia ZESCO United
 Report
Mbabane Swallows Eswatini0–3Zambia ZESCO United
Report

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ MC Alger played their home match against TP Mazembe at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, instead of their regular stadium July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, as it was used for athletics at the 2018 African Youth Games.[9]
  2. ^ The Horoya v Mamelodi Sundowns match was originally scheduled to be played on 15 May 2018, 16:00 local time, but was re-scheduled to 22 May 2018, 16:00 local time, following an agreement between the two clubs to avoid a clash with a friendly match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Barcelona.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Draw for the Champions League & Confederation Cup 2018". YouTube. 21 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Results of Group Phase draw". CAF. 21 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Ranking of the clubs qualified to the Group Stage of Total CAF Champions League 2018" (PDF). CAF.
  6. ^ "Draw Procedures for Interclubs Group Phase". CAF. 20 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Group Phase Fixtures" (PDF). CAF.
  8. ^ "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.
  9. ^ "CAF : MCA et USMA à Tchaker les 28 et 29 juillet". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Horoya – Mamelodi Sundowns Match Day Two rescheduled for May 22". CAF. 8 May 2018.

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