2007 CAF Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 2007 CAF Champions League was played from 22 July to 2 September 2007. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage playing semifinal rounds before the final.[1]

2007 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates22 July – 2 September 2007
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored42 (1.75 per match)
2006
2008

Format edit

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the Knockout stage.

Groups edit

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Étoile du Sahel 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 8 Advance to knockout stage
2   Al-Ittihad 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 7
3   JS Kabylie 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 5
4   FAR Rabat 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 4
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Ittihad  1–0  JS Kabylie
Camara   83' (Report)
Attendance: 25 000
Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)
FAR Rabat  0–1  Étoile du Sahel
(Report) Ben Frej   70'
Attendance: 32 000

JS Kabylie  2–0  FAR Rabat
Dabo   29' (pen),   44' (Report)

FAR Rabat  1–0  Al-Ittihad
Ouaddouch   90+3' (Report)
Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)
Étoile du Sahel  3–0  JS Kabylie
Chermiti   1'
Ben Mohamed   48'
Silva Alves   53'
(Report)
Referee: Rene Louzaya (Congo)

Al-Ittihad  2–0  FAR Rabat
Shibani   44'
Rewani   61'
JS Kabylie  0–2  Étoile du Sahel
Ogunbiyi   46'
Chermiti   90+2'
Referee: Abdel Rahman Khalid (Sudan)

JS Kabylie  3–1  Al-Ittihad
Athmani  22'
Hemani   54'
Saïbi   69'
Rewani   19'
Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)
Étoile du Sahel  0–0  FAR Rabat
Referee: Alex Kotey (Ghana)

Al-Ittihad  2–0  Étoile du Sahel
Shibani   14'
Rewani   58'(pen)
FAR Rabat  1–1  JS Kabylie
Benkassou   22' (pen.) Derrag   85'
Referee: Diouf Abdou (Senegal)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Al Ahly SC 6 4 0 2 8 4 +4 8 Advance to knockout stage
2   Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 7
3   ASEC Mimosas 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 5
4   Espérance de Tunis 6 1 2 3 2 8 −6 4
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Al-Hilal  2–0  Espérance
Eze   29'  90+2' (Report)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (Uganda)
ASEC Mimosas  0–1  Al Ahly SC
(Report) Aboutreika   40'

Al Ahly SC  3–0  Espérance
Aboutreika   12'
Flavio   77'
Hosny   85'
(Report)
Al-Hilal  2–1  ASEC Mimosas
Eze   12'
Mohamed   90'
(Report) Idrissu   52'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

Espérance  1–0  Al Ahly SC
Kasdaoui   38'
Referee: Aldrin Ncobo (South Africa)
ASEC Mimosas  1–0  Al-Hilal
N'Gossan   30'

Al-Hilal  3–0  Al Ahly SC
Khan   56'
Korongo   67'
Eze   85'
ASEC Mimosas  2–0  Espérance
Zaïem   60' (o.g.)
Diarra   78'
Referee: Jean-Marie Hicuburundi (Burundi)

Espérance  1–1  Al-Hilal
Ltaief   41' Eze   44' (pen.)
Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

References edit

  1. ^ "CAF Champions League 2007 – Group stage". Goalzz. 2007.

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