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2017 CAF Champions League group stage

The 2017 CAF Champions League 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 Champions League.[2]

2017 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates12 May – 9 July 2017
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored106 (2.3 per match)
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Draw edit

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 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).[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]

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 edit

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESS CFB MER HIL
1   Étoile du Sahel 6 3 3 0 13 4 +9 12 Quarter-finals — 5–0 3–0 (awd.)[a] 1–1
2   Ferroviário Beira 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8 1–1 — 1–0 0–0
3   Al-Merrikh 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–2 2–1 — 2–1
4   Al-Hilal 6 0 4 2 4 8 −4 4 1–1 0–3 (awd.)[a] 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.[8] As a result, both Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh could not play their final group matches against Ferroviário Beira and Étoile du Sahel respectively, and the matches were awarded as 3–0 wins to their opponents.[9]
Étoile du Sahel  5–0  Ferroviário Beira
 Report
Al-Hilal  1–1  Al-Merrikh
 Report
Ferroviário Beira  0–0  Al-Hilal
Report
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Al-Merrikh  1–2  Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Étoile du Sahel  1–1  Al-Hilal
 Report
Al-Merrikh  2–1  Ferroviário Beira
 Report
Al-Hilal  1–1  Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Al-Merrikh  2–1  Al-Hilal
 Report
Ferroviário Beira  1–1  Étoile du Sahel
 Report
Étoile du Sahel  3–0
Awarded		  Al-Merrikh
Report
Al-Hilal  0–3
Awarded		  Ferroviário Beira
Report

Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USM AHT ZAM CAP
1   USM Alger 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11 Quarter-finals — 3–0 2–0 4–1
2   Al-Ahli Tripoli 6 2 3 1 11 10 +1 9 1–1 — 0–0 4–2
3   Zamalek 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 6[a] 1–1 2–2 — 2–0
4   CAPS United 6 2 0 4 10 16 −6 6[a] 2–1 2–4 3–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).
USM Alger  3–0  Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Zamalek  2–0  CAPS United
 Report
CAPS United  2–1  USM Alger
 Report
CAPS United  2–4  Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Zamalek  1–1  USM Alger
 Report
Al-Ahli Tripoli  4–2  CAPS United
 Report
USM Alger  2–0  Zamalek
 Report
Al-Ahli Tripoli  1–1  USM Alger
 Report
CAPS United  3–1  Zamalek
 Report
Zamalek  2–2  Al-Ahli Tripoli
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
USM Alger  4–1  CAPS United
 Report
Attendance: 52,000

Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST MSD STG VIT
1   Espérance de Tunis 6 3 3 0 11 4 +7 12 Quarter-finals — 0–0 4–0 3–1
2   Mamelodi Sundowns 6 2 3 1 6 4 +2 9 1–2 — 0–0 1–1
3   Saint George 6 1 2 3 2 7 −5 5[a] 0–0 0–1 — 1–0
4   AS Vita Club 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5[a] 2–2 1–3 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Saint George 1–0 AS Vita Club, AS Vita Club 2–1 Saint George (Saint George won on away goals).
Espérance de Tunis  3–1  AS Vita Club
 Report
AS Vita Club  1–3  Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Saint George  1–0  AS Vita Club
 Report
AS Vita Club  2–1  Saint George
 Report
AS Vita Club  2–2  Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Espérance de Tunis  4–0  Saint George
 Report

Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAC AHL ZAN COT
1   Wydad AC 6 4 0 2 7 3 +4 12 Quarter-finals — 2–0 1–0 2–0
2   Al Ahly 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11[a] 2–0 — 0–0 3–1
3   Zanaco 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 11[a] 1–0 0–0 — 2–1
4   Coton Sport 6 0 0 6 2 12 −10 0 0–2 0–2 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Al-Ahly 0–0 Zanaco, Zanaco 0–0 Al-Ahly (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).
Wydad AC  2–0  Coton Sport
 Report
Al-Ahly  0–0  Zanaco
Report
Coton Sport  0–2  Al-Ahly
Report
Zanaco  1–0  Wydad AC
 Report
Zanaco  2–1  Coton Sport
 Report
Al-Ahly  2–0  Wydad AC
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Wydad AC  2–0  Al-Ahly
 Report
Coton Sport  0–1  Zanaco
Report
Zanaco  0–0  Al-Ahly
Report
Coton Sport  0–2  Wydad AC
Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Al-Ahly  3–1  Coton Sport
 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Wydad AC  1–0  Zanaco
 Report

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase Draw". CAF. 23 March 2017.
  4. ^ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Draw results for CL group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Draw procedure for CL group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Total Champions League 2017: fixtures of the group matches" (PDF). CAF.
  8. ^ "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.
  9. ^ "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.

External links edit

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