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2022–23 CAF Champions League group stage

The 2022–23 CAF Champions League group stage began on 10 February and ended on 1 April 2023. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League.

2022–23 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates10 February – 1 April 2023
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored108 (2.25 per match)

Draw

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The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022, 12:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[1] The 16 winners of the second 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 next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

Pot 1
Team Pts
  Al Ahly 78
  Wydad AC 71
  Espérance de Tunis 58
  Raja CA 54
Pot 2
Team Pts
  Mamelodi Sundowns 46
  Zamalek 43
  Petro de Luanda 31
  Horoya 31
Pot 3
Team Pts
  Simba 28
  CR Belouizdad 27
  JS Kabylie 22
  Al Hilal 19.5
Pot 4
Team Pts
  AS Vita Club 17
  Coton Sport 14.5
  Al Merrikh 9
  Vipers —

Format

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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

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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):

  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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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

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The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 10–11 February 2023 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 17–18 February 2023 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 24–25 February 2023 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 7 March 2023 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 17–18 March 2023 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 31 March – 1 April 2023 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAC JSK APL ASV
1   Wydad AC 6 4 1 1 7 1 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 3–0 1–0 1–0
2   JS Kabylie 6 3 1 2 4 5 −1 10 1–0 — 1–0 2–1
3   Petro de Luanda 6 2 1 3 3 5 −2 7 0–2 0–0 — 1–0
4   AS Vita Club 6 1 1 4 3 6 −3 4 0–0 1–0 1–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Wydad AC  1–0  AS Vita Club
  • Magema   55' (o.g.)
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JS Kabylie  1–0  Wydad AC
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Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
AS Vita Club  1–2  Petro de Luanda
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Wydad AC  1–0  Petro de Luanda
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Attendance: 41,413
Petro de Luanda  0–2  Wydad AC
Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
JS Kabylie  2–1  AS Vita Club
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JS Kabylie  1–0  Petro de Luanda
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Petro de Luanda  1–0  AS Vita Club
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Wydad AC  3–0  JS Kabylie
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Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MDS ASC HIL CSG
1   Mamelodi Sundowns 6 4 2 0 14 7 +7 14 Advance to knockout stage — 5–2 1–0 2–1
2   Al Ahly 6 3 1 2 14 8 +6 10[a] 2–2 — 3–0 3–0
3   Al Hilal 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10[a] 1–1 1–0 — 2–0
4   Coton Sport 6 0 0 6 3 16 −13 0 1–3 0–4 1–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al Ahly 3, Al Hilal 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Al Ahly +2, Al Hilal -2
Al Ahly  3–0  Coton Sport
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Coton Sport  1–3  Mamelodi Sundowns
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Al Hilal  1–0  Al Ahly
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Coton Sport  1–2  Al Hilal
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Al Ahly  2–2  Mamelodi Sundowns
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Al Hilal  2–0  Coton Sport
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Mamelodi Sundowns  5–2  Al Ahly
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Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Coton Sport  0–4  Al Ahly
Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Al Hilal  1–1  Mamelodi Sundowns
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Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Al Ahly  3–0  Al Hilal
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Mamelodi Sundowns  2–1  Coton Sport
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Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RCA SSC HAC VSC
1   Raja CA 6 5 1 0 17 3 +14 16 Advance to knockout stage — 3–1 2–0 5–0
2   Simba 6 3 0 3 10 7 +3 9 0–3 — 7–0 1–0
3   Horoya 6 2 1 3 4 12 −8 7 1–3 1–0 — 2–0
4   Vipers 6 0 2 4 1 10 −9 2 1–1 0–1 0–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Raja CA  5–0  Vipers
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Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Horoya  1–0  Simba
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Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Vipers  0–0  Horoya
Report
Simba  0–3  Raja CA
Report
Vipers  0–1  Simba
Report
Raja CA  2–0  Horoya
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Simba  1–0  Vipers
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Horoya  1–3  Raja CA
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Vipers  1–1  Raja CA
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Simba  7–0  Horoya
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Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Horoya  2–0  Vipers
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Raja CA  3–1  Simba
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Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST CRB ZSC MSC
1   Espérance de Tunis 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 2–0 1–0
2   CR Belouizdad 6 3 1 2 4 2 +2 10 0–1 — 2–0 1–0
3   Zamalek 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 3–1 0–1 — 4–3
4   Al Merrikh 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 1–1 1–0 0–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zamalek  0–1  CR Belouizdad
Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Espérance de Tunis  1–0  Al Merrikh
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Al Merrikh  0–0  Zamalek
Report
CR Belouizdad  0–1  Espérance de Tunis
Report
Al Merrikh  1–0  CR Belouizdad
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Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Espérance de Tunis  2–0  Zamalek
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Zamalek  3–1  Espérance de Tunis
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CR Belouizdad  2–0  Zamalek
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Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Zamalek  4–3  Al Merrikh
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Espérance de Tunis  0–0  CR Belouizdad
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Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Wydad AC v AS Vita Club match, originally scheduled to be played on 10 or 11 February 2023, was rescheduled to be played on 3 March 2023 due to Wydad AC's participation in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco between 1 and 11 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c JS Kabylie played their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium 1 November 1954 Stadium, Tizi Ouzou, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  3. ^ The Al Ahly v Coton Sport match, originally scheduled to be played on 10 or 11 February 2023, was rescheduled to 4 March 2023 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco between 1 and 11 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Al Merrikh played their group stage home matches at Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi (Libya), instead of their regular home stadium Al Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  5. ^ The CR Belouizdad v Al Merrikh match was played at 19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba, instead of Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, due to the high intensity of matches in the same period at the stadium.

References

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  1. ^ "New date confirmed for TotalEnergies CAF Interclubs group stage draw". CAFOnline.com. 24 November 2022.
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