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2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup group stage began on 12 February and ended on 2 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 Confederation Cup.

2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates12 February – 2 April 2023
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored122 (2.54 per match)

Draw edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[1] The 16 winners of the playoff 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 Pot 1 Pot 2
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):

  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 edit

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 12 February 2023 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 19 February 2023 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 26 February 2023 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 8 March 2023 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 19 March 2023 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 2 April 2023 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups edit

Times were local.

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG USM LUP AKH
1   Marumo Gallants 6 4 0 2 12 10 +2 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 3–2 4–1
2   USM Alger 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–0 — 3–0 4–1
3   Saint-Éloi Lupopo 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5[a] 1–2 1–1 — 1–0
4   Al Akhdar 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5[a] 4–1 1–1 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Saint-Éloi Lupopo 4, Al Akhdar 1
Marumo Gallants  4–1  Al Akhdar
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USM Alger  3–0  Saint-Éloi Lupopo
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Saint-Éloi Lupopo  1–2  Marumo Gallants
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Al Akhdar  1–1  USM Alger
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Saint-Éloi Lupopo  1–0  Al Akhdar
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Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
USM Alger  2–0  Marumo Gallants
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Marumo Gallants  2–0  USM Alger
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Saint-Éloi Lupopo  1–1  USM Alger
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Al Akhdar  4–1  Marumo Gallants
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USM Alger  4–1  Al Akhdar
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Marumo Gallants  3–2  Saint-Éloi Lupopo
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Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASE RIV DBL DCM
1   ASEC Mimosas 6 4 1 1 6 4 +2 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 2–0 0–0
2   Rivers United 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 3–0 — 2–2 3–1
3   Diables Noirs 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 0–1 3–0 — 0–0
4   Motema Pembe 6 0 3 3 2 6 −4 3 1–2 0–1 0–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
ASEC Mimosas  0–0  Motema Pembe
Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Diables Noirs  3–0  Rivers United
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Rivers United  3–0  ASEC Mimosas
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Motema Pembe  0–0  Diables Noirs
Report
ASEC Mimosas  2–0  Diables Noirs
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Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Motema Pembe  0–1  Rivers United
Report
Rivers United  3–1  Motema Pembe
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Rivers United  2–2  Diables Noirs
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Referee: Karim Sabry (Morocco)
Motema Pembe  1–2  ASEC Mimosas
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Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAR PFC ASK FUT
1   ASFAR 6 4 2 0 14 4 +10 14 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 5–1 2–0
2   Pyramids 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 2–2 — 1–0 3–0[a]
3   ASKO Kara 6 1 1 4 6 14 −8 4[b] 1–1 1–4 — 0–3[c]
4   Future 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4[b] 0–3[d] 1–1 0–3[e] —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Awarded
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head goal difference: ASKO Kara 0, Future 0. Head-to-head goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head away goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Goal difference: ASKO Kara -8, Future -8. Goals scored: ASKO Kara 6, Future 4
  3. ^ Awarded
  4. ^ Awarded
  5. ^ Awarded
ASKO Kara  0–3
Awarded[note 2]		  Future
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Pyramids  2–2  ASFAR
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Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Future  1–1  Pyramids
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ASFAR  5–1  ASKO Kara
 Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Pyramids  1–0  ASKO Kara
 Report
ASFAR  2–0  Future
 Report
Attendance: 27,192
ASKO Kara  1–4  Pyramids
 Report
Future  0–3
Awarded[note 3]		  ASFAR
 Report
Future  0–3
Awarded[note 3]		  ASKO Kara
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Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
ASFAR  1–0  Pyramids
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Pyramids  3–0
Awarded[note 3]		  Future
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Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
ASKO Kara  1–1  ASFAR
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Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification YNG USM ASR TPM
1   Young Africans 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13[a] Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 2–0 3–1
2   Union Monastirienne 6 4 1 1 8 4 +4 13[a] 2–0 — 2–1 1–0
3   Real Bamako 6 1 2 3 6 10 −4 5 1–1 1–1 — 2–1
4   TP Mazembe 6 1 0 5 5 10 −5 3 0–1 0–2 3–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Overall goal difference: Young Africans +5, Union Monastirienne +4
TP Mazembe  3–1  Real Bamako
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Young Africans  3–1  TP Mazembe
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TP Mazembe  0–2  Union Monastirienne
Report
Real Bamako  1–1  Young Africans
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Young Africans  2–0  Real Bamako
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Real Bamako  2–1  TP Mazembe
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Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Young Africans  2–0  Union Monastirienne
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TP Mazembe  0–1  Young Africans
Report
Union Monastirienne  2–1  Real Bamako
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Notes edit

  1. ^ The Rivers United v Motema Pembe match, originally scheduled to be played on 8 March 2023, was rescheduled to be played on 9 March 2023 due to Motema Pembe's late arrival to Nigeria for travel problems.
  2. ^ CAF awarded Future a 3–0 win as a result of ASKO Kara the illegal fielding the player Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui. The match originally ended 1–1.
  3. ^ a b c Due to a mistake in Ahmed Refaat registration, Future was ruled forfeited in all matches in which this player participated.
  4. ^ a b c Union Monastirienne played their group stage home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References edit

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

External links edit


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