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2023–24 CAF Champions League group stage

The 2023–24 CAF Champions League group stage began on 24 November 2023 and ended on 2 March 2024. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.

2023–24 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates24 November 2023 – 2 March 2024
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored82 (1.71 per match)
2024–25 →

Draw edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023, 13:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds were drawn into four groups of four.[1]

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 83
  Wydad AC 74
  Espérance de Tunis 56
  Mamelodi Sundowns 51
Pot 2
Team Pts
  CR Belouizdad 36
  Pyramids 35
  Simba 35
  Petro de Luanda 33.5
Pot 3
Team Pts
  TP Mazembe 30.5
  Al Hilal 23
  ASEC Mimosas 20
  Young Africans 20
Pot 4
Team Pts
  Étoile du Sahel 20
  Jwaneng Galaxy 4
  FC Nouadhibou 1
  Medeama —

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 24–25 November 2023 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 1–2 December 2023 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 8–9 December 2023 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 19 December 2023 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 23–24 February 2024 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 1–2 March 2024 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups edit

All times are local.

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SUN TPM NDB PYR
1   Mamelodi Sundowns 6 4 1 1 7 1 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 3–0 0–0
2   TP Mazembe 6 3 1 2 6 2 +4 10 1–0 — 2–0 3–0
3   FC Nouadhibou 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5[a] 0–2 0–0 — 2–0
4   Pyramids 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 5[a] 0–1 1–0 2–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: FC Nouadhibou 4, Pyramids 1.
Pyramids  1–0  TP Mazembe
  • Lakay   54'
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Mamelodi Sundowns  3–0  FC Nouadhibou
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TP Mazembe  1–0  Mamelodi Sundowns
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FC Nouadhibou  2–0  Pyramids
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Mamelodi Sundowns  0–0  Pyramids
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Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
TP Mazembe  2–0  FC Nouadhibou
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Pyramids  0–1  Mamelodi Sundowns
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TP Mazembe  3–0  Pyramids
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Mamelodi Sundowns  1–0  TP Mazembe
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Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Pyramids  2–2  FC Nouadhibou
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Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASE SIM WAC JWA
1   ASEC Mimosas 6 3 2 1 7 2 +5 11 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 1–0 3–0
2   Simba 6 2 3 1 9 2 +7 9[a] 1–1 — 2–0 6–0
3   Wydad AC 6 3 0 3 3 4 −1 9[a] 1–0 1–0 — 0–1
4   Jwaneng Galaxy 6 1 1 4 1 12 −11 4 0–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Simba +1, Wydad AC –1.
Simba  1–1  ASEC Mimosas
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Wydad AC  0–1  Jwaneng Galaxy
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Jwaneng Galaxy  0–0  Simba
Report
Jwaneng Galaxy  0–2  ASEC Mimosas
Report
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Wydad AC  1–0  Simba
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Simba  2–0  Wydad AC
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Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
ASEC Mimosas  3–0  Jwaneng Galaxy
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Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
ASEC Mimosas  0–0  Simba
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Jwaneng Galaxy  0–1  Wydad AC
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Wydad AC  1–0  ASEC Mimosas
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Simba  6–0  Jwaneng Galaxy
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Group C edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification APL EST HIL ESS
1   Petro de Luanda 6 3 3 0 5 0 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 1–0 2–0
2   Espérance de Tunis 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 0–0 — 1–0 2–0
3   Al Hilal 6 1 2 3 4 5 −1 5 0–0 3–1 — 1–1
4   Étoile du Sahel 6 1 1 4 2 9 −7 4 0–2 0–2 1–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Espérance de Tunis  2–0  Étoile du Sahel
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Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Petro de Luanda  1–0  Al Hilal
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Al Hilal  3–1  Espérance de Tunis
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Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Étoile du Sahel  0–2  Petro de Luanda
Report
Étoile du Sahel  1–0  Al Hilal
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Étoile du Sahel  0–2  Espérance de Tunis
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Espérance de Tunis  1–0  Al Hilal
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Petro de Luanda  2–0  Étoile du Sahel
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

Group D edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL YNG CRB MED
1   Al Ahly 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 0–0 3–0
2   Young Africans 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8[a] 1–1 — 4–0 3–0
3   CR Belouizdad 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8[a] 0–0 3–0 — 3–0
4   Medeama 6 1 1 4 3 12 −9 4 0–1 1–1 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Young Africans +1, CR Belouizdad –1.
CR Belouizdad  3–0  Young Africans
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Al Ahly  3–0  Medeama
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Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Medeama  2–1  CR Belouizdad
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Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
Young Africans  1–1  Al Ahly
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Medeama  1–1  Young Africans
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Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Al Ahly  0–0  CR Belouizdad
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Young Africans  3–0  Medeama
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CR Belouizdad  0–0  Al Ahly
Report
Medeama  0–1  Al Ahly
Report
Young Africans  4–0  CR Belouizdad
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Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
CR Belouizdad  3–0  Medeama
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See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Al Hilal played their group stage home matches at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi (Libya), instead of their regular home stadium Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, due to the 2023 Sudanese War.
  2. ^ The CR Belouizdad v Al Ahly match, originally scheduled to be played on 19 December 2023, was rescheduled to 16 February 2024 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia between 12 and 22 December 2023.

References edit

  1. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw to be conducted on Friday". Confederation of African Football. 6 October 2023.

External links edit

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