2023–24 CAF Champions League group stage

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

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.

Draw

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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
Egypt Al Ahly 83
Morocco Wydad AC 74
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 56
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 51
Pot 2
Team Pts
Algeria CR Belouizdad 36
Egypt Pyramids 35
Tanzania Simba 35
Angola Petro de Luanda 33.5
Pot 3
Team Pts
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 30.5
Sudan Al Hilal 23
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 20
Tanzania Young Africans 20
Pot 4
Team Pts
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 20
Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy 4
Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 1
Ghana Medeama —

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 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

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All times are local.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SUN TPM NDB PYR
1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 4 1 1 7 1 +6 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 3–0 0–0
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 1 2 6 2 +4 10 1–0 — 2–0 3–0
3 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5[a] 0–2 0–0 — 2–0
4 Egypt 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 Egypt1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
  • Lakay 54'
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa3–0Mauritania FC Nouadhibou
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TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
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FC Nouadhibou Mauritania2–0Egypt Pyramids
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FC Nouadhibou Mauritania0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa0–0Egypt Pyramids
Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–0Mauritania FC Nouadhibou
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Pyramids Egypt0–1South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
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TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo3–0Egypt Pyramids
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Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
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Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Pyramids Egypt2–2Mauritania FC Nouadhibou
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Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASE SIM WAC JWA
1 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 3 2 1 7 2 +5 11 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 1–0 3–0
2 Tanzania Simba 6 2 3 1 9 2 +7 9[a] 1–1 — 2–0 6–0
3 Morocco Wydad AC 6 3 0 3 3 4 −1 9[a] 1–0 1–0 — 0–1
4 Botswana 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 Tanzania1–1Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
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Wydad AC Morocco0–1Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy
Report
Jwaneng Galaxy Botswana0–0Tanzania Simba
Report
Jwaneng Galaxy Botswana0–2Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Report
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Wydad AC Morocco1–0Tanzania Simba
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Simba Tanzania2–0Morocco Wydad AC
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Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast3–0Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy
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Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast0–0Tanzania Simba
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Jwaneng Galaxy Botswana0–1Morocco Wydad AC
Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Simba Tanzania6–0Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy
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Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification APL EST HIL ESS
1 Angola Petro de Luanda 6 3 3 0 5 0 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 1–0 2–0
2 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 0–0 — 1–0 2–0
3 Sudan Al Hilal 6 1 2 3 4 5 −1 5 0–0 3–1 — 1–1
4 Tunisia 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 Tunisia2–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
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Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Petro de Luanda Angola1–0Sudan Al Hilal
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Al Hilal Sudan3–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
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Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia0–2Angola Petro de Luanda
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Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–0Sudan Al Hilal
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Petro de Luanda Angola0–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
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Étoile du Sahel Tunisia0–2Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
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Espérance de Tunis Tunisia1–0Sudan Al Hilal
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Petro de Luanda Angola2–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL YNG CRB MED
1 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 3 0 6 1 +5 12 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 0–0 3–0
2 Tanzania Young Africans 6 2 2 2 9 6 +3 8[a] 1–1 — 4–0 3–0
3 Algeria CR Belouizdad 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8[a] 0–0 3–0 — 3–0
4 Ghana 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 Algeria3–0Tanzania Young Africans
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Al Ahly Egypt3–0Ghana Medeama
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Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Medeama Ghana2–1Algeria CR Belouizdad
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Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
Young Africans Tanzania1–1Egypt Al Ahly
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Medeama Ghana1–1Tanzania Young Africans
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Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)
Al Ahly Egypt0–0Algeria CR Belouizdad
Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Young Africans Tanzania3–0Ghana Medeama
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CR Belouizdad Algeria0–0Egypt Al Ahly
Report
Medeama Ghana0–1Egypt Al Ahly
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Young Africans Tanzania4–0Algeria CR Belouizdad
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Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
CR Belouizdad Algeria3–0Ghana Medeama
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See also

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Notes

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  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

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