2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage

2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates11 February – 3 April 2022
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored106 (2.21 per match)

The 2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage were played from 11 February to 3 April 2022. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.[1]

Times are in local times.

Draw

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The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021, 11:30 GMT (13:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. 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.[2]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Egypt Al Ahly 78
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 65
Morocco Wydad AC 63
Morocco Raja CA 54
Pot 2
Team Pts
Egypt Zamalek 47
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 46
Guinea Horoya 38
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 36
Pot 3
Team Pts
Sudan Al Hilal 21
Algeria CR Belouizdad 15
Angola Petro de Luanda 14.5
Algeria ES Sétif 13
Pot 4
Team Pts
Sudan Al Merrikh 7
Angola Sagrada Esperança –
Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy –
South Africa AmaZulu –

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]

  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 11–12 February 2022 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 18–19 February 2022 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 25–26 February 2022 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 11–12 March 2022 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 18–19 March 2022 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 1–2 April 2022 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 MSD AHL HIL MER
1 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 16 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–0 3–0
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 0–1 — 1–0 3–2
3 Sudan Al Hilal 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4[a] 2–4 0–0 — 1–0
4 Sudan Al Merrikh 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4[a] 0–0 1–3 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al Hilal 3, Al Merrikh 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Hilal 0, Al Merrikh 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Hilal 1, Al Merrikh 0
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–0Sudan Al Hilal
  • Zwane 8'
 Report
Al Hilal Sudan0–0Egypt Al Ahly
Report
Al Merrikh Sudan2–1Sudan Al Hilal
 Report
Al Ahly Egypt0–1South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Al Hilal Sudan1–0Sudan Al Merrikh
 Report
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–0Egypt Al Ahly
 Report
Al Merrikh Sudan1–3Egypt Al Ahly
 Report
Al Hilal Sudan2–4South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Al Ahly Egypt1–0Sudan Al Hilal
 Report

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RCA ESS AMZ HOR
1 Morocco Raja CA 6 5 0 1 7 2 +5 15 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–0 1–0
2 Algeria ES Sétif 6 3 0 3 6 5 +1 9 0–1 — 2–0 3–2
3 South Africa AmaZulu 6 2 1 3 3 6 −3 7 0–2 1–0 — 1–0
4 Guinea Horoya 6 1 1 4 5 8 −3 4 2–1 0–1 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Raja CA Morocco1–0South Africa AmaZulu
 Report
ES Sétif Algeria0–1Morocco Raja CA
Report
AmaZulu South Africa1–0Guinea Horoya
 Report
AmaZulu South Africa1–0Algeria ES Sétif
 Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Raja CA Morocco1–0Guinea Horoya
 Report
Horoya Guinea2–1Morocco Raja CA
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
ES Sétif Algeria2–0South Africa AmaZulu
 Report
AmaZulu South Africa0–2Morocco Raja CA
Report
ES Sétif Algeria3–2Guinea Horoya
 Report
Horoya Guinea1–1South Africa AmaZulu
 Report
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Raja CA Morocco1–0Algeria ES Sétif
 Report
Attendance: 43,651
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST CRB ESS GAL
1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 4 2 0 12 2 +10 14 Advance to knockout stage — 2–1 0–0 4–0
2 Algeria CR Belouizdad 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 1–1 — 2–0 4–1
3 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6 0–2 0–0 — 3–2
4 Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy 6 0 1 5 5 17 −12 1 0–3 1–2 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia4–0Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy
 Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
CR Belouizdad Algeria1–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia0–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Jwaneng Galaxy Botswana1–2Algeria CR Belouizdad
 Report
CR Belouizdad Algeria4–1Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy
 Report
Jwaneng Galaxy Botswana0–3Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia3–2Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy
 Report

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAC PET ZAM SAG
1 Morocco Wydad AC 6 5 0 1 15 5 +10 15 Advance to knockout stage — 5–1 3–1 3–0
2 Angola Petro de Luanda 6 3 2 1 9 8 +1 11 2–1 — 0–0 3–0
3 Egypt Zamalek 6 0 4 2 3 6 −3 4 0–1 2–2 — 0–0
4 Angola Sagrada Esperança 6 0 2 4 1 9 −8 2 1–2 0–1 0–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Wydad AC Morocco3–0Angola Sagrada Esperança
 Report
Zamalek Egypt2–2Angola Petro de Luanda
 Report
Petro de Luanda Angola2–1Morocco Wydad AC
 Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Wydad AC Morocco3–1Egypt Zamalek
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Zamalek Egypt0–1Morocco Wydad AC
Report
Petro de Luanda Angola3–0Angola Sagrada Esperança
 Report
Petro de Luanda Angola0–0Egypt Zamalek
Report
Wydad AC Morocco5–1Angola Petro de Luanda
 Report

Notes

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  1. ^ Mamelodi Sundowns play their group stage home matches at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, instead of their regular home stadiums Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, both in Pretoria, due to unavailability.
  2. ^ The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 11 or 12 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 5 March 2022 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates between 3 and 12 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Al Merrikh play their group stage home matches at Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt), instead of their regular home stadium Al Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan), which did not meet CAF requirements.
  4. ^ a b c ES Sétif play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  5. ^ a b c Étoile du Sahel play their home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.
  6. ^ a b c CR Belouizdad play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade du 20 Août, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  7. ^ a b c Sagrada Esperança play their group stage home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, instead of their regular home stadium Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References

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  1. ^ a b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Draw Procedure of the 2021-22 TotalEnergies CAF Champions – Group Stage". CAF. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
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