2014 CAF Champions League group stage

2014 CAF Champions League group stage
Tournament statistics
Dates	16 May – 24 August 2014
Matches played	24
Goals scored	52 (2.17 per match)
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International football competition

The group stage of the 2014 CAF Champions League was played from 16 May to 24 August 2014. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 April 2014, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The eight winners of the second round were drawn into two groups of four. Each group contained one team from each of the four seeding pots. The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2009–2013.

The following eight teams were entered into the draw:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Espérance de Tunis (54 pts) TP Mazembe (42 pts)	CS Sfaxien (26 pts) Al-Hilal (24 pts)	Zamalek (14 pts) ES Sétif (12 pts)	AS Vita Club (1 pt) Al-Ahly Benghazi (0 pts)

Format

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 semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
Goal difference in all games
Goals scored in all games.

Groups

The matchdays were 16–18 May, 23–25 May, 6–8 June, 25–27 July, 8–10 August, and 22–24 August 2014.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TP Mazembe	6	3	2	1	5	2	+3	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	AS Vita Club	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	8	Advance to knockout stage
3	Al-Hilal	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	5
4	Zamalek	6	1	1	4	4	7	−3	3

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Tiebreakers: TP Mazembe and AS Vita Club are ranked on head-to-head record.

16 May 201420:30 UTC+3

Al-Hilal	1–0	TP Mazembe
Ibrahim 51'	Report

Khartoum Stadium, KhartoumReferee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) 18 May 201415:30 UTC+1

AS Vita Club	2–1	Zamalek
Mubele 18' Ngudikana 80'	Report	Zakaria 76'

Stade Tata Raphaël, KinshasaAttendance: 5,000Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

24 May 201419:00 UTC+3

Zamalek	2–1	Al-Hilal
Dominique 6' Abdel-Shafy 81'	Report	Careca 25'

30 June Stadium, CairoReferee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius) 25 May 201415:00 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	1–0	AS Vita Club
Samatta 62'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, LubumbashiReferee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

6 June 201420:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal	1–1	AS Vita Club
Sérgio Júnior 19'	Report	Etekiama 88' (pen.)

Khartoum Stadium, KhartoumReferee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) 8 June 201415:00 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	1–0	Zamalek
Kalaba 13'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, LubumbashiReferee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

27 July 201416:00 UTC+1

AS Vita Club	2–1	Al-Hilal
Basisila 81' Etekiama 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Bisha 18'

Stade Tata Raphaël, KinshasaReferee: Davies Omweno (Kenya) 27 July 201421:30 UTC+2

Zamalek	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaReferee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

10 August 201415:00 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	3–1	Al-Hilal
Kalaba 27' Asante 60' Traoré 76'	Report	Careca 90+3'

Stade TP Mazembe, LubumbashiReferee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco) 10 August 201420:30 UTC+3

Zamalek	0–1	AS Vita Club
	Report	Sentamu 55'

Alexandria Stadium, AlexandriaReferee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

22 August 201420:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal	2–1	Zamalek
Bisha 35' Almadina 84'	Report	Fathi 61'

Khartoum Stadium, KhartoumReferee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) 24 August 201415:30 UTC+1

AS Vita Club	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Stade Tata Raphaël, KinshasaReferee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CS Sfaxien	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	ES Sétif	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Espérance de Tunis	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7
4	Al-Ahly Benghazi	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Note: All home matches of Al-Ahly Benghazi were played outside of Libya due to security concerns.

17 May 201420:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis	1–2	ES Sétif
Mhirsi 54'	Report	Nadji 24' Belameiri 48'

Stade Olympique de Radès, TunisReferee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea) 18 May 201418:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	3–1	Al-Ahly Benghazi
Khenissi 15' Ben Salah 34' Challouf 86'	Report	Boulaabi 27' (o.g.)

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, SfaxReferee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

24 May 201419:00 UTC+1

Al-Ahly Benghazi	3–2	Espérance de Tunis
Sadomba 4' Farag 12' Orkuma 44'	Report	Akaïchi 20' Darragi 78'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax (Tunisia)Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali) 25 May 201420:30 UTC+1

ES Sétif	1–1	CS Sfaxien
Belameiri 12'	Report	Maâloul 45+1'

Stade 8 Mai 1945, SétifReferee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

7 June 201421:00 UTC+1

ES Sétif	1–1	Al-Ahly Benghazi
Nadji 44'	Report	Fetori 90+1' (pen.)

Stade 8 Mai 1945, SétifReferee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania) 8 June 201419:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis	2–1	CS Sfaxien
Darragi 65' Mhirsi 66'	Report	Hannachi 47'

Stade Olympique de Radès, TunisReferee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

25 July 201422:00 UTC+1

Al-Ahly Benghazi	0–2	ES Sétif
	Report	Belameiri 18' Younès 90+3'

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis (Tunisia)Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) 26 July 201422:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	1–0	Espérance de Tunis
Moncer 77'	Report

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, SfaxReferee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

8 August 201418:00 UTC+1

Al-Ahly Benghazi	0–1	CS Sfaxien
	Report	Sassi 67'

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis (Tunisia)Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon) 9 August 201420:30 UTC+1

ES Sétif	2–2	Espérance de Tunis
Djahnit 29' (pen.), 50'	Report	Akaïchi 7', 72'

Stade 8 Mai 1945, SétifReferee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)

23 August 201418:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	1–1	ES Sétif
Maâloul 87'	Report	Zé Ondo 64'

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, SfaxReferee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) 24 August 201419:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis	1–0	Al-Ahly Benghazi
Jerbi 70' (pen.)	Report

Stade Olympique de Radès, TunisReferee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

References

^ "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
"CAF Champions League 2014 – Group Stage". African Soccer Weebly. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
"Congolese and Tunisian clubs paired in CL group stage". Cafonline.com. 29 April 2014.
"CL and CC: Procedure for the draw". Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.
"2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
"18th Edition of the Orange CAF Champions League 2014 - Official Draw, Cairo 29.04.2014". Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.

External links

Orange CAF Champions League 2014, CAFOnline.com

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