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The 2020–21 CAF Champions League group stage started on 12 February and ended on 10 April 2021. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 January 2021, 12:30 GMT (14:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams, all winners of the first 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 in parentheses). 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.

Format

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

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 (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 are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are 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

The schedule of each matchday is as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Kick-off times are fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SIM	AHL	VIT	MER
1	Simba	6	4	1	1	9	2	+7	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	4–1	3–0
2	Al Ahly	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11			1–0	—	2–2	3–0
3	AS Vita Club	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7			0–1	0–3	—	3–1
4	Al Merrikh	6	0	2	4	4	15	−11	2			0–0	2–2	1–4	—

AS Vita Club	0–1	Simba
	Report	Mugalu 61' (pen.)

Al Ahly	3–0	Al Merrikh
Magdy 57' Kahraba 63' Bwalya 71'	Report

Al Merrikh	1–4	AS Vita Club
Saadeldin 8'	Report	Mukokiani 28', 83' Shabani 37' (pen.) Masasi 68'

Simba	1–0	Al Ahly
Miquissone 31'	Report

Al Merrikh	0–0	Simba
	Report

Al Ahly	2–2	AS Vita Club
Sherif 69' M. Mohsen 71'	Report	Lilepo 41' Tulengi 80' (pen.)

AS Vita Club	0–3	Al Ahly
	Report	Sherif 6' Magdy 19' Taher 78'

Simba	3–0	Al Merrikh
Miquissone 18' Husseini 39' Mugalu 50'	Report

Al Merrikh	2–2	Al Ahly
Agab 26' Bakhit 36'	Report	Benoun 81' (pen.) Ibrahim 90+4'

Simba	4–1	AS Vita Club
Miquissone 30' Chama 45+1', 84' Bwalya 66'	Report	Soze 32'

AS Vita Club	3–1	Al Merrikh
Mangoba 9' Mayele 52' Tulengi 80'	Report	Edjomariegwe 31'

Al Ahly	1–0	Simba
Sherif 32'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MSD	CRB	TPM	HIL
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–2	1–0	2–0
2	CR Belouizdad	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9			1–5	—	2–0	1–1
3	TP Mazembe	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5			1–2	0–0	—	2–1
4	Al Hilal	6	0	4	2	2	5	−3	4			0–0	0–0	0–0	—

TP Mazembe	0–0	CR Belouizdad
	Report

Mamelodi Sundowns	2–0	Al Hilal
Lebusa 10' Erasmus 90'	Report

Al Hilal	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

CR Belouizdad	1–5	Mamelodi Sundowns
Sayoud 44'	Report	Zwane 5' (pen.), 55' Shalulile 8' Maboe 75' Erasmus 89'

CR Belouizdad	1–1	Al Hilal
Koukpo 43'	Report	Abdel Rahman 3'

TP Mazembe	1–2	Mamelodi Sundowns
Mputu 82'	Report	Shalulile 67' Lakay 90'

Al Hilal	0–0	CR Belouizdad
	Report

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	TP Mazembe
Maboe 28'	Report

Al Hilal	0–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report

CR Belouizdad	2–0	TP Mazembe
Sayoud 84' Bechou 86'	Report

TP Mazembe	2–1	Al Hilal
Beya 18' Tshibangu 76'	Report	Mugadam 2'

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–2	CR Belouizdad
	Report	Sayoud 29' Gasmi 45'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAC	KZC	HOR	PET
1	Wydad AC	6	4	1	1	9	1	+8	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	4–0	2–0	2–0
2	Kaizer Chiefs	6	2	3	1	5	6	−1	9			1–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	Horoya	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9			0–0	2–2	—	2–0
4	Petro de Luanda	6	0	1	5	0	8	−8	1			0–1	0–0	0–1	—

1. ^ Tied on head-to-head points (2), on head-to-head goal difference (0) and on head-to-head goals scored (2). Head-to-head away goals scored: Kaizer Chiefs 2, Horoya 0.

Horoya	2–0	Petro de Luanda
Nikièma 36' (pen.) Barry 85'	Report

Petro de Luanda	0–1	Wydad AC
	Report	El Kaabi 71'

Kaizer Chiefs	0–0	Horoya
	Report

Wydad AC	4–0	Kaizer Chiefs
Ounajem 7' El Kaabi 44' Msuva 86' Jabrane 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Kaizer Chiefs	2–0	Petro de Luanda
Mathoho 30' Mashiane 79'	Report

Wydad AC	2–0	Horoya
El Kaabi 19' Msuva 90'	Report

Horoya	0–0	Wydad AC
	Report

Petro de Luanda	0–0	Kaizer Chiefs
	Report

Petro de Luanda	0–1	Horoya
	Report	S. Camara 2'

Kaizer Chiefs	1–0	Wydad AC
Parker 48'	Report

Horoya	2–2	Kaizer Chiefs
Barry 45+2' S. Camara 69'	Report	Cardoso 67' (pen.) Billiat 76'

Wydad AC	2–0	Petro de Luanda
El Karti 15' Ounajem 22'	Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EST	MCA	ZAM	TEU
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	3–1	2–1
2	MC Alger	6	2	3	1	4	4	0	9			1–1	—	0–2	1–0
3	Zamalek	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8			0–1	0–0	—	4–1
4	Teungueth	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4			2–1	0–1	0–0	—

Zamalek	0–0	MC Alger
	Report

Espérance de Tunis	2–1	Teungueth
Khenissi 45' (pen.) Khalid 73'	Report	Sillah 33'

Teungueth	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

MC Alger	1–1	Espérance de Tunis
Bensaha 27'	Report	Benguit 60'

Teungueth	0–1	MC Alger
	Report	Belkheir 14'

Espérance de Tunis	3–1	Zamalek
Togui 26' Ben Romdhane 45' (pen.), 53'	Report	Abou El Fotouh 39'

MC Alger	1–0	Teungueth
Benaldjia 25'	Report

Zamalek	0–1	Espérance de Tunis
	Report	Elhouni 73'

Teungueth	2–1	Espérance de Tunis
Niang 38' B. D. Diop 72'	Report	Ben Romdhane 28'

MC Alger	0–2	Zamalek
	Report	Obama 7' Shikabala 33'

Espérance de Tunis	1–1	MC Alger
Ben Khalifa 31'	Report	Belkheir 68'

Zamalek	4–1	Teungueth
Mah. Hamdy 16', 41' Mar. Hamdy 25', 38'	Report	Sakho 48'

Notes

1. The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 February 2021, was rescheduled to be played on 16 February 2021 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar between 4 and 11 February 2021.
2. ^ Al Merrikh played their home matches at Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, instead of their regular home stadium Al Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman, which is undergoing renovation.
3. ^ CR Belouizdad played their 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.
4. ^ The CR Belouizdad v Mamelodi Sundowns match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers on 24 February 2021, was postponed due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Algeria on travelers from South Africa out of concern of the variant 501.V2. The match was later rescheduled to be played outside Algeria on 28 February 2021 at National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).
5. ^ The Wydad AC v Kaizer Chiefs match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca on 13 February 2021, was postponed due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Morocco on travelers from South Africa out of concern of the variant 501.V2. The match was later rescheduled to be played outside Morocco on 28 February 2021 at Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).

References

1. ^ "2020 - 2021 IC Season (Final)" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
2. ^ "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
3. "What you should know on CAF Interclub competitions 2020/21?". CAF. 5 January 2021.
4. "Thrilling pairings as 2020/21 CL Group Stage draw conducted". CAF. 8 January 2021.
5. "Draw Procedure of the 2020-21 Total CAF CL". CAF. 8 January 2021.
6. "Draw Procedure of Total CAF Champions League 2020/21 - Group Matches" (PDF). CAF. 8 January 2021.
7. "كاف يعلن تأجيل مواجهة الأهلي والمريخ بسبب مونديال الأندية" [FIFA Club World Cup: CAF postpone Al Ahly and Al Merrikh in the Champions League due to tight schedule]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
8. "Mamelodi Sundowns receive similar treatment to Kaizer Chiefs as CAF Champions League fixture is postponed". Goal. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
9. ^ "Update on TOTAL CAF Champions League fixtures". CAF. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
10. "Kaizer Chiefs denied entry into Morocco over Covid-19 protocols". Futaa. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

External links

• CAFonline.com

• 2020–21 CAF Champions League
• February 2021 sports events in Africa
• March 2021 sports events in Africa
• April 2021 sports events in Africa