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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

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.

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

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

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

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Groups

All times are local.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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			0–2	0–0	—	2–0
4	Pyramids	6	1	2	3	3	8	−5	5			0–1	1–0	2–2	—

1. ^ Ranked on head-to-head points: FC Nouadhibou 4, Pyramids 1.

Pyramids	1–0	TP Mazembe
Lakay 54'	Report

Mamelodi Sundowns	3–0	FC Nouadhibou
Costa 22' Shalulile 28' Sirino 74'	Report

TP Mazembe	1–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
Likonza 60'	Report

FC Nouadhibou	2–0	Pyramids
Amar 4' Oubeid 90+4'	Report

FC Nouadhibou	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0	Pyramids
	Report

TP Mazembe	2–0	FC Nouadhibou
Fofana 80', 90+4'	Report

Pyramids	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Mokoena 17'

TP Mazembe	3–0	Pyramids
Beya 32' Likonza 45+1' Mwamba 90+2'	Report

FC Nouadhibou	0–2	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Kekana 21' Lorch 90+1'

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	TP Mazembe
Shalulile 38' (pen.)	Report

Pyramids	2–2	FC Nouadhibou
Mayele 73', 90+1'	Report	Bessam 64' M'bareck 82'

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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			1–1	—	2–0	6–0
3	Wydad AC	6	3	0	3	3	4	−1	9			1–0	1–0	—	0–1
4	Jwaneng Galaxy	6	1	1	4	1	12	−11	4			0–2	0–0	0–1	—

1. ^ Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Simba +1, Wydad AC –1.

Simba	1–1	ASEC Mimosas
Ntibazonkiza 44' (pen.)	Report	Pokou 77'

Wydad AC	0–1	Jwaneng Galaxy
	Report	Sesinyi 33'

Jwaneng Galaxy	0–0	Simba
	Report

ASEC Mimosas	1–0	Wydad AC
Karamoko 72'	Report

Jwaneng Galaxy	0–2	ASEC Mimosas
	Report	Karamoko 57', 79'

Wydad AC	1–0	Simba
Draoui 90+5'	Report

Simba	2–0	Wydad AC
Onana 36', 38'	Report

ASEC Mimosas	3–0	Jwaneng Galaxy
Leibé 11' Aka 80' Karamoko 90+1'	Report

ASEC Mimosas	0–0	Simba
	Report

Jwaneng Galaxy	0–1	Wydad AC
	Report	Gaddarine 45+2'

Wydad AC	1–0	ASEC Mimosas
Lahtimi 18'	Report

Simba	6–0	Jwaneng Galaxy
Ntibazonkiza 8' Jobe 14' Denis 22' Chama 76' Chasambi 86' Ngoma 89'	Report

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Espérance de Tunis	2–0	Étoile du Sahel
Sasse 60' Meriah 64' (pen.)	Report

Petro de Luanda	1–0	Al Hilal
Miguel 37'	Report

Al Hilal	3–1	Espérance de Tunis
Meriah 8' (o.g.) Abdelrahman 15' (pen.) N'Diaye 78'	Report	Sowe 59'

Étoile du Sahel	0–2	Petro de Luanda
	Report	Guedes 45+4', 67'

Étoile du Sahel	1–0	Al Hilal
Mbé 88'	Report

Espérance de Tunis	0–0	Petro de Luanda
	Report

Petro de Luanda	0–0	Espérance de Tunis
	Report

Al Hilal	1–1	Étoile du Sahel
N'Diaye 45+3'	Report	Barhoumi 90+2'

Al Hilal	0–0	Petro de Luanda
	Report

Étoile du Sahel	0–2	Espérance de Tunis
	Report	Sasse 26' El Ayeb 41'

Espérance de Tunis	1–0	Al Hilal
Meriah 22'	Report

Petro de Luanda	2–0	Étoile du Sahel
Toro 38' Julinho 71'	Report

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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			1–1	—	4–0	3–0
3	CR Belouizdad	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8			0–0	3–0	—	3–0
4	Medeama	6	1	1	4	3	12	−9	4			0–1	1–1	2–1	—

1. ^ Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Young Africans +1, CR Belouizdad –1.

CR Belouizdad	3–0	Young Africans
Benguit 10' Meziane 45+2' Jallow 90+4'	Report

Al Ahly	3–0	Medeama
Kahraba 66' El Shahat 75' Mohsen 88'	Report

Medeama	2–1	CR Belouizdad
Lomotey 45' Kamaradin 90+4'	Report	Benguit 39' (pen.)

Young Africans	1–1	Al Ahly
Zouzoua 90+1'	Report	Tau 86'

Medeama	1–1	Young Africans
Sowah 27' (pen.)	Report	Zouzoua 36'

Al Ahly	0–0	CR Belouizdad
	Report

Young Africans	3–0	Medeama
Zouzoua 33' Mwamnyeto 61' Yahya 66'	Report

CR Belouizdad	0–0	Al Ahly
	Report

Medeama	0–1	Al Ahly
	Report	El Shahat 48'

Young Africans	4–0	CR Belouizdad
Yahya 43' Aziz Ki 46' Musonda 48' Gnadou 84'	Report

Al Ahly	1–0	Young Africans
El Shahat 46'	Report

CR Belouizdad	3–0	Medeama
Benguit 27' Wamba 42' Jallow 84'	Report

See also

• 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

Notes

1. ^ 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

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

• CAFonline.com

• 2023–24 CAF Champions League
• November 2023 sports events in Africa
• December 2023 sports events in Africa
• February 2024 sports events in Africa
• March 2024 sports events in Africa