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The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup group stage began on 26 November 2023 and ended on 3 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 Confederation Cup.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023, 12:00 GMT (14:00 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 contains one team from each of Pot 1 and Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

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		USMA	MOF	HIL	SSU
1	USM Alger	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	2–0	2–1
2	Modern Future	6	3	2	1	9	3	+6	11			0–0	—	5–0	1–0
3	Al Hilal Benghazi	6	2	0	4	6	13	−7	6			2–1	1–2	—	2–1
4	SuperSport United	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4			0–2	1–1	2–1	—

Modern Future	1–0	SuperSport United
Mohamed 76'	Report

USM Alger	2–0	Al Hilal Benghazi
Merili 54' Orebonye 90+4'	Report

SuperSport United	0–2	USM Alger
	Report	Radouani 5' Benzaza 56'

Al Hilal Benghazi	1–2	Modern Future
Adrees 3'	Report	Mohsen 65' Drammeh 90+2'

Al Hilal Benghazi	2–1	SuperSport United
Al Taeb 13', 61'	Report	Lungu 58'

USM Alger	1–0	Modern Future
Kanou 65'	Report

Modern Future	0–0	USM Alger
	Report

SuperSport United	2–1	Al Hilal Benghazi
Rasebotja 11' Ighodaro 88'	Report	Salim 23'

SuperSport United	1–1	Modern Future
Matodzi 69'	Report	Zaazaa 31'

Al Hilal Benghazi	2–1	USM Alger
Al Tawergi 14' Al Taeb 50'	Report	Chita 63'

USM Alger	2–1	SuperSport United
Bacha 26' Kanou 76'	Report	Matodzi 51'

Modern Future	5–0	Al Hilal Benghazi
Zaazaa 22' Sadek 45' Atef 55', 88' Al Msmari 69' (o.g.)	Report

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZAM	SAL	SGA	SOAR
1	Zamalek	6	5	1	0	11	1	+10	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–0	3–0
2	Abu Salim	6	3	0	3	5	6	−1	9			1–2	—	1–0	1–0
3	Sagrada Esperança	6	2	2	2	5	2	+3	8			0–0	3–0	—	2–0
4	Académie SOAR	6	0	1	5	0	12	−12	1			0–4	0–2	0–0	—

1. CAF awarded Zamalek a 3–0 win after Académie SOAR failed to travel to Egypt.

Zamalek	1–0	Abu Salim
Obama 73'	Report

Sagrada Esperança	2–0	Académie SOAR
Lépua 35' Tati 75'	Report

Abu Salim	1–0	Sagrada Esperança
Aleiyan 88'	Report

Académie SOAR	0–4	Zamalek
	Report	Zizo 8' Shikabala 30' Jaziri 51' Ndiaye 75'

Zamalek	1–0	Sagrada Esperança
Zizo 42'	Report

Abu Salim	1–0	Académie SOAR
Elghadi 61'	Report

Sagrada Esperança	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

Académie SOAR	0–2	Abu Salim
	Report	El Bouashi 19' Alabani 65'

Abu Salim	1–2	Zamalek
Almiqlash 75'	Report	Mansi 7', 48'

Académie SOAR	0–0	Sagrada Esperança
	Report

Zamalek	3–0 Awarded	Académie SOAR
	Report

Sagrada Esperança	3–0	Abu Salim
Judour 4' (o.g.) Tati 55' Walter 66'	Report

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DFC	RIV	CA	ADL
1	Dreams FC	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	1–0	4–0
2	Rivers United	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12			2–1	—	1–0	3–0
3	Club Africain	6	3	1	2	9	4	+5	10			2–0	3–0	—	1–1
4	Académica do Lobito	6	0	1	5	6	17	−11	1			2–3	2–3	1–3	—

1. ^ Ranked on goal difference: Dreams FC +4, Rivers United +2.

Club Africain	2–0	Dreams FC
Meziani 5' Srarfi 19'	Report

Rivers United	3–0	Académica do Lobito
Antwi 3' Odeh 46' Asiegbu 61'	Report

Dreams FC	2–1	Rivers United
Antwi 35' Issah 74'	Report	Oyowah 90+3'

Académica do Lobito	1–3	Club Africain
Samuel 60'	Report	Srarfi 46', 75' H. Labidi 53'

Rivers United	1–0	Club Africain
Nwagua 43'	Report

Académica do Lobito	2–3	Dreams FC
Nelo 14' Samuel 90'	Report	Issah 10' Antwi 58' Avocevou 88'

Dreams FC	4–0	Académica do Lobito
A. Boateng 35' Adi Boyó 49' (o.g.) Issah 74' Nuhu 90+2'	Report

Club Africain	3–0	Rivers United
Eduwo 6', 45' Bedoui 62'	Report

Académica do Lobito	2–3	Rivers United
Cabibi 37' (pen.) Camuege 67'	Report	Udom 40' Oyowah 44' (pen.) Mohammed 48'

Dreams FC	1–0	Club Africain
Atuahene 49'	Report

Rivers United	2–1	Dreams FC
Deputy 61' Godswill 90+10'	Report	Issah 40'

Club Africain	1–1	Académica do Lobito
Eduwo 58'	Report	Samuel 78'

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSB	MLI	SKU	DNS
1	RS Berkane	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	Stade Malien	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10			1–2	—	1–0	1–0
3	Sekhukhune United	6	1	3	2	2	4	−2	6			0–0	0–0	—	2–1
4	Diables Noirs	6	0	2	4	3	9	−6	2			1–1	1–3	0–0	—

Diables Noirs	1–3	Stade Malien
Nkolo 69' (pen.)	Report	A. Traoré 4' Diaby 10' Yakubu 41'

RS Berkane	2–0	Sekhukhune United
Tahif 14' El Fahli 86'	Report

Stade Malien	1–2	RS Berkane
M. Traoré 71'	Report	Bassène 30', 37'

Sekhukhune United	2–1	Diables Noirs
Sithole 30' Cardoso 44'	Report	Ngakosso-Oko 27'

Sekhukhune United	0–0	Stade Malien
	Report

RS Berkane	2–0	Diables Noirs
Zghoudi 28' El Mourabit 54'	Report

Diables Noirs	1–1	RS Berkane
Ngakosso-Oko 41'	Report	Zghoudi 53'

Stade Malien	1–0	Sekhukhune United
Tiesse 63'	Report

Stade Malien	1–0	Diables Noirs
Kouma 90'	Report

Sekhukhune United	0–0	RS Berkane
	Report

Diables Noirs	0–0	Sekhukhune United
	Report

RS Berkane	3–0	Stade Malien
Bassène 37' Zghoudi 86' El Mourabit 89'	Report

See also

• 2023–24 CAF Champions League group stage

Notes

1. On 1 March 2024, Académie SOAR announced that, due to failing to obtain an access permit to Egypt from the Guinean authorities, they won't be able to attend the match against Zamalek. Two days later, the match was officially cancelled by CAF. Later, on 11 March, CAF awarded Zamalek a 3–0 walkover win.

References

1. "TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw to be conducted on Friday". Confederation of African Football. 6 October 2023.
2. "كاف يقصي سوار الغيني من الكونفدرالية ويعتبره خاسرا أمام الزمالك" [CAF awards Zamalek a walkover win over SOAR of Guinea]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
3. "CAF Statement on Zamalek SC vs Super Olympien d'une Afrique Renaissante (SOAR) TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Fixture". CAF. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

External links

• CAFonline.com

• 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
• November 2023 sports events in Africa
• December 2023 sports events in Africa
• February 2024 sports events in Africa
• March 2024 sports events in Africa