2023–24 CAF Champions League group stage explained

Tourney Name:CAF Champions League group stage
Year:2023–24
Matches:48
Goals:82
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

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.[1]

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
Al Ahly83
Wydad AC74
Espérance de Tunis56
Mamelodi Sundowns51
Pot 2
Team
CR Belouizdad36
Pyramids35
Simba35
Petro de Luanda33.5
Pot 3
Team
TP Mazembe30.5
Al Hilal23
ASEC Mimosas20
Young Africans20
Pot 4
Team
Étoile du Sahel20
Jwaneng Galaxy4
FC Nouadhibou1
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.

MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 124–25 November 2023Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 21–2 December 2023Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 38–9 December 2023Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 419 December 2023Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 523–24 February 2024Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 61–2 March 2024Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

All times are local.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw to be conducted on Friday . Confederation of African Football . 6 October 2023 . en.

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