2014 CAF Champions League group stage

2014 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates16 May – 24 August 2014
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored52 (2.17 per match)
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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.[1][2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 April 2014, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3] 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.[4] 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
  • Tunisia CS Sfaxien (26 pts)
  • Sudan Al-Hilal (24 pts)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club (1 pt)
  • Libya 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:[1]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
  3. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all games
  5. 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.[5][6]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 5 2 +3 8[a] Advance to knockout stage
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 8[a]
3 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 5
4 Egypt Zamalek 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tiebreakers: TP Mazembe and AS Vita Club are ranked on head-to-head record.
Al-Hilal Sudan1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Ibrahim 51' Report
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1Egypt Zamalek
Mubele 18'
Ngudikana 80'		 Report Zakaria 76'
Zamalek Egypt2–1Sudan Al-Hilal
Dominique 6'
Abdel-Shafy 81'		 Report Careca 25'
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Samatta 62' Report
Al-Hilal Sudan1–1Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Sérgio Júnior 19' Report Etekiama 88' (pen.)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Egypt Zamalek
Kalaba 13' Report
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1Sudan Al-Hilal
Basisila 81'
Etekiama 90+7' (pen.)		 Report Bisha 18'
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Zamalek Egypt0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo3–1Sudan Al-Hilal
Kalaba 27'
Asante 60'
Traoré 76'		 Report Careca 90+3'
Zamalek Egypt0–1Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
Report Sentamu 55'
Al-Hilal Sudan2–1Egypt Zamalek
Bisha 35'
Almadina 84'		 Report Fathi 61'
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report

Group B

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

CS Sfaxien Tunisia3–1Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi
Khenissi 15'
Ben Salah 34'
Challouf 86'		 Report Boulaabi 27' (o.g.)
Al-Ahly Benghazi Libya3–2Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Sadomba 4'
Farag 12'
Orkuma 44'		 Report Akaïchi 20'
Darragi 78'
ES Sétif Algeria1–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Belameiri 12' Report Maâloul 45+1'
ES Sétif Algeria1–1Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi
Nadji 44' Report Fetori 90+1' (pen.)
Al-Ahly Benghazi Libya0–2Algeria ES Sétif
Report Belameiri 18'
Younès 90+3'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Moncer 77' Report
Al-Ahly Benghazi Libya0–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Report Sassi 67'
ES Sétif Algeria2–2Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Djahnit 29' (pen.), 50' Report Akaïchi 7', 72'
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–1Algeria ES Sétif
Maâloul 87' Report Zé Ondo 64'
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia1–0Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi
Jerbi 70' (pen.) Report

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ "CAF Champions League 2014 – Group Stage". African Soccer Weebly. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  3. ^ "Congolese and Tunisian clubs paired in CL group stage". Cafonline.com. 29 April 2014.
  4. ^ "CL and CC: Procedure for the draw". Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  6. ^ "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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