2015 CAF Champions League group stage

2015 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates26 June – 12 September 2015
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored52 (2.17 per match)
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The 2015 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 26 June to 12 September 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2015 CAF Champions League.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2][3] The eight winners of the second round were drawn into two groups of four. Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3.[4] The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.

The following eight teams were entered into the draw:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  • Sudan Al-Hilal (24 pts)
  • Sudan Al-Merrikh (6 pts)

Format

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 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 would be 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. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all games;
  7. Goals scored in all games;
  8. Away goals scored in all games;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matchdays were 26–28 June, 10–12 July, 24–26 July, 7–9 August, 21–23 August, and 11–13 September 2015.[5][6]

Group A

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM HIL MAT SMO
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 8 1 +7 11 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 5–0 1–0
2 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 1–0 — 0–1 2–0
3 Morocco Moghreb Tétouan 6 2 2 2 6 10 −4 8 0–0 1–1 — 2–1
4 Egypt Smouha 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 0–2 1–1 3–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo0–0Sudan Al-Hilal
Report
Smouha Egypt3–2Morocco Moghreb Tétouan
Amin 66'
Kouao 78', 80'		 Report Fall 6'
Jahouh 11'
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Al-Hilal Sudan2–0Egypt Smouha
El Shigail 46'
Hamid 82'		 Report
Moghreb Tétouan Morocco0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report
Smouha Egypt0–2Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Report Kalaba 40'
Adjei 83'
Moghreb Tétouan Morocco1–1Sudan Al-Hilal
Khadrouf 70' Report Andrezinho 77'
Al-Hilal Sudan0–1Morocco Moghreb Tétouan
Report Jahouh 25' (pen.)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Egypt Smouha
Assalé 52' Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Al-Hilal Sudan1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
El Tahir 8' Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Moghreb Tétouan Morocco2–1Egypt Smouha
Tato 13'
Khadrouf 74' (pen.)		 Report Al Mounofi 76'
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo5–0Morocco Moghreb Tétouan
Samatta 11', 52', 89'
Kalaba 31'
Assalé 88'		 Report
Smouha Egypt1–1Sudan Al-Hilal
Al Mounofi 21' Report El Shigail 73'
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Group B

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USM MER ESS MCE
1 Algeria USM Alger 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 3–0 2–1
2 Sudan Al-Merrikh 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 1–0 — 2–0 2–0
3 Algeria ES Sétif 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 1–2 1–1 — 2–2
4 Algeria MC El Eulma 6 0 1 5 5 11 −6 1 0–1 2–3 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Merrikh Sudan2–0Algeria MC El Eulma
Al-Madina 6', 56' Report
Attendance: 45.000
ES Sétif Algeria1–2Algeria USM Alger
Korbiaa 84' Report Seguer 60'
Khoualed 72'
Attendance: 22.000
USM Alger Algeria1–0Sudan Al-Merrikh
Belaïli 52' Report
Attendance: 18.000
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
MC El Eulma Algeria0–1Algeria ES Sétif
Report Mahsas 90' (o.g.)
USM Alger Algeria2–1Algeria MC El Eulma
Beldjilali 15'
Seguer 22'		 Report Korichi 39'
ES Sétif Algeria1–1Sudan Al-Merrikh
Ziaya 17' Report Jabason 23'
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
MC El Eulma Algeria0–1Algeria USM Alger
Report Meftah 49'
Al-Merrikh Sudan2–0Algeria ES Sétif
Yousif 41' (pen.)
Okrah 90'		 Report
USM Alger Algeria3–0Algeria ES Sétif
Belaïli 33'
Beldjilali 37'
Aoudia 74'		 Report
MC El Eulma Algeria2–3Sudan Al-Merrikh
Kadri 15'
Abbès 25'		 Report Kamal 67'
Al-Madina 71', 90' (pen.)
Al-Merrikh Sudan1–0Algeria USM Alger
Lebri 14' Report
ES Sétif Algeria2–2Algeria MC El Eulma
Belameiri 61'
Dagoulou 78'		 Report Korichi 11'
Abbès 89'
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Live report: CAF Interclubs draw". CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Algerian trio drawn together". CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Mazembe, Setif top seeds in CAFCL Group stage draw". Confederation of African Football. 4 May 2015.
  5. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Fixtures of the Group Matches of the CL 2015" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.

External links

  • Orange CAF Champions League 2015, CAFonline.com
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