2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage

2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates26 November 2024 – 19 January 2025
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored110 (2.29 per match)
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The 2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage began on 26 November 2024 and ended on 19 January 2025. 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 7 October 2024, 11:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+3), in Cairo, Egypt.[1] 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 were allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

Pot 1
Team Pts
Egypt Al Ahly 87
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 61
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 54
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 38
Pot 2
Team Pts
Algeria CR Belouizdad 37
Morocco Raja CA 35
Tanzania Young Africans 31
Egypt Pyramids 29
Pot 3
Team Pts
Sudan Al Hilal 25
South Africa Orlando Pirates 16
Angola Sagrada Esperança 8
Morocco AS FAR 8
Pot 4
Team Pts
Algeria MC Alger 6
Mali Djoliba 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union —
Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan —

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 was 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.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 26 November 2024 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 6–7 December 2024 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 13–14 December 2024 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 3–4 January 2025 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 10–11 January 2025 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 17–18 January 2025 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

All times are local.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL MCA YNG TPM
1 Sudan Al Hilal 6 3 1 2 6 7 −1 10 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 0–1 2–1
2 Algeria MC Alger 6 2 3 1 4 2 +2 9 0–1 — 2–0 1–0
3 Tanzania Young Africans 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 0–2 0–0 — 3–1
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 1 2 3 7 7 0 5 4–0 0–0 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo0–0Algeria MC Alger
Report
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
Young Africans Tanzania0–2Sudan Al Hilal
Report
  • Coulibaly 63'
  • Muzmel 90'
Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)
MC Alger Algeria2–0Tanzania Young Africans
 Report
Al Hilal Sudan2–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–1Tanzania Young Africans
  • Fofana 41'
 Report
Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)
MC Alger Algeria0–1Sudan Al Hilal
Report
Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
Young Africans Tanzania3–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)
Al Hilal Sudan1–1Algeria MC Alger
  • Girumugisha 78'
 Report
Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)
MC Alger Algeria1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
Al Hilal Sudan0–1Tanzania Young Africans
Report
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo4–0Sudan Al Hilal
  • Diouf 21'
  • Keita 29'
  • Ngimbi 58'
  • Shaibu 89' (pen.)
 Report
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Young Africans Tanzania0–0Algeria MC Alger
Report
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAR MSFC RCA MUN
1 Morocco AS FAR 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 1–1 2–0
2 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 1–1 — 1–0 0–0
3 Morocco Raja CA 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 0–2 1–0 — 1–0
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union 6 0 3 3 3 7 −4 3 1–1 1–2 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa0–0Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union
Report
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
Raja CA Morocco0–2Morocco AS FAR
Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
AS Maniema Union Democratic Republic of the Congo1–1Morocco Raja CA
  • Bakasu 79'
 Report
  • Najjari 17'
Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
AS FAR Morocco1–1South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
AS Maniema Union Democratic Republic of the Congo1–1Morocco AS FAR
  • Moanda 37'
 Report
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–0Morocco Raja CA
 Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
AS FAR Morocco2–0Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union
 Report
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Raja CA Morocco1–0South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
 Report
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
AS Maniema Union Democratic Republic of the Congo1–2South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
  • Kitambala 38'
 Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
AS FAR Morocco1–1Morocco Raja CA
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–1Morocco AS FAR
 Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Raja CA Morocco1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Maniema Union
 Report
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OPFC AHL CRB SAB
1 South Africa Orlando Pirates 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 2–1 3–0
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 1 2 14 7 +7 10 1–2 — 6–1 4–2
3 Algeria CR Belouizdad 6 3 0 3 11 10 +1 9 1–2 1–0 — 6–0
4 Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 6 0 1 5 4 18 −14 1 1–1 1–3 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al Ahly Egypt4–2Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan
 Report
Referee: Patrice Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon)
CR Belouizdad Algeria1–2South Africa Orlando Pirates
 Report
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Orlando Pirates South Africa0–0Egypt Al Ahly
Report
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast0–1Algeria CR Belouizdad
Report
Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast1–1South Africa Orlando Pirates
  • Méité 53'
 Report
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Al Ahly Egypt6–1Algeria CR Belouizdad
 Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
CR Belouizdad Algeria1–0Egypt Al Ahly
 Report
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
Orlando Pirates South Africa3–0Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan
 Report
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast1–3Egypt Al Ahly
  • Kore 26'
 Report
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Orlando Pirates South Africa2–1Algeria CR Belouizdad
 Report
Al Ahly Egypt1–2South Africa Orlando Pirates
 Report
Referee: Babacar Sarr (Mauritania)
CR Belouizdad Algeria6–0Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan
 Report
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EST PYR GDSE DJO
1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13[a] Advance to knockout stage — 2–0 4–1 4–0
2 Egypt Pyramids 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13[a] 2–1 — 5–1 6–0
3 Angola Sagrada Esperança 6 1 2 3 3 10 −7 5 0–0 0–1 — 1–0
4 Mali Djoliba 6 0 2 4 0 12 −12 2 0–1 0–0 0–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on goal difference in head-to-head matches: Espérance de Tunis +1, Pyramids –1.
Pyramids Egypt5–1Angola Sagrada Esperança
 Report
  • Cachí 90+2'
Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia4–0Mali Djoliba
 Report
Sagrada Esperança Angola0–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
Djoliba Mali0–0Egypt Pyramids
Report
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia2–0Egypt Pyramids
 Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Djoliba Mali0–0Angola Sagrada Esperança
Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Sagrada Esperança Angola1–0Mali Djoliba
  • Mussá 32'
 Report
Referee: Mustapha Kechaf (Morocco)
Pyramids Egypt2–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)
Sagrada Esperança Angola0–1Egypt Pyramids
Report
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Djoliba Mali0–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia4–1Angola Sagrada Esperança
  • Jabri 16', 55', 59'
  • Sasse 22'
 Report
  • Dabanda 45+1'
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Pyramids Egypt6–0Mali Djoliba
 Report
Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Al Hilal played their home matches at Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium in Nouakchott (Mauritania), instead of their regular stadium, Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, due to the Sudanese civil war.
  2. ^ a b c Raja CA played their home matches at Larbi Zaouli Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, Stade Mohammed V, both located in Casablanca, due to renovation works.
  3. ^ a b c AS Maniema Union played their home matches at Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, instead of their regular stadium, Stade Joseph Kabila Kabange, Kindu, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  4. ^ a b c AS FAR played their home matches at Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida and Honneur Stadium, Meknes, instead of their regular stadium, Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, due to renovation works.
  5. ^ a b c Stade d'Abidjan played their home matches at Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, Robert Champroux Stadium, both located in Abidjan, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  6. ^ The Al Ahly v CR Belouizdad match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 or 14 December, was rescheduled to be played on 22 December 2024 due to Al Ahly participation in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
  7. ^ a b c Sagrada Esperança played their home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, instead of their regular stadium, Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References

  1. ^ "CAF announces TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw Date". Confederation of African Football. 22 September 2023.
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