2011 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates16 July – 16 September 2011
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored54 (2.25 per match)
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The 2011 CAF Champions League group stage matches took place between July and September 2011. The matchdays were: 15–17 July, 29–31 July, 12–14 August, 26–28 August, 9–11 September, and 16–18 September.[1]

The group stage featured the eight winners from the second round. They were divided into two groups of four, where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals.[2]

Seeding

The draw for the group stage took place on 15 May 2011, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[3]

The procedures for the group stage draw were announced on 12 May 2011.[4] The teams were seeded into four pots, and each group contains one team from each pot.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Egypt Al-Ahly (43 pts)
Sudan Al-Hilal (31 pts)

Tunisia Espérance ST (24 pts)
Cameroon Coton Sport (12 pts)

Nigeria Enyimba (11 pts)
Algeria MC Alger (0 pts)

Morocco Raja Casablanca (0 pts)
Morocco Wydad AC† (0 pts)

Notes:

Tiebreakers

The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:[2]

  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. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nigeria Enyimba 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 6
3 Cameroon Coton Sport FC 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 5
4 Morocco Raja Casablanca 6 0 3 3 1 5 −4 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Raja Casablanca Morocco0 – 0Cameroon Coton Sport
Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)[5]
Enyimba Nigeria2 – 2Sudan Al-Hilal
Valentine Nwabili 48'
Uche Kalu 60'		 Report Edward Sadomba 22', 76'
Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Referee: Farouk Mohamed (Egypt)[5]
Al-Hilal Sudan1 – 0Morocco Raja Casablanca
Edward Sadomba 63' (pen.) Report
Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Coton Sport Cameroon2 – 3Nigeria Enyimba
Chardin Madila Mfoutou 46'
Saidou Idrissa 63'		 Report Uche Kalu 8', 85'
Chidozie Johnson 40'
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua
Enyimba Nigeria2 – 0Morocco Raja Casablanca
Uche Kalu 9'
Chidozie Johnson 25'		 Report
Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Al-Hilal Sudan2 – 1Cameroon Coton Sport
Haitham Mustafa 28' (pen.)
Edet Otobong 82'		 Report Chardin Madila Mfoutou 10'
Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Raja Casablanca Morocco0 – 0Nigeria Enyimba
Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Coton Sport Cameroon2 – 0Sudan Al-Hilal
Jacques Haman 28'
Brice Zimbori 55'		 Report
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua
Al-Hilal Sudan1 – 2Nigeria Enyimba
Edward Sadomba 6' Report Valentine Nwabili 68'
Samuel Tswanya 90' (pen.)
Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Coton Sport Cameroon2 – 1Morocco Raja Casablanca
Osmaila Baba 54', 64' Report Abdessamad Ouhakki 16'
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua
Raja Casablanca Morocco0 – 0Sudan Al-Hilal
Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Enyimba Nigeria2 – 0Cameroon Coton Sport
Ifeanyi Ede 45' (pen.)
Valentine Nwabili 90'		 Report
Enyimba International Stadium, Aba

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia Espérance ST 6 2 4 0 9 4 +5 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Morocco Wydad AC 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 6[a]
3 Egypt Al-Ahly 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 6[a]
4 Algeria MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 4
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Wydad AC and Al-Ahly are ranked by their head-to-head records (decided by away goals).
Tiebreaker
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD AG Pts
Morocco Wydad AC 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 3 2
Egypt Al-Ahly 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 2
Source: [citation needed]
MC Alger Algeria1 – 1Tunisia Espérance ST
Mohamed Megherbi 17' Report Oussama Darragi 7'
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)[5]
Al-Ahly Egypt3 – 3Morocco Wydad AC
Emad Moteab 2'
Wael Gomaa 21'
Dominique Da Silva 75'		 Report Sherif Abdel-Fadil 1' (o.g.)
Mouhcine Iajour 66', 88'
Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)[5]
Wydad AC Morocco4 – 0Algeria MC Alger
Fabrice N'Guessi 1'
Ahmed Ajeddou 30' (pen.)
Ayoub El Khaliqi 74'
Jean Louis Pascal Angan 90'		 Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 50,000
Espérance ST Tunisia1 – 0Egypt Al-Ahly
Yannick N'Djeng 14' Report
Olympic Stadium, Tunis
Al-Ahly Egypt2 – 0Algeria MC Alger
Emad Moteab 10', 31' Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Wydad AC Morocco2 – 2Tunisia Espérance ST
Fabrice N'Guessi 65'
Youssef Kaddioui 78' (pen.)		 Report Wajdi Bouazzi 22'
Walid Hichri 37'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Espérance ST Tunisia0 – 0Morocco Wydad AC
Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
MC Alger Algeria0 – 0Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Espérance ST Tunisia4 – 0Algeria MC Alger
Mejdi Traoui 8'
Yannick N'Djeng 21', 43', 55'		 Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Wydad AC Morocco1 – 1Egypt Al-Ahly
Abderrahim Benkajjane 48' Report Mohamed Nagy 36'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
MC Alger Algeria3 – 1Morocco Wydad AC
Réda Babouche 32', 36'
Hervé Oussalé 61'		 Report Ahmed Ajeddou 79' (pen.)
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Al-Ahly Egypt1 – 1Tunisia Espérance ST
Mohamed Aboutrika 54' Report Banana Yaya 17'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

References

  1. ^ Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011
  2. ^ a b Regulations of the CAF Champions League
  3. ^ Draw of the Group matches
  4. ^ Official draw procedure for the group matches, semi-finals and finals of the 15th Edition of Orange CAF Champions League, “CL 2011”
  5. ^ a b c d Day 1 Report

External links

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