2011 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates15 July – 18 September 2011
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored44 (1.83 per match)
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The 2011 CAF Confederation Cup 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 play-off 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 (which followed the draw for the play-off round) 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 winners of the eight play-off round ties were divided into two pots. The winners of the ties involving the two top-seeded teams in the play-off round draw were in Pot 1, while the other six winners were in Pot 2. Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2.

Play-off round ties
Team 1 (CL 2nd round losers) v Team 2 (CC 2nd round winners)
Pot 1 (top seed) ES Sétif Algeria Nigeria Kaduna United
Diaraf Senegal Algeria JS Kabylie (top seed)
Pot 2 Club Africain Tunisia Kenya Sofapaka
Al-Ittihad Libya Nigeria Sunshine Stars
ZESCO United Zambia Morocco Maghreb de Fès
Simba Tanzania Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast Angola 1º de Agosto
Interclube Angola Morocco Difaa El Jadida

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CA INC ASEC KAD
Tunisia Club Africain 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 2–0 1–0 0–0
Angola Interclube 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–1 1–0 4–1
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 7 1–1 1–0 2–1
Nigeria Kaduna United 6 1 2 3 5 9 −4 5 0–1 1–1 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Kaduna United Nigeria1 – 1Angola Interclube
Ali Adamu 60' Report Patrick Lembo 89'
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast1 – 1Tunisia Club Africain
Hugues Zagbayou 62' Report Hamza Messaïdi 72'
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach (Morocco)[5]

Interclube Angola1 – 0Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Capuco 28' Report
Club Africain Tunisia0 – 0Nigeria Kaduna United
Report

Club Africain Tunisia2 – 0Angola Interclube
Mohamed Yacoubi 32'
Braulio Diniz 55' (o.g.)
Report
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast2 – 1Nigeria Kaduna United
Kouakou Irenee 46'
Brefo Mensah 69'
Report Mohamed Abdul 66'

Kaduna United Nigeria2 – 1Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Jude Aneke 30'
Siman Yusuf 60'
Report Olanrewaju Kayode 70' (pen.)
Interclube Angola2 – 1Tunisia Club Africain
Manucho Barros 77', 88' Report Hamza Messaïdi 68'

Interclube Angola4 – 1Nigeria Kaduna United
Capuco 9', 73'
Pingo 45'
Manucho Barros 55'
Report Jude Aneke 83'
Club Africain Tunisia1 – 0Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Aymen Soltani 60' Report

Kaduna United Nigeria0 – 1Tunisia Club Africain
Report Chaker Rguii 45' (pen.)
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast1 – 0Angola Interclube
Hugues Zagbayou 28' Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MAS SUN DCMP JSK
Morocco Maghreb de Fès 6 4 2 0 8 2 +6 14 1–0 3–0 1–0
Nigeria Sunshine Stars 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 11 1–1 2–0 1–0
Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 1–1 0–0 2–0
Algeria JS Kabylie 6 0 0 6 1 9 −8 0 0–1 1–2 0–2
Source: [citation needed]
Sunshine Stars Nigeria2 – 0Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe
Dayo Ojo 55'
Ajani Ibrahim 90'
Report
Gateway Stadium, Ijebu Ode
Referee: Nampiandrarza Hamada (Madagascar)[5]
Maghreb de Fès Morocco1 – 0Algeria JS Kabylie
Chemseddine Chtibi 85' Report
Fes Stadium, Fes
Referee: Mohamed Said Kordi (Tunisia)[5]

JS Kabylie Algeria1 – 2Nigeria Sunshine Stars
Salim Hanifi 18' Report Emmanuel Sunday 36'
Sakibu Atanda 74'
Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1 – 1Morocco Maghreb de Fès
Tusilu Bazola 30' Report Mehdi El Bassel 70'

JS Kabylie Algeria0 – 2Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe
Report Ilongo Ngasanya 34' (pen.), 68'
Maghreb de Fès Morocco1 – 0Nigeria Sunshine Stars
Abdelhadi Halhoul 29' Report

Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2 – 0Algeria JS Kabylie
Inasawa Nfumu 80' (pen.)
Ngandu Junior 88'
Report
Sunshine Stars Nigeria1 – 1Morocco Maghreb de Fès
Ajani Ibrahim 90' Report Chemseddine Chtibi 51'

JS Kabylie Algeria0 – 1Morocco Maghreb de Fès
Report Hamza Abourazzouk 55'
Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo0 – 0Nigeria Sunshine Stars
Report

Sunshine Stars Nigeria1 – 0Algeria JS Kabylie
Ajani Ibrahim 11' Report
Maghreb de Fès Morocco3 – 0Democratic Republic of the Congo Motema Pembe
Hamza Abourazzouk 10'
Chemseddine Chtibi 69' (pen.)
Mohammed Ali Bamaamar 74'
Report

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