2013 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates19 July – 22 September 2013
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored40 (1.67 per match)
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The group stage of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup was played from 19 July to 22 September 2013. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 May 2013, 14:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The eight winners of the play-off round were drawn into two groups of four. There were no seeding.[3]

The following eight teams were entered into the draw (their identity was not known at the time of the draw as it was held before the play-off round was played):

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 tie, 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 19–21 July, 2–4 August, 16–18 August, 30 August–1 September, 13–15 September, and 20–22 September 2013.[4]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSS SM ESS SG
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 14 0–0 1–0 1–0
Mali Stade Malien 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8 1–2 0–0 1–0
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6 1–1 0–1 2–1
Ethiopia Saint George 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 4 1–3 2–0 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Saint George Ethiopia2–0Mali Stade Malien
Oumed 16'
Fitsum 84'		 Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Kouyaté 18' Report
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia2–1Ethiopia Saint George
Jbali 27'
Bounedjah 71'		 Report Nafkha 17' (o.g.)
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Stade Malien Mali1–2Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Cissoko 45+1' Report Kouyaté 47'
Ben Youssef 78'
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)
Stade Malien Mali0–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Saint George Ethiopia1–3Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Oumed 66' Report Kouyaté 10'
Maâloul 24' (pen.)
Hannachi 28'
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia0–1Mali Stade Malien
Report Diawara 81'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–0Ethiopia Saint George
Ben Youssef 68' Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–1Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Jbali 40' Report Ben Youssef 45+2'
Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Stade Malien Mali1–0Ethiopia Saint George
Diawara 82' Report
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Mohamed Farouk Mahmoud (Egypt)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia0–0Mali Stade Malien
Report
Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)
Saint George Ethiopia0–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report
Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts TPM CAB FUS ESS
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 1–0 3–0 4–2
Tunisia CA Bizertin 6 2 2 2 3 3 0 8[a] 1–0 1–0 0–0
Morocco FUS Rabat 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8[a] 2–0 1–1 1–0
Algeria ES Sétif 6 1 3 2 5 7 −2 6 1–1 1–0 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tiebreakers: CA Bizertin are ranked ahead of FUS Rabat on head-to-head record.
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia CA Bizertin 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
Morocco FUS Rabat 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: [citation needed]
ES Sétif Algeria1–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Delhoum 82' Report Samatta 81'
Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
FUS Rabat Morocco1–1Tunisia CA Bizertin
Feddal 84' Report Rjaïbi 74'
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo3–0Morocco FUS Rabat
Asante 6'
Samatta 12'
Traoré 55'		 Report
Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)
CA Bizertin Tunisia0–0Algeria ES Sétif
Report
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
CA Bizertin Tunisia1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Salhi 87' Report
Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte
Referee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea)
FUS Rabat Morocco1–0Algeria ES Sétif
Batna 34' Report
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
ES Sétif Algeria1–1Morocco FUS Rabat
Gourmi 14' (pen.) Report El Bahri 77'
Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Tunisia CA Bizertin
Kalaba 85' Report
Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo4–2Algeria ES Sétif
Ulimwengu 4', 27'
Mputu 16'
Samatta 63'		 Report Ziti 5'
Gourmi 72'
Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
CA Bizertin Tunisia1–0Morocco FUS Rabat
Machani 90' Report
Stade 15 Octobre, Bizerte
Referee: Rainhold Shikongo (Namibia)
ES Sétif Algeria1–0Tunisia CA Bizertin
Boukria 85' Report
Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
FUS Rabat Morocco2–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Halfi 38'
El Araoui 53'		 Report
Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Orange CAF Confederation draw result". Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Draw of the group matches of the Orange CC 2013" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
  4. ^ "10th Edition of the Orange CAF Confederation Cup – Official Draw, Cairo 14.05.2013" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.

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