2019–20_CAF_Champions_League_group_stage
2019–20 CAF Champions League group stage
International football competition
The 2019–20 CAF Champions League group stage started on 29 November 2019 and ended on 1 February 2020.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League.[2]
The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2019, 20:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf in Cairo, Egypt.[3] The 16 teams, all winners of the first round of qualifying, 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 in parentheses). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.[4]
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In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):[2]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots.
The schedule of each matchday is as follows. Effective from the Champions League group stage, matches are played on Fridays and Saturdays. Kick-off times are fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.
Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g. Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.[5]
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| Matchday 1 | 29–30 November 2019 | Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3 | |
| Matchday 2 | 6–7 December 2019 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 | |
| Matchday 3 | 27–28 December 2019 | Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2 | |
| Matchday 4 | 14–15 February 2020 | 10–11 January 2020 | Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1 |
| Matchday 5 | 21–22 February 2020 | 24–25 January 2020 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 6 | 6–7 March 2020 | 31 January – 1 February 2020 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 |
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Times are GMT as listed by CAF (local times, even if not different, are in parentheses).
Group A
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| 1 |  TP Mazembe |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| 2 |  Zamalek |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 |  1º de Agosto |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 |  ZESCO United |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
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Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
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Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
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Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
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| 1º de Agosto | 1–1 | TP Mazembe |
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Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
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Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
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Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
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Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Referee: Tsegay Mogos Teklu (Eritrea)
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ESS | AHL | HIL | PLA | |
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| 1 |  Étoile du Sahel |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Al-Ahly |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 |  Al-Hilal |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 10 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 |  FC Platinum |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |
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Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
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Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
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Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
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Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSD | WAC | PET | USM | |
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| 1 |  Mamelodi Sundowns |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 |  Wydad AC |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | Petro de Luanda |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 |  USM Alger |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |
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Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
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Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)
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Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
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Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
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Referee: Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)
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Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
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Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
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Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | RCA | JSK | VIT | |
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| 1 | Espérance de Tunis |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | JS Kabylie |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 7 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | AS Vita Club |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | — |
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Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)
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Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
- Since the identity of the winners of the first round tie between Zamalek and Génération Foot was not known at the time of the draw, the ranking of the higher-ranked team Zamalek (44 pts) was used for seeding of the draw.
- Étoile du Sahel played their home matches at Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.
- The Al-Ahly v Étoile du Sahel match, originally scheduled on 24 January 2020, was postponed for 48 hours following request from the Egyptian Football Association due to security concerns ahead of the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution of 2011.[7]
- USM Alger played their home matches at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, and at Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.
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- "Draw Procedure of the CL 2019_20 GM" (PDF). CAF.
- "Total CAF Champions League: Group phase" (PDF). CAF.
- @CAF_Online (November 24, 2019). "Schedule Changes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "CAF postpone Al Ahly's clash against Étoile du Sahel". KingFut. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- Total CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com