2022–23_CAF_Confederation_Cup_group_stage
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
International football competition
The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup group stage began on 12 February and ended on 2 April 2023. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.
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The draw for the group stage was held on 12 December 2022, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[1] The 16 winners of the playoff 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 next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.
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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):
- 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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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 was as follows.
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Matchday 1 | 12 February 2023 | Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3 |
Matchday 2 | 19 February 2023 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
Matchday 3 | 26 February 2023 | Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
Matchday 4 | 8 March 2023 | Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1 |
Matchday 5 | 19 March 2023 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2 |
Matchday 6 | 2 April 2023 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 |
Times were local.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAG | USM | LUP | AKH | |
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1 | Marumo Gallants | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | |
2 | USM Alger | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 4–1 | ||
3 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Al Akhdar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Marumo Gallants | 4–1 | Al Akhdar |
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USM Alger | 3–0 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo |
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Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 1–2 | Marumo Gallants |
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Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 1–0 | Al Akhdar |
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Marumo Gallants | 2–0 | USM Alger |
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Al Akhdar | 1–1 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo |
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Al Akhdar | 4–1 | Marumo Gallants |
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Marumo Gallants | 3–2 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ASE | RIV | DBL | DCM | |
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1 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
2 | Rivers United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | ||
3 | Diables Noirs | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
4 | Motema Pembe | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
Rivers United | 3–0 | ASEC Mimosas |
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ASEC Mimosas | 2–0 | Diables Noirs |
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Rivers United | 3–1 | Motema Pembe |
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Rivers United | 2–2 | Diables Noirs |
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Motema Pembe | 1–2 | ASEC Mimosas |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAR | PFC | ASK | FUT | |
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1 | ASFAR | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | Pyramids | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0[lower-alpha 1] | ||
3 | ASKO Kara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | 0–3[lower-alpha 3] | ||
4 | Future | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 0–3[lower-alpha 4] | 1–1 | 0–3[lower-alpha 5] | — |
ASKO Kara | 1–4 | Pyramids |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | YNG | USM | ASR | TPM | |
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1 | Young Africans | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
2 | Union Monastirienne | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Real Bamako | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | — |
TP Mazembe | 3–1 | Real Bamako |
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Union Monastirienne | 2–0 | Young Africans |
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Real Bamako | 1–1 | Union Monastirienne |
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TP Mazembe | 0–2 | Union Monastirienne |
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Real Bamako | 1–1 | Young Africans |
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Young Africans | 2–0 | Real Bamako |
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Real Bamako | 2–1 | TP Mazembe |
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Union Monastirienne | 2–1 | Real Bamako |
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- The Rivers United v Motema Pembe match, originally scheduled to be played on 8 March 2023, was rescheduled to be played on 9 March 2023 due to Motema Pembe's late arrival to Nigeria for travel problems.
- CAF awarded Future a 3–0 win as a result of ASKO Kara the illegal fielding the player Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui. The match originally ended 1–1.
- Due to a mistake in Ahmed Refaat registration, Future was ruled forfeited in all matches in which this player participated.
- Union Monastirienne played their group stage home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, which did not meet CAF requirements.