2022–23_CAF_Confederation_Cup_group_stage

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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Draw

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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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 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):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. 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;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

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Groups

Times were local.

Group A

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Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Saint-Éloi Lupopo 4, Al Akhdar 1
More information Marumo Gallants, 4–1 ...
Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)
More information USM Alger, 3–0 ...
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

More information Saint-Éloi Lupopo, 1–2 ...
More information Al Akhdar, 1–1 ...
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

More information Saint-Éloi Lupopo, 1–0 ...
More information USM Alger, 2–0 ...
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

More information Marumo Gallants, 2–0 ...
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
More information Al Akhdar, 1–1 ...
Referee: Jean Philippe Vlei Patrick Tanguy (Ivory Coast)

More information Saint-Éloi Lupopo, 1–1 ...
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
More information Al Akhdar, 4–1 ...
Referee: Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)

More information USM Alger, 4–1 ...
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
More information Marumo Gallants, 3–2 ...

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
More information ASEC Mimosas, 0–0 ...
More information Diables Noirs, 3–0 ...
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

More information Rivers United, 3–0 ...
More information Motema Pembe, 0–0 ...

More information ASEC Mimosas, 2–0 ...
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
More information Motema Pembe, 0–1 ...
Referee: Mohamed Hussein (Egypt)

More information Diables Noirs, 0–1 ...
More information Rivers United, 3–1 ...

More information Rivers United, 2–2 ...
More information Motema Pembe, 1–2 ...
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

More information ASEC Mimosas, 1–0 ...
Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
More information Diables Noirs, 0–0 ...
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Group C

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Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Awarded
  2. Head-to-head points: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head goal difference: ASKO Kara 0, Future 0. Head-to-head goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Head-to-head away goals scored: ASKO Kara 3, Future 3. Goal difference: ASKO Kara -8, Future -8. Goals scored: ASKO Kara 6, Future 4
  3. Awarded
  4. Awarded
  5. Awarded
More information ASKO Kara, 0–3 Awarded ...
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
More information Pyramids, 2–2 ...
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

More information Future, 1–1 ...
More information ASFAR, 5–1 ...

More information Pyramids, 1–0 ...
Referee: Messie Jessie Oved Nkounkou (Congo)
More information ASFAR, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 27,192
Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

More information ASKO Kara, 1–4 ...
Referee: Celso Armindo Alvação (Mozambique)
More information Future, 0–3 Awarded ...

More information Future, 0–3 Awarded ...
Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)
More information ASFAR, 1–0 ...

More information Pyramids, 3–0 Awarded ...
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
More information ASKO Kara, 1–1 ...
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Group D

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Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Overall goal difference: Young Africans +5, Union Monastirienne +4
More information TP Mazembe, 3–1 ...
Referee: Celso Armindo Alvação (Mozambique)
More information Union Monastirienne, 2–0 ...
Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

More information Young Africans, 3–1 ...
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
More information Real Bamako, 1–1 ...
Referee: Jean Philippe Vlei Patrick Tanguy (DR Congo)

More information TP Mazembe, 0–2 ...
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
More information Real Bamako, 1–1 ...
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

More information Union Monastirienne, 1–0 ...
More information Young Africans, 2–0 ...

More information Real Bamako, 2–1 ...
More information Young Africans, 2–0 ...
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

More information TP Mazembe, 0–1 ...
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
More information Union Monastirienne, 2–1 ...
Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Due to a mistake in Ahmed Refaat registration, Future was ruled forfeited in all matches in which this player participated.
  4. 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.

References

  1. "New date confirmed for TotalEnergies CAF Interclubs group stage draw". CAFOnline.com. 24 November 2022.

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