2011 CAF Champions League group stage

2011 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates16 July – 16 September 2011
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored54 (2.25 per match)
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Main article: 2011 CAF Champions League

The 2011 CAF Champions League 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 second 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 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 teams were seeded into four pots, and each group contains one team from each pot.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Egypt Al-Ahly (43 pts)
Sudan Al-Hilal (31 pts)

Tunisia Espérance ST (24 pts)
Cameroon Coton Sport (12 pts)

Nigeria Enyimba (11 pts)
Algeria MC Alger (0 pts)

Morocco Raja Casablanca (0 pts)
Morocco Wydad AC† (0 pts)

Notes:

  • Ranking score for teams is by their individual team 2006–2010 CAF 5-Year Ranking, the same ranking used to seed teams in the qualifying rounds.
  • † Winner of play-off due to disqualification of TP Mazembe

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nigeria Enyimba 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 6
3 Cameroon Coton Sport FC 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 5
4 Morocco Raja Casablanca 6 0 3 3 1 5 −4 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Enyimba Nigeria2 – 2Sudan Al-Hilal
Valentine Nwabili 48'
Uche Kalu 60'		 Report Edward Sadomba 22', 76'
Referee: Farouk Mohamed (Egypt)[5]
Enyimba Nigeria2 – 0Morocco Raja Casablanca
Uche Kalu 9'
Chidozie Johnson 25'		 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia Espérance ST 6 2 4 0 9 4 +5 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Morocco Wydad AC 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 6[a]
3 Egypt Al-Ahly 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 6[a]
4 Algeria MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 4
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Wydad AC and Al-Ahly are ranked by their head-to-head records (decided by away goals).
Tiebreaker
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD AG Pts
Morocco Wydad AC 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 3 2
Egypt Al-Ahly 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Espérance ST Tunisia4 – 0Algeria MC Alger
Mejdi Traoui 8'
Yannick N'Djeng 21', 43', 55'		 Report

References

  1. ^ Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011
  2. ^ a b Regulations of the CAF Champions League
  3. ^ Draw of the Group matches
  4. ^ Official draw procedure for the group matches, semi-finals and finals of the 15th Edition of Orange CAF Champions League, “CL 2011”
  5. ^ a b c d Day 1 Report