2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

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The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 12 May to 9 July 2017. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.

2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates12 May – 9 July 2017
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored122 (2.54 per match)
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Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off 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).

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2
Teams
  • TP Mazembe (58 pts)
  • CS Sfaxien (21 pts)
  • ZESCO United (15 pts)
  • FUS Rabat (12 pts)
  • Smouha (4 pts)
  • Recreativo do Libolo (2 pts)
  • MC Alger
  • CF Mounana
  • Horoya
  • Rivers United
  • Platinum Stars
  • SuperSport United
  • El-Hilal El-Obeid
  • Mbabane Swallows
  • Club Africain
  • KCCA

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 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;
  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 (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 12–14 May 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 23–24 May 2017 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 2–4 June 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 20–21 June 2017 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 30 June – 2 July 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 7–9 July 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAF FUS KCC RIV
1 Club Africain 6 4 0 2 13 6 +7 12 Quarter-finals — 2–1 4–0 3–1
2 FUS Rabat 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 2–1 — 3–0 2–1
3 KCCA 6 3 0 3 8 12 −4 9 2–1 3–1 — 2–1
4 Rivers United 6 2 0 4 6 10 −4 6 0–2 1–0 2–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.
FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA
  • El Bahri 7'
  • Njie 42'
  • Benarif 76'
 Report
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)
Club Africain 3–1 Rivers United
  • Ifa 22'
  • Darragi 45' (pen.)
  • Douhadji 71' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Odumegwu 53'
Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
KCCA 2–1 Club Africain
  • Nsibambi 45+1'
  • Masiko 63'
 Report
  • Belkhiter 19'
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
Rivers United 1–0 FUS Rabat
  • Atuloma 71'
 Report
Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
FUS Rabat 2–1 Club Africain
  • Fouzair 53' (pen.)
  • Skouma 90'
 Report
  • Chenihi 19'
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
KCCA 2–1 Rivers United
  • Nsibambi 16', 71'
 Report
  • Sakin 33'
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Rivers United 2–1 KCCA
  • Ovoke 1'
  • Obomate 14'
 Report
  • Sserunkuma 44'
Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Club Africain 2–1 FUS Rabat
  • Abdi 69'
  • Meniaoui 90+4'
 Report
  • Fouzair 33' (pen.)
Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat
  • Sserunkuma 42' (pen.)
  • Saddam 53'
  • Muleme 62'
 Report
  • Diakité 85'
Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Rivers United 0–2 Club Africain
Report
  • Haddad 64'
  • Festus 88' (o.g.)
Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
FUS Rabat 2–1 Rivers United
  • El Gnaoui 52'
  • Fouzair 89' (pen.)
 Report
  • Sakin 43'
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Club Africain 4–0 KCCA
  • Khalifa 11'
  • Haddad 24', 89'
  • Zemzemi 41'
 Report
Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis
Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

Group B

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CSS MCA MBS PST
1 CS Sfaxien 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13 Quarter-finals — 4–0 1–0 3–0
2 MC Alger 6 3 2 1 7 7 0 11 2–1 — 2–1 2–0
3 Mbabane Swallows 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 1–3 0–0 — 4–2
4 Platinum Stars 6 0 3 3 6 13 −7 3 1–1 1–1 2–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
CS Sfaxien 1–0 Mbabane Swallows
  • Marzouki 30'
 Report
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Platinum Stars 1–1 MC Alger
  • Khunou 43'
 Report
  • Boudebouda 6'
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Mbabane Swallows 4–2 Platinum Stars
  • Ndzinisa 4', 7', 63', 77'
 Report
  • Shilongo 21' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
MC Alger 2–1 CS Sfaxien
  • Nekkache 26'
  • Hachoud 66'
 Report
  • Aouadhi 41'
Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
Mbabane Swallows 0–0 MC Alger
Report
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)
CS Sfaxien 3–0 Platinum Stars
  • Sokari 12'
  • Aouadhi 27' (pen.)
  • Hannachi 53'
 Report
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
MC Alger 2–1 Mbabane Swallows
  • Nekkache 4', 28'
 Report
  • Ndlovu 73'
Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Platinum Stars 1–1 CS Sfaxien
  • Ntuli 58'
 Report
  • Hannachi 76'
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)
MC Alger 2–0 Platinum Stars
  • Hachoud 12' (pen.)
  • Nekkache 89'
 Report
Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Mbabane Swallows 1–3 CS Sfaxien
  • Tshishimbi 44'
 Report
  • Ben Ali 21'
  • Chaouat 29'
  • Karoui 88'
Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba
Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)
CS Sfaxien 4–0 MC Alger
  • Chaouat 2', 88'
  • Amdouni 90+4'
  • Marzouki 90+5'
 Report
Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
Platinum Stars 2–2 Mbabane Swallows
  • Ng'ambi 79', 85'
 Report
  • Nhleko 20'
  • Ndzinisa 69'
Moruleng Stadium, Saulspoort
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Group C

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZES HLU RLB SMO
1 ZESCO United 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Quarter-finals — 3–0 (awd.) 1–0 1–0
2 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 1–0 — 2–0 2–1
3 Recreativo do Libolo 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7 3–0 1–0 — 0–0
4 Smouha 6 1 3 2 5 5 0 6 1–1 1–1 2–0 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
  2. FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017. As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents. Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup, but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July, they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.
ZESCO United 1–0 Smouha
  • Were 73' (pen.)
 Report
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Cecil Fleischer (Ghana)
Recreativo do Libolo 1–0 El-Hilal El-Obeid
  • Diawara 90'
 Report
Estádio Municipal de Calulo, Calulo
Referee: Aurélien Juenkou (Cameroon)
Smouha 2–0 Recreativo do Libolo
  • Raouf 11'
  • Mohareb 90'
 Report
Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
El-Hilal El-Obeid 1–0 ZESCO United
  • Moukoro 86'
 Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Smouha 1–1 El-Hilal El-Obeid
  • Mekky 38' (pen.)
 Report
  • Ezzat 67' (o.g.)
Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
ZESCO United 1–0 Recreativo do Libolo
  • Mbombo 27'
 Report
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Recreativo do Libolo 3–0 ZESCO United
  • Boukama-Kaya 9', 77'
  • Fabrício 80' (pen.)
 Report
Estádio Municipal de Calulo, Calulo
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
El-Hilal El-Obeid 2–1 Smouha
  • Girfa 72'
  • Ladzagla 90+3'
 Report
  • Mohareb 84'
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
Smouha 1–1 ZESCO United
  • Diawara 89' (pen.)
 Report
  • Ibrahim 84' (o.g.)
Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
El-Hilal El-Obeid 2–0 Recreativo do Libolo
  • El Tahir 21' (pen.)
  • Moukoro 50' (pen.)
 Report
El-Obeid Stadium, El-Obeid
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
ZESCO United 3–0
Awarded		 El-Hilal El-Obeid
Report
Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
Recreativo do Libolo 0–0 Smouha
Report
Estádio Municipal de Calulo, Calulo
Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)

Group D

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM SSU HOR MOU
1 TP Mazembe 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12 Quarter-finals — 2–2 2–1 2–0
2 SuperSport United 6 2 4 0 13 8 +5 10 0–0 — 2–2 4–1
3 Horoya 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–1 0–0 — 1–0
4 CF Mounana 6 0 0 6 4 14 −10 0 0–1 3–5 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
SuperSport United 2–2 Horoya
  • Ritchie 38'
  • Phala 82'
 Report
  • Dipita 33'
  • Kyei 51'
Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria
Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)
TP Mazembe 2–0 CF Mounana
  • Mputu 17'
  • Kalaba 49'
 Report
Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
CF Mounana 3–5 SuperSport United
  • Atchabao 26'
  • Sinayoko 79'
  • Autchanga 90'
 Report
  • Kekana 4'
  • Mnyamane 34', 41'
  • Brockie 64', 90'
Stade de l'Amitié Sino-Gabonaise, Libreville
Referee: Abubakar Ago (Nigeria)
Horoya 1–1 TP Mazembe
  • Dipita 33'
 Report
  • Malango 80'
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
CF Mounana 0–1 Horoya
Report
  • Camara 72'
Stade de l'Amitié Sino-Gabonaise, Libreville
Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)
TP Mazembe 2–2 SuperSport United
  • Malango 21'
  • Kalaba 25'
 Report
  • Modiba 26'
  • Mokoena 65'
Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)
Horoya 1–0 CF Mounana
  • Camara 82'
 Report
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)
SuperSport United 0–0 TP Mazembe
Report
Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Horoya 0–0 SuperSport United
Report
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)
CF Mounana 0–1 TP Mazembe
Report
  • Mpeko 78'
Stade de l'Amitié Sino-Gabonaise, Libreville
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
TP Mazembe 2–1 Horoya
  • Kanda 14'
  • Sinkala 82'
 Report
  • Dipita 37'
Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
SuperSport United 4–1 CF Mounana
  • Grobler 14'
  • Mnyamane 27'
  • Brockie 34', 44' (pen.)
 Report
  • Mensah 56'
Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

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