2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

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The 2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 6 May to 29 August 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.

2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates6 May – 29 August 2018
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored106 (2.21 per match)
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Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 April 2018, 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). Each group contained one team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2
Teams
  • USM Alger (35 pts)
  • Al-Hilal (21 pts)
  • AS Vita Club (15 pts)
  • Enyimba (8 pts)
  • ASEC Mimosas (5 pts)
  • Young Africans (2 pts)
  • CARA Brazzaville
  • Williamsville AC
  • Al-Masry
  • Aduana Stars
  • Gor Mahia
  • Djoliba
  • Raja Casablanca
  • RS Berkane
  • UD Songo
  • Rayon Sports

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). Effective from the Confederation Cup group stage, weekend matches were played on Sundays while midweek matches were played on Wednesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00, 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 6 May 2018 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 16 May 2018 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 18 July 2018 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 29 July 2018 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 19 August 2018 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 29 August 2018 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RCA VIT ASE ADU
1 Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 14 5 +9 11 Quarter-finals — 0–0 4–0 6–0
2 AS Vita Club 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 2–0 — 3–1 2–0
3 ASEC Mimosas 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9 0–1 2–0 — 1–0
4 Aduana Stars 6 1 1 4 5 15 −10 4 3–3 2–1 0–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
ASEC Mimosas 1–0 Aduana Stars
  • Touré 39'
 Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Raja Casablanca 0–0 AS Vita Club
Report
Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
AS Vita Club 3–1 ASEC Mimosas
  • Ngudikama 48', 58'
  • Muzinga 71'
 Report
  • Badie 20' (pen.)
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Aduana Stars 3–3 Raja Casablanca
  • Ulitch 20'
  • Amankwah 48'
  • Asamoah 90+4'
 Report
  • Benhalib 10', 60'
  • Mabidi 39'
Agyeman Badu Stadium, Dormaa Ahenkro
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Aduana Stars 2–1 AS Vita Club
  • Adjei 3'
  • Mohammed 10'
 Report
  • Muzinga 26'
Agyeman Badu Stadium, Dormaa Ahenkro
Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
ASEC Mimosas 0–1 Raja Casablanca
Report
  • Benhalib 74' (pen.)
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
AS Vita Club 2–0 Aduana Stars
  • Mundele 14', 78'
 Report
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Raja Casablanca 4–0 ASEC Mimosas
  • Benhalib 18', 62' (pen.)
  • Hadraf 27', 45+1'
 Report
Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 32 000
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Aduana Stars 0–2 ASEC Mimosas
Report
  • Badie 24' (pen.)
  • Ta Bi 35'
Agyeman Badu Stadium, Dormaa Ahenkro
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
AS Vita Club 2–0 Raja Casablanca
  • Ngoma 50'
  • Mundele 59'
 Report
Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
ASEC Mimosas 2–0 AS Vita Club
  • Ta Bi 14'
  • Sanogo 26'
 Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Raja Casablanca 6–0 Aduana Stars
  • Iajour 3', 15'
  • Hadraf 30'
  • Rahimi 33'
  • Benhalib 67', 82'
 Report
Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB MAS SON HIL
1 RS Berkane 6 4 1 1 7 2 +5 13 Quarter-finals — 0–0 2–1 1–0
2 Al-Masry 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 12 1–0 — 2–0 2–0
3 UD Songo 6 0 3 3 5 10 −5 3 0–2 1–1 — 1–1
4 Al-Hilal 6 0 3 3 4 9 −5 3 0–2 1–1 2–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal 2–2 UD Songo, UD Songo 1–1 Al-Hilal (UD Songo won on away goals).
RS Berkane 1–0 Al-Hilal
  • Laba 2'
 Report
Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
Al-Masry 2–0 UD Songo
  • Gomaa 35', 52'
 Report
Al-Masry Club Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
UD Songo 0–2 RS Berkane
Report
  • El Kaabi 64', 89'
Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Masry
  • Maranhão 80' (pen.)
 Report
  • Issa 10'
Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
Al-Hilal 2–2 UD Songo
  • Bashir 2'
  • Ulimwengu 36'
 Report
  • Banda 43'
  • Pelembe 87'
Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
RS Berkane 0–0 Al-Masry
Report
Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
UD Songo 1–1 Al-Hilal
  • Mário 5'
 Report
  • Shiboub 53'
Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
Al-Masry 1–0 RS Berkane
  • Issa 54'
 Report
Al-Masry Club Stadium, Port Said
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
UD Songo 1–1 Al-Masry
  • Ukonde 82'
 Report
  • Grendo 77'
Estádio do Ferroviário, Beira
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Al-Hilal 0–2 RS Berkane
Report
  • Laba 40'
  • Traoré 64'
Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
RS Berkane 2–1 UD Songo
  • Traoré 6'
  • Farehane 70'
 Report
  • Ukonde 47'
Stade Municipal de Berkane, Berkane
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
Al-Masry 2–0 Al-Hilal
  • Grendo 20'
  • Marcelo 67'
 Report
Al-Masry Club Stadium, Port Said
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ENY CAR WAC DJO
1 Enyimba 6 4 0 2 5 5 0 12 Quarter-finals — 1–0 1–0 2–0
2 CARA Brazzaville 6 3 0 3 7 5 +2 9 3–0 — 3–1 1–0
3 Williamsville AC 6 2 2 2 5 5 0 8 2–0 1–0 — 0–0
4 Djoliba 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–1 2–0 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Enyimba 2–0 Djoliba
  • Oladuntoye 48'
  • Dimgba 81' (pen.)
 Report
U. J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Williamsville AC 1–0 CARA Brazzaville
  • Zan Bi 18'
 Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
CARA Brazzaville 3–0 Enyimba
  • Louamba 14'
  • Kivutuka 17'
  • Liema 18'
 Report
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Djoliba 1–1 Williamsville AC
  • Niapégué 58'
 Report
  • J.-F. N'da 76'
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Enyimba 1–0 Williamsville AC
  • Mustapha 7'
 Report
Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Port Harcourt
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Djoliba 2–0 CARA Brazzaville
  • Cissé 45+2'
  • Coulibaly 54'
 Report
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
CARA Brazzaville 1–0 Djoliba
  • Louamba 14'
 Report
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)
Williamsville AC 2–0 Enyimba
  • J.-W. N'da 31'
  • Yameogo 77'
 Report
Stade Robert Champroux, Abidjan
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
CARA Brazzaville 3–1 Williamsville AC
  • Kinfounia 15'
  • Kivutuka 52'
  • Mbo 87'
 Report
  • Karidioula 72'
Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat, Brazzaville
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
Djoliba 0–1 Enyimba
Report
  • Mohammed 90+1' (pen.)
Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako
Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)
Enyimba 1–0 CARA Brazzaville
  • Alalade 90+4'
 Report
Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Williamsville AC 0–0 Djoliba
Report
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee: Kokou Ognankotan Ntale (Togo)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USM RAY GOR YAN
1 USM Alger 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 Quarter-finals — 1–1 2–1 4–0
2 Rayon Sports 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 1–2 — 1–1 1–0
3 Gor Mahia 6 2 2 2 10 7 +3 8 0–0 1–2 — 4–0
4 Young Africans 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 2–1 0–0 2–3 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rayon Sports 1–1 Gor Mahia
  • Rutanga 24'
 Report
  • Kagere 11'
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Amin Mohamed Omar (Egypt)
USM Alger 4–0 Young Africans
  • Darfalou 4'
  • Chafaï 32'
  • Meziane 53'
  • Zemmamouche 90+2' (pen.)
 Report
Stade du 5-Juillet-1962, Algiers
Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)
Young Africans 0–0 Rayon Sports
Report
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Gor Mahia 0–0 USM Alger
Report
Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
Gor Mahia 4–0 Young Africans
  • Tuyisenge 22'
  • Guikan 45+1', 86'
  • Mwinyi 65' (o.g.)
 Report
Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Rayon Sports 1–2 USM Alger
  • Diarra 38'
 Report
  • Chafaï 45+2'
  • Benguit 90+3'
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)
Young Africans 2–3 Gor Mahia
  • Kaseke 59'
  • Loth 81'
 Report
  • Odhiambo 1'
  • Tuyisenge 41'
  • Shakava 64'
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
USM Alger 1–1 Rayon Sports
  • Hamia 86'
 Report
  • Diarra 28'
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Gor Mahia 1–2 Rayon Sports
  • Mustapha 22'
 Report
  • Bimenyimana 3'
  • Rutanga 53'
Moi International Sports Centre, Nairobi
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Young Africans 2–1 USM Alger
  • Kaseke 44'
  • Makambo 47'
 Report
  • Meziane 52'
National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
Rayon Sports 1–0 Young Africans
  • Bimenyimana 19'
 Report
Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali
Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)
USM Alger 2–1 Gor Mahia
  • Ibara 36'
  • Sayoud 81'
 Report
  • Tuyisenge 83'
Stade du 5-Juillet-1962, Algiers
Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

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