2021–22_CAF_Champions_League_group_stage
2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage
International football competition
The 2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage were played from 11 February to 3 April 2022. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.[1]
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| Dates | 11 February – 3 April 2022 |
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| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 106 (2.21 per match) |
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The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021, 11:30 GMT (13:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 winners of the second 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.[2]
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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):[1]
- 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 | Dates | Matches |
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| Matchday 1 | 11–12 February 2022 | Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 2 | 18–19 February 2022 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 3 | 25–26 February 2022 | Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 4 | 11–12 March 2022 | Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1 |
| Matchday 5 | 18–19 March 2022 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 6 | 1–2 April 2022 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 |
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Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSD | AHL | HIL | MER | |
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| 1 |  Mamelodi Sundowns |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 |  Al Ahly |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 |  Al Hilal |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 2–4 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Al Merrikh |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — |
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Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
More information Al Ahly, 3–2 ...
| Al Ahly | 3–2 | Al Merrikh |
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Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
More information Al Merrikh, 2–1 ...
| Al Merrikh | 2–1 | Al Hilal |
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Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
More information Mamelodi Sundowns, 1–0 ...
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–0 | Al Ahly |
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Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
More information Al Merrikh, 1–3 ...
| Al Merrikh | 1–3 | Al Ahly |
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Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)
More information Al Hilal, 2–4 ...
| Al Hilal | 2–4 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
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Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RCA | ESS | AMZ | HOR | |
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| 1 |  Raja CA |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 |  ES Sétif |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | AmaZulu |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 |  Horoya |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
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Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
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Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)
Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
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Referee: Youssef Sraïri (Tunisia)
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | CRB | ESS | GAL | |
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| 1 |  Espérance de Tunis |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Étoile du Sahel |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | ||
| 4 |  Jwaneng Galaxy |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
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Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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| Espérance de Tunis | 4–0 | Jwaneng Galaxy |
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Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
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| Jwaneng Galaxy | 1–1 | Étoile du Sahel |
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Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)
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Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
More information Jwaneng Galaxy, 1–2 ...
| Jwaneng Galaxy | 1–2 | CR Belouizdad |
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Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)
Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)
More information Étoile du Sahel, 0–2 ...
| Étoile du Sahel | 0–2 | Espérance de Tunis |
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Referee: Mohamed Marouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)
More information Étoile du Sahel, 3–2 ...
| Étoile du Sahel | 3–2 | Jwaneng Galaxy |
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Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)
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Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | PET | ZAM | SAG | |
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| 1 | Wydad AC |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| 2 |  Petro de Luanda |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Zamalek |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | Sagrada Esperança |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
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Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Referee: Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)
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Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Referee: Eugene Mdluli (South Africa)
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Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)
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| Sagrada Esperança | 1–2 | Wydad AC |
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Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
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| Wydad AC | 5–1 | Petro de Luanda |
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Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
- Mamelodi Sundowns play their group stage home matches at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, instead of their regular home stadiums Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, both in Pretoria, due to unavailability.
- The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 11 or 12 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 5 March 2022 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates between 3 and 12 February 2022.
- Al Merrikh play their group stage home matches at Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt), instead of their regular home stadium Al Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan), which did not meet CAF requirements.
- ES Sétif play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, which did not meet CAF requirements.
- Étoile du Sahel play their home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.
- CR Belouizdad play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade du 20 Août, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.
- Sagrada Esperança play their group stage home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, instead of their regular home stadium Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, which did not meet CAF requirements.
- "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- "Draw Procedure of the 2021-22 TotalEnergies CAF Champions – Group Stage". CAF. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.