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

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

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

Enyimba (11 pts)
MC Alger (0 pts)

Raja CA (0 pts)
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 Enyimba 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14 Advance to knockout stage
2 Al-Hilal 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
3 Coton Sport FC 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
4 Raja CA 6 0 3 3 1 5 −4 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Enyimba 2 – 2 Al-Hilal
Valentine Nwabili 48'
Uche Kalu 60'		 Report Edward Sadomba 22', 76'
Referee: Farouk Mohamed (Egypt)[5]
Coton Sport 2 – 3 Enyimba
Chardin Madila Mfoutou 46'
Saidou Idrissa 63'		 Report Uche Kalu 8', 85'
Chidozie Johnson 40'
Enyimba 2 – 0 Raja CA
Uche Kalu 9'
Chidozie Johnson 25'		 Report
Al-Hilal 2 – 1 Coton Sport
Haitham Mustafa 28' (pen.)
Edet Otobong 82'		 Report Chardin Madila Mfoutou 10'
Coton Sport 2 – 0 Al-Hilal
Jacques Haman 28'
Brice Zimbori 55'		 Report
Al-Hilal 1 – 2 Enyimba
Edward Sadomba 6' Report Valentine Nwabili 68'
Samuel Tswanya 90' (pen.)
Coton Sport 2 – 1 Raja CA
Osmaila Baba 54', 64' Report Abdessamad Ouhakki 16'
Raja CA 0 – 0 Al-Hilal
Report
Enyimba 2 – 0 Coton Sport
Ifeanyi Ede 45' (pen.)
Valentine Nwabili 90'		 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Espérance ST 6 2 4 0 9 4 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Wydad AC 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 7[a]
3 Al-Ahly 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 7[a]
4 MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5
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
Wydad AC 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 3 2
Al-Ahly 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 2
Source:
Espérance ST 4 – 0 MC Alger
Mejdi Traoui 8'
Yannick N'Djeng 21', 43', 55'		 Report

References

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