2007 CAF Champions League group stage

2007 CAF Champions League group stage

Dates	22 July – 2 September 2007
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	42 (1.75 per match)
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The group stage of the 2007 CAF Champions League was played from 22 July to 2 September 2007. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage playing semifinal rounds before the final.

Format

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the Knockout stage.

Groups

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	3	2	1	6	2	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Ittihad	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	7
3	JS Kabylie	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	5
4	FAR Rabat	6	1	2	3	2	6	−4	4

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 June 2007
21:00 EET

Al-Ittihad	1–0	JS Kabylie
Camara File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	(Report)

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 25 000

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

23 June 2007
20:00 WET

FAR Rabat	0–1	Étoile du Sahel
	(Report)	Ben Frej File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

Attendance: 32 000

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

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6 July 2007
20:00 CET

JS Kabylie	2–0	FAR Rabat
Dabo File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (pen), File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	(Report)

Stade 1er Novembre, Tizi Ouzou

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

7 July 2007
19:10 CEST

Étoile du Sahel	0–0	Al-Ittihad
	(Report)

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Lassina Pare (Burkina Faso)

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21 July 2007
20:00 WET

FAR Rabat	1–0	Al-Ittihad
Ouaddouch File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'	(Report)

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

Referee: Emmanuel Imiere (Nigeria)

21 July 2007
19:10 CEST

Étoile du Sahel	3–0	JS Kabylie
Chermiti File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Ben Mohamed File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Silva Alves File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	(Report)

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Rene Louzaya (Congo)

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3 August 2007
19:30 EET

Al-Ittihad	2–0	FAR Rabat
Shibani File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Rewani File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

3 August 2007
21:00 CET

JS Kabylie	0–2	Étoile du Sahel
		Ogunbiyi File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Chermiti File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'

Stade 1er Novembre, Tizi Ouzou

Referee: Abdel Rahman Khalid (Sudan)

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17 August 2007
20:00 CET

JS Kabylie	3–1	Al-Ittihad
AthmaniFile:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Hemani File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Saïbi File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'		Rewani File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'

Stade 1er Novembre, Tizi Ouzou

Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)

18 August 2007
19:10 CEST

Étoile du Sahel	0–0	FAR Rabat

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Referee: Alex Kotey (Ghana)

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1 September 2007
21:00 EET

Al-Ittihad	2–0	Étoile du Sahel
Shibani File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Rewani File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'(pen)

June 11 Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: Kokou Djaoupe (Togo)

1 September 2007
19:00 WET

FAR Rabat	1–1	JS Kabylie
Benkassou File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (pen.)		Derrag File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

Referee: Diouf Abdou (Senegal)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al Ahly SC	6	4	0	2	8	4	+4	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Hilal	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	7
3	ASEC Mimosas	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	5
4	Espérance de Tunis	6	1	2	3	2	8	−6	4

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

23 June 2007
19:10 CEST

Espérance	0–0	ASEC Mimosas
	(Report)

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

24 June 2007
20:30 EEST

Al Ahly SC	2–0	Al-Hilal
Flavio File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Hosny File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	(Report)

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

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8 July 2007
20:30 EAT

Al-Hilal	2–0	Espérance
Eze File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	(Report)

AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Muhmed Ssegonga (Uganda)

8 July 2007
15:00 GMT

ASEC Mimosas	0–1	Al Ahly SC
	(Report)	Aboutreika File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Kenias Marange (Zimbabwe)

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20 July 2007
20:00 EEST

Al Ahly SC	3–0	Espérance
Aboutreika File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Flavio File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Hosny File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	(Report)

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

22 July 2007
20:00 EAT

Al-Hilal	2–1	ASEC Mimosas
Eze File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Mohamed File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	(Report)	Idrissu File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'

AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Abderrahim El Arjoun (Morocco)

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4 August 2007
19:10 CEST

Espérance	1–0	Al Ahly SC
Kasdaoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'

Stade 7 November, Radès

Referee: Aldrin Ncobo (South Africa)

5 August 2007
15:30 GMT

ASEC Mimosas	1–0	Al-Hilal
N'Gossan File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)

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19 August 2007
20:30 EAT

Al-Hilal	3–0	Al Ahly SC
Khan File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Korongo File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Eze File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'

AlHilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

19 August 2007
15:00 GMT

ASEC Mimosas	2–0	Espérance
Zaïem File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' (o.g.) Diarra File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Referee: Jean-Marie Hicuburundi (Burundi)

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2 September 2007
19:00 CEST

Espérance	1–1	Al-Hilal
Ltaief File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'		Eze File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (pen.)

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Referee: Lassina Paré (Burkina Faso)

2 September 2007
20:00 EEST

Al Ahly SC	2–0	ASEC Mimosas
Flavio File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Aboutreika File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

External links

• 2007 CAF Champions League - todor66.com