2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage

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2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates26 November 2024 – 18 January 2025
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored23 (2.88 per match)
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 26 November 2024.

The 2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage began on 26 November 2024 and will end on 18 January 2025. 16 teams are competing in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.

Draw

<section begin=Draw /> The draw for the group stage was held on 7 October 2024, 11:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+3), in Cairo, Egypt.[1] The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds 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 contains one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team were allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.<section end="Draw" />

Pot 1
Team Pts
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 87
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 61
File:Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 54
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 38
Pot 2
Team Pts
File:Flag of Algeria.svg CR Belouizdad 37
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA 35
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans 31
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 29
Pot 3
Team Pts
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Al Hilal 25
File:Flag of South Africa.svg Orlando Pirates 16
File:Flag of Angola.svg Sagrada Esperança 8
File:Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 8
Pot 4
Team Pts
File:Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 6
File:Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba 1
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Maniema Union —
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan —

Format

In the group stage, each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are 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 is still tied, all head-to-head criteria above is 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 is as follows.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 26 November 2024 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 6–7 December 2024 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 13–14 December 2024 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 3–4 January 2025 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 10–11 January 2025 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 17–18 January 2025 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

All times are local.

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL TPM MCA YNG
1 File:Flag of Sudan.svg Al Hilal 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Advance to knockout stage — 8 Dec 3–4 Jan 10–11 Jan
2 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17–18 Jan — 0–0 14 Dec
3 File:Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13–14 Dec 10–11 Jan — 7 Dec
4 File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 0–2 3–4 Jan 17–18 Jan —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Young Africans File:Flag of Tanzania.svg0–2File:Flag of Sudan.svg Al Hilal
Report

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAR MSFC MUN RCA
1 File:Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Advance to knockout stage — 7 Dec 3–4 Jan 10–11 Jan
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17–18 Jan — 0–0 13–14 Dec
3 File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Maniema Union 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13–14 Dec 10–11 Jan — 6–7 Dec
4 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 0–2 3–4 Jan 17–18 Jan —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL OPFC CRB SAB
1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 3 Advance to knockout stage — 17–18 Jan 13–14 Dec 4–2
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Orlando Pirates 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3 7 Dec — 10–11 Jan 3–4 Jan
3 File:Flag of Algeria.svg CR Belouizdad 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 3–4 Jan 1–2 — 17–18 Jan
4 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 0 10–11 Jan 13–14 Dec 7 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PYR EST GDSE DJO
1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 3 Advance to knockout stage — 3–4 Jan 5–1 17–18 Jan
2 File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3 14 Dec — 17–18 Jan 4–0
3 File:Flag of Angola.svg Sagrada Esperança 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 0 10–11 Jan 6 Dec — 3–4 Jan
4 File:Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0 8 Dec 10–11 Jan 15 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Al Hilal will play their home matches at Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium in Nouakchott (Mauritania), instead of their regular stadium, Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, due to the Sudanese civil war.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Raja CA are playing their home matches at Larbi Zaouli Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, Stade Mohammed V, both located in Casablanca, due to renovation works.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 AS FAR will play their home matches at Honneur Stadium, Meknes, instead of their regular stadium, Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, due to renovation works.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 AS Maniema Union will play their home matches at Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa, instead of their regular stadium, Stade Joseph Kabila Kabange, Kindu, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Stade d'Abidjan will play their home matches at Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, Robert Champroux Stadium, both located in Abidjan, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  6. ↑ The Al Ahly v CR Belouizdad match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 or 14 December, was rescheduled to be played on 22 December 2024 due to Al Ahly participation in the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Sagrada Esperança will play their home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, instead of their regular stadium, Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References

  1. ↑ "CAF announces TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw Date". Confederation of African Football. 22 September 2023.

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