2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage
| Dates | 26 November 2024 – 18 January 2025 |
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← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage will begin on 26 November 2024 and end on 18 January 2025. 16 teams will compete in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.
Draw
[edit]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.
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Format
[edit]In the group stage, each group will be 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
[edit]The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):
- 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 will still be tied, all head-to-head criteria above will be 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.
Schedule
[edit]The schedule of each matchday will be as follows.
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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| Matchday 1 | 26–27 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
[edit]All times are local.
Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TPM | YNGA | HIL | MCA | |
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| 1 |  TP Mazembe
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 13–14 Dec | 17–18 Jan | 26–27 Nov | |
| 2 |  Young Africans
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3–4 Jan | — | 26–27 Nov | 17–18 Jan | ||
| 3 |  Al Hilal
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6–7 Dec | 10–11 Jan | — | 3–4 Jan | ||
| 4 |  MC Alger
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10–11 Jan | 6–7 Dec | 13–14 Dec | — |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SUN | RCA | FAR | MUN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mamelodi Sundowns
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 13–14 Dec | 17–18 Jan | 26–27 Nov | |
| 2 |  Raja CA
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3–4 Jan | — | 26–27 Nov | 17–18 Jan | ||
| 3 | AS FAR
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6–7 Dec | 10–11 Jan | — | 3–4 Jan | ||
| 4 | AS Maniema Union
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10–11 Jan | 6–7 Dec | 13–14 Dec | — |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | CRB | ORL | SAB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Al Ahly
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 13–14 Dec | 17–18 Jan | 26–27 Nov | |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3–4 Jan | — | 26–27 Nov | 17–18 Jan | ||
| 3 | Orlando Pirates
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6–7 Dec | 10–11 Jan | — | 3–4 Jan | ||
| 4 |  Stade d'Abidjan
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10–11 Jan | 6–7 Dec | 13–14 Dec | — |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group D
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | PYR | GDSE | DAC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Espérance de Tunis
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 13–14 Dec | 17–18 Jan | 26–27 Nov | |
| 2 | Pyramids
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3–4 Jan | — | 26–27 Nov | 17–18 Jan | ||
| 3 |  Sagrada Esperança
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6–7 Dec | 10–11 Jan | — | 3–4 Jan | ||
| 4 |  Djoliba
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10–11 Jan | 6–7 Dec | 13–14 Dec | — |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Al Hilal will play their home matches at Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya in Nouakchott, Mauritania, instead of their regular stadium, Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, due to the Sudanese civil war.
- ^ a b c Raja CA will play their home matches at Larbi Zaouli Stadium, instead of their regular stadium, Stade Mohammed V, both located in Casablanca, due to renovation works.
- ^ a b c AS FAR will play their home matches at Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium, El Jadida, instead of their regular stadium, Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, due to renovation works.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c 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
[edit]- ^ "CAF announces TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw Date". Confederation of African Football. 22 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com