2013 CAF Champions League group stage

2013 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates20 July – 22 September 2013
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored57 (2.38 per match)
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The group stage of the 2013 CAF Champions League was played from 20 July to 22 September 2013. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 May 2013, 14:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The eight winners of the second round were drawn into two groups of four. Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3.[3]

The following eight teams were entered into the draw:

Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3

Format

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 semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
  3. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all games
  5. Goals scored in all games.

Groups

The matchdays were 19–21 July, 2–4 August, 16–18 August, 30 August–1 September, 13–15 September, and 20–22 September 2013.[4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Egypt Al-Ahly 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 South Africa Orlando Pirates 6 2 2 2 8 4 +4 6
3 Egypt Zamalek 6 2 1 3 10 12 −2 5[a]
4 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 5[a]
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Zamalek are ranked ahead of AC Léopards on head-to-head record).
Tiebreaker
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD AG Pts
Egypt Zamalek 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3
Source: CAF
Zamalek Egypt1–1Egypt Al-Ahly
Gaafar 8' Report Aboutrika 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000

Note: The Zamalek v Al-Ahly match was postponed due to security concerns in Egypt.[5]

Al-Ahly Egypt0–3South Africa Orlando Pirates
Report Ntshumayelo 12'
Jali 73' (pen.)
Myeni 76'
Orlando Pirates South Africa4–1Egypt Zamalek
Bacela 27'
Segolela 52'
Myeni 74'
Klate 82'		 Report Shikabala 29'
Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)
Al-Ahly Egypt2–1Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
El-Said 37'
Soliman 68'		 Report Beaullia 84'
Attendance: 6,000
Al-Ahly Egypt4–2Egypt Zamalek
Soliman 9'
Abd El-Zaher 15'
Aboutrika 52'
Ahmed Fathy 71'		 Report Gaber 4'
Hassan 82'
Zamalek Egypt4–1Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Ibrahim 33'
Shikabala 45+1'
Gaafar 57', 65'		 Report Bhebey Ndey 26'
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)
Orlando Pirates South Africa0–0Egypt Al-Ahly
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Cameroon Coton Sport 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 6
3 Ivory Coast Séwé Sport 6 1 2 3 5 6 −1 4[a]
4 Angola Recreativo do Libolo 6 1 2 3 8 11 −3 4[a]
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Séwé Sport are ranked ahead of Recreativo do Libolo on head-to-head record.
Head-to-head
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Ivory Coast Séwé Sport 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
Angola Recreativo do Libolo 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast3–1Angola Recreativo do Libolo
Zougoula 24', 39', 45+4' (pen.) Report Sidnei 34'

Note: The Coton Sport v Séwé Sport match of Matchday 1 was postponed due to FIFA's suspension on 4 July 2013 of the Cameroonian Football Federation, which was lifted on 22 July 2013.[5][6]

Séwé Sport Ivory Coast0–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report Darragi 48'
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)
Séwé Sport Ivory Coast0–0Cameroon Coton Sport
Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ "2013 Orange CAF Champions League draw conducted in Cairo". Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Procedures of the draw of the group matches, semi-finals and finals of the 17th Edition of Orange CAF Champions League, "CL 2013"" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
  4. ^ "17th Edition of the Orange CAF Champions League 2013 – Official Draw, Cairo 14.05.2013" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Soccer-Postponements loom in African Champions League". Yahoo Sports. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ^ "LDC : Coton-Séwé encore reporté". footafrica365.fr. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2013-07-23.

External links

  • Orange CAF Champions League
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