2013 CAF Champions League group stage

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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]

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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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Ahly 632187+111Advance to knockout stage
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Orlando Pirates 622284+48
3 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 62131012−27 [a]
4 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg AC Léopards 621347−37 [a]
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Zamalek are ranked ahead of AC Léopards on head-to-head record).
Tiebreaker
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDAGPts
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 210142+23
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg AC Léopards 210124−23
Source: CAF
Zamalek Flag of Egypt.svg 1–1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Ahly
Gaafar Soccerball shade.svg8' Report Aboutrika Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.)
El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)

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

Al-Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 2–1 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg AC Léopards
El-Said Soccerball shade.svg37'
Soliman Soccerball shade.svg68'		 Report Beaullia Soccerball shade.svg84'
El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
Zamalek Flag of Egypt.svg 4–1 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg AC Léopards
Ibrahim Soccerball shade.svg33'
Shikabala Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Gaafar Soccerball shade.svg57', 65'		 Report Bhebey Ndey Soccerball shade.svg26'
El Gouna Stadium, El Gouna
Referee: Ousmane Fall (Senegal)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 650194+515Advance to knockout stage
2 Flag of Cameroon.svg Coton Sport 622256−18
3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Séwé Sport 612356−15 [a]
4 Flag of Angola.svg Recreativo do Libolo 6123811−35 [a]
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Séwé Sport are ranked ahead of Recreativo do Libolo on head-to-head record.
Head-to-head
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Séwé Sport 211053+24
Flag of Angola.svg Recreativo do Libolo 201135−21
Source: [ citation needed ]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.
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