2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 26 June to 13 September 2015. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The eight winners of the play-off round were drawn into two groups of four. There were no seedings.[3]

The following eight teams were entered into the draw, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw:

Format

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 were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be 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. Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  4. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4 to several teams, two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 9 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all games;
  7. Goals scored in all games;
  8. Away goals scored in all games;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matchdays were 26–28 June, 10–12 July, 24–26 July, 7–9 August, 21–23 August, and 11–13 September 2015.[4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL ESS STA EST
1 Egypt Al-Ahly 6 4 1 1 6 1 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–0 3–0
2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 13 1–0 — 1–0 2–1
3 Mali Stade Malien 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–0 1–1 — 0–1
4 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 0–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 1–0 Mali Stade Malien
Bounedjah  69' Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Al-Ahly Egypt 3–0 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Said  20', 58'
Zakaria  90'		 Report
Stade Malien Mali 0–0 Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

The Stade Malien v Espérance de Tunis match was suspended at the 49th minute due to heavy rain, and was resumed on 10 August 2015, 16:30 UTC±0, from the point of abandonment.[5][6]

Stade Malien Mali 1–1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Mo. Coulibaly  90+5' Report Bangoura  58'
Al-Ahly Egypt 1–0 Mali Stade Malien
Gamal  75' Report
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAM ORL LEO CSS
1 Egypt Zamalek 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage — 4–1 2–0 1–0
2 South Africa Orlando Pirates 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 1–2 — 2–0 2–0
3 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 1–0 0–1 — 0–0
4 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 1–3 0–1 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Zamalek Egypt 2–0 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Morsi  2'
Hefny  36' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)
Orlando Pirates South Africa 2–0 Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Rakhale  37'
Masuku  53'		 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Orlando Pirates South Africa 2–0 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Makola  32'
Manyisa  87'		 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia 1–3 Egypt Zamalek
Maâloul  63' (pen.) Report Kahraba  54'
Hamoudi  80', 89' (pen.)
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Zamalek Egypt 4–1 South Africa Orlando Pirates
Tawfik  13'
Mekky  36'
Fathi  62'
Kahraba  66'		 Report Manyisa  32'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Live report: CAF Interclubs draw". CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ahly, Zamalek to be drawn apart". Confederation of African Football. 4 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stade Malien – Esperance continues on Monday". CAF. 9 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Coupe de la CAF : Stade Malien-Espérance Tunis interrompu et reporté à lundi" (in French). Afrik-Foot.com. 9 August 2015.
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