2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 12 May to 9 July 2017.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.^[2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[3]^[4]^[5] The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off round of qualifying, 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 in parentheses).^[6]

Pot	Pot 1	Pot 2
Teams	TP Mazembe (58 pts) CS Sfaxien (21 pts) ZESCO United (15 pts) FUS Rabat (12 pts)	Smouha (4 pts) Recreativo do Libolo (2 pts) MC Alger CF Mounana Horoya Rivers United Platinum Stars SuperSport United Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid Mbabane Swallows Club Africain KCCA

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 quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

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 were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):^[2]

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 are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are 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

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).^[1]^[7]

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	12–14 May 2017	Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2	23–24 May 2017	Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3	2–4 June 2017	Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4	20–21 June 2017	Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5	30 June – 2 July 2017	Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6	7–9 July 2017	Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CAF	FUS	KCC	RIV
1	Club Africain	6	4	2	13	6	+7	12	Quarter-finals	—	2–1	4–0	3–1
2	FUS Rabat	6	3	3	9	8	+1	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarter-finals	2–1	—	3–0	2–1
3	KCCA	6	3	3	8	12	−4	9^{[lower-alpha 1]}		2–1	3–1	—	2–1
4	Rivers United	6	2	4	6	10	−4	6		0–2	1–0	2–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.

13 May 201722:00 UTC+1

FUS Rabat	3–0	KCCA
El Bahri 7' Njie 42' Benarif 76'	Report

Stade de FUS, Rabat

Referee: Bienvenu Sinko (Ivory Coast)

14 May 201718:00 UTC+1

Club Africain	3–1	Rivers United
Ifa 22' Darragi 45' (pen.) Douhadji 71' (o.g.)	Report	Odumegwu 53'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

23 May 201716:00 UTC+3

KCCA	2–1	Club Africain
Nsibambi 45+1' Masiko 63'	Report	Belkhiter 19'

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

24 May 201716:00 UTC+1

Rivers United	1–0	FUS Rabat
Atuloma 71'	Report

Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt

Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)

2 June 201722:00 UTC±0

FUS Rabat	2–1	Club Africain
Fouzair 53' (pen.) Skouma 90'	Report	Chenihi 19'

Stade de FUS, Rabat

Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)

3 June 201716:00 UTC+3

KCCA	2–1	Rivers United
Nsibambi 16', 71'	Report	Sakin 33'

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

20 June 201716:00 UTC+1

Rivers United	2–1	KCCA
Ovoke 1' Obomate 14'	Report	Sserunkuma 44'

Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

20 June 201722:00 UTC+1

Club Africain	2–1	FUS Rabat
Abdi 69' Meniaoui 90+4'	Report	Fouzair 33' (pen.)

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

2 July 201716:00 UTC+3

KCCA	3–1	FUS Rabat
Sserunkuma 42' (pen.) Saddam 53' Muleme 62'	Report	Diakité 85'

Phillip Omondi Stadium, Kampala

Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

2 July 201716:00 UTC+1

Rivers United	0–2	Club Africain
	Report	Haddad 64' Festus 88' (o.g.)

Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

7 July 201721:00 UTC+1

FUS Rabat	2–1	Rivers United
El Gnaoui 52' Fouzair 89' (pen.)	Report	Sakin 43'

Stade de FUS, Rabat

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

7 July 201721:00 UTC+1

Club Africain	4–0	KCCA
Khalifa 11' Haddad 24', 89' Zemzemi 41'	Report

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

Referee: Wellington Kaoma (Zambia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CSS	MCA	MBS	PST
1	CS Sfaxien	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9	13	Quarter-finals	—	4–0	1–0	3–0
2	MC Alger	6	3	2	1	7	7	0	11	Quarter-finals	2–1	—	2–1	2–0
3	Mbabane Swallows	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5		1–3	0–0	—	4–2
4	Platinum Stars	6	0	3	3	6	13	−7	3		1–1	1–1	2–2	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 May 201720:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	1–0	Mbabane Swallows
Marzouki 30'	Report

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

14 May 201717:00 UTC+2

Platinum Stars	1–1	MC Alger
Khunou 43'	Report	Boudebouda 6'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

23 May 201715:00 UTC+2

Mbabane Swallows	4–2	Platinum Stars
Ndzinisa 4', 7', 63', 77'	Report	Shilongo 21' (pen.), 90' (pen.)

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)

23 May 201721:00 UTC+1

MC Alger	2–1	CS Sfaxien
Nekkache 26' Hachoud 66'	Report	Aouadhi 41'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

2 June 201715:00 UTC+2

Mbabane Swallows	0–0	MC Alger
	Report

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)

4 June 201722:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	3–0	Platinum Stars
Sokari 12' Aouadhi 27' (pen.) Hannachi 53'	Report

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

20 June 201723:00 UTC+1

MC Alger	2–1	Mbabane Swallows
Nekkache 4', 28'	Report	Ndlovu 73'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

21 June 201719:00 UTC+2

Platinum Stars	1–1	CS Sfaxien
Ntuli 58'	Report	Hannachi 76'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Referee: Antoine Effa (Cameroon)

30 June 201721:00 UTC+1

MC Alger	2–0	Platinum Stars
Hachoud 12' (pen.) Nekkache 89'	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

2 July 201715:00 UTC+2

Mbabane Swallows	1–3	CS Sfaxien
Tshishimbi 44'	Report	Ben Ali 21' Chaouat 29' Karoui 88'

Somhlolo National Stadium, Lobamba

Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)

8 July 201718:00 UTC+1

CS Sfaxien	4–0	MC Alger
Chaouat 2', 88' Amdouni 90+4' Marzouki 90+5'	Report

Stade Taïeb Mhiri, Sfax

Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

8 July 201719:00 UTC+2

Platinum Stars	2–2	Mbabane Swallows
Ng'ambi 79', 85'	Report	Nhleko 20' Ndzinisa 69'

Moruleng Stadium, Saulspoort

Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ZES	HLU	RLB	SMO
1	ZESCO United	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarter-finals	—	3–0 (awd.)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–0	1–0
2	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	6	3	1	2	6	6	0	10^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarter-finals	1–0	—	2–0	2–1
3	Recreativo do Libolo	6	2	1	3	4	5	−1	7		3–0	1–0	—	0–0
4	Smouha	6	1	3	2	5	5	0	6		1–1	1–1	2–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
↑ FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.^[8] As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents.^[9] Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup,^[10] but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July,^[11] they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.^[9]

13 May 201715:30 UTC+2

ZESCO United	1–0	Smouha
Were 73' (pen.)	Report

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Cecil Fleischer (Ghana)

14 May 201715:00 UTC+1

Recreativo do Libolo	1–0	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
Diawara 90'	Report

Estádio Municipal de Calulo, Calulo

Referee: Aurélien Juenkou (Cameroon)

24 May 201718:00 UTC+2

Smouha	2–0	Recreativo do Libolo
Raouf 11' Mohareb 90'	Report

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

24 May 201721:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	1–0	ZESCO United
Moukoro 86'	Report

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

3 June 201723:00 UTC+2

Smouha	1–1	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
Mekky 38' (pen.)	Report	Ezzat 67' (o.g.)

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

4 June 201715:00 UTC+2

ZESCO United	1–0	Recreativo do Libolo
Mbombo 27'	Report

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

20 June 201715:00 UTC+1

Recreativo do Libolo	3–0	ZESCO United
Boukama-Kaya 9', 77' Fabrício 80' (pen.)	Report

Estádio Municipal de Calulo, Calulo

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

20 June 201723:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	2–1	Smouha
Girfa 72' Ladzagla 90+3'	Report	Mohareb 84'

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid

Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

30 June 201718:00 UTC+2

Smouha	1–1	ZESCO United
Diawara 89' (pen.)	Report	Ibrahim 84' (o.g.)

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

1 July 201721:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid	2–0	Recreativo do Libolo
El Tahir 21' (pen.) Moukoro 50' (pen.)	Report

Al-Ubayyid Stadium, Al-Ubayyid

Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)

9 July 201716:00 UTC+2

ZESCO United	3–0 Awarded	Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid
	Report

Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, Ndola

Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)

9 July 201715:00 UTC+1

Recreativo do Libolo	0–0	Smouha
	Report

Estádio Municipal de Calulo, Calulo

Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TPM	SSU	HOR	MOU
1	TP Mazembe	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12	Quarter-finals	—	2–2	2–1	2–0
2	SuperSport United	6	2	4	0	13	8	+5	10	Quarter-finals	0–0	—	2–2	4–1
3	Horoya	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9		1–1	0–0	—	1–0
4	CF Mounana	6	0	0	6	4	14	−10	0		0–1	3–5	0–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 May 201719:40 UTC+2

SuperSport United	2–2	Horoya
Ritchie 38' Phala 82'	Report	Dipita 33' Kyei 51'

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Denis Batte (Uganda)

14 May 201715:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2–0	CF Mounana
Mputu 17' Kalaba 49'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

23 May 201716:00 UTC+1

CF Mounana	3–5	SuperSport United
Atchabao 26' Sinayoko 79' Autchanga 90'	Report	Kekana 4' Mnyamane 34', 41' Brockie 64', 90'

Stade de l'Amitié Sino-Gabonaise, Libreville

Referee: Abubakar Ago (Nigeria)

24 May 201716:00 UTC±0

Horoya	1–1	TP Mazembe
Dipita 33'	Report	Malango 80'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

3 June 201715:30 UTC+1

CF Mounana	0–1	Horoya
	Report	Camara 72'

Stade de l'Amitié Sino-Gabonaise, Libreville

Referee: Djamal Aden (Djibouti)

4 June 201715:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2–2	SuperSport United
Malango 21' Kalaba 25'	Report	Modiba 26' Mokoena 65'

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Ferdinand Udoh (Nigeria)

20 June 201716:00 UTC±0

Horoya	1–0	CF Mounana
Camara 82'	Report

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

20 June 201719:00 UTC+2

SuperSport United	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)

1 July 201715:00 UTC±0

Horoya	0–0	SuperSport United
	Report

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Referee: Mahmoud Bassiouny (Egypt)

2 July 201716:00 UTC+1

CF Mounana	0–1	TP Mazembe
	Report	Mpeko 78'

Stade de l'Amitié Sino-Gabonaise, Libreville

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

8 July 201715:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	2–1	Horoya
Kanda 14' Sinkala 82'	Report	Dipita 37'

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

8 July 201715:30 UTC+2

SuperSport United	4–1	CF Mounana
Grobler 14' Mnyamane 27' Brockie 34', 44' (pen.)	Report	Mensah 56'

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)

References

1 2 "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
1 2 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
↑ "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase Draw". CAF. 23 March 2017.
↑ "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
↑ "Draw results for CC group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
↑ "Procedure for CC group phase draw". CAF. 26 April 2017.
↑ "Total Confederation Cup 2017: fixtures of the group matches". CAF.
↑ "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.
1 2 "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.
↑ "Sudanese clubs disqualified following FIFA suspension". CAF. 7 July 2017.
↑ "FIFA lifts suspension of Sudan Football Association (SFA)". FIFA.com. 13 July 2017.

External links

Total Confederation Cup 2017, CAFonline.com

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[table_hth_FUS0.39376956615307-8] 1 2 Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.

[table_hth_ZES0.9065149593663-9] 1 2 Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.

[table_note_ZES_HLU0.9065149593663-14] FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017.^[8] As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents.^[9] Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup,^[10] but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July,^[11] they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.^[9]

[calendar-1] 1 2 "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.

[regulations-2] 1 2 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.

[3] "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase Draw". CAF. 23 March 2017.

[gsdraw_video-4] "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.

[5] "Draw results for CC group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.

[6] "Procedure for CC group phase draw". CAF. 26 April 2017.

[fixtures-7] "Total Confederation Cup 2017: fixtures of the group matches". CAF.

[10] "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.

[decisions-11] 1 2 "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.

[12] "Sudanese clubs disqualified following FIFA suspension". CAF. 7 July 2017.

[13] "FIFA lifts suspension of Sudan Football Association (SFA)". FIFA.com. 13 July 2017.

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