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]

2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates26 June – 13 September 2015

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 Al-Ahly 6 4 1 1 6 1 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–0 3–0
2 Étoile du Sahel 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 13 1–0 — 1–0 2–1
3 Stade Malien 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–0 1–1 — 0–1
4 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 1–0 Stade Malien
Bounedjah  69' Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Al-Ahly 3–0 Espérance de Tunis
Said  20', 58'
Zakaria  90'		 Report
Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
Stade Malien 0–0 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 1–1 Étoile du Sahel
Mo. Coulibaly  90+5' Report Bangoura  58'
Al-Ahly 1–0 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 Zamalek 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage — 4–1 2–0 1–0
2 Orlando Pirates 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 1–2 — 2–0 2–0
3 AC Léopards 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 1–0 0–1 — 0–0
4 CS Sfaxien 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 1–3 0–1 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
AC Léopards 0–1 Orlando Pirates
Report Jele  58'
Orlando Pirates 1–2 Zamalek
Majoro  68' Report Youssef  72'
Fathi  83'
Zamalek 2–0 AC Léopards
Morsi  2'
Hefny  36' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)
CS Sfaxien 0–1 Orlando Pirates
Report Rakhale  47'
Orlando Pirates 2–0 CS Sfaxien
Rakhale  37'
Masuku  53'		 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Orlando Pirates 2–0 AC Léopards
Makola  32'
Manyisa  87'		 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
CS Sfaxien 1–3 Zamalek
Maâloul  63' (pen.) Report Kahraba  54'
Hamoudi  80', 89' (pen.)
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Zamalek 4–1 Orlando Pirates
Tawfik  13'
Mekky  36'
Fathi  62'
Kahraba  66'		 Report Manyisa  32'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

References
  1. "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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