2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 17 June to 24 August 2016.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.[2]

2016 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates17 June – 24 August 2016

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 May 2016, 14:30 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.

The eight teams, all winners of the play-off round, were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses): two teams in Pot 1 and six teams in Pot 2. One team from Pot 1 and three teams from Pot 2 were drawn into each group, with each team then assigned a random "position" in the group to determine the fixtures.[5]

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2
Teams

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 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 (Regulations III. 20 & 21):[2]

  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.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.[1][6]

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 17–19 June 2016 Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 2 28–29 June 2016 Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 3 15–17 July 2016 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4
Matchday 4 26–27 July 2016 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 5 12–14 August 2016 Team 2 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 3
Matchday 6 23–24 August 2016 Team 3 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 4

Groups

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM MOB MED YAN
1 TP Mazembe 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Knockout stage — 1–0 3–1 3–1
2 MO Béjaïa 6 2 2 2 2 2 0 8 0–0 — 1–0 1–0
3 Medeama 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 3–2 0–0 — 3–1
4 Young Africans 6 1 1 4 4 9 −5 4 0–1 1–0 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
TP Mazembe 3–1 Medeama
Kalaba  16', 69'
Coulibaly  45'		 Report Akowuah  2'
MO Béjaïa 1–0 Young Africans
Salhi  20' Report
Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine, Béjaïa
Young Africans 0–1 TP Mazembe
Report Bokadi  73'
Medeama 0–0 MO Béjaïa
Report
Young Africans 1–1 Medeama
Ngoma  2' Report Ofori  17'
MO Béjaïa 0–0 TP Mazembe
Report
Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine, Béjaïa
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Medeama 3–1 Young Africans
Amoah  7'
Mohammed  22', 36'		 Report Msuva  24' (pen.)
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
TP Mazembe 1–0 MO Béjaïa
Kalaba  61' Report
Young Africans 1–0 MO Béjaïa
Kamusoko  3' Report
Medeama 3–2 TP Mazembe
Agyei  32'
Sarpong  59' (pen.)
Donsu  90+4'		 Report Bolingi  61'
Kalaba  72'
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
TP Mazembe 3–1 Young Africans
Bolingi  28'
Kalaba  55', 63'		 Report Tambwe  75'
Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)
MO Béjaïa 1–0 Medeama
Betorangal  53' Report
Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine, Béjaïa
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FUS ESS KAC AHL
1 FUS Rabat 6 3 3 0 9 4 +5 12 Knockout stage — 0–0 3–1 1–0
2 Étoile du Sahel 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11 1–1 — 3–1 3–0
3 Kawkab Marrakech 6 2 1 3 9 13 −4 7 1–3 2–1 — 2–2
4 Al-Ahli Tripoli 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2 1–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kawkab Marrakech 2–1 Étoile du Sahel
Kouyaté  74'
Amimi  86'		 Report Lahmar  61' (pen.)
Referee: Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)
FUS Rabat 1–0 Al-Ahli Tripoli
Nahiri  47' Report
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Al-Ahli Tripoli 1–2 Kawkab Marrakech
Al Ghanodi  38' (pen.) Report El Fakih  34' (pen.)
Luiz Jeferson  65'
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis (Tunisia)[note 1]
Étoile du Sahel 1–1 FUS Rabat
Akaïchi  3' Report Benjelloun  68'
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
Kawkab Marrakech 1–3 FUS Rabat
El Fakih  45+2' (pen.) Report El Gnaoui  22' (pen.)
Benjelloun  48'
Fouzair  67'
Étoile du Sahel 3–0 Al-Ahli Tripoli
Brigui  58', 68'
Akaïchi  78'		 Report
Al-Ahli Tripoli 0–1 Étoile du Sahel
Report Akaïchi  69'
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis (Tunisia)[note 1]
FUS Rabat 3–1 Kawkab Marrakech
Nahiri  6', 8'
El Bassil  17'		 Report Sekkat  90'
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)
Al-Ahli Tripoli 1–1 FUS Rabat
Al Laafi  74' Report Njie  63'
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis (Tunisia)[note 1]
Étoile du Sahel 3–1 Kawkab Marrakech
Msakni  15', 46'
Lahmar  19'		 Report Chagou  61'
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
FUS Rabat 0–0 Étoile du Sahel
Report
Stade de FUS, Rabat
Kawkab Marrakech 2–2 Al-Ahli Tripoli
Amimi  37'
Chagou  62' (pen.)		 Report Al Triki  38' (pen.)
Salih  48'
Referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt)

Notes
  1. Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References
  1. "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
  2. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase draw". CAF. 9 May 2016.
  4. "CC draw results: Group phase". CAF. 24 May 2016.
  5. "Draw for Orange CAF Champions League & Orange CAF Confederation Cup". YouTube. 24 May 2016.
  6. "Fixtures of the Group Matches of the CC 2016" (PDF). CAF.
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