2015 CAF Champions League group stage

The 2015 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 26 June to 12 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 Champions League.[1]

2015 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates26 June – 12 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][3] 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.[4] The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.

The following eight teams were entered into the draw:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

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.[5][6]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPM HIL MAT SMO
1 TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 8 1 +7 11 Advance to knockout stage — 0–0 5–0 1–0
2 Al-Hilal 6 2 3 1 5 3 +2 9 1–0 — 0–1 2–0
3 Moghreb Tétouan 6 2 2 2 6 10 −4 8 0–0 1–1 — 2–1
4 Smouha 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4 0–2 1–1 3–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Smouha 3–2 Moghreb Tétouan
Amin  66'
Kouao  78', 80'		 Report Fall  6'
Jahouh  11'
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Al-Hilal 2–0 Smouha
El Shigail  46'
Hamid  82'		 Report
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Smouha 0–2 TP Mazembe
Report Kalaba  40'
Adjei  83'
TP Mazembe 1–0 Smouha
Assalé  52' Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Al-Hilal 1–0 TP Mazembe
El Tahir  8' Report
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Moghreb Tétouan 2–1 Smouha
Tato  13'
Khadrouf  74' (pen.)		 Report Al Mounofi  76'
TP Mazembe 5–0 Moghreb Tétouan
Samatta  11', 52', 89'
Kalaba  31'
Assalé  88'		 Report
Smouha 1–1 Al-Hilal
Al Mounofi  21' Report El Shigail  73'

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USM MER ESS MCE
1 USM Alger 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 3–0 2–1
2 Al-Merrikh 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 1–0 — 2–0 2–0
3 ES Sétif 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 1–2 1–1 — 2–2
4 MC El Eulma 6 0 1 5 5 11 −6 1 0–1 2–3 0–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Merrikh 2–0 MC El Eulma
Al-Madina  6', 56' Report
Attendance: 45.000
ES Sétif 1–2 USM Alger
Korbiaa  84' Report Seguer  60'
Khoualed  72'
Attendance: 22.000
USM Alger 1–0 Al-Merrikh
Belaïli  52' Report
Attendance: 18.000
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
MC El Eulma 0–1 ES Sétif
Report Mahsas  90' (o.g.)
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
USM Alger 2–1 MC El Eulma
Beldjilali  15'
Seguer  22'		 Report Korichi  39'
Attendance: 17.000
ES Sétif 1–1 Al-Merrikh
Ziaya  17' Report Jabason  23'
Al-Merrikh 2–0 ES Sétif
Yousif  41' (pen.)
Okrah  90'		 Report
MC El Eulma 2–3 Al-Merrikh
Kadri  15'
Abbès  25'		 Report Kamal  67'
Al-Madina  71', 90' (pen.)
Al-Merrikh 1–0 USM Alger
Lebri  14' Report
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
ES Sétif 2–2 MC El Eulma
Belameiri  61'
Dagoulou  78'		 Report Korichi  11'
Abbès  89'
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

References
  1. "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. "Live report: CAF Interclubs draw". CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
  3. "Algerian trio drawn together". CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
  4. "Mazembe, Setif top seeds in CAFCL Group stage draw". Confederation of African Football. 4 May 2015.
  5. "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. "Fixtures of the Group Matches of the CL 2015" (PDF). CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
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