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The 2017 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 12 May to 9 July 2017. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2017 CAF Champions League.

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. The 16 teams, all winners of the first 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).

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):

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
5. 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;
6. Goal difference in all group matches;
7. Goals scored in all group matches;
8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
9. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESS	CFB	MER	HIL
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	3	3	0	13	4	+9	12	Quarter-finals		—	5–0	3–0 (awd.)	1–1
2	Ferroviário Beira	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8			1–1	—	1–0	0–0
3	Al-Merrikh	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7			1–2	2–1	—	2–1
4	Al-Hilal	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4			1–1	0–3 (awd.)	1–1	—

1. ^ FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017. As a result, both Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh could not play their final group matches against Ferroviário Beira and Étoile du Sahel respectively, and the matches were awarded as 3–0 wins to their opponents.

Étoile du Sahel	5–0	Ferroviário Beira
Diogo Acosta 15', 70' Bangoura 37' Lahmar 58' Bouazza 60'	Report

Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Merrikh
Azeez 31'	Report	Saadeldin 61'

Ferroviário Beira	0–0	Al-Hilal
	Report

Al-Merrikh	1–2	Étoile du Sahel
Al-Madina 52'	Report	Diogo Acosta 34' Bouazza 90+3'

Ferroviário Beira	1–0	Al-Merrikh
Dayo 67'	Report

Étoile du Sahel	1–1	Al-Hilal
Boughattas 57'	Report	Idris 80'

Al-Merrikh	2–1	Ferroviário Beira
Saadeldin 31' Abdalla 59'	Report	Maninho 16'

Al-Hilal	1–1	Étoile du Sahel
Bashir 90+1'	Report	Bedoui 86'

Al-Merrikh	2–1	Al-Hilal
Rahman 9', 48'	Report	Idris 65'

Ferroviário Beira	1–1	Étoile du Sahel
Chelito 72'	Report	Ben Belgacem 84' (pen.)

Étoile du Sahel	3–0 Awarded	Al-Merrikh
	Report

Al-Hilal	0–3 Awarded	Ferroviário Beira
	Report

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USM	AHT	ZAM	CAP
1	USM Alger	6	3	2	1	12	5	+7	11	Quarter-finals		—	3–0	2–0	4–1
2	Al-Ahli Tripoli	6	2	3	1	11	10	+1	9			1–1	—	0–0	4–2
3	Zamalek	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	6			1–1	2–2	—	2–0
4	CAPS United	6	2	0	4	10	16	−6	6			2–1	2–4	3–1	—

1. ^ Head-to-head results: Zamalek 2–0 CAPS United, CAPS United 3–1 Zamalek (Zamalek won on away goals).

USM Alger	3–0	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Chafaï 31' Carolus 45+1' Darfalou 83'	Report

Zamalek	2–0	CAPS United
Morsy 56' Ohawuchi 83'	Report

Al-Ahli Tripoli	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

CAPS United	2–1	USM Alger
Chitiyo 16', 81'	Report	Abdellaoui 67'

CAPS United	2–4	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Pfumbidzai 87' (pen.) Zvirekwi 90'	Report	Derbali 17' (pen.), 81' Ablo 19' Ellafi 25'

Zamalek	1–1	USM Alger
Mayuka 90+4'	Report	Chafaï 30'

Al-Ahli Tripoli	4–2	CAPS United
Al Taher 15', 46' Al Ghanodi 55' Ellafi 63'	Report	Pfumbidzai 19' Chitiyo 42'

USM Alger	2–0	Zamalek
Bellahcene 44' Meziane 87'	Report

Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–1	USM Alger
Saltou 38'	Report	Chafaï 16'

CAPS United	3–1	Zamalek
Pfumbidzai 31' Amidu 75', 90+4'	Report	Ohawuchi 44'

Zamalek	2–2	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Morsy 13' Youssef 75'	Report	Al Ghanodi 45+3' (pen.) Mabidé 69'

USM Alger	4–1	CAPS United
Hammar 36' Hamzaoui 42' Darfalou 78', 88'	Report	Amidu 81'

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EST	MSD	STG	VIT
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	12	Quarter-finals		—	0–0	4–0	3–1
2	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	2	3	1	6	4	+2	9			1–2	—	0–0	1–1
3	Saint George	6	1	2	3	2	7	−5	5			0–0	0–1	—	1–0
4	AS Vita Club	6	1	2	3	7	11	−4	5			2–2	1–3	2–1	—

1. ^ Head-to-head results: Saint George 1–0 AS Vita Club, AS Vita Club 2–1 Saint George (Saint George won on away goals).

Espérance de Tunis	3–1	AS Vita Club
Coulibaly 20' Khenissi 26' (pen.) Badri 87'	Report	Atouba 10'

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0	Saint George
	Report

Saint George	0–0	Espérance de Tunis
	Report

AS Vita Club	1–3	Mamelodi Sundowns
Sidibé 32'	Report	Laffor 25' Zakri 57' Vilakazi 78'

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–2	Espérance de Tunis
Vilakazi 21'	Report	Khenissi 6', 90' (pen.)

Saint George	1–0	AS Vita Club
Saladin 60'	Report

AS Vita Club	2–1	Saint George
Etekiama 7', 28' (pen.)	Report	Saladin 66'

Espérance de Tunis	0–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report

Saint George	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Laffor 85'

AS Vita Club	2–2	Espérance de Tunis
Etekiama 24', 30'	Report	Khenissi 11', 59' (pen.)

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1	AS Vita Club
Nthethe 35'	Report	Atouba 73'

Espérance de Tunis	4–0	Saint George
Chemmam 29' Mejri 36' Jouini 82' Machani 90+4'	Report

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAC	AHL	ZAN	COT
1	Wydad AC	6	4	0	2	7	3	+4	12	Quarter-finals		—	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	Al Ahly	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11			2–0	—	0–0	3–1
3	Zanaco	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	11			1–0	0–0	—	2–1
4	Coton Sport	6	0	0	6	2	12	−10	0			0–2	0–2	0–1	—

1. ^ Head-to-head results: Al-Ahly 0–0 Zanaco, Zanaco 0–0 Al-Ahly (tied on head-to-head results, ranked on total goal difference).

Wydad AC	2–0	Coton Sport
Jebor 39' Attouchi 63'	Report

Al-Ahly	0–0	Zanaco
	Report

Coton Sport	0–2	Al-Ahly
	Report	Ajayi 12' Zakaria 14'

Zanaco	1–0	Wydad AC
Mbewe 13'	Report

Zanaco	2–1	Coton Sport
Sakala 9' Mpiana 85'	Report	Souleymanou 25'

Al-Ahly	2–0	Wydad AC
Zakaria 24' Ajayi 79'	Report

Wydad AC	2–0	Al-Ahly
Ondama 48' El Karti 78'	Report

Coton Sport	0–1	Zanaco
	Report	Sakala 90+1'

Zanaco	0–0	Al-Ahly
	Report

Coton Sport	0–2	Wydad AC
	Report	Bencharki 43' Aarab 72'

Al-Ahly	3–1	Coton Sport
Gamal 15', 54' Said 33'	Report	Fathy 12' (o.g.)

Wydad AC	1–0	Zanaco
Bencharki 68'	Report

Notes

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

References

1. ^ "CAF Flash Magazine: Final 2016 Orange Confederation Cup" (PDF). CAF.
2. ^ "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
3. "Accreditation for Interclubs Group Phase Draw". CAF. 23 March 2017.
4. "DRAW Ceremony : Total CAF Champions League 2017 & Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017 - English". YouTube. 26 April 2017.
5. "Draw results for CL group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
6. "Draw procedure for CL group phase". CAF. 26 April 2017.
7. "Total Champions League 2017: fixtures of the group matches" (PDF). CAF.
8. "FIFA suspends Sudan Football Association". FIFA.com. 7 July 2017.
9. "DECISIONS OF CAF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 20 JULY 2017". CAF. 20 July 2017.

External links

• Total Champions League 2017, CAFonline.com

• 2017 CAF Champions League
• May 2017 sports events in Africa
• June 2017 sports events in Africa
• July 2017 sports events in Africa