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The 2019–20 CAF Champions League group stage started on 29 November 2019 and ended on 1 February 2020. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2019–20 CAF Champions League.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 9 October 2019, 20:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Hilton Pyramids Golf 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). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.

Format

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are 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 is as follows. Effective from the Champions League group stage, matches are played on Fridays and Saturdays. Kick-off times are fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g. Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Groups

Times are GMT as listed by CAF (local times, even if not different, are in parentheses).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TPM	ZAM	AGO	ZES
1	TP Mazembe	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–1	3–1
2	Zamalek	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9			0–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	1º de Agosto	6	0	4	2	4	7	−3	4			1–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	ZESCO United	6	0	3	3	5	10	−5	3			1–2	1–1	1–1	—

TP Mazembe	3–0	Zamalek
Muleka 60', 84' Mputu 66'	Report

1º de Agosto	1–1	ZESCO United
Mabululu 9'	Report	Mwape 16'

ZESCO United	1–2	TP Mazembe
Kalengo 67'	Report	Muleka 10', 63'

Zamalek	2–0	1º de Agosto
Bencharki 16', 68'	Report

1º de Agosto	1–1	TP Mazembe
Mabululu 12'	Report	Kalaba 8'

ZESCO United	1–1	Zamalek
Aladeokun 78'	Report	Mostafa 72'

Zamalek	2–0	ZESCO United
Bencharki 4' Mostafa 89'	Report

TP Mazembe	2–1	1º de Agosto
Ushindi 59' Muleka 68'	Report	Mabululu 8'

Zamalek	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

ZESCO United	1–1	1º de Agosto
Kalengo 50'	Report	Ary Papel 69'

1º de Agosto	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

TP Mazembe	3–1	ZESCO United
Muleka 32' (pen.), 79' Ushindi 61'	Report	Kalengo 34'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESS	AHL	HIL	PLA
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	0–1	2–0
2	Al-Ahly	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11			1–0	—	2–1	2–0
3	Al-Hilal	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10			1–2	1–1	—	2–1
4	FC Platinum	6	0	1	5	2	11	−9	1			0–3	1–1	0–1	—

Étoile du Sahel	1–0	Al-Ahly
Chikhaoui 50'	Report

Al-Hilal	2–1	FC Platinum
Aldai 26', 70'	Report	Tigere 81'

Al-Ahly	2–1	Al-Hilal
El Shahat 15' Ramadan 37' (pen.)	Report	El Tahir 90+8'

FC Platinum	0–3	Étoile du Sahel
	Report	Aribi 23', 46' Haj Hassen 90+1'

Étoile du Sahel	0–1	Al-Hilal
	Report	El Tahir 59'

Al-Ahly	2–0	FC Platinum
Soliman 8', 69' (pen.)	Report

FC Platinum	1–1	Al-Ahly
Ngala 19'	Report	M. Mohsen 52'

Al-Hilal	1–2	Étoile du Sahel
Al-Shoala 30'	Report	Aldamazin 35' (o.g.) Msakni 71'

FC Platinum	0–1	Al-Hilal
	Report	Aldai 84'

Al-Ahly	1–0	Étoile du Sahel
Ajayi 32'	Report

Étoile du Sahel	2–0	FC Platinum
Aribi 48' Baayou 72'	Report

Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Ahly
Abdel Raouf 90+6'	Report	Magdy 48'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MSD	WAC	PET	USM
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	4	2	0	9	3	+6	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	3–0	2–1
2	Wydad AC	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	9			0–0	—	4–1	3–1
3	Petro de Luanda	6	0	4	2	8	14	−6	4			2–2	2–2	—	1–1
4	USM Alger	6	0	3	3	6	10	−4	3			0–1	1–1	2–2	—

USM Alger	1–1	Wydad AC
Zouari 5'	Report	Aouk 89'

Mamelodi Sundowns	3–0	Petro de Luanda
Affonso 7' Madisha 29' Mkhulise 76'	Report

Petro de Luanda	1–1	USM Alger
Toni 64'	Report	Benchaâ 54'

Wydad AC	0–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report

USM Alger	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Kekana 59'

Wydad AC	4–1	Petro de Luanda
El Kaabi 29', 79', 90+3' (pen.) Wilson 84' (o.g.)	Report	Toni 68'

Mamelodi Sundowns	2–1	USM Alger
Morena 36' Vilakazi 45+1'	Report	Mahious 44'

Petro de Luanda	2–2	Wydad AC
Herenilson 21' Dany 45+1'	Report	Kasengu 14' Jabrane 58' (pen.)

Wydad AC	3–1	USM Alger
El Karti 7' Aouk 24' Kasengu 45+1'	Report	Meftah 79'

Petro de Luanda	2–2	Mamelodi Sundowns
Job 41' (pen.) Tuyisenge 71'	Report	Sirino 23' (pen.) Madisha 90+1'

USM Alger	2–2	Petro de Luanda
Mahious 33' Ardji 70'	Report	Picas 80' Toni 81'

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Wydad AC
Nascimento 45+1' (pen.)	Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EST	RCA	JSK	VIT
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	1–0	0–0
2	Raja Casablanca	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11			0–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	JS Kabylie	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7			1–0	0–0	—	1–0
4	AS Vita Club	6	1	1	4	4	6	−2	4			0–2	0–1	4–1	—

1. ^ Head-to-head points: Espérance de Tunis 4, Raja Casablanca 1.

JS Kabylie	1–0	AS Vita Club
Addadi 66'	Report

Raja Casablanca	0–2	Espérance de Tunis
	Report	Badri 8' Ouattara 15'

AS Vita Club	0–1	Raja Casablanca
	Report	Rahimi 48'

Espérance de Tunis	1–0	JS Kabylie
Badri 73' (pen.)	Report

Espérance de Tunis	0–0	AS Vita Club
	Report

Raja Casablanca	2–0	JS Kabylie
Malango 51' Rahimi 54'	Report

JS Kabylie	0–0	Raja Casablanca
	Report

AS Vita Club	0–2	Espérance de Tunis
	Report	Coulibaly 21' Elhouni 90+11'

AS Vita Club	4–1	JS Kabylie
Shabani 24' (pen.) Bangala 55' Luzolo 67' Mayele 70'	Report	Hamroune 31'

Espérance de Tunis	2–2	Raja Casablanca
Benguit 32' Ben Choug 81'	Report	Ngah 49' Banoun 67'

Raja Casablanca	1–0	AS Vita Club
Banoun 3'	Report

JS Kabylie	1–0	Espérance de Tunis
Hamroune 56'	Report

Notes

1. Since the identity of the winners of the first round tie between Zamalek and Génération Foot was not known at the time of the draw, the ranking of the higher-ranked team Zamalek (44 pts) was used for seeding of the draw.
2. ^ Étoile du Sahel played their home matches at Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.
3. The Al-Ahly v Étoile du Sahel match, originally scheduled on 24 January 2020, was postponed for 48 hours following request from the Egyptian Football Association due to security concerns ahead of the anniversary of the Egyptian revolution of 2011.
4. ^ USM Alger played their home matches at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, and at Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Omar Hamadi Stadium, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References

1. ^ "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
2. ^ "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
3. "Group stage competitors for Total CAF Champions League are revealed". CAF. 9 October 2019.
4. "Draw Procedure of the CL 2019_20 GM" (PDF). CAF.
5. "Total CAF Champions League: Group phase" (PDF). CAF.
6. @CAF_Online (24 November 2019). "Schedule Changes" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
7. "CAF postpone Al Ahly's clash against Étoile du Sahel". KingFut. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

External links

• Total CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com
  • CAF Total Champions League 2019/20

• 2019–20 CAF Champions League
• November 2019 sports events in Africa
• December 2019 sports events in Africa
• January 2020 sports events in Africa
• February 2020 sports events in Africa