2011 CAF Champions League group stage

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The 2011 CAF Champions League group stage matches took place between July and September 2011. The matchdays were: 15–17 July, 29–31 July, 12–14 August, 26–28 August, 9–11 September, and 16–18 September.[1]

The group stage featured the eight winners from the second round. They were divided into two groups of four, where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals.[2]

Seeding

The draw for the group stage took place on 15 May 2011, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[3]

The procedures for the group stage draw were announced on 12 May 2011.[4] The teams were seeded into four pots, and each group contains one team from each pot.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Egypt Al-Ahly (43 pts)
Sudan Al-Hilal (31 pts)

Tunisia Espérance ST (24 pts)
Cameroon Coton Sport (12 pts)

Nigeria Enyimba (11 pts)
Algeria MC Alger (0 pts)

Morocco Raja Casablanca (0 pts)
Morocco Wydad Casablanca (0 pts)

Notes:

  • Ranking score for teams is by their individual team 2006–2010 CAF 5-Year Ranking, the same ranking used to seed teams in the qualifying rounds.
  • Winner of play-off due to disqualification of TP Mazembe

Tiebreakers

The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:[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. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nigeria Enyimba 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14
Sudan Al-Hilal 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
Cameroon Coton Sport 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
Morocco Raja Casablanca 6 0 3 3 1 5 −4 3

17 July 2011
14:00 UTC+01:00
Enyimba Nigeria 2 – 2 Sudan Al-Hilal
Valentine Nwabili Goal 48'
Uche Kalu Goal 60'
Report Edward Sadomba Goal 22'76'
Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Referee: Farouk Mohamed (Egypt)[5]

30 July 2011
15:00 UTC+01:00
Coton Sport Cameroon 2 – 3 Nigeria Enyimba
Chardin Madila Mfoutou Goal 46'
Saidou Idrissa Goal 63'
Report Uche Kalu Goal 8'85'
Chidozie Johnson Goal 40'

14 August 2011
14:00 UTC+01:00
Enyimba Nigeria 2 – 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca
Uche Kalu Goal 9'
Chidozie Johnson Goal 25'
Report



Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia Espérance ST 6 2 4 0 9 4 +5 10
Morocco Wydad Casablanca 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 7
Egypt Al-Ahly 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 7
Algeria MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5
Tiebreakers
  • Wydad Casablanca and Al-Ahly are ranked by their head-to-head records (decided by away goals), as shown below.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD AG Pts
Morocco Wydad Casablanca 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 3 2
Egypt Al-Ahly 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 2





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