2015 CAF Champions League group stage

CAF Champions League group stage 2015 26 June – 12 September 2015 24 52 2014 2016 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.Regulations of the CAF Champions League http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Regulations%20and%20Official%20Documents/Competitions%20Regulation/CL%20English%20-.pdf Confédération Africaine de Football 1 December 2014 Draw The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=ZIvT82AIC5hL7kzmD3%2b1Gg%3d%3d Live report: CAF Interclubs draw CAFonline.com 5 May 2015http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=Y29unXTJcy5F3UbS0ukjsQ%3d%3d Algerian trio drawn together CAFonline.com 5 May 2015 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.http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/NewsCenter/News/NewsDetails?id=iQyWzylvaGJGUpG0R5%2ftKw%3d%3d Mazembe, Setif top seeds in CAFCL Group stage draw Confederation of African Football 4 May 2015 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 1Pot 2Pot 3COD TP Mazembe (41 pts) ALG ES Sétif (31 pts)SDN Al-Hilal (24 pts) SDN Al-Merrikh (6 pts)30em ALG MC El Eulma (0 pt) ALG USM Alger (0 pt) EGY Smouha (0 pt) MAR Moghreb Tétouan (0 pt) 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: Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned; Goal difference in games between the teams concerned; Goals scored in games between the teams concerned; Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned; 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; Goal difference in all games; Goals scored in all games; Away goals scored in all games; 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.CAF Full Calendar http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/caf/fullcafcalendar.aspx CAFonline.com 28 February 2015 28 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150214161053/http://www.cafonline.com/en-US/caf/fullcafcalendar.aspx 14 February 2015 http://www.cafonline.com/Portals/0/Press%20Release/champions%20league%20fixtures.pdf Fixtures of the Group Matches of the CL 2015 CAFonline.com 5 May 2015 Group A yes 200 "TP Mazembe v Al-Hilal" 28 June 2015 15:30 UTC+2 TP Mazembe COD 0–0 Report SDN Al-Hilal Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi Victor Gomes (South Africa) "Smouha v Moghreb Tétouan" 28 June 2015 21:15 UTC+2 Smouha EGY 3–2 Report MAR Moghreb Tétouan Amin 66Kouao 78 80 Fall 6Jahouh 11 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia) "Al-Hilal v Smouha" 12 July 2015 22:00 UTC+3 Al-Hilal SDN 2–0 Report EGY Smouha El Shigail 46Hamid 82 Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) "Moghreb Tétouan v TP Mazembe" 12 July 2015 22:00 UTC±0 Moghreb Tétouan MAR 0–0 Report COD TP Mazembe Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan Joseph Lamptey (Ghana) "Smouha v TP Mazembe" 24 July 2015 19:30 UTC+2 Smouha EGY 0–2 Report COD TP Mazembe Kalaba 40Adjei 83 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania) "Moghreb Tétouan v Al-Hilal" 26 July 2015 21:30 UTC+1 Moghreb Tétouan MAR 1–1 Report SDN Al-Hilal Khadrouf 70 Andrezinho 77 Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) "Al-Hilal v Moghreb Tétouan" 7 August 2015 21:15 UTC+3 Al-Hilal SDN 0–1 Report MAR Moghreb Tétouan Jahouh 25 pen. Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman Néant Alioum (Cameroon) "TP Mazembe v Smouha" 8 August 2015 15:30 UTC+2 TP Mazembe COD 1–0 Report EGY Smouha Assalé 52 Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso) "Al-Hilal v TP Mazembe" 23 August 2015 20:00 UTC+3 Al-Hilal SDN 1–0 Report COD TP Mazembe El Tahir 8 Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia) "Moghreb Tétouan v Smouha" 23 August 2015 20:30 UTC+1 Moghreb Tétouan MAR 2–1 Report EGY Smouha Tato 13Khadrouf 74 pen. Al Mounofi 76 Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan Bakary Gassama (Gambia) "TP Mazembe v Moghreb Tétouan" 12 September 2015 15:30 UTC+2 TP Mazembe COD 5–0 Report MAR Moghreb Tétouan Samatta 11 52 89Kalaba 31Assalé 88 Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) "Smouha v Al-Hilal" 12 September 2015 15:30 UTC+2 Smouha EGY 1–1 Report SDN Al-Hilal Al Mounofi 21 El Shigail 73 Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria Daniel Bennett (South Africa) Group B yes 200 "Al-Merrikh v MC El Eulma" 26 June 2015 22:00 UTC+3 Al-Merrikh SDN 2–0 Report ALG MC El Eulma Al-Madina 6 56 Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman 45.000 Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) "ES Sétif v USM Alger" 27 June 2015 22:30 UTC+1 ES Sétif ALG 1–2 Report ALG USM Alger Korbiaa 84 Seguer 60Khoualed 72 Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif 22.000 Bakary Gassama (Gambia) "USM Alger v Al-Merrikh" 10 July 2015 22:30 UTC+1 USM Alger ALG 1–0 Report SDN Al-Merrikh Belaïli 52 Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers 18.000 Mahamadou Keita (Mali) "MC El Eulma v ES Sétif" 11 July 2015 22:30 UTC+1 MC El Eulma ALG 0–1 Report ALG ES Sétif Mahsas 90 o.g. Stade Messaoud Zougar, El Eulma Gehad Grisha (Egypt) "USM Alger v MC El Eulma" 24 July 2015 20:30 UTC+1 USM Alger ALG 2–1 Report ALG MC El Eulma Beldjilali 15Seguer 22 Korichi 39 Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers 17.000 Bernard Camille (Seychelles) "ES Sétif v Al-Merrikh" 25 July 2015 21:30 UTC+1 ES Sétif ALG 1–1 Report SDN Al-Merrikh Ziaya 17 Jabason 23 Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif Daniel Bennett (South Africa) "MC El Eulma v USM Alger" 7 August 2015 21:15 UTC+1 MC El Eulma ALG 0–1 Report ALG USM Alger Meftah 49 Stade Messaoud Zougar, El Eulma Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) "Al-Merrikh v ES Sétif" 9 August 2015 22:00 UTC+3 Al-Merrikh SDN 2–0 Report ALG ES Sétif Yousif 41 pen.Okrah 90 Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman Joseph Lamptey (Ghana) "USM Alger v ES Sétif" 21 August 2015 20:30 UTC+1 USM Alger ALG 3–0 Report ALG ES Sétif Belaïli 33Beldjilali 37Aoudia 74 Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) "MC El Eulma v Al-Merrikh" 22 August 2015 20:30 UTC+1 MC El Eulma ALG 2–3 Report SDN Al-Merrikh Kadri 15Abbès 25 Kamal 67Al-Madina 71 90 pen. Stade Messaoud Zougar, El Eulma Néant Alioum (Cameroon) "Al-Merrikh v USM Alger" 11 September 2015 20:30 UTC+3 Al-Merrikh SDN 1–0 Report ALG USM Alger Lebri 14 Al-Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman Gehad Grisha (Egypt) "ES Sétif v MC El Eulma" 11 September 2015 20:30 UTC+1 ES Sétif ALG 2–2 Report ALG MC El Eulma Belameiri 61Dagoulou 78 Korichi 11Abbès 89 Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif Joshua Bondo (Botswana) References External links Orange CAF Champions League 2015, CAFonline.com *2