1997 CAF Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 1997 CAF Champions League was played from 22 August to 9 November 1997. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4372&stage=1 CAF Champions League 1997 - Group stage Goalzz 1997 Format In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced directly to the final. Groups The matchdays were 22–24 August, 5–7 September, 19–21 September, 1–12 October, 24–26 October, and 7–9 November 1997.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=4372&stage=1&sch=true CAF Champions League 1997 - Group stage fixtures Goalzz 1997 Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners advance to the final Group A main WDL Group A RCA MAR Raja Casablanca USM ALG USM Alger PRI ANG Primeiro de Agosto ORL RSA Orlando Pirates 3 2 1 10 6 3 2 1 9 6 3 1 2 7 9 0 1 5 5 10 Group stage tiebreakers n noflag Q KO green1 Final 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 complete rsssf.com August 22, 1997 15:00 UTC+2 Orlando Pirates RSA 1–2 ANG Primeiro de Agosto ? ? ? Nsilulu? Muanza Ellis Park, Johannesburg August 24, 1997 14:00 UTC+1 USM Alger ALG 2–2 MAR Raja Casablanca Hadj Adlane 17 85 39 Nazir90+3 Fahmi Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers 15,000 Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) September 5, 1997 15:30 UTC+1 USM Alger ALG 2–1 RSA Orlando Pirates Ghoul 11 pen.Hadj Adlane 47 41 Ngobe Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers 10,000 Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger) September 7, 1997 15:00 UTC+1 Primeiro de Agosto ANG 1–1 MAR Raja Casablanca Fuidimau 90 55 Moustawdaa Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda September 19, 1997 16:00 UTC+1 Primeiro de Agosto ANG 2–1 ALG USM Alger Fuidimau ?Kiss ? pen. ? Zekri Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda Magassa Sidi Bekaye (Mali) September 21, 1997 16:00 UTC+1 Raja Casablanca MAR 1–0 RSA Orlando Pirates Khalif 7 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca October 10, 1997 15:00 UTC+1 Primeiro de Agosto ANG 2–1 RSA Orlando Pirates Lushozi 22 o.g.Makita ? 30 pen. ? Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda October 12, 1997 15:00 UTC+0 Raja Casablanca MAR 0–2 ALG USM Alger 68 75 Dziri Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 50,000 ? (Ghana) October 24, 1997 15:00 UTC+0 Raja Casablanca MAR 4–0 ANG Primeiro de Agosto Ereyahi 20Nazir 28Jrindou 45Ogandaga ? Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca October 25, 1997 14:00 UTC+2 Orlando Pirates RSA 1–1 ALG USM Alger ? ? 17 Hadj Adlane FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Charle Masembi (Uganda) November 8, 1997 14:00 UTC+1 USM Alger ALG 1–0 ANG Primeiro de Agosto Dziri 11 Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers 50 000 November 8, 1997 15:00 UTC+2 Orlando Pirates RSA 1–2 MAR Raja Casablanca Lekoelea 88 (pen.) 12' Khalif26 90+4 Nazir FNB Stadium, Johannesburg Group B main WDL Group B GOL GHA Obuasi Goldfields ZAM EGY Zamalek CA TUN Club Africain FER MOZ Ferroviário Maputo 3 1 2 10 5 3 0 3 7 8 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 3 5 8 Group stage tiebreakers n noflag Q KO green1 Final 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 complete rsssf.com August 22, 1997 Zamalek EGY 2–1 MOZ Ferroviário Maputo Abdel Maguid 4El-Said 40 ? ? August 24, 1997 Club Africain TUN 0–0 GHA Obuasi Goldfields Stade El Menzah, Tunis September 6, 1997 Ferroviário Maputo MOZ 2–1 GHA Obuasi Goldfields September 7, 1997 Club Africain TUN 2–0 EGY Zamalek September 19, 1997 Ferroviário Maputo MOZ 0–0 TUN Club Africain September 21, 1997 Obuasi Goldfields GHA 3–1 EGY Zamalek Noutsoudje 61 90+4 90+5 90+3 Ramadan October 1, 1997 Ferroviário Maputo MOZ 2–0 EGY Zamalek October 12, 1997 Obuasi Goldfields GHA 2–0 TUN Club Africain Joe Okyere 13Noutsoudje 74 October 24, 1997 Zamalek EGY 2–0 TUN Club Africain Abdel-Aziz 43 pen.Ramadan 53 Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo October 26, 1997 Obuasi Goldfields GHA 4–0 MOZ Ferroviário Maputo Joe Okyere 30 66Kofi 43Noutsoudje 73 November 7, 1997 Club Africain TUN 1–0 MOZ Ferroviário Maputo November 9, 1997 Zamalek EGY 2–0 GHA Obuasi Goldfields Marei 35Sabry 71 pen. References External links 1997 CAF Champions League - afrik11.com *2