2011 CAF Champions League group stage

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]

2011 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates16 July – 16 September 2011
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored54 (2.25 per match)
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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

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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

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

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

  Enyimba (11 pts)
  MC Alger (0 pts)

  Raja Casablanca (0 pts)
  Wydad AC (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

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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

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Enyimba 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2   Al-Hilal 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 6
3   Coton Sport FC 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 5
4   Raja Casablanca 6 0 3 3 1 5 −4 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Enyimba  2 – 2  Al-Hilal
Valentine Nwabili   48'
Uche Kalu   60'
Report Edward Sadomba   22', 76'
Referee: Farouk Mohamed (Egypt)[5]

Coton Sport  2 – 3  Enyimba
Chardin Madila Mfoutou   46'
Saidou Idrissa   63'
Report Uche Kalu   8', 85'
Chidozie Johnson   40'

Enyimba  2 – 0  Raja Casablanca
Uche Kalu   9'
Chidozie Johnson   25'
Report



Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Espérance ST 6 2 4 0 9 4 +5 8 Advance to knockout stage
2   Wydad AC 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 6[a]
3   Al-Ahly 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 6[a]
4   MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 4
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Wydad AC and Al-Ahly are ranked by their head-to-head records (decided by away goals).
Tiebreaker
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD AG Pts
  Wydad AC 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 3 2
  Al-Ahly 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 2
Source: [citation needed]


Wydad AC  2 – 2  Espérance ST
Fabrice N'Guessi   65'
Youssef Kaddioui   78' (pen.)
Report Wajdi Bouazzi   22'
Walid Hichri   37'
Attendance: 67,000


Espérance ST  4 – 0  MC Alger
Mejdi Traoui   8'
Yannick N'Djeng   21', 43', 55'
Report

References

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