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2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates1 December 2019 – 2 February 2020
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored107 (2.23 per match)
2020–21

The 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup group stage started on 1 December 2019 and ended on 2 February 2020. [1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup. [2]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 12 November 2019, 12:00 CAT ( UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [3] [4] The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off 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 Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.

Pot Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Teams

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): [2]

  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 Confederation Cup group stage, matches are played on Sundays. Kick-off times are fixed at 13:00, 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. [5]

Matchday Dates Matches
Original dates [1] Revised dates [6]
Matchday 1 1 December 2019 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 8 December 2019 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 29 December 2019 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 16 February 2020 12 January 2020 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 23 February 2020 26 January 2020 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 8 March 2020 2 February 2020 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

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 PYR MAS RAN FCN
1 Egypt Pyramids 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 0–1 6–0
2 Egypt Al-Masry 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 1–2 4–2 1–0
3 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 6 1 3 2 6 9 −3 6 1–3 1–1 1–1
4 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou 6 0 2 4 3 12 −9 2 0–1 2–3 0–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Enugu Rangers Nigeria1–3 Egypt Pyramids
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Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama ( Djibouti)
FC Nouadhibou Mauritania2–3 Egypt Al-Masry
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Referee: Boubou Traoré ( Mali)

Al-Masry Egypt4–2 Nigeria Enugu Rangers
Report
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed ( Sudan)
Pyramids Egypt6–0 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou
Report
Referee: Hassan Corneh ( Liberia)

Al-Masry Egypt1–2 Egypt Pyramids
Report
Referee: Haythem Guirat ( Tunisia)
FC Nouadhibou Mauritania0–0 Nigeria Enugu Rangers
Report
Referee: Daniel Laryea ( Ghana)

Enugu Rangers Nigeria1–1 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou
Report
Referee: Adissa Ligali ( Benin)
Pyramids Egypt2–0 Egypt Al-Masry
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Referee: Jean Ouattara ( Burkina Faso)

Pyramids Egypt0–1 Nigeria Enugu Rangers
Report
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaide ( Comoros)
Al-Masry Egypt1–0 Mauritania FC Nouadhibou
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FC Nouadhibou Mauritania0–1 Egypt Pyramids
Report
Referee: Sekou Ahmed Touré ( Guinea)
Enugu Rangers Nigeria1–1 Egypt Al-Masry
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Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona ( Madagascar)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOR NAS DJO BID
1 Guinea Horoya 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7 14 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 1–0 2–1
2 Libya Al-Nasr 6 2 2 2 4 7 −3 8 [a] 0–2 1–1 2–1
3 Mali Djoliba 6 2 2 2 4 3 +1 8 [a] 0–0 0–1 1–0
4 South Africa Bidvest Wits 6 0 2 4 2 7 −5 2 0–0 0–0 0–2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al-Nasr 4, Djoliba 1.
Al-Nasr Libya1–1 Mali Djoliba
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Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari ( Morocco)
Bidvest Wits South Africa0–0 Guinea Horoya
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Referee: Peter Waweru ( Kenya)

Djoliba Mali1–0 South Africa Bidvest Wits
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Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaide ( Comoros)
Horoya Guinea3–0 Libya Al-Nasr
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Referee: Pilan Ncube ( Zimbabwe)

Horoya Guinea1–0 Mali Djoliba
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Bidvest Wits South Africa0–0 Libya Al-Nasr
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Referee: Mahmood Ismail ( Sudan)

Al-Nasr Libya2–1 South Africa Bidvest Wits
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Referee: Pierre Atcho ( Gabon)
Djoliba Mali0–0 Guinea Horoya
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Horoya Guinea2–1 South Africa Bidvest Wits
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Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour ( Egypt)
Djoliba Mali0–1 Libya Al-Nasr
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Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho ( Angola)

Bidvest Wits South Africa0–2 Mali Djoliba
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Referee: Daniel Laryea ( Ghana)
Al-Nasr Libya0–2 Guinea Horoya
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Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo ( DR Congo)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB ZAN DCM ESA
1 Morocco RS Berkane 6 3 2 1 13 4 +9 11 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 3–0 3–0
2 Zambia Zanaco 6 2 4 0 8 4 +4 10 [a] 1–1 2–1 3–0
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 6 3 1 2 6 6 0 10 [a] 1–0 1–1 1–0
4 Benin ESAE 6 0 1 5 1 14 −13 1 1–5 0–0 0–2
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Zanaco 4, DC Motema Pembe 1.
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–1 Zambia Zanaco
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Referee: Sadok Selmi ( Tunisia)
RS Berkane Morocco3–0 Benin ESAE
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ESAE Benin0–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe
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Zanaco Zambia1–1 Morocco RS Berkane
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ESAE Benin0–0 Zambia Zanaco
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Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona ( Madagascar)
RS Berkane Morocco3–0 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe
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Referee: Boubou Traoré ( Mali)

DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0 Morocco RS Berkane
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Zanaco Zambia3–0 Benin ESAE
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Referee: Celso Alvação ( Mozambique)

ESAE Benin1–5 Morocco RS Berkane
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Zanaco Zambia2–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe
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Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa ( Niger)

RS Berkane Morocco1–1 Zambia Zanaco
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Referee: Mahmood Ismail ( Sudan)
DC Motema Pembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0 Benin ESAE
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Referee: Quadri Adebimpe ( Nigeria)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAS ENY PAC SNP
1 Morocco Hassania Agadir 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 0–3 3–0
2 Nigeria Enyimba 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 1–1 4–1 1–0
3 Algeria Paradou AC 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8 0–2 1–0 0–0
4 Ivory Coast FC San Pédro 6 0 3 3 3 10 −7 3 1–1 2–5 0–0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
FC San Pédro Ivory Coast0–0 Algeria Paradou AC
Report
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana ( Burundi)
Hassania Agadir Morocco2–0 Nigeria Enyimba
Report
Referee: Sekou Ahmed Touré ( Guinea)

Enyimba Nigeria1–0 Ivory Coast FC San Pédro
Report
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa ( Niger)
Paradou AC Algeria0–2 Morocco Hassania Agadir
Report

FC San Pédro Ivory Coast1–1 Morocco Hassania Agadir
Report
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe ( Rwanda)
Paradou AC Algeria1–0 Nigeria Enyimba
Report
Referee: Daouda Guèye ( Senegal)

Enyimba Nigeria4–1 Algeria Paradou AC
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Referee: Al Hadi Mahamat ( Chad)
Hassania Agadir Morocco3–0 Ivory Coast FC San Pédro
Report
Referee: Sadok Selmi ( Tunisia)

Enyimba Nigeria1–1 Morocco Hassania Agadir
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Paradou AC Algeria0–0 Ivory Coast FC San Pédro
Report
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim ( Libya)

FC San Pédro Ivory Coast2–5 Nigeria Enyimba
Report
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan ( Somalia)
Hassania Agadir Morocco0–3 Algeria Paradou AC
Report
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh ( Mauritania)

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Al-Masry played their group stage home matches at Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, instead of their regular home stadium Al Masry Club Stadium, Port Said, which is undergoing renovation.
  2. ^ The Pyramids v Enugu Rangers match, originally scheduled to be played at 30 June Stadium, was played at Cairo International Stadium, both in Cairo, due to the former hosting the first African Para Games. [7]
  3. ^ The FC Nouadhibou v Pyramids match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya in Nouakchott, Mauritania, was played at 30 June Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, following request made by both clubs. [8]
  4. ^ a b c Teams from Libya played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
  5. ^ a b c ESAE played their group stage home matches at Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, instead of their regular home stadium Stade René Pleven d'Akpakpa, Cotonou.
  6. ^ a b c FC San Pédro played their home matches at Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Auguste Denise, San-Pédro, which did not meet CAF requirements.
  7. ^ a b c Paradou AC played their home matches at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, instead of their regular home stadium Stade de Hydra, Hydra, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References

  1. ^ a b "Interclubs competition calendar; seasons 2018/19, 2019/20 & 2020/21" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Group Phase draw for Total CAF Confederation Cup 2019/20 set for 12 November". CAF. 10 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Intriguing fixtures as Confederation Cup group stage draw completed". CAF. 12 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Total CAF Confederation Cup: Group phase" (PDF). CAF.
  6. ^ @CAF_Online (24 November 2019). "Schedule Changes" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @pyramidsfc (26 January 2020). "Pyramids FC is honored to host the first-ever Special Olympics Pan African Games in our ground at the 30th of June Stadium!" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ @pyramidsfc (28 January 2020). "كاف يوافق على نقل مباراة نواذيبو وبيراميدز للقاهرة" [CAF agrees to move FC Nouadhibou v Pyramids match to Cairo] ( Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.

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