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(Top) 1 Draw 2 Format 2.1 Tiebreakers 3 Schedule 4 Groups 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage

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2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage
Tournament statistics
Dates	11 February – 3 April 2022
Matches played	48
Goals scored	106 (2.21 per match)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 CAF Champions League group stage were played from 11 February to 3 April 2022. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.^[1]

Times are in local times.

Draw[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2021, 11:30 GMT (13:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 winners of the second roundofqualifying 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 next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.^[2]

Pot 1
Team	Pts
Al Ahly	78
Espérance de Tunis	65
Wydad AC	63
Raja CA	54

Pot 2
Team	Pts
Zamalek	47
Mamelodi Sundowns	46
Horoya	38
Étoile du Sahel	36

Pot 3
Team	Pts
Al Hilal	21
CR Belouizdad	15
Petro de Luanda	14.5
ES Sétif	13

Pot 4
Team	Pts
Al Merrikh	7
Sagrada Esperança	–
Jwaneng Galaxy	–
AmaZulu	–

Format[edit]

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers[edit]

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 were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 &21):^[1]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Away goals scored in all group matches;
Drawing of lots.

Schedule[edit]

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	11–12 February 2022	Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2	18–19 February 2022	Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3	25–26 February 2022	Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4	11–12 March 2022	Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5	18–19 March 2022	Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6	1–2 April 2022	Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MSD	AHL	HIL	MER
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8	16	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	1–0	3–0
2	Al Ahly	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	1–0	3–2
3	Al Hilal	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4^[a]		2–4	0–0	—	1–0
4	Al Merrikh	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4^[a]		0–0	1–3	2–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Al Hilal 3, Al Merrikh 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Al Hilal 0, Al Merrikh 0. Head-to-head away goals: Al Hilal 1, Al Merrikh 0

11 February 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Al Hilal
Zwane 8'	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg^{[note 1]}

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

5 March 2022^{[note 2]}

21:00 UTC+2

Al Ahly	3–2	Al Merrikh
Sherif 2', 34' Karshoum 76' (o.g.)	Report	Edjomariegwe 43' Saadeldin 69'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

18 February 2022

15:00 UTC+2

Al Hilal	0–0	Al Ahly
	Report

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

19 February 2022

15:00 UTC+2

Al Merrikh	0–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report

Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)^{[note 3]}

Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

25 February 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Al Merrikh	2–1	Al Hilal
Saadeldin 3', 42'	Report	Abdelrahman 32'

Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)^{[note 3]}

Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

26 February 2022

21:00 UTC+2

Al Ahly	0–1	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report	Morena 85'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

11 March 2022

15:00 UTC+2

Al Hilal	1–0	Al Merrikh
Muzmel 84'	Report

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

12 March 2022

15:00 UTC+2

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Al Ahly
Shalulile 23'	Report

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

18 March 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Al Merrikh	1–3	Al Ahly
Agab 60'	Report	Tau 19' Sherif 72' Abdel Kader 73'

Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt)^{[note 3]}

Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)

19 March 2022

15:00 UTC+2

Al Hilal	2–4	Mamelodi Sundowns
Muzmel 56' Mokhtar 90+3'	Report	Shalulile 2' Mokoena 30' Morena 60', 89'

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

2 April 2022

15:00 UTC+2

Mamelodi Sundowns	3–0	Al Merrikh
Maluleka 15' Ralani 66' Erasmus 72'	Report

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

3 April 2022

22:00 UTC+2

Al Ahly	1–0	Al Hilal
El Shahat 74'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RCA	ESS	AMZ	HOR
1	Raja CA	6	5	0	1	7	2	+5	15	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	ES Sétif	6	3	0	3	6	5	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	2–0	3–2
3	AmaZulu	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7		0–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Horoya	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4		2–1	0–1	1–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 February 2022

16:00 UTC±0

Horoya	0–1	ES Sétif
	Report	Kendouci 47'

General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

12 February 2022

20:00 UTC+1

Raja CA	1–0	AmaZulu
Moutouali 67'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

18 February 2022

20:00 UTC+1

ES Sétif	0–1	Raja CA
	Report	Zrida 71'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 4]}

Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)

18 February 2022

21:00 UTC+2

AmaZulu	1–0	Horoya
Memela 31'	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

25 February 2022

18:00 UTC+2

AmaZulu	1–0	ES Sétif
Memela 42'	Report

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

25 February 2022

20:00 UTC+1

Raja CA	1–0	Horoya
Moutouali 67'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

12 March 2022

16:00 UTC±0

Horoya	2–1	Raja CA
Mandela 26' Barry 29' (pen.)	Report	Ahadad 19'

General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry

Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)

12 March 2022

20:00 UTC+1

ES Sétif	2–0	AmaZulu
Benayad 11' Djahnit 45+1'	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 4]}

Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

18 March 2022

18:00 UTC+2

AmaZulu	0–2	Raja CA
	Report	Ahadad 6' Haddad 76'

Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

18 March 2022

20:00 UTC+1

ES Sétif	3–2	Horoya
Djahnit 47' Benayad 87', 90+3'	Report	Baffour 25' Sylla 59'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 4]}

Referee: Youssef Sraïri (Tunisia)

1 April 2022

16:00 UTC±0

Horoya	1–1	AmaZulu
Nikièma 45'	Report	Coulibaly 48' (o.g.)

General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry

Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

3 April 2022

21:00 UTC±0

Raja CA	1–0	ES Sétif
Hadhoudi 74'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 43,651

Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	CRB	ESS	GAL
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	4	2	0	12	2	+10	14	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	0–0	4–0
2	CR Belouizdad	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	2–0	4–1
3	Étoile du Sahel	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6		0–2	0–0	—	3–2
4	Jwaneng Galaxy	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1		0–3	1–2	1–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 February 2022

17:00 UTC+1

Étoile du Sahel	0–0	CR Belouizdad
	Report

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis^{[note 5]}

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

12 February 2022

14:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis	4–0	Jwaneng Galaxy
Ben Romdhane 1', 29', 32' Eduwo 86'	Report

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

19 February 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Jwaneng Galaxy	1–1	Étoile du Sahel
Sesinyi 90+1'	Report	Coulibaly 14'

Francistown Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

19 February 2022

20:00 UTC+1

CR Belouizdad	1–1	Espérance de Tunis
Aribi 15' (pen.)	Report	Machmoum 82'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 6]}

Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)

26 February 2022

14:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis	0–0	Étoile du Sahel
	Report

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

26 February 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Jwaneng Galaxy	1–2	CR Belouizdad
Baruti 84'	Report	Merzougui 77', 90+3'

Francistown Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

11 March 2022

20:00 UTC+1

CR Belouizdad	4–1	Jwaneng Galaxy
Bakir 25' (pen.) Aribi 41' Selmi 70' Merzougui 90+1'	Report	Sesinyi 49'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 6]}

Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadul (Sudan)

12 March 2022

14:00 UTC+1

Étoile du Sahel	0–2	Espérance de Tunis
	Report	Bedrane 66' Ben Romdhane 77'

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis^{[note 5]}

Referee: Mohamed Marouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

19 March 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Jwaneng Galaxy	0–3	Espérance de Tunis
	Report	Eduwo 13', 64' Iwuala 31'

Francistown Stadium, Francistown

Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

19 March 2022

20:00 UTC+1

CR Belouizdad	2–0	Étoile du Sahel
Bouchar 3' Belkhir 18'	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 6]}

Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

1 April 2022

14:00 UTC+1

Étoile du Sahel	3–2	Jwaneng Galaxy
Kombe 9' Jemmali 70' Amri 82'	Report	Baruti 80', 85'

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis^{[note 5]}

Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

2 April 2022

22:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis	2–1	CR Belouizdad
Bougrine 13' Iwuala 17'	Report	Mrezigue 2'

Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis

Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WAC	PET	ZAM	SAG
1	Wydad AC	6	5	0	1	15	5	+10	15	Advance to knockout stage	—	5–1	3–1	3–0
2	Petro de Luanda	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11	Advance to knockout stage	2–1	—	0–0	3–0
3	Zamalek	6	0	4	2	3	6	−3	4		0–1	2–2	—	0–0
4	Sagrada Esperança	6	0	2	4	1	9	−8	2		1–2	0–1	0–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 February 2022

20:00 UTC+1

Wydad AC	3–0	Sagrada Esperança
Dari 45+2' Jabrane 52' (pen.) Mbenza 72'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)

12 February 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Zamalek	2–2	Petro de Luanda
Obama 57' El-Wensh 90+5'	Report	Gleison 22' Vidinho 36'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

19 February 2022

14:00 UTC+1

Petro de Luanda	2–1	Wydad AC
Azulão 41' Yano 68'	Report	Daoudi 59'

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

19 February 2022

17:00 UTC+1

Sagrada Esperança	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda^{[note 7]}

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

26 February 2022

17:00 UTC+1

Sagrada Esperança	0–1	Petro de Luanda
	Report	Azulão 33' (pen.)

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda^{[note 7]}

Referee: Eugene Mdluli (South Africa)

26 February 2022

20:00 UTC+1

Wydad AC	3–1	Zamalek
El Moutaraji 27' Farhane 37' Jabrane 88'	Report	Zizo 3'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

11 March 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Zamalek	0–1	Wydad AC
	Report	Jabrane 48' (pen.)

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

12 March 2022

17:00 UTC+1

Petro de Luanda	3–0	Sagrada Esperança
Azulão 1', 44' Castro 90+5' (pen.)	Report

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

19 March 2022

14:00 UTC+1

Petro de Luanda	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

19 March 2022

20:00 UTC+1

Sagrada Esperança	1–2	Wydad AC
Paciência 30'	Report	El Moutaraji 82' Tsoumou 90+5'

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda^{[note 7]}

Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

1 April 2022

18:00 UTC+2

Zamalek	0–0	Sagrada Esperança
	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

2 April 2022

21:00 UTC±0

Wydad AC	5–1	Petro de Luanda
Tsoumou 11' Dari 29' El Moutaraji 32' El Hassouni 56' Ellafi 71'	Report	Pinto 63'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Notes[edit]

^ Mamelodi Sundowns play their group stage home matches at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, instead of their regular home stadiums Loftus Versfeld Stadium and Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, both in Pretoria, due to unavailability.

^ The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 11 or 12 February 2022, was rescheduled to be played on 5 March 2022 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates between 3 and 12 February 2022.

^ ^a ^b ^c Al Merrikh play their group stage home matches at Al Ahly WE Al Salam Stadium, Cairo (Egypt), instead of their regular home stadium Al Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan), which did not meet CAF requirements.

^ ^a ^b ^c ES Sétif play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, which did not meet CAF requirements.

^ ^a ^b ^c Étoile du Sahel play their home matches at Stade Hammadi Agrebi, Tunis, instead of their regular home stadium Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, which is undergoing renovation.

^ ^a ^b ^c CR Belouizdad play their group stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade du 20 Août, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.

^ ^a ^b ^c Sagrada Esperança play their group stage home matches at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, instead of their regular home stadium Estádio Sagrada Esperança, Dundo, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

^ "Draw Procedure of the 2021-22 TotalEnergies CAF Champions – Group Stage". CAF. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

External links[edit]

CAFonline.com

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