2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates26 June – 13 September 2015
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored42 (1.75 per match)
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The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 26 June to 13 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 Confederation Cup.[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 May 2015, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The eight winners of the play-off round were drawn into two groups of four. There were no seedings.[3]

The following eight teams were entered into the draw, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw:

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:[1]

  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. 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;
  6. Goal difference in all games;
  7. Goals scored in all games;
  8. Away goals scored in all games;
  9. 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.[4]

Group A

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHL ESS STA EST
1 Egypt Al-Ahly 6 4 1 1 6 1 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 1–0 1–0 3–0
2 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 4 1 1 6 3 +3 13 1–0 — 1–0 2–1
3 Mali Stade Malien 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–0 1–1 — 0–1
4 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 1 0 5 3 9 −6 3 0–1 0–1 1–2 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–0Mali Stade Malien
Bounedjah 69' Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)
Al-Ahly Egypt3–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Said 20', 58'
Zakaria 90'		 Report
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia0–1Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Report Jemal 49'
Stade Malien Mali0–0Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Al-Ahly Egypt1–0Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Soliman 36' Report
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia1–2Mali Stade Malien
Ben Youssef 11' Report Sissoko 5'
Ma. Coulibaly 48'
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia1–0Egypt Al-Ahly
Mouihbi 26' (pen.) Report
Stade Malien Mali0–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Report Eduok 24'

The Stade Malien v Espérance de Tunis match was suspended at the 49th minute due to heavy rain, and was resumed on 10 August 2015, 16:30 UTC±0, from the point of abandonment.[5][6]

Stade Malien Mali1–1Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Mo. Coulibaly 90+5' Report Bangoura 58'
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia2–1Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Bounedjah 90' (pen.), 90+3' Report Jouini 25'
Al-Ahly Egypt1–0Mali Stade Malien
Gamal 75' Report
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

Group B

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAM ORL LEO CSS
1 Egypt Zamalek 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage — 4–1 2–0 1–0
2 South Africa Orlando Pirates 6 4 0 2 8 6 +2 12 1–2 — 2–0 2–0
3 Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 6 1 2 3 2 6 −4 5 1–0 0–1 — 0–0
4 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 1–3 0–1 1–1 —
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo0–1South Africa Orlando Pirates
Report Jele 58'
Zamalek Egypt1–0Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Cissé 90' Report
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–1Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Maâloul 48' (pen.) Report Gandzé 42'
Orlando Pirates South Africa1–2Egypt Zamalek
Majoro 68' Report Youssef 72'
Fathi 83'
Zamalek Egypt2–0Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Morsi 2'
Hefny 36' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia0–1South Africa Orlando Pirates
Report Rakhale 47'
Orlando Pirates South Africa2–0Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Rakhale 37'
Masuku 53'		 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo1–0Egypt Zamalek
Mukendi 60' Report
Orlando Pirates South Africa2–0Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Makola 32'
Manyisa 87'		 Report
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
CS Sfaxien Tunisia1–3Egypt Zamalek
Maâloul 63' (pen.) Report Kahraba 54'
Hamoudi 80', 89' (pen.)
AC Léopards Republic of the Congo0–0Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Report
Zamalek Egypt4–1South Africa Orlando Pirates
Tawfik 13'
Mekky 36'
Fathi 62'
Kahraba 66'		 Report Manyisa 32'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Live report: CAF Interclubs draw". CAFonline.com. 5 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Ahly, Zamalek to be drawn apart". Confederation of African Football. 4 May 2015.
  4. ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Stade Malien – Esperance continues on Monday". CAF. 9 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Coupe de la CAF : Stade Malien-Espérance Tunis interrompu et reporté à lundi" (in French). Afrik-Foot.com. 9 August 2015.

External links

  • Orange CAF Confederation Cup 2015, CAFonline.com
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