2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

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]

2015 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates26 June – 13 September 2015
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored42 (1.75 per match)

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 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
Stade Malien Mali0–0Egypt Al-Ahly
Report
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

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'
Al-Ahly Egypt1–0Mali Stade Malien
Gamal 75' Report
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

Group B
Pos Team 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
Zamalek Egypt2–0Republic of the Congo AC Léopards
Morsi 2'
Hefny 36' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)
Orlando Pirates South Africa2–0Tunisia CS Sfaxien
Rakhale 37'
Masuku 53'		 Report
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
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.)
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Zamalek Egypt4–1South Africa Orlando Pirates
Tawfik 13'
Mekky 36'
Fathi 62'
Kahraba 66'		 Report Manyisa 32'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

References
  1. "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.
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