2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage


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The 2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage will begin on 26 November 2024 and end on 18 January 2025. 16 teams will compete in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.

2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates26 November 2024 – 18 January 2025

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Draw

The draw for the group stage will be held on 7 October 2024, 11:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+3), in Cairo, Egypt.[1] The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds will be drawn into four groups of four.

Teams will be ranked based on their performance in CAF competitions over the previous five seasons (5-year CAF ranking points are shown next to each team). Egypt #1 (184) Morocco #2 (148) Algeria #3 (119) South Africa #4 (106) Tunisia #5 (97) Tanzania #6 (71). Each group will contain one team from each of Pots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and each team will be assigned positions in their group according to their pot.

Pot 1
Team Pts
  Al Ahly 87
  Raja CA 74
  CR Belouizdad 37
  Mamelodi Sundowns 54
Pot 2
Team Pts
  Espérance de Tunis 61
  TP Mazembe 38
  Young Africans 31
  Pyramids 29
Pot 3
Team Pts
  Al Hilal 25
  Orlando Pirates 16
  Sagrada Esperança 8
  AS FAR 20
Pot 4
Team Pts
  MC Alger 6
  Djoliba 1
  AS Maniema Union
  Stade d'Abidjan

Format

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

Tiebreakers

The teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):

  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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams will still be tied, all head-to-head criteria above will be 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 will be as follows.

Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 26–27 November 2024 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 6–7 December 2024 Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 13–14 December 2024 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2
Matchday 4 3–4 January 2025 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 10–11 January 2025 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 6 17–18 January 2025 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4

Groups

All times are local.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification A1 A2 A3 A4
1   A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — 13–14 Dec 17–18 Jan 26–27 Nov
2   A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3–4 Jan — 26–27 Nov 17–18 Jan
3   A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6–7 Dec 10–11 Jan — 3–4 Jan
4   A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10–11 Jan 6–7 Dec 13–14 Dec —

First match(es) will be played: 26 or 27 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification B1 B2 B3 B4
1   B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — 13–14 Dec 17–18 Jan 26–27 Nov
2   B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3–4 Jan — 26–27 Nov 17–18 Jan
3   B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6–7 Dec 10–11 Jan — 3–4 Jan
4   B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10–11 Jan 6–7 Dec 13–14 Dec —

First match(es) will be played: 26 or 27 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification C1 C2 C3 C4
1   C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — 13–14 Dec 17–18 Jan 26–27 Nov
2   C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3–4 Jan — 26–27 Nov 17–18 Jan
3   C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6–7 Dec 10–11 Jan — 3–4 Jan
4   C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10–11 Jan 6–7 Dec 13–14 Dec —

First match(es) will be played: 26 or 27 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification D1 D2 D3 D4
1   D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage — 13–14 Dec 17–18 Jan 26–27 Nov
2   D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3–4 Jan — 26–27 Nov 17–18 Jan
3   D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6–7 Dec 10–11 Jan — 3–4 Jan
4   D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10–11 Jan 6–7 Dec 13–14 Dec —

First match(es) will be played: 26 or 27 November 2024. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

See also

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