2011 CAF Champions League group stage

Main article: 2011 CAF Champions League

The 2011 CAF Champions League group stage matches took place between July and September 2011. The matchdays were: 15–17 July, 29–31 July, 12–14 August, 26–28 August, 9–11 September, and 16–18 September.[1]

The group stage featured the eight winners from the second round. They were divided into two groups of four, where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals.[2]

Contents

Seeding

The draw for the group stage took place on 15 May 2011, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.[3]

The procedures for the group stage draw were announced on 12 May 2011.[4] The teams were seeded into four pots, and each group contains one team from each pot.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Al-Ahly (43 pts)
Al-Hilal (31 pts)

Espérance ST (24 pts)
Coton Sport (12 pts)

Enyimba (11 pts)
MC Alger (0 pts)

Raja Casablanca (0 pts)
Wydad Casablanca† (0 pts)

Notes:

Tiebreakers

The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:[2]

  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. Goal difference in all games;
  6. Goals scored in all games;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Enyimba 6 4 2 0 11 5 +6 14
Al-Hilal 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
Coton Sport 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7
Raja Casablanca 6 0 3 3 1 5 −4 3
16 July 2011
21:00 UTC+01:00
 Raja Casablanca 0 – 0 Coton Sport Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)[5]
Report
17 July 2011
14:00 UTC+01:00
 Enyimba 2 – 2 Al-Hilal Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Referee: Farouk Mohamed (Egypt)[5]
Valentine Nwabili  48'
Uche Kalu  60'		 Report Edward Sadomba  22', 76'
29 July 2011
20:00 UTC+03:00
 Al-Hilal 1 – 0 Raja Casablanca Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Edward Sadomba  63' (pen.) Report
30 July 2011
15:00 UTC+01:00
 Coton Sport 2 – 3 Enyimba Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua
Chardin Madila Mfoutou  46'
Saidou Idrissa  63'		 Report Uche Kalu  8', 85'
Chidozie Johnson  40'
14 August 2011
14:00 UTC+01:00
 Enyimba 2 – 0 Raja Casablanca Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Uche Kalu  9'
Chidozie Johnson  25'		 Report
14 August 2011
22:00 UTC+03:00
 Al-Hilal 2 – 1 Coton Sport Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Haitham Mustafa  28' (pen.)
Edet Otobong  82'		 Report Chardin Madila Mfoutou  10'
26 August 2011
22:00 UTC±00:00
 Raja Casablanca 0 – 0 Enyimba Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Report
28 August 2011
14:00 UTC+01:00
 Coton Sport 2 – 0 Al-Hilal Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua
Jacques Haman  28'
Brice Zimbori  55'		 Report
9 September 2011
20:30 UTC+03:00
 Al-Hilal 1 – 2 Enyimba Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Edward Sadomba  6' Report Valentine Nwabili  68'
Samuel Tswanya  90' (pen.)
10 September 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
 Coton Sport 2 – 1 Raja Casablanca Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua
Osmaila Baba  54', 64' Report Abdessamad Ouhakki  16'
18 September 2011
15:00 UTC±00:00
 Raja Casablanca 0 – 0 Al-Hilal Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Report
18 September 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
 Enyimba 2 – 0 Coton Sport Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Ifeanyi Ede  45' (pen.)
Valentine Nwabili  90'		 Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Espérance ST 6 2 4 0 9 4 +5 10
Wydad Casablanca 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 7
Al-Ahly 6 1 4 1 7 6 +1 7
MC Alger 6 1 2 3 4 12 −8 5
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD AG Pts
Wydad Casablanca 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 3 2
Al-Ahly 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 1 2
16 July 2011
18:30 UTC+01:00
 MC Alger 1 – 1 Espérance ST Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)[5]
Mohamed Megherbi  17' Report Oussama Darragi  7'
17 July 2011
21:00 UTC+02:00
 Al-Ahly 3 – 3 Wydad Casablanca Cairo Military Academy Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Gassama Bakary (Gambia)[5]
Emad Moteab  2'
Wael Gomaa  21'
Dominique Da Silva  75'		 Report Sherif Abdel-Fadil  1' (o.g.)
Mouhcine Iajour  66', 88'
30 July 2011
19:00 UTC+01:00
 Wydad Casablanca 4 – 0 MC Alger Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 50,000
Fabrice N'Guessi  1'
Ahmed Ajeddou  30' (pen.)
Ayoub El Khaliki  74'
Jean Louis Pascal Angan  90'		 Report
30 July 2011
21:30 UTC+01:00
 Espérance ST 1 – 0 Al-Ahly Olympic Stadium, Radès
Yannick N'Djeng  14' Report
12 August 2011
22:00 UTC+02:00
 Al-Ahly 2 – 0 MC Alger Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Emad Moteab  10', 31' Report
14 August 2011
22:00 UTC±00:00
 Wydad Casablanca 2 – 2 Espérance ST Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 67,000
Fabrice N'Guessi  65'
Youssef Kaddioui  78' (pen.)		 Report Wajdi Bouazzi  22'
Walid Hicheri  37'
27 August 2011
22:00 UTC+01:00
 Espérance ST 0 – 0 Wydad Casablanca Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Report
28 August 2011
22:00 UTC+01:00
 MC Alger 0 – 0 Al-Ahly Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Report
10 September 2011
19:10 UTC+01:00
 Espérance ST 4 – 0 MC Alger Stade El Menzah, Tunis
Mejdi Traoui  8'
Yannick N'Djeng  21', 43', 55'		 Report
11 September 2011
19:30 UTC±00:00
 Wydad Casablanca 1 – 1 Al-Ahly Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Abderahim Benkhajjan  48' Report Mohamed Nagy  36'
16 September 2011
19:00 UTC+01:00
 MC Alger 3 – 1 Wydad Casablanca Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Réda Babouche  32', 36'
Hervé Oussalé  61'		 Report Ahmed Ajeddou  79' (pen.)
16 September 2011
20:00 UTC+02:00
 Al-Ahly 1 – 1 Espérance ST Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Mohamed Aboutrika  54' Report Banana Yaya  17'

References

  1. ^ Proposed Dates for Interclubes Competitions 2011
  2. ^ a b Regulations of the CAF Champions League
  3. ^ Draw of the Group matches
  4. ^ Official draw procedure for the group matches, semi-finals and finals of the 15th Edition of Orange CAF Champions League, “CL 2011”
  5. ^ a b c d Day 1 Report

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