2011 CAF Champions League group stage

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]

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

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

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

Nigeria Enyimba (11 pts)
Algeria MC Alger (0 pts)

Morocco Raja Casablanca (0 pts)
Morocco 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
Nigeria Enyimba 6420115+614
Sudan Al-Hilal 62226718
Cameroon Coton Sport 62137817
Morocco Raja Casablanca 60331543

16 July 2011
21:00 UTC+01:00
Raja Casablanca Morocco 0 – 0 Cameroon Coton Sport
Report

17 July 2011
14:00 UTC+01:00
Enyimba Nigeria 2 – 2 Sudan Al-Hilal
Valentine Nwabili  48'
Uche Kalu  60'
Report Edward Sadomba  22', 76'
Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
Referee: Farouk Mohamed (Egypt)[5]

29 July 2011
20:00 UTC+03:00
Al-Hilal Sudan 1 – 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca
Edward Sadomba  63' (pen.) Report

30 July 2011
15:00 UTC+01:00
Coton Sport Cameroon 2 – 3 Nigeria Enyimba
Chardin Madila Mfoutou  46'
Saidou Idrissa  63'
Report Uche Kalu  8', 85'
Chidozie Johnson  40'
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua

14 August 2011
14:00 UTC+01:00
Enyimba Nigeria 2 – 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca
Uche Kalu  9'
Chidozie Johnson  25'
Report

14 August 2011
22:00 UTC+03:00
Al-Hilal Sudan 2 – 1 Cameroon Coton Sport
Haitham Mustafa  28' (pen.)
Edet Otobong  82'
Report Chardin Madila Mfoutou  10'

26 August 2011
22:00 UTC±00:00
Raja Casablanca Morocco 0 – 0 Nigeria Enyimba
Report

28 August 2011
14:00 UTC+01:00
Coton Sport Cameroon 2 – 0 Sudan Al-Hilal
Jacques Haman  28'
Brice Zimbori  55'
Report
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua

9 September 2011
20:30 UTC+03:00
Al-Hilal Sudan 1 – 2 Nigeria Enyimba
Edward Sadomba  6' Report Valentine Nwabili  68'
Samuel Tswanya  90' (pen.)

10 September 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Coton Sport Cameroon 2 – 1 Morocco Raja Casablanca
Osmaila Baba  54', 64' Report Abdessamad Ouhakki  16'
Stade Omnisports Roumde-Adja, Garoua

18 September 2011
15:00 UTC±00:00
Raja Casablanca Morocco 0 – 0 Sudan Al-Hilal
Report

18 September 2011
16:00 UTC+01:00
Enyimba Nigeria 2 – 0 Cameroon Coton Sport
Ifeanyi Ede  45' (pen.)
Valentine Nwabili  90'
Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tunisia Espérance ST 624094+510
Morocco Wydad Casablanca 6141119+27
Egypt Al-Ahly 614176+17
Algeria MC Alger 612341285
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD AG Pts
Morocco Wydad Casablanca 202044032
Egypt Al-Ahly 202044012

16 July 2011
18:30 UTC+01:00
MC Alger Algeria 1 – 1 Tunisia Espérance ST
Mohamed Megherbi  17' Report Oussama Darragi  7'

17 July 2011
21:00 UTC+02:00
Al-Ahly Egypt 3 – 3 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
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 Morocco 4 – 0 Algeria MC Alger
Fabrice N'Guessi  1'
Ahmed Ajeddou  30' (pen.)
Ayoub El Khaliki  74'
Jean Louis Pascal Angan  90'
Report
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 50,000

30 July 2011
21:30 UTC+01:00
Espérance ST Tunisia 1 – 0 Egypt Al-Ahly
Yannick N'Djeng  14' Report
Olympic Stadium, Radès

12 August 2011
22:00 UTC+02:00
Al-Ahly Egypt 2 – 0 Algeria MC Alger
Emad Moteab  10', 31' Report

14 August 2011
22:00 UTC±00:00
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 2 – 2 Tunisia Espérance ST
Fabrice N'Guessi  65'
Youssef Kaddioui  78' (pen.)
Report Wajdi Bouazzi  22'
Walid Hicheri  37'
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
Attendance: 67,000

27 August 2011
22:00 UTC+01:00
Espérance ST Tunisia 0 – 0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca
Report

28 August 2011
22:00 UTC+01:00
MC Alger Algeria 0 – 0 Egypt Al-Ahly
Report

10 September 2011
19:10 UTC+01:00
Espérance ST Tunisia 4 – 0 Algeria MC Alger
Mejdi Traoui  8'
Yannick N'Djeng  21', 43', 55'
Report

11 September 2011
19:30 UTC±00:00
Wydad Casablanca Morocco 1 – 1 Egypt Al-Ahly
Abderahim Benkhajjan  48' Report Mohamed Nagy  36'

16 September 2011
20:00 UTC+02:00
Al-Ahly Egypt 1 – 1 Tunisia Espérance ST
Mohamed Aboutrika  54' Report Banana Yaya  17'

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