2015 CAF Champions League group stage

2015 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates	26 June – 12 September 2015
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	52 (2.17 per match)
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The 2015 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 26 June to 12 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 Champions League.^[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]^[3] The eight winners of the second round were drawn into two groups of four. Each group contained one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3.^[4] The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2010–2014.

The following eight teams were entered into the draw:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
TP Mazembe (41 pts) ES Sétif (31 pts)	Al-Hilal (24 pts) Al-Merrikh (6 pts)	MC El Eulma (0 pt) USM Alger (0 pt) Smouha (0 pt) Moghreb Tétouan (0 pt)

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]

Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in games between the teams concerned;
Goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned;
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;
Goal difference in all games;
Goals scored in all games;
Away goals scored in all games;
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.^[5]^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TPM	HIL	MAT	SMO
1	TP Mazembe	6	3	2	1	8	1	+7	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	5–0	1–0
2	Al-Hilal	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9	Advance to knockout stage	1–0	—	0–1	2–0
3	Moghreb Tétouan	6	2	2	2	6	10	−4	8		0–0	1–1	—	2–1
4	Smouha	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4		0–2	1–1	3–2	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

28 June 2015

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	0–0	Al-Hilal
	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

28 June 2015

21:15 UTC+2

Smouha	3–2	Moghreb Tétouan
Amin 66' Kouao 78', 80'	Report	Fall 6' Jahouh 11'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

12 July 2015

22:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal	2–0	Smouha
El Shigail 46' Hamid 82'	Report

Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

12 July 2015

22:00 UTC±0

Moghreb Tétouan	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan

Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

24 July 2015

19:30 UTC+2

Smouha	0–2	TP Mazembe
	Report	Kalaba 40' Adjei 83'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

26 July 2015

21:30 UTC+1

Moghreb Tétouan	1–1	Al-Hilal
Khadrouf 70'	Report	Andrezinho 77'

Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

7 August 2015

21:15 UTC+3

Al-Hilal	0–1	Moghreb Tétouan
	Report	Jahouh 25' (pen.)

Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

8 August 2015

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	1–0	Smouha
Assalé 52'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

23 August 2015

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Hilal	1–0	TP Mazembe
El Tahir 8'	Report

Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

23 August 2015

20:30 UTC+1

Moghreb Tétouan	2–1	Smouha
Tato 13' Khadrouf 74' (pen.)	Report	Al Mounofi 76'

Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

12 September 2015

15:30 UTC+2

TP Mazembe	5–0	Moghreb Tétouan
Samatta 11', 52', 89' Kalaba 31' Assalé 88'	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

12 September 2015

15:30 UTC+2

Smouha	1–1	Al-Hilal
Al Mounofi 21'	Report	El Shigail 73'

Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	USM	MER	ESS	MCE
1	USM Alger	6	5	0	1	9	3	+6	15	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	3–0	2–1
2	Al-Merrikh	6	4	1	1	9	4	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage	1–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	ES Sétif	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5		1–2	1–1	—	2–2
4	MC El Eulma	6	0	1	5	5	11	−6	1		0–1	2–3	0–1	—