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The 2018 CAF Champions League group stage was played from 4 May to 28 August 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2018 CAF Champions League.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 21 March 2018, 19:00 EET (UTC+2), at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams, all winners of the first round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was drawn into one of the positions in their group.

Format

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

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 were 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 are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are 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 was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Effective from the Champions League group stage, weekend matches were played on Fridays and Saturdays while midweek matches were played on Tuesdays, with some exceptions. Kick-off times were also fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays and Tuesdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AHL	EST	KCC	ROL
1	Al Ahly	6	4	1	1	9	5	+4	13	Quarter-finals		—	0–0	4–3	3–0
2	Espérance de Tunis	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11			0–1	—	3–2	4–1
3	KCCA	6	2	0	4	8	9	−1	6			2–0	0–1	—	1–0
4	Township Rollers	6	1	1	4	2	9	−7	4			0–1	0–0	1–0	—

Al-Ahly	0–0	Espérance de Tunis
	Report

Township Rollers	1–0	KCCA
Tshireletso 35'	Report

KCCA	2–0	Al-Ahly
Juma 74' Awany 89' (pen.)	Report

Espérance de Tunis	4–1	Township Rollers
Belaïli 25' Badri 46', 90+1' Mejri 78'	Report	Boy 41'

Espérance de Tunis	3–2	KCCA
Badri 30' Bguir 33' Mejri 82'	Report	Nunda 18' Shaban 22'

Al-Ahly	3–0	Township Rollers
Azaro 36' Maâloul 75' (pen.) Mohareb 79'	Report

KCCA	0–1	Espérance de Tunis
	Report	Jouini 41'

Township Rollers	0–1	Al-Ahly
	Report	Coulibaly 81'

Espérance de Tunis	0–1	Al-Ahly
	Report	Azaro 32'

KCCA	1–0	Township Rollers
Kaddu 83'	Report

Al-Ahly	4–3	KCCA
Azaro 23', 62' Coulibaly 50' S. Mohsen 70'	Report	Nunda 40' Magambo 54' Okello 82'

Township Rollers	0–0	Espérance de Tunis
	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TPM	ESS	DHJ	MCA
1	TP Mazembe	6	3	3	0	10	4	+6	12	Quarter-finals		—	4–1	1–1	1–0
2	ES Sétif	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8			1–1	—	2–1	0–1
3	Difaâ El Jadidi	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6			0–2	1–1	—	2–0
4	MC Alger	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5			1–1	1–2	1–1	—

MC Alger	1–1	Difaâ El Jadidi
Karaoui 82'	Report	Ahaddad 77'

TP Mazembe	4–1	ES Sétif
Malango 10', 23' (pen.) Meschak 63' Sinkala 82' (pen.)	Report	Nessakh 12'

Difaâ El Jadidi	0–2	TP Mazembe
	Report	Malango 51' Sissoko 54'

ES Sétif	0–1	MC Alger
	Report	Karaoui 89'

TP Mazembe	1–0	MC Alger
Meschak 88'	Report

ES Sétif	2–1	Difaâ El Jadidi
Bouguelmouna 21' Ghacha 89'	Report	Bamaamar 4'

Difaâ El Jadidi	1–1	ES Sétif
Msuva 23'	Report	Bouguelmouna 32' (pen.)

MC Alger	1–1	TP Mazembe
Derrardja 70'	Report	Meschak 48'

ES Sétif	1–1	TP Mazembe
Bakir 59'	Report	Chongo 76'

Difaâ El Jadidi	2–0	MC Alger
El Megri 29' Msuva 75'	Report

TP Mazembe	1–1	Difaâ El Jadidi
Malango 87' (pen.)	Report	Khoukhouche 90+1'

MC Alger	1–2	ES Sétif
Derrardja 41' (pen.)	Report	Azzi 5' (o.g.) Bouguelmouna 27'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAC	HOR	MSD	TGP
1	Wydad AC	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6	12	Quarter-finals		—	2–0	1–0	3–0
2	Horoya	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9			1–1	—	2–2	2–1
3	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			1–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	AS Togo-Port	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4			0–0	1–2	1–0	—

AS Togo-Port	1–2	Horoya
Bourahana 51'	Report	D. Camara 8' A. G. Camara 75'

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1	Wydad AC
Vilakazi 3'	Report	Haddad 20'

Wydad AC	3–0	AS Togo-Port
Ounajem 2' Aarab 6' Nahiri 56'	Report

Horoya	2–2	Mamelodi Sundowns
Mandela 51' A. G. Camara 83'	Report	Billiat 69' Sirino 79' (pen.)

AS Togo-Port	1–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
Hunlede 40'	Report

Horoya	1–1	Wydad AC
Mandela 29'	Report	Haddad 26'

Mamelodi Sundowns	2–1	AS Togo-Port
Sirino 11' Vilakazi 15'	Report	Kloukpo 87'

Wydad AC	2–0	Horoya
Comara 12' Ounajem 18'	Report

Horoya	2–1	AS Togo-Port
Mandela 11' Sakin 59'	Report	Djadja 51'

Wydad AC	1–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
El Asbahi 56'	Report

AS Togo-Port	0–0	Wydad Casablanca
	Report

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0	Horoya
	Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ESS	AGO	ZES	MBS
1	Étoile du Sahel	6	3	3	0	10	4	+6	12	Quarter-finals		—	1–1	2–1	2–0
2	1º de Agosto	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9			1–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	ZESCO United	6	1	3	2	7	6	+1	6			1–1	0–0	—	1–1
4	Mbabane Swallows	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	4			0–3	1–0	0–3	—

ZESCO United	1–1	Mbabane Swallows
Owino 65'	Report	Shongwe 81'

1º de Agosto	1–1	Étoile du Sahel
Bokamba 43'	Report	Jemal 66'

Mbabane Swallows	1–0	1º de Agosto
Badenhorst 59'	Report

Étoile du Sahel	2–1	ZESCO United
Brigui 46' Marey 56'	Report	Kambole 90+1'

Mbabane Swallows	0–3	Étoile du Sahel
	Report	Aouadhi 14' Hannachi 32' Chermiti 71'

ZESCO United	0–0	1º de Agosto
	Report

1º de Agosto	2–1	ZESCO United
Geraldo 90' Ungenda 90+8'	Report	Ching'andu 67'

Étoile du Sahel	2–0	Mbabane Swallows
Hannachi 21' Ben Belgacem 89'	Report

Mbabane Swallows	0–3	ZESCO United
	Report	Kambole 39', 40', 43'

Étoile du Sahel	1–1	1º de Agosto
Chermiti 87'	Report	Massunguna 11'

ZESCO United	1–1	Étoile du Sahel
Kambole 8'	Report	Bedoui 70'

1º de Agosto	2–1	Mbabane Swallows
Bitumba 34' Geraldo 38'	Report	Aladeokun 58'

Notes

1. MC Alger played their home match against TP Mazembe at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, instead of their regular stadium July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, as it was used for athletics at the 2018 African Youth Games.
2. The Horoya v Mamelodi Sundowns match was originally scheduled to be played on 15 May 2018, 16:00 local time, but was re-scheduled to 22 May 2018, 16:00 local time, following an agreement between the two clubs to avoid a clash with a friendly match between Mamelodi Sundowns and Barcelona.

References

1. ^ "DATES FOR CAF INTERCLUBS COMPETITIONS 2018" (PDF). CAF.
2. ^ "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAF.
3. "Draw for the Champions League & Confederation Cup 2018". YouTube. 21 March 2018.
4. "Results of Group Phase draw". CAF. 21 March 2018.
5. "Ranking of the clubs qualified to the Group Stage of Total CAF Champions League 2018" (PDF). CAF.
6. "Draw Procedures for Interclubs Group Phase". CAF. 20 March 2018.
7. "Group Phase Fixtures" (PDF). CAF.
8. "Friday & Saturday for Champions League, Sunday for Confederation Cup". CAF. 17 April 2018.
9. "CAF : MCA et USMA à Tchaker les 28 et 29 juillet". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
10. "Horoya – Mamelodi Sundowns Match Day Two rescheduled for May 22". CAF. 8 May 2018.

External links

• 22nd Edition Of Total CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com

• 2018 CAF Champions League
• May 2018 sports events in Africa
• July 2018 sports events in Africa
• August 2018 sports events in Africa