2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
# 2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2017 CAF Confederation Cup group stage was played from 12 May to 9 July 2017. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup.

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The 16 teams, all winners of the play-off 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).

| Pot | Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Teams | TP Mazembe (58 pts) CS Sfaxien (21 pts) ZESCO United (15 pts) FUS Rabat (12 pts) | Smouha (4 pts) Recreativo do Libolo (2 pts) MC Alger CF Mounana Horoya Rivers United Platinum Stars SuperSport United El-Hilal El-Obeid Mbabane Swallows Club Africain KCCA |

## 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):

* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* 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;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Away goals scored in all group matches;
* Drawing of lots.

## Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).

| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
| - | - | - |
| Matchday 1 | 12–14 May 2017 | Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 2 | 23–24 May 2017 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 3 | 2–4 June 2017 | Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 4 | 20–21 June 2017 | Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1 |
| Matchday 5 | 30 June – 2 July 2017 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 6 | 7–9 July 2017 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 |

## Groups

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CAF | FUS | KCC | RIV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Club Africain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | FUS Rabat | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Quarter-finals | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | KCCA | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 9 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Rivers United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — |

* 1 2 Head-to-head results: FUS Rabat 3–0 KCCA, KCCA 3–1 FUS Rabat.

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CSS | MCA | MBS | PST |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CS Sfaxien | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 13 | Quarter-finals | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | Quarter-finals | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Mbabane Swallows | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Platinum Stars | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZES | HLU | RLB | SMO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ZESCO United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 10 | Quarter-finals | — | 3–0 (awd.) | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Quarter-finals | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Recreativo do Libolo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Smouha | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid 1–0 ZESCO United, ZESCO United 3–0 Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid.
* ↑ FIFA suspended the Sudan Football Association on 7 July 2017. As a result, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid could not play their final group match against ZESCO United, and the match was awarded as a 3–0 win to their opponents. Initially, Al-Hilal Al-Ubayyid were disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup, but following the lifting of the suspension on 13 July, they were reinstated to the competition, and advanced to the knockout stage instead of Recreativo do Libolo.

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TPM | SSU | HOR | MOU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 12 | Quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | SuperSport United | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 10 | Quarter-finals | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Horoya | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | CF Mounana | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | | 0–1 | 3–5 | 0–1 | — |
