2020–21 CAF Champions League group stage
# 2020–21 CAF Champions League group stage

The 2020–21 CAF Champions League group stage started on 12 February and ended on 10 April 2021. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League.

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 January 2021, 12:30 GMT (14:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters 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 allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

| Pot | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Teams | Al Ahly (69 pts) Wydad AC (65 pts) Espérance de Tunis (63 pts) TP Mazembe (55 pts) | Zamalek (54 pts) Mamelodi Sundowns (49 pts) Horoya (38 pts) AS Vita Club (23 pts) | Al Hilal (21.5 pts) Petro de Luanda (12 pts) Simba (12 pts) MC Alger (7 pts) | Al Merrikh (4 pts) CR Belouizdad Teungueth Kaizer Chiefs |

## Format

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

### Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are 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 is as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics). Kick-off times are fixed at 13:00 (Saturdays only), 16:00 and 19:00 GMT.

| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
| - | - | - |
| Matchday 1 | 12–13 February 2021 | Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 2 | 23–24 February 2021 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 3 | 5–6 March 2021 | Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 4 | 16–17 March 2021 | Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1 |
| Matchday 5 | 2–3 April 2021 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 6 | 9–10 April 2021 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 |

## Groups

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SIM | AHL | VIT | MER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Simba | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| 3 | AS Vita Club | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Al Merrikh | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 2 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MSD | CRB | TPM | HIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–5 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al Hilal | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | KZC | HOR | PET |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wydad AC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Kaizer Chiefs | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Horoya | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Petro de Luanda | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |

* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (2), on head-to-head goal difference (0) and on head-to-head goals scored (2). Head-to-head away goals scored: Kaizer Chiefs 2, Horoya 0.

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | MCA | ZAM | TEU |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | MC Alger | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Teungueth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
