2012 CAF Champions League group stage
# 2012 CAF Champions League group stage

The 2012 CAF Champions League group stage matches took place between July and September 2012. The matchdays were 6–8 July, 20–22 July, 3–5 August, 17–19 August, 31 August–2 September, and 14–16 September.

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.

## Seeding

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 May 2012, 14:00 UTC+02:00, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo. The eight teams were seeded into four pots (using their individual 2007–2011 5-Year team Ranking). Each group contained one team from each pot.

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| - | - | - | - |
| ES Tunis 42 pts TP Mazembe 41 pts | Al-Ahly 36 pts Étoile du Sahel 17 pts | Sunshine Stars 10 pts Zamalek 2 pts | ASO Chlef 0 pts Berekum Chelsea 0 pts |

## Tiebreakers

The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:

* Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
* Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
* Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
* Goal difference in all games
* Goals scored in all games

## Groups

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ES Tunis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sunshine Stars | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | ASO Chlef | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified |

* ↑ The match Étoile du Sahel v Espérance ST on Matchday 4 was abandoned due to crowd disturbance. The CAF decided to disqualify Étoile du Sahel as a result and all results obtained previously by Étoile du Sahel within Group A were cancelled.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Al-Ahly | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Berekum Chelsea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Zamalek SC | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 | |
