2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage

The 2017 CAF Champions League knockout stage was played from 8 September to 4 November 2017.^[1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 CAF Champions League.^[2]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Étoile du Sahel	Ferroviário Beira
B	USM Alger	Al Ahli Tripoli
C	Espérance de Tunis	Mamelodi Sundowns
D	Wydad AC	Al Ahly

Format

In the knockout stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 26 & 27).^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.^[1][3][4]

Round	First leg	Second leg
Quarter-finals	15–17 September 2017	22–24 September 2017
Semi-finals	29 September – 1 October 2017	20–22 October 2017
Final	27–29 October 2017	3–5 November 2017

The calendar was amended from the original one for the following dates:^[4]

• Quarter-finals first leg: moved from 8–10 September to 15–17 September
• Quarter-finals second leg: moved from 15–17 September to 22–24 September
• Semi-finals second leg: moved from 13–15 October to 20–22 October

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:^[2]

Round	Matchups
Quarter-finals	(Group winners host second leg) QF1: Runner-up Group B vs. Winner Group A QF2: Runner-up Group D vs. Winner Group C QF3: Runner-up Group A vs. Winner Group B QF4: Runner-up Group C vs. Winner Group D
Semi-finals	(Order of legs decided by draw) SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4
Final	(Order of legs decided by draw) Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

The order of legs for the semi-finals and final was decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw on 26 April 2017, 14:00 EET (UTC+2), at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[5][6]

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Al Ahli Tripoli	0	0	0
	Étoile du Sahel	0	2	2
							Étoile du Sahel	2	2	4
							Al Ahly	1	6	7
	Al Ahly	2	2	4
	Espérance de Tunis	2	1	3
													Al Ahly	1	0	1
													Wydad AC	1	1	2
	Ferroviário Beira	1	0	1 (a)
	USM Alger	1	0	1 (a)
							USM Alger	0	1	1
							Wydad AC	0	3	3
	Mamelodi Sundowns	1	0	1 (2)
	Wydad AC	0	1	1 (3)

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group, with the group winners hosting the second leg.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahli Tripoli	0–2	Étoile du Sahel	0–0	0–2
Al Ahly	4–3	Espérance de Tunis	2–2	2–1
Ferroviário Beira	1–1 (a)	USM Alger	1–1	0–0
Mamelodi Sundowns	1–1 (2–3 p)	Wydad AC	1–0	0–1

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17)

20:00 UTC+2

Al-Ahli Tripoli	0–0	Étoile du Sahel
	Report

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria (Egypt)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 550

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

24 September 2017 (2017-09-24)

18:30 UTC+1

Étoile du Sahel	2–0	Al-Ahli Tripoli
Marey 14', 47'	Report

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Étoile du Sahel won 2–0 on aggregate.

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16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)

19:00 UTC+2

Al-Ahly	2–2	Espérance de Tunis
Said 11' (pen.) Azaro 67'	Report	Khenissi 21' Chaalali 48'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)

19:00 UTC+1

Espérance de Tunis	1–2	Al-Ahly
Khenissi 40' (pen.)	Report	Maâloul 50' Ajayi 62'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Al-Ahly won 4–3 on aggregate.

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16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)

15:00 UTC+2

Ferroviário Beira	1–1	USM Alger
Kanda 89'	Report	Darfalou 63'

Estádio do Chiveve, Beira

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)

18:30 UTC+1

USM Alger	0–0	Ferroviário Beira
	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

1–1 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.

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17 September 2017 (2017-09-17)

15:00 UTC+2

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Wydad AC
Zakri 71'	Report

Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)

21:00 UTC+1

Wydad AC	1–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
Saidi 26'	Report
Penalties
Atouchi Khadrouf Bencharki Ounajem	3–2	Lebese Tau Madisha Zakri Bangaly

Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

1–1 on aggregate. Wydad AC won 3–2 on penalties.

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.^[7]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Étoile du Sahel	4–7	Al Ahly	2–1	2–6
USM Alger	1–3	Wydad AC	0–0	1–3

1 October 2017 (2017-10-01)

18:30 UTC+1

Étoile du Sahel	2–1	Al-Ahly
Brigui 16' Ben Amor 73'	Report	Gomaa 66'

Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

22 October 2017 (2017-10-22)

19:00 UTC+2

Al-Ahly	6–2	Étoile du Sahel
Maâloul 2' Azaro 23', 39', 48' Nagguez 59' (o.g.) Rabia 63'	Report	Bedoui 51' Msakni 90'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Al-Ahly won 7–4 on aggregate.

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29 September 2017 (2017-09-29)

18:00 UTC+1

USM Alger	0–0	Wydad AC
	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21)

20:00 UTC+1

Wydad AC	3–1	USM Alger
El Karti 26' Bencharki 54', 90+3'	Report	Abdellaoui 67'

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Wydad AC won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2017 CAF Champions League Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by an additional draw held after the group stage draw.^[8]

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)

19:00 UTC+2

Al Ahly	1–1	Wydad AC
Zakaria 3'	Report	Bencharki 16'

Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)

20:00 UTC+0

Wydad AC	1–0	Al Ahly
El Karti 69'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

1. Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.