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.^[1] 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.^[2]

2020–21 CAF Champions League group stage

Dates	12 February – 10 April 2021
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	98 (2.04 per match)
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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.^[3][4] 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.^[5][6]

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):^[2]

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 is as follows (matches scheduled in midweek in italics).^[1] 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			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	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

AS Vita Club	0–1	Simba
	Report	Mugalu 61' (pen.)

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

16 February 2021 (2021-02-16)^{[note 1]}

19:00 (21:00 UTC+2)

Al Ahly	3–0	Al Merrikh
Magdy 57' Kahraba 63' Bwalya 71'	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

Al Merrikh	1–4	AS Vita Club
Saadeldin 8'	Report	Mukokiani 28', 83' Shabani 37' (pen.) Masasi 68'

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman^{[note 2]}

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)

13:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Simba	1–0	Al Ahly
Miquissone 31'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

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6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

Al Merrikh	0–0	Simba
	Report

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman^{[note 2]}

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)

19:00 (21:00 UTC+2)

Al Ahly	2–2	AS Vita Club
Sherif 69' M. Mohsen 71'	Report	Lilepo 41' Tulengi 80' (pen.)

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)

13:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

AS Vita Club	0–3	Al Ahly
	Report	Sherif 6' Magdy 19' Taher 78'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)

13:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Simba	3–0	Al Merrikh
Miquissone 18' Husseini 39' Mugalu 50'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

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3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

Al Merrikh	2–2	Al Ahly
Agab 26' Bakhit 36'	Report	Benoun 81' (pen.) Ibrahim 90+4'

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman^{[note 2]}

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)

13:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Simba	4–1	AS Vita Club
Miquissone 30' Chama 45+1', 84' Bwalya 66'	Report	Soze 32'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

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9 April 2021 (2021-04-09)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

AS Vita Club	3–1	Al Merrikh
Mangoba 9' Mayele 52' Tulengi 80'	Report	Edjomariegwe 31'

Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa

Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)

9 April 2021 (2021-04-09)

19:00 (21:00 UTC+2)

Al Ahly	1–0	Simba
Sherif 32'	Report

Al Salam Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

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			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	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

TP Mazembe	0–0	CR Belouizdad
	Report

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13)

16:00 (18:00 UTC+2)

Mamelodi Sundowns	2–0	Al Hilal
Lebusa 10' Erasmus 90'	Report

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

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24 February 2021 (2021-02-24)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

Al Hilal	0–0	TP Mazembe
	Report

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

28 February 2021 (2021-02-28)^{[note 4]}

13:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

CR Belouizdad	1–5	Mamelodi Sundowns
Sayoud 44'	Report	Zwane 5' (pen.), 55' Shalulile 8' Maboe 75' Erasmus 89'

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)^{[note 4]}

Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

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5 March 2021 (2021-03-05)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

CR Belouizdad	1–1	Al Hilal
Koukpo 43'	Report	Abdel Rahman 3'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 3]}

Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

TP Mazembe	1–2	Mamelodi Sundowns
Mputu 82'	Report	Shalulile 67' Lakay 90'

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

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16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

Al Hilal	0–0	CR Belouizdad
	Report

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)

16:00 (18:00 UTC+2)

Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	TP Mazembe
Maboe 28'	Report

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

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2 April 2021 (2021-04-02)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

Al Hilal	0–0	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Report

Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

2 April 2021 (2021-04-02)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

CR Belouizdad	2–0	TP Mazembe
Sayoud 84' Bechou 86'	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 3]}

Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

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9 April 2021 (2021-04-09)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

TP Mazembe	2–1	Al Hilal
Beya 18' Tshibangu 76'	Report	Mugadam 2'

Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

9 April 2021 (2021-04-09)

13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)

Mamelodi Sundowns	0–2	CR Belouizdad
	Report	Sayoud 29' Gasmi 45'

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

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[a]			1–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	Horoya	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9[a]			0–0	2–2	—	2–0
4	Petro de Luanda	6	0	1	5	0	8	−8	1			0–1	0–0	0–1	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. 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.

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13)

16:00 (16:00 UTC+0)

Horoya	2–0	Petro de Luanda
Nikièma 36' (pen.) Barry 85'	Report

General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry

Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

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23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)

13:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

Petro de Luanda	0–1	Wydad AC
	Report	El Kaabi 71'

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)

16:00 (18:00 UTC+2)

Kaizer Chiefs	0–0	Horoya
	Report

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

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28 February 2021 (2021-02-28)^{[note 5]}

16:00 (16:00 UTC+0)

Wydad AC	4–0	Kaizer Chiefs
Ounajem 7' El Kaabi 44' Msuva 86' Jabrane 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)^{[note 5]}

Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

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6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)

16:00 (18:00 UTC+2)

Kaizer Chiefs	2–0	Petro de Luanda
Mathoho 30' Mashiane 79'	Report

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Wydad AC	2–0	Horoya
El Kaabi 19' Msuva 90'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

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16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)

16:00 (16:00 UTC+0)

Horoya	0–0	Wydad AC
	Report

General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry

Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)

16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Petro de Luanda	0–0	Kaizer Chiefs
	Report

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

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3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)

16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Petro de Luanda	0–1	Horoya
	Report	S. Camara 2'

Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda

Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)

16:00 (18:00 UTC+2)

Kaizer Chiefs	1–0	Wydad AC
Parker 48'	Report

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

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10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)

19:00 (19:00 UTC+0)

Horoya	2–2	Kaizer Chiefs
Barry 45+2' S. Camara 69'	Report	Cardoso 67' (pen.) Billiat 76'

General Lansana Conté Stadium, Conakry

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

Wydad AC	2–0	Petro de Luanda
El Karti 15' Ounajem 22'	Report

Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca

Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)

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			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	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

12 February 2021 (2021-02-12)

19:00 (21:00 UTC+2)

Zamalek	0–0	MC Alger
	Report

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13)

13:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

Espérance de Tunis	2–1	Teungueth
Khenissi 45' (pen.) Khalid 73'	Report	Sillah 33'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

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23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)

16:00 (16:00 UTC+0)

Teungueth	0–0	Zamalek
	Report

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

MC Alger	1–1	Espérance de Tunis
Bensaha 27'	Report	Benguit 60'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

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6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)

16:00 (16:00 UTC+0)

Teungueth	0–1	MC Alger
	Report	Belkheir 14'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06)

16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Espérance de Tunis	3–1	Zamalek
Togui 26' Ben Romdhane 45' (pen.), 53'	Report	Abou El Fotouh 39'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

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16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

MC Alger	1–0	Teungueth
Benaldjia 25'	Report

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

16 March 2021 (2021-03-16)

19:00 (21:00 UTC+2)

Zamalek	0–1	Espérance de Tunis
	Report	Elhouni 73'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

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3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)

16:00 (16:00 UTC+0)

Teungueth	2–1	Espérance de Tunis
Niang 38' B. D. Diop 72'	Report	Ben Romdhane 28'

Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès

Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

3 April 2021 (2021-04-03)

19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)

MC Alger	0–2	Zamalek
	Report	Obama 7' Shikabala 33'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

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10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)

16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Espérance de Tunis	1–1	MC Alger
Ben Khalifa 31'	Report	Belkheir 68'

Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)

16:00 (18:00 UTC+2)

Zamalek	4–1	Teungueth
Mah. Hamdy 16', 41' Mar. Hamdy 25', 38'	Report	Sakho 48'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Notes

1. The Al Ahly v Al Merrikh match, originally scheduled to be played on 13 February 2021, was rescheduled to be played on 16 February 2021 due to Al Ahly's participation in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar between 4 and 11 February 2021.^[7]
2. Al Merrikh played their home matches at Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, instead of their regular home stadium Al Merrikh Stadium, Omdurman, which is undergoing renovation.
3. CR Belouizdad played their home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium Stade du 20 Août, Algiers, which did not meet CAF requirements.
4. The CR Belouizdad v Mamelodi Sundowns match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers^{[note 3]} on 24 February 2021, was postponed due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Algeria on travelers from South Africa out of concern of the variant 501.V2.^[8] The match was later rescheduled to be played outside Algeria on 28 February 2021 at National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).^[9]
5. The Wydad AC v Kaizer Chiefs match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca on 13 February 2021, was postponed due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Morocco on travelers from South Africa out of concern of the variant 501.V2.^[10] The match was later rescheduled to be played outside Morocco on 28 February 2021 at Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).^[9]