2013 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The group stage of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup was played from 19 July to 22 September 2013. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.[1]

2013 CAF Confederation Cup group stage
Dates19 July – 22 September 2013

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 May 2013, 14:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[2] The eight winners of the play-off round were drawn into two groups of four. There were no seeding.[3]

The following eight teams were entered into the draw (their identity was not known at the time of the draw as it was held before the play-off round was played):

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 semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
  3. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all games
  5. Goals scored in all games

Groups

The matchdays were 19–21 July, 2–4 August, 16–18 August, 30 August–1 September, 13–15 September, and 20–22 September 2013.[4]

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CSS SM ESS SG
CS Sfaxien 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 14 0–0 1–0 1–0
Stade Malien 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8 1–2 0–0 1–0
Étoile du Sahel 6 1 3 2 3 4 −1 6 1–1 0–1 2–1
Saint George 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 4 1–3 2–0 0–0
Source:
Saint George 2–0 Stade Malien
Oumed  16'
Fitsum  84'		 Report
CS Sfaxien 1–0 Étoile du Sahel
Kouyaté  18' Report
Étoile du Sahel 2–1 Saint George
Jbali  27'
Bounedjah  71'		 Report Nafkha  17' (o.g.)
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
Stade Malien 0–0 Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)
Saint George 1–3 CS Sfaxien
Oumed  66' Report Kouyaté  10'
Maâloul  24' (pen.)
Hannachi  28'
Referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Étoile du Sahel 0–1 Stade Malien
Report Diawara  81'
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
CS Sfaxien 1–0 Saint George
Ben Youssef  68' Report
Étoile du Sahel 1–1 CS Sfaxien
Jbali  40' Report Ben Youssef  45+2'
Stade Malien 1–0 Saint George
Diawara  82' Report
Referee: Mohamed Farouk Mahmoud (Egypt)
Saint George 0–0 Étoile du Sahel
Report
Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts TPM CAB FUS ESS
TP Mazembe 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 1–0 3–0 4–2
CA Bizertin 6 2 2 2 3 3 0 8[lower-alpha 1] 1–0 1–0 0–0
FUS Rabat 6 2 2 2 5 6 −1 8[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 1–1 1–0
ES Sétif 6 1 3 2 5 7 −2 6 1–1 1–0 1–1
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tiebreakers: CA Bizertin are ranked ahead of FUS Rabat on head-to-head record.
Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
CA Bizertin 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
FUS Rabat 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:
ES Sétif 1–1 TP Mazembe
Delhoum  82' Report Samatta  81'
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
FUS Rabat 1–1 CA Bizertin
Feddal  84' Report Rjaïbi  74'
TP Mazembe 3–0 FUS Rabat
Asante  6'
Samatta  12'
Traoré  55'		 Report
CA Bizertin 0–0 ES Sétif
Report
Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis
CA Bizertin 1–0 TP Mazembe
Salhi  87' Report
Referee: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura (Guinea)
FUS Rabat 1–0 ES Sétif
Batna  34' Report
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
ES Sétif 1–1 FUS Rabat
Gourmi  14' (pen.) Report El Bahri  77'
Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
TP Mazembe 4–2 ES Sétif
Ulimwengu  4', 27'
Mputu  16'
Samatta  63'		 Report Ziti  5'
Gourmi  72'
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
CA Bizertin 1–0 FUS Rabat
Machani  90' Report
ES Sétif 1–0 CA Bizertin
Boukria  85' Report
Referee: Khalid Abdel Rahman (Sudan)
FUS Rabat 2–0 TP Mazembe
Halfi  38'
El Araoui  53'		 Report
Referee: William Agbovi (Ghana)
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References
  1. "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. "Orange CAF Confederation draw result". Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
  3. "Draw of the group matches of the Orange CC 2013" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
  4. "10th Edition of the Orange CAF Confederation Cup – Official Draw, Cairo 14.05.2013" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 14 May 2013.
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