2004 CAF Champions League group stage

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2004 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates10 July – 17 October 2004
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored63 (2.63 per match)
2003
2005

The group stage of the 2004 CAF Champions League was played from 10 July to 17 October 2004. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage playing semifinal rounds before the final.[1]

Format[edit]

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and the runners-up of each group advanced to the Knockout stage.

Tiebreakers[edit]

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):

  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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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.

Groups[edit]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Nigeria Enyimba 6 2 2 2 11 4 +7 6
3 Ivory Coast Africa Sports National 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 5
4 Malawi Bakili Bullets 6 1 3 2 5 11 −6 5
Source: [citation needed]
1 July 2004
Bakili Bullets 0–1 Étoile du Sahel
Africa Sports National 0–3 Enyimba
25 July 2004
Étoile du Sahel 2–0 Africa Sports National
Enyimba 6–0 Bakili Bullets
7 August 2004
Étoile du Sahel 1–0 Enyimba
8 August 2004
Bakili Bullets 2–1 Africa Sports National
12 September 2004
Enyimba 1–1 Étoile du Sahel
Africa Sports National 1–1 Bakili Bullets
26 September 2004
Étoile du Sahel 1–1 Bakili Bullets
Enyimba 0–1 Africa Sports National
16 October 2004
Africa Sports National 3–2 Étoile du Sahel
Bakili Bullets 1–1 Enyimba


Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tunisia ES Tunis 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 8 Advance to knockout stage
2 Senegal Jeanne d'Arc 6 3 2 1 8 9 −1 8
3 Algeria USM Alger 6 2 1 3 8 8 0 5
4 South Africa Supersport United 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 3
Source: Footballdatabase
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
ASC Jeanne d'Arc Senegal2–1Algeria USM Alger
N'Diaye 30'
Diarra 80'
Report Diallo 73'
Referee: Evene Divine Raphael (Cameroon)

ES Tunis Tunisia5–0Senegal ASC Jeanne d'Arc
Report

Espérance de Tunis Tunisia2–1Algeria USM Alger
Zitouni 23', 67' Report Dziri 57'
Referee: Aboubacar Sharaf (Ivory Coast)

USM Alger Algeria3–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
Bourahli 15', 55'
Diallo 50'
Report
Referee: Chukwujekwu Chukwudi (Nigeria)

USM Alger Algeria1–1Senegal ASC Jeanne d'Arc
Diallo 72' Report N'Doye 14'
ES Tunis Tunisia2–0South Africa Supersport United
Report

ASC Jeanne d'Arc Senegal2–1Tunisia ES Tunis
Report

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CAF Champions League 2004 – Group stage". Goalzz. 2004.

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