2009 CAF Champions League group stage

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2009 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates18 July – 20 September 2009
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored60 (2.5 per match)
2008
2010

The group stage of the 2009 CAF Champions League was played from 18 July to 20 September 2009. 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][2]

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.

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 Nigeria Kano Pillars 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
3 Zambia ZESCO United 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1 8
4 Sudan Al-Merreikh 6 0 3 3 5 10 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
ZESCO United Zambia1–1Nigeria Kano Pillars
Rodgers Kamwandi 44' Hillary Chukwu 77'


Al-Hilal Sudan2–0Nigeria Kano Pillars
Muhannad Eltahir 55' (pen.)
Hamouda Ahmed El Bashir 68'
Attendance: 42,000

Kano Pillars Nigeria2–1Sudan Al-Hilal
Gambo Mohammed 45+'
Moses Ogaga 73'
Report Saif Eldin 20'
Referee: Jamel Ambaya (Libya)


Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 4 0 2 11 4 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage
2 Nigeria Heartland 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10
3 Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7
4 Zimbabwe Monomotapa United 6 2 0 4 5 14 −9 6
Source: [citation needed]





References[edit]

  1. ^ "CAF Champions League 2009 – Group stage". Goalzz. 2009.
  2. ^ "Champions' League 2009". RSSSF. 2010.

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