2009 CAF Champions League group stage

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

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

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

Group A

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

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

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