2025–26 CAF Champions League group stage
International football competition
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The 2025–26 CAF Champions League group stage began on 21 November 2025 and ended on 15 February 2026. 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2025–26 CAF Champions League.
Dates21 November 2025 – 15 February 2026
Matchesplayed48
Goals scored91 (1.9 per match)
| Dates | 21 November 2025 – 15 February 2026 |
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| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 91 (1.9 per match) |
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Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 3 November 2025, 12:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds 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 next to every team). 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.
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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 quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
Tiebreakers
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):
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams was still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Away goals scored in all group matches;
- Drawing of lots.
Schedule
The schedule of each matchday was as follows.[2]
| Matchday | Dates |
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| Matchday 1 | 21–23 November 2025 |
| Matchday 2 | 28–30 November 2025 |
| Matchday 3 | 23–25 January 2026 |
| Matchday 4 | 30 January – 1 February 2026 |
| Matchday 5 | 6–8 February 2026 |
| Matchday 6 | 13–15 February 2026 |
Groups
All times are local.
Group A
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Pyramids  | 3–0 |  Rivers United |
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Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
| Rivers United | 1–2 |  RS Berkane |
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Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Power Dynamos  | 0–1 | Pyramids |
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Referee: Omar Artan (Somalia)
Referee: Lucky Kasalirwe (Uganda)
| RS Berkane | 0–0 | Pyramids |
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Referee: Yannick Malala (DR Congo)
| Rivers United | 0–1 | Power Dynamos |
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Referee: Leonidas Barbosa (Cape Verde)
| Pyramids | 3–0 | RS Berkane |
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Referee: Abdel Aziz Bouh (Mauritania)
| Power Dynamos | 2–0 | RS Berkane |
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Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
| Rivers United | 1–4 | Pyramids |
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Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
| RS Berkane | 3–0 | Rivers United |
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Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
Group B
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Young Africans  | 1–0 | AS FAR |
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Referee: Richard Kokora (Ivory Coast)
| Al Ahly | 4–1 |  JS Kabylie |
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Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)
Referee: Abdulrazg Ahmed (Libya)
| Al Ahly | 2–0 | Young Africans |
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Referee: Daouda Gueye (Senegal)
| JS Kabylie | 0–0 | AS FAR |
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Referee: Abdoul Karim Twagirumukiza (Rwanda)
| AS FAR | 1–0 | JS Kabylie |
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Referee: Hillary Hambaba (Zambia)
| JS Kabylie | 0–0 | Al Ahly |
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Referee: Brighton Chimene (Zimbabwe)
| AS FAR | 1–0 | Young Africans |
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Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo)
Group C
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Referee: Charles Bulu (Ghana)
Mamelodi Sundowns  | 3–1 |  Saint-Éloi Lupopo |
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
| Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 1–1 |  Al Hilal |
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Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)
Referee: Ousmane Diakité (Mali)
| Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 1–0 | MC Alger |
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Referee: Joseph Ogabor (Nigeria)
| Al Hilal | 2–1 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
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Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)
| MC Alger | 2–0 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo |
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Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)
Referee: Clément Kpan (Ivory Coast)
| Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 1–1 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 2–0 | MC Alger |
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Referee: Lominson Todihajaniaina (Madagascar)
| Al Hilal | 1–0 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo |
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Referee: Thabang Ketshabile (Botswana)
Group D
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Referee: Abongile Tom (South Africa)
| Simba | 0–1 |  Petro de Luanda |
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Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)
| Petro de Luanda | 1–1 |  Espérance de Tunis |
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Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo)
Stade Malien  | 2–1 | Simba |
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Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
| Espérance de Tunis | 1–0 | Simba |
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Referee: Jean Pierre Nguiene (Congo)
| Stade Malien | 2–0 | Petro de Luanda |
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Referee: André Kolissala (Central African Republic)
Referee: Richard Kokora (Ivory Coast)
| Simba | 2–2 | Espérance de Tunis |
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Referee: Luxolo Badi (South Africa)
| Stade Malien | 1–0 | Espérance de Tunis |
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Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–0 | Petro de Luanda |
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Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
| Simba | 1–0 | Stade Malien |
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Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)