The 2011 CAF Champions League group stage matches took place between July and September 2011. The matchdays were: 15–17 July, 29–31 July, 12–14 August, 26–28 August, 9–11 September, and 16–18 September.

The group stage featured the eight winners from the second round. They were divided into two groups of four, where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format

Round-robin tournament

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. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals

2011 CAF Champions League knock-out stage

The 2011 CAF Champions League knock-out stage matches were scheduled to take place between September and November 2011. The matchdays were: 30 September–2 October , 14–16 October , 4–6 November , 11–13 November .All knock-out ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine...

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Seeding

The draw for the group stage took place on 15 May 2011, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo

Cairo

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The procedures for the group stage draw were announced on 12 May 2011. The teams were seeded into four pots, and each group contains one team from each pot.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Al-Ahly (43 pts)   Al-Hilal (31 pts)	Espérance ST (24 pts)   Coton Sport (12 pts)	Enyimba (11 pts)   MC Alger (0 pts)	Raja Casablanca Raja CA Casablanca Raja Club Athletic or Raja is a sports club with sections in many different disciplines in Casablanca, Morocco. Raja was founded on March, 28th 1949 as part of the political struggle against French rule by nationalists who aimed to create a focus for working-class young Moroccans...  (0 pts)   Wydad Casablanca† (0 pts)

Notes:

• Ranking score for teams is by their individual team 2006–2010 CAF 5-Year Ranking, the same ranking used to seed teams in the qualifying rounds.
• ^† Winner of play-off due to disqualification of TP Mazembe
  TP Mazembe
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Tiebreakers

The order of tie-breakers used when two or more teams have equal number of points is:

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

Group A

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Team
Enyimba	6	4	2	0	11	5
14
Al-Hilal	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8
Coton Sport	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
Raja Casablanca Raja CA Casablanca Raja Club Athletic or Raja is a sports club with sections in many different disciplines in Casablanca, Morocco. Raja was founded on March, 28th 1949 as part of the political struggle against French rule by nationalists who aimed to create a focus for working-class young Moroccans...	6	0	3	3	1	5	−4	3

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Group B

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Team
Espérance ST	6	2	4	0	9	4
10
Wydad Casablanca	6	1	4	1	11	9
7
Al-Ahly	6	1	4	1	7	6
7
MC Alger	6	1	2	3	4	12	−8	5

Tiebreakers

• Wydad Casablanca and Al-Ahly are ranked by their head-to-head records, as shown below.

  Team
  Wydad Casablanca	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	3	2
  Al-Ahly	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	1	2

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External links

• CAF Champions League