1997 CAF Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 1997 CAF Champions League was played from 22 August to 9 November 1997. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.^[1]

Format

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

Groups

The matchdays were 22–24 August, 5–7 September, 19–21 September, 1–12 October, 24–26 October, and 7–9 November 1997.^[2]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 USM Alger 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Primeiro de Agosto 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10 Orlando Pirates 6 0 1 5 5 10 −5 1

ORL PRI RAC USM Orlando Pirates — 1–2 1–2 1–1 Primeiro de Agosto 2–1 — 1–1 2–1 Raja Casablanca 1–0 4–0 — 0–2 USM Alger 2–1 1–0 2–2 —

Orlando Pirates v Primeiro de Agosto

August 22, 1997

Orlando Pirates	1–2	Primeiro de Agosto

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

USM Alger v Raja Casablanca

August 24, 1997

USM Alger	2–2	Raja Casablanca
Hadj Adlane  14', 85'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

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USM Alger v Orlando Pirates

September 5, 1997

USM Alger	2–1	Orlando Pirates

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Primeiro de Agosto v Raja Casablanca

September 7, 1997

Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	Raja Casablanca

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

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Primeiro de Agosto v USM Alger

September 19, 1997

Primeiro de Agosto	2–1	USM Alger
		?' Zekri

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Raja Casablanca v Orlando Pirates

September 21, 1997

Raja Casablanca	1–0	Orlando Pirates

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

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Primeiro de Agosto v Orlando Pirates

October 1, 1997

Primeiro de Agosto	2–1	Orlando Pirates

Estádio da Cidadela, Luanda

Raja Casablanca v USM Alger

October 12, 1997

Raja Casablanca	0–2	USM Alger
		?', ?' Dziri

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

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Raja Casablanca v Primeiro de Agosto

October 24, 1997

Raja Casablanca	4–0	Primeiro de Agosto

Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Orlando Pirates v USM Alger

October 26, 1997

Orlando Pirates	1–1	USM Alger
		17' Hadj Adlane

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

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USM Alger v Primeiro de Agosto

November 8, 1997

USM Alger	1–0	Primeiro de Agosto
Dziri  ?'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Orlando Pirates v Raja Casablanca

November 8, 1997

Orlando Pirates	1–2	Raja Casablanca

FNB Stadium, Johannesburg

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Obuasi Goldfields 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 Zamalek SC 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9 Club Africain 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8 Ferroviário Maputo 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7

CA FER GOL ZAM Club Africain — 1–0 0–0 2–0 Ferroviário Maputo 0–0 — 2–1 2–0 Obuasi Goldfields 2–0 4–0 — 3–1 Zamalek SC 2–0 2–1 2–0 —

August 22, 1997
Zamalek	2–1	Ferroviário
August 24, 1997
Club Africain	0–0	Goldfields
September 6, 1997
Ferroviário	2–1	Goldfields
September 7, 1997
Club Africain	2–0	Zamalek
September 19, 1997
Ferroviário	0–0	Club Africain
September 21, 1997
Goldfields	3–1	Zamalek
October 1, 1997
Ferroviário	2–0	Zamalek
October 12, 1997
Goldfields	2–0	Club Africain
October 24, 1997
Zamalek	2–0	Club Africain
October 26, 1997
Goldfields	4–0	Ferroviário
November 7, 1997
Club Africain	1–0	Ferroviário
November 9, 1997
Zamalek	2–0	Goldfields

References

1. "CAF Champions League 1997 - Group stage". Goalzz. 1997.
2. "CAF Champions League 1997 - Group stage fixtures". Goalzz. 1997.

External links

• 1997 CAF Champions League - afrik11.com