# 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup group stage began on 26 November 2023 and ended on 3 March 2024. A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023, 12:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa. 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 contains one team from each of Pot 1 and Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.
| Pot | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Teams | Zamalek (39 pts) RS Berkane (37 pts) USM Alger (27 pts) Rivers United (10 pts) | Diables Noirs (5 pts) Sagrada Esperança (4 pts) Modern Future (2.5 pts) Club Africain (2 pts) | Académica do Lobito Dreams FC Académie SOAR Abu Salim Al Hilal Benghazi Stade Malien Sekhukhune United SuperSport United |

## 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 were 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.
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
| Matchday 1 | 26 November 2023 | Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 2 | 3 December 2023 | Team 3 vs. Team 1, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 3 | 10 December 2023 | Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 4 | 20 December 2023 | Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 2 vs. Team 1 |
| Matchday 5 | 25 February 2024 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 3 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 6 | 3 March 2024 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 4 |

## Groups

All times are local.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USMA | MOF | HIL | SSU |
| 1 | USM Alger | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Modern Future | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Al Hilal Benghazi | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 6 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | SuperSport United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZAM | SAL | SGA | SOAR |
| 1 | Zamalek | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Abu Salim | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sagrada Esperança | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Académie SOAR | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 1 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
* ↑ CAF awarded Zamalek a 3–0 win after Académie SOAR failed to travel to Egypt.

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DFC | RIV | CA | ADL |
| 1 | Dreams FC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Rivers United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Club Africain | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Académica do Lobito | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 1 | | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on goal difference: Dreams FC +4, Rivers United +2.

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSB | MLI | SKU | DNS |
| 1 | RS Berkane | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Stade Malien | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sekhukhune United | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 6 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Diables Noirs | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — |