The 2018–19 CAF Champions League group stage were played from 11 January to 16 March 2019.
[2] The draw for the group stage was held on 28 December 2018, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Nile Ritz-Carlton in Cairo, Egypt.
[3][4] The 16 teams, including the title holders, Espérance de Tunis, and the 15 winners of the first round of qualifying, were drawn into four groups of four.
The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III.