CAF Champions League
| Founded | 1964 (rebranded in 1997) |
|---|---|
| Region | Africa |
| Number of teams |
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| Qualifier for | |
| Related competitions | CAF Confederation Cup |
| Current champions |  Al Ahly (12th title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Al Ahly (12 titles) |
| Website | Official website |
 2024–25 CAF Champions League | |
The CAF Champions League (French: CAF Ligue des Champions) is the most important African club football competition. You can compare it to the European Champions League. From 1964 to 1996 it ran as the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It is organized by the Confédération Africaine de Football. The season begins with the first round in January and usually ends with the final at the end of October or beginning of November each year.
While the predecessor competition, the African Cup of Champions Clubs, was played in a pure knockout system, a group phase was also introduced with the introduction of the Champions League.
Current mode
[change | change source]Two rounds are be played in a knockout system with a return leg. The participants in the quarter-finals will then be determined in a group phase with four groups of four teams each in the home and away games. The first and second placed teams in each group qualify for the new knockout phase, which is played in two legs up to the final.
The winner of this competition qualifies for the African Super Cup, the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Finals
[change | change source]African Cup of Champions Clubs
| Year | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Oryx Douala | Stade Malien | 2-1 |
| 1966 | Stade d’Abidjan | AS Real Bamako | 4-1/1-3 |
| 1967 | Tout Puissant Mazembe | Asante Kotoko SC | 1-1/2-2 [1] |
| 1968 | Tout Puissant Mazembe | Étoile Filante de Lomé | 5-0/1-4 |
| 1969 | Ismaily SC | Tout Puissant Mazembe | 2-2/3-1 |
| 1970 | Asante Kotoko SC | Tout Puissant Mazembe | 1-1/2-1 |
| 1971 | Canon Yaoundé | Asante Kotoko SC | 1-1/2-1 |
| 1972 | Hafia FC | Simba FC | 1-1/2-1 |
| 1973 | AS Vita Club | Asante Kotoko SC | 3-0/2-4 |
| 1974 | CARA Brazzaville | Ghazl El Mahalla SC | 4-2/2-1 |
| 1975 | Hafia FC | Rangers International | 1-0/2-1 |
| 1976 | MC Alger | Hafia FC | 3-0/0-3[2] |
| 1977 | Hafia FC | Accra Hearts of Oak | 1-0/2-2 |
| 1978 | Canon Yaoundé | Hafia FC | 0-0/2-0 |
| 1979 | Union Douala | Accra Hearts of Oak | 1-0/0-1[3] |
| 1980 | Canon Yaoundé | AS Bilima | 2-2/3-0 |
| 1981 | JS Kabylie | AS Vita Club | 4-0/1-0 |
| 1982 | al Ahly SC | Asante Kotoko SC | 3-0/1-1 |
| 1983 | Asante Kotoko SC | al Ahly SC | 0-0/1-0 |
| 1984 | Al Zamalek SC | Shooting Stars SC | 2-0/1-0 |
| 1985 | FAR Rabat | AS Bilima | 5-2/1-1 |
| 1986 | al Zamalek SC | Africa Sports National | 2-0/0-2[4] |
| 1987 | al Ahly SC | al-Hilal Khartum | 0-0/2-0 |
| 1988 | ES Sétif | Iwuanyanwu Owerri | 4-0/0-1 |
| 1989 | Raja Casablanca | MC Oran | 1-0/0-1[5] |
| 1990 | JS Kabylie | Nkana Red Devils | 1-0/0-1[6] |
| 1991 | Club Africain Tunis | Villa SC | 6-2/1-1 |
| 1992 | Wydad Casablanca | Al-Hilal Khartum | 2-0/0-0 |
| 1993 | al Zamalek SC | Asante Kotoko SC | 0-0/0-0[7] |
| 1994 | Espérance Tunis | al Zamalek SC | 0-0/3-1 |
| 1995 | Orlando Pirates | ASEC Mimosas | 2-2/1-0 |
| 1996 | al Zamalek SC | Shooting Stars SC | 2-1/1-2[8] |
CAF Champions League
| Year | Team 1 | Team 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Raja Casablanca | AshantiGold SC | 1-0/0-1[9] |
| 1998 | ASEC Mimosas | Dynamos FC | 0-0/4-2 |
| 1999 | Raja Casablanca | Espérance Tunis | 0-0/0-0[10] |
| 2000 | Accra Hearts of Oak | Espérance Tunis | 2-1/3-1 |
| 2001 | al Ahly SC | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1-1/3-0 |
| 2002 | al Zamalek SC | Raja Casablanca | 0-0/1-0 |
| 2003 | Enyimba FC | Ismaily SC | 2-0/0-1 |
| 2004 | Enyimba FC | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 1-2/2-1[11] |
| 2005 | al Ahly SC | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 0-0/3-0 |
| 2006 | al Ahly SC | CS Sfax | 1-1/1-0 |
| 2007 | Étoile Sportive du Sahel | al Ahly SC | 0-0/3-1 |
| 2008 | al Ahly SC | Cotonsport Garoua | 2-0/2-2 |
| 2009 | Tout Puissant Mazembe | Heartland FC | 1-2/1-0 [12] |
| 2010 | Tout Puissant Mazembe | Espérance Tunis | 5-0/1-1 |
| 2011 | Espérance Tunis | Wydad Casablanca | 0-0/1-0 |
| 2012 | al Ahly SC | Espérance Tunis | 1-1/2-1 |
| 2013 | al Ahly SC | Orlando Pirates | 1-1/2-0 |
| 2014 | ES Sétif | AS Vita Club | 2-2/1-1[13] |
| 2015 | Tout Puissant Mazembe | USM Algier | 2-1/2-0 |
| 2016 | Mamelodi Sundowns | al Zamalek SC | 3-0/0-1 |
| 2017 | Wydad Casablanca | al Ahly SC | 1-1/1-0 |
| 2018 | Espérance Tunis | al Ahly SC | 1-3/3-0 |
| 2019 | Espérance Tunis | Wydad Casablanca | 1-1/w.o. [14] |
| 2020 | al Ahly SC | al Zamalek SC | 2-1 |
| 2021 | al Ahly SC | Kaizer Chiefs | 3-0 |
| 2022 | Wydad Casablanca | al Ahly SC | 2-0 |
| 2023 | al Ahly SC | Wydad Casablanca | 2-1/1-1 |
| 2024 | al Ahly SC | Espérance Tunis | 0-0/1-0 |
Clubs
[change | change source]| Clubs | Titels | Years |
|---|---|---|
| al Ahly SC | 12 | 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 |
| al Zamalek SC | 5 | 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2002 |
| Tout Puissant Mazembe | 5 | 1967, 1968, 2009, 2010, 2015 |
| Espérance Tunis | 4 | 1994, 2011, 2018, 2019 |
| Raja Casablanca | 3 | 1989, 1997, 1999 |
| Canon Yaoundé | 3 | 1971, 1978, 1980 |
| Hafia FC | 3 | 1972, 1975, 1977 |
| Wydad Casablanca | 3 | 1992, 2017, 2022 |
| Asante Kotoko SC | 2 | 1970, 1983 |
| Enyimba FC | 2 | 2003, 2004 |
| JS Kabylie | 2 | 1981, 1990 |
| ES Sétif | 2 | 1988, 2014 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 2016 |
| Étoile Sportive du Sahel | 1 | 2007 |
| AS Vita Club | 1 | 1973 |
| Ismaily SC | 1 | 1969 |
| Accra Hearts of Oak | 1 | 2000 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 1 | 1998 |
| Oryx Douala | 1 | 1964 |
| Union Douala | 1 | 1979 |
| Stade d’Abidjan | 1 | 1966 |
| FAR Rabat | 1 | 1985 |
| Club Africain Tunis | 1 | 1991 |
| Orlando Pirates | 1 | 1995 |
| MC Alger | 1 | 1976 |
| CARA Brazzaville | 1 | 1974 |
Countries
[change | change source]| Country | Titels |
|---|---|
| Egypt | 18 |
| Morocco | 7 |
| DR Congo | 6 |
| Tunisia | 6 |
| Cameroon | 5 |
| Algeria | 5 |
| Guinea | 3 |
| Ghana | 3 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 |
| Nigeria | 2 |
| South Africa | 2 |
| Republic of Congo | 1 |
References
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- ↑ A month after the second leg, a playoff was scheduled, but since Kotoko did not compet Mazembe were declared the winners.
- ↑ 4-1 on penalties
- ↑ 5-3 on penalties
- ↑ 4-2 on penalties
- ↑ 4-2 on penalties
- ↑ 5-3 on penalties
- ↑ 7-6 on penalties
- ↑ 5-4 on penalties
- ↑ 5-4 on penalties
- ↑ 4-3 on penalties
- ↑ 5-3 on penalties
- ↑ on away goals
- ↑ on away goals
- ↑ The second leg was abandoned in the 59th minute with the score 1-0 for Espérance Tunis after Wydad Casablanca's equalizer was disallowed due to offside, the video evidence from a video assistant did not work due to a disruption and the Casablanca players then did not continue playing .After Tunis was declared the winner, the CAF initially arranged for a replay on neutral ground. The International Court of Arbitration for Sport reversed the decision, whereupon CAF declared Tunis the winner again.