# 2023–24 CAF Champions League

The 2023–24 CAF Champions League (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 60th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 28th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.
The winners, Al Ahly automatically qualified for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2024 CAF Super Cup. They also qualified for the brand new 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.
The qualifying rounds for the CAF Champions League may have been pushed back to August and September and the group stage pushed forward to start in November. No official explanation was given, though the press claims that the reason was the introduction of CAF's newest competition, the African Football League, which began on 20 October 2023.

## Association team allocation

All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
For the 2023–24 CAF Champions League, the CAF used the 2019–2023 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points were the following:
| | CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup |
| Winners | 6 points | 5 points |
| Runners-up | 5 points | 4 points |
| Losing semi-finalists | 4 points | 3 points |
| Losing quarter-finalists | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd place in groups | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th place in groups | 1 point | 0.5 point |
The points were multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
* 2022–23: × 5
* 2021–22: × 4
* 2020–21: × 3
* 2019–20: × 2
* 2018–19: × 1

## Teams

The following 54 teams from 42 associations entered the competition. Teams in:
* Bold received a bye to the second round.
* The other teams entered the first round.
Associations are shown according to their 2018–2023 CAF 5-year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
Associations eligible to enter two teams (Top 12 associations) :
| Association | Rank (Pts) | Team | Qualifying method |
| Morocco | 1 (180) | ASFAR | 2022–23 Botola champions |
| Morocco | 1 (180) | Wydad AC | 2022–23 Botola runners-up |
| Egypt | 2 (172.5) | Al Ahly | Title holders (2022–23 CAF Champions League winners) and 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League winners |
| Egypt | 2 (172.5) | Pyramids | 2022–23 Egyptian Premier League runners-up |
| Algeria | 3 (134) | CR Belouizdad | 2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions |
| Algeria | 3 (134) | CS Constantine | 2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up |
| South Africa | 4 (114) | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2022–23 South African Premier Division champions |
| South Africa | 4 (114) | Orlando Pirates | 2022–23 South African Premier Division runners-up |
| Tunisia | 5 (101) | Étoile du Sahel | 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions |
| Tunisia | 5 (101) | Espérance de Tunis | 2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up |
| Tanzania | 6 (56.5) | Young Africans | 2022-23 Tanzanian Premier League champions |
| Tanzania | 6 (56.5) | Simba | 2022-23 Tanzanian Premier League runners-up |
| DR Congo | 7 (54) | TP Mazembe | 2022–23 Linafoot (Cancelled) First on FECOFA rankings |
| DR Congo | 7 (54) | AS Vita Club | 2022–23 Linafoot (Cancelled) Second on FECOFA rankings |
| Angola | 8 (41.5) | Petro de Luanda | 2022–23 Girabola champions |
| Angola | 8 (41.5) | Primeiro de Agosto | 2022–23 Girabola runners-up |
| Sudan | 9 (39) | Al Hilal | 2022–23 Sudan Premier League champions |
| Sudan | 9 (39) | Al Merrikh | 2022–23 Sudan Premier League runners-up |
| Guinea | 10 (29) | Hafia | 2022–23 Guinée Championnat National champions |
| Guinea | 10 (29) | Horoya | 2022–23 Guinée Championnat National runners-up |
| Libya | 11 (28) | Al Ahli Tripoli | 2022–23 Libyan Premier League champions |
| Libya | 11 (28) | Al Ahly Benghazi | 2022–23 Libyan Premier League runners-up |
| Nigeria | 12 (25) | Enyimba | 2022–23 Nigeria Professional Football League champions |
| Nigeria | 12 (25) | Remo Stars | 2022–23 Nigeria Professional Football League runners-up |
Associations eligible to enter one team :
| Association | Rank (Pts) | Team | Qualifying method |
| Ivory Coast | 13 (21) | ASEC Mimosas | 2022–23 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 champions |
| Cameroon | 14 (16) | Coton Sport | 2022–23 Elite One champions |
| Zambia | 15 (15) | Power Dynamos | 2022–23 Zambian Super League champions |
| Congo | 16 (9.5) | AS Otohô | 2022–23 Congo Ligue 1 champions |
| Senegal | 17 (9) | Génération Foot | 2022–23 Senegal Ligue 1 champions |
| Mali | 18 (7) | Real Bamako | 2022–23 Malian Première Division champions |
| Togo | 19 (5) | ASKO Kara | 2022–23 Togolese Championnat National champions |
| Uganda | 19 (5) | Vipers | 2022–23 Uganda Premier League champions |
| Botswana | 21 (4) | Jwaneng Galaxy | 2022–23 Botswana Premier League champions |
| Burkina Faso | 23 (2) | AS Douanes Ouagadougou | 2022–23 Burkinabé Premier League champions |
| Eswatini | 23 (2) | Green Mamba | 2022–23 Eswatini Premier League champions |
| Niger | 23 (2) | AS GNN | 2022–23 Niger Premier League champions |
| Benin | 27 (1) | Coton FC | 2022–23 Benin Premier League champions |
| Ghana | 27 (1) | Medeama | 2022–23 Ghana Premier League champions |
| Mauritania | 27 (1) | FC Nouadhibou | 2022–23 Ligue 1 Mauritania champions |
| Burundi | — | Bumamuru | 2022–23 Burundi Ligue A champions |
| Comoros | — | Djabal | 2023 Comoros Premier League champions |
| Djibouti | — | Djibouti Telecom | 2022–23 Djibouti Premier League champions |
| Equatorial Guinea | — | Dragón | 2022–23 Equatoguinean Primera División champions |
| Ethiopia | — | Saint George | 2022–23 Ethiopian Premier League champions |
| Gabon | — | Centre Sportif de Bendje | 2022–23 Gabon Championnat National D1 champions |
| Liberia | — | LISCR | 2022–23 Liberian First Division champions |
| Malawi | — | Nyasa Big Bullets | 2022 Super League of Malawi champions |
| Mozambique | — | UD Songo | 2022 Moçambola champions |
| Namibia | — | African Stars | 2022-23 Namibia Premier Football League champions |
| Rwanda | — | APR | 2022–23 Rwanda Premier League champions |
| Sierra Leone | — | Bo Rangers | 2023 Sierra Leone National Premier League champions |
| Somalia | — | Gaadiidka | 2022–23 Somali First Division champions |
| South Sudan | — | Salaam FC Bor | 2023 South Sudan Football Championship champions |
| Zanzibar | — | KMKM | 2022–23 Zanzibar Premier League champions |

### Associations which did not enter a team

* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Eritrea
* Gambia
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Madagascar
* Mauritius
* Réunion
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Seychelles
* Zimbabwe

## Schedule

Schedule for 2023–24 CAF Champions League :
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying rounds | First round | 25 July 2023 | 18–20 August 2023 | 25–27 August 2023 |
| Qualifying rounds | Second round | 25 July 2023 | 15–17 September 2023 | 29 September – 1 October 2023 |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 6 October 2023 | 24–25 November 2023 | 24–25 November 2023 |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 6 October 2023 | 1–2 December 2023 | 1–2 December 2023 |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 6 October 2023 | 8–9 December 2023 | 8–9 December 2023 |
| Group stage | Matchday 4 | 6 October 2023 | 19 December 2023 | 19 December 2023 |
| Group stage | Matchday 5 | 6 October 2023 | 23–24 February 2024 | 23–24 February 2024 |
| Group stage | Matchday 6 | 6 October 2023 | 1–2 March 2024 | 1–2 March 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 12 March 2024 | 29–30 March 2024 | 5–6 April 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 12 March 2024 | 20 April 2024 | 26 April 2024 |
| Knockout stage | Final | 12 March 2024 | 18 May 2024 | 25 May 2024 |

## Qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023, 11:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

### First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hafia | 2–2 (a) | Génération Foot | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| AS GNN | w/o | AS Douanes Burkina Faso | — | — |
| Bo Rangers | 2–1 | LISCR | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Medeama | 1–1 (3–2 p) | Remo Stars | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| KMKM | 2–5 | Saint George | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| APR | 3–1 | Gaadiidka | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Centre Sportif de Bendje | 2–6 | Bumamuru | 1–1 | 1–5 |
| African Stars | 2–2 (a) | Power Dynamos | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| UD Songo | 2–1 | Green Mamba | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dragón | 0–3 | Nyasa Big Bullets | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Al Ahly Benghazi | 4–3 | Enyimba | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| Coton FC | 0–2 | ASEC Mimosas | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| CS Constantine | 0–3 | Étoile du Sahel | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| ASKO Kara | 0–8 | ASFAR | 0–1 | 0–7 |
| Real Bamako | 2–0 | Coton Sport | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| FC Nouadhibou | 2–1 | Al Ahli Tripoli | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 2–1 | AS Vita Club | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Salaam FC Bor | w/o | Al Hilal | — | — |
| AS Otohô | 1–1 (a) | Al Merrikh | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Djibouti Telecom | 1–7 | Young Africans | 0–2 | 1–5 |
| Jwaneng Galaxy | 3–2 | Vipers | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Djabal | 0–4 | Orlando Pirates | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Notes:
* ↑ AS Douanes Burkina Faso won on a walkover after Niger clubs withdrew from 2023–24 CAF interclub competitions due to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.
* ↑ Al Hilal won on a walkover after Salaam FC Bor failed to travel to Morocco.

### Second round

The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Hafia | 1–4 | Wydad AC | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| AS Douanes Burkina Faso | 0–1 | Espérance de Tunis | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Bo Rangers | 2–6 | CR Belouizdad | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Medeama | 4–3 | Horoya | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Saint George | 0–7 | Al Ahly | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| APR | 1–6 | Pyramids | 0–0 | 1–6 |
| Bumamuru | 0–6 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| Power Dynamos | 3–3 (a) | Simba | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| UD Songo | 2–5 | Petro de Luanda | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Nyasa Big Bullets | 0–5 | TP Mazembe | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Al Ahly Benghazi | 1–2 | ASEC Mimosas | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Étoile du Sahel | 3–1 | ASFAR | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Real Bamako | 1–4 | FC Nouadhibou | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Primeiro de Agosto | 1–2 | Al Hilal | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Al Merrikh | 0–3 | Young Africans | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Jwaneng Galaxy | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Orlando Pirates | 1–0 | 0–1 |

## Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023, 13:00 GMT (15:00 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 contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.
Pot 1 :
| Team | Pts |
| Al Ahly | 83 |
| Wydad AC | 74 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 56 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 51 |
Pot 2 :
| Team | Pts |
| CR Belouizdad | 36 |
| Pyramids | 35 |
| Simba | 35 |
| Petro de Luanda | 33.5 |
Pot 3 :
| Team | Pts |
| TP Mazembe | 30.5 |
| Al Hilal | 23 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 20 |
| Young Africans | 20 |
Pot 4 :
| Team | Pts |
| Étoile du Sahel | 20 |
| Jwaneng Galaxy | 4 |
| FC Nouadhibou | 1 |
| Medeama | — |
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.
* 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.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SUN | TPM | NDB | PYR |
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | FC Nouadhibou | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 5 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Pyramids | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 5 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: FC Nouadhibou 4, Pyramids 1.

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ASE | SIM | WAC | JWA |
| 1 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Simba | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Wydad AC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 9 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Jwaneng Galaxy | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Simba +1, Wydad AC –1.

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APL | EST | HIL | ESS |
| 1 | Petro de Luanda | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Al Hilal | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 4 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | YNG | CRB | MED |
| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Young Africans | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | CR Belouizdad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Medeama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Young Africans +1, CR Belouizdad –1.

## Knockout stage

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
* In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
* In the draws for semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | Mamelodi Sundowns | TP Mazembe |
| B | ASEC Mimosas | Simba |
| C | Petro de Luanda | Espérance de Tunis |
| D | Al Ahly | Young Africans |

### Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 12 March 2024, 15:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Espérance de Tunis (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | | | | | | | | |
| ASEC Mimosas | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | | | | | | | | |
| ASEC Mimosas | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | Espérance de Tunis | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Young Africans | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Mamelodi Sundowns (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | |
| Mamelodi Sundowns (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | | | | | Espérance de Tunis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | Al Ahly | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TP Mazembe | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | Al Ahly | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Petro de Luanda | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Petro de Luanda | 0 | 1 | 1 | TP Mazembe | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Al Ahly | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Simba | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Ahly | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Al Ahly | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Simba | 0–3 | Al Ahly | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| TP Mazembe | 2–1 | Petro de Luanda | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Espérance de Tunis | 0–0 (4–2 p) | ASEC Mimosas | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Young Africans | 0–0 (2–3 p) | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0–0 | 0–0 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Espérance de Tunis | 2–0 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| TP Mazembe | 0–3 | Al Ahly | 0–0 | 0–3 |

### Final

The first leg was played on 18 May, and the second leg was played on 25 May 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Espérance de Tunis | 0–1 | Al Ahly | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | SF1 | Total |
| 1 | Sankara William Karamoko | ASEC Mimosas | | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | 4 |
| 2 | Abdelraouf Benguit | CR Belouizdad | 1 | 1 | | | | 1 | | 3 |
| 2 | Hussein El Shahat | Al Ahly | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 | | 3 |
| 2 | Yan Sasse | Espérance de Tunis | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Pacôme Zouzoua | Young Africans | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 3 |