2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup


The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup, officially the 2022–23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, was the 20th season of the CAF Confederation Cup and 48th overall season of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football.
RS Berkane were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the playoff round by US Monastir. USM Alger won this edition and as such qualified automatically for the next season and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League in the 2023 CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, 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 this season's edition, CAF uses the 2017–2022 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF club competitions. The criteria for points are as follows:
CAF Champions LeagueCAF Confederation Cup
Winners6 points5 points
Runners-up5 points4 points
Losing semi-finalists4 points3 points
Losing quarter-finalists 3 points2 points
3rd place in groups2 points1 point
4th place in groups1 point0.5 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
  • 2021–22: x 5
  • 2020–21: × 4
  • 2019–20: × 3
  • 2018–19: × 2
  • 2018: × 1

Teams

The following 50 teams from 39 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 2018–2022 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
AssociationRank TeamQualifying method
1 RS BerkaneTitle holders
1 ASFAR2021–22 Botola third place
2 Future2021–22 Egyptian Premier League third place after 24 rounds
2 Pyramids2021–22 Egyptian Premier League fourth place after 24 rounds
3 JS Saoura2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
3 USM Alger2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
4 Club Sfaxien2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
4 Club Africain2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
5 Royal AM2021–22 South African Premiership third place
5 Marumo Gallants2021–22 Nedbank Cup runners-up
6 Saint-Éloi Lupopo2021–22 Linafoot third place
6 Motema Pembe2021–22 Coupe du Congo winners
7 Sagrada Esperança2021–22 Girabola third place
8 Hilal Alsahil2021–22 Sudan Premier League third place
8 Al Ahli Khartoum2021–22 Sudan Cup runners-up
9 Al Akhdar2021–22 Libyan Premier League third place
9 Al Nasr2021–22 Libyan Premier League fourth place
10 Milo2021–22 Guinée Championnat National third place
10 Ashanti Golden Boys2021–22 Guinée Championnat National fourth place
11 Azam2021–22 Tanzanian Premier League third place
11 Geita Gold2021–22 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
12 Remo Stars2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
12 Kwara United2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League fourth place

; Associations which did not enter a team
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Group stage

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