2023–24 CAF Champions League


The 2023–24 CAF Champions League was the 60th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, and the 28th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.
The winners, Al Ahly, for their second consecutive and a record-extending 12th title, automatically qualified for the [CAF Champions League|2024–25 Confederation of African Football|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 LeagueCAF Confederation Cup
Winners6 points5 points
Runners-up5 points4 points
Losing semi-finalists4 points3 points
Losing quarter-finalists3 points2 points
3rd place in groups2 points1 point
4th place in groups1 point0.5 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 indicated.
AssociationRank TeamQualifying method
1 AS FAR2022–23 Botola champions
1 Wydad AC2022–23 Botola runners-up
2 Al Ahly
2 Pyramids2022–23 Egyptian Premier League runners-up
3 CR Belouizdad2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions
3 CS Constantine2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
4 Mamelodi Sundowns2022–23 South African Premier Division champions
4 Orlando Pirates2022–23 South African Premier Division runners-up
5 Étoile du Sahel2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions
5 Espérance de Tunis2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
6 Young Africans2022-23 Tanzanian Premier League champions
6 Simba2022-23 Tanzanian Premier League runners-up
7 TP Mazembe2022–23 Linafoot First on FECOFA rankings
7 AS Vita Club2022–23 Linafoot Second on FECOFA rankings
8 Petro de Luanda2022–23 Girabola champions
8 Primeiro de Agosto2022–23 Girabola runners-up
9 Al Hilal2022–23 Sudan Premier League champions
9 Al Merrikh2022–23 Sudan Premier League runners-up
10 Hafia2022–23 Guinée Championnat National champions
10 Horoya2022–23 Guinée Championnat National runners-up
11 Al Ahli Tripoli2022–23 Libyan Premier League champions
11 Al Ahly Benghazi2022–23 Libyan Premier League runners-up
12 Enyimba2022–23 Nigeria Professional Football League champions
12 Remo Stars2022–23 Nigeria Professional Football League runners-up

; Associations which did not enter a team

Group stage

Tiebreakers