2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup


The 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, officially the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 22nd edition of the CAF Confederation Cup and 50th overall season of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football.
The winners, RS Berkane, earned the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League in the 2025 CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to the CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
For this season's edition, CAF used the 2019–2024 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs performance over the 5 years in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for the points are as follows:
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 season as follows:
  • 2023–24: × 5
  • 2022–23: × 4
  • 2021–22: × 3
  • 2020–21: × 2
  • 2019–20: × 1

Teams

The following 52 teams from 40 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 2019–2023 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.
AssociationRank TeamQualifying method
1 Zamalek
1 Al Masry2023–24 Egyptian Premier League third place after 17 rounds
2 RS Berkane2023–24 Botola third place
2 Union de Touarga2023–24 Botola fourth place
3 CS Constantine2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
3 USM Alger2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
4 Stellenbosch2023–24 South African Premier Division third place
4 Sekhukhune United2023–24 South African Premier Division fourth place
5 CS Sfaxien2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
5 Stade Tunisien2023–24 Tunisian Cup winners
6 Simba2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League third place
6 Coastal Union2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
7 Saint-Éloi Lupopo2023–24 Linafoot third place
7 AS Vita Club2023–24 Coupe du Congo winners
8 Desportivo da LS2023–24 Girabola third place
8 Bravos do Maquis2023–24 Taça de Angola runners-up
10 Al Ahli Tripoli2023–24 Libyan Premier League third place
10 Al Hilal Benghazi2023–24 Libyan Premier League fourth place
11 ASEC Mimosas2023–24 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
11 RC Abidjan2024 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winners
12 Enyimba2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League third place
12 El Kanemi Warriors2024 Nigeria Federation Cup winners

;Associations which did not enter a team
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Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.

Group stage

Tiebreakers