| 2023–24TotalEnergies CAF Champions League | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualifying: 18 August – 2 October 2023 Competition proper: 24 November 2023 – 25 May 2024 |
| Teams | 54 (from 42 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Al Ahly (12th title) |
| Runners-up |  Espérance de Tunis |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 62 |
| Goals scored | 94 (1.52 per match) |
| Top scorer |  Sankara Karamoko (4 goals) |
2024–25 → (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs) | |
The2023–24 CAF Champions League (officially the2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 60th edition ofAfrica's premier clubfootball tournament organized by theConfederation of African Football (CAF), and the 28th edition under the currentCAF Champions League title.
The winners,Al Ahly, for their second consecutive and a record-extending 12th title, automatically qualified for the2024–25 CAF Champions League and earned the right to play against the winners of the2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup in the2024 CAF Super Cup.[2] They also qualified for the brand new2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the expanded2025 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, theAfrican Football League, which began on 20 October 2023.
All 54CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to theirCAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[2] 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 2019–2023CAF 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:[3][4][5]
| 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:
The following 54 teams from 42 associations entered the competition.Teams in:
Associations are shown according to their2018–2023 CAF 5-year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying rounds | First round | 25 July 2023 | 18–20 August 2023 | 25–27 August 2023 |
| Second round | 15–17 September 2023 | 29 September – 1 October 2023 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 6 October 2023 | 24–25 November 2023 | |
| Matchday 2 | 1–2 December 2023 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 8–9 December 2023 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 19 December 2023 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 23–24 February 2024 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 1–2 March 2024 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 12 March 2024 | 29–30 March 2024 | 5–6 April 2024 |
| Semi-finals | 20 April 2024 | 26 April 2024 | ||
| Final | 18 May 2024 | 25 May 2024 | ||
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023, 11:00GMT (14:00local time,UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters inCairo,Egypt.[6]
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-awaytwo-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, theaway goals rule was applied, and if still tied,extra time was not played, and apenalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).
Notes:
The 16 winners of thesecond round advanced to thegroup stage.
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023, 13:00GMT (15:00local time,UTC+2), inJohannesburg,South Africa. The 16 winners of thesecond round ofqualifying rounds were drawn into four groups of four.[8]
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.
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In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-awayround-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to thequarter-finals of theknockout stage.
The teams were ranked according topoints (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):
| Tiebreakers |
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The teams were ranked according topoints (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):
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SUN | TPM | NDB | PYR | |
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| 1 |  Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| 2 |  TP Mazembe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 |  FC Nouadhibou | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 5[a] | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Pyramids | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 5[a] | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ASE | SIM | WAC | JWA | |
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| 1 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 11 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 |  Simba | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9[a] | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 |  Wydad AC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 9[a] | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | ||
| 4 |  Jwaneng Galaxy | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APL | EST | HIL | ESS | |
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| 1 |  Petro de Luanda | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 12 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Espérance de Tunis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | 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 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | YNG | CRB | MED | |
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| 1 | Al Ahly | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 12 | Advance toknockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Young Africans | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8[a] | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 |  CR Belouizdad | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8[a] | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 |  Medeama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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| A | Mamelodi Sundowns | TP Mazembe |
| B | ASEC Mimosas | Simba |
| C | Petro de Luanda | Espérance de Tunis |
| D | Al Ahly | Young Africans |
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage which was held on 12 March 2024.[9]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Ahly | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| TP Mazembe | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Petro de Luanda | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| TP Mazembe | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Ahly | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Simba | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Ahly | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| 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(4–2p) | ASEC Mimosas | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Young Africans | 0–0(2–3p) | Mamelodi Sundowns | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Espérance de Tunis | 2–0 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| TP Mazembe | 0–3 | Al Ahly | 0–0 | 0–3 |
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 |
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| Espérance de Tunis | 0–1 | Al Ahly | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total |
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| 1 | Sankara Karamoko | ASEC Mimosas | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | Abdelraouf Benguit | CR Belouizdad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Hussein El Shahat | Al Ahly | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
 Yan Sasse | Espérance de Tunis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pacôme Zouzoua | Young Africans | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
