2024–25 CAF Champions League
| 2024–25 CAF Champions League | |
|---|---|
| Dates | TBD |
The 2024–25 CAF Champions League will be the 61st season of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the 29th under the CAF Champions League title.
The winners of this edition of the competition will automatically qualify for the group stage of its next edition, earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2025 CAF Super Cup and the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.[1]
While there is no official news yet, some media pointed out that the format of the competition will change starting with this season due to CAF's newest competition, the African Football League.
Association team allocation[edit]
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.[1] 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 will use 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:[2][3][4]
| African Football League | CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | 7 points | 6 points | 5 points |
| Runners-up | 6 points | 5 points | 4 points |
| Losing semi-finalists | 5 points | 4 points | 3 points |
| Losing quarter-finalists | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd place in groups | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th place in groups | 2 points | 1 point | 0.5 point |
The points are 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[edit]
The following 66 teams from 54 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 2019–2024 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
Schedule[edit]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying rounds | First round | TBA 2024 | ||
| Second round | ||||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | TBA 2024 | ||
| Matchday 2 | ||||
| Matchday 3 | ||||
| Matchday 4 | ||||
| Matchday 5 | ||||
| Matchday 6 | ||||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | TBA 2025 | ||
| Semi-finals | ||||
| Final | ||||
See also[edit]
- 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup
- 2025 CAF Super Cup
References[edit]
- ^ a b "CAF Champions League regulations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAFOnline.com. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAFOnline.com. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". CAFOnline.com. 9 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.