CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by top-division African clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout stage, and then a home and away final. It is the most prestigious club competition in African football.
| Organising body | CAF |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1964 (rebranded in 1997) |
| Region | Africa |
| Number of teams | 16 (group stage) 68 (total) (from 56 associations) |
| Qualifier for | |
| Related competitions | CAF Confederation Cup |
| Current champions | Al Ahly (11th title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Al Ahly (11 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | List of broadcasters |
| Website | cafonline.com/champions-league |
| 2023–24 CAF Champions League | |
The winner of the tournament earns a berth for the FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, and also faces the winner of the CAF Confederation Cup in the following season's CAF Super Cup. Clubs that finish as runners-up their national leagues, having not qualified for the Champions League, are eligible for the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup.
Egyptian clubs have the highest number of victories (17 titles), followed by Morocco with 7. Cameroon, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco have the largest number of winning teams, with three clubs from each having won the title. The competition has been won by 26 clubs, 12 of which have won it more than once. Al Ahly is the most successful club in the competition's history, having won the tournament a record 11 times.
Al Ahly are the current African champions, having beaten Wydad AC 3–2 on aggregate in the 2023 final.