2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, officially the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] is 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 (CAF).

2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup
TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2024–2025
Tournament details
DatesQualification:
16 August – 22 September 2024
Competition proper:
28 November 2024 – May 2025
Teams52 (from 40 associations)
2025–26
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The winners will automatically qualify for the next edition of the competition, and will also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League in the 2025 CAF Super Cup.[2]

Association team allocation

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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.[2] 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:[3][4]

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 season as follows:

  • 2023–24: × 5
  • 2022–23: × 4
  • 2021–22: × 3
  • 2020–21: × 2
  • 2019–20: × 1

Teams

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The following 52 teams from 40 associations entered the competition.

Associations are shown according to their 2019–2023 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.

Associations eligible to enter two teams (Top 12 associations)
Association Rank (Pts) Team Qualifying method
  Egypt 1 (184) Zamalek
Al Masry 2023–24 Egyptian Premier League third place after 17 rounds[Note EGY]
  Morocco 2 (148) RS Berkane 2023–24 Botola third place
Union de Touarga 2023–24 Botola fourth place
  Algeria 3 (119) CS Constantine 2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
USM Alger 2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
  South Africa 4 (106) Stellenbosch 2023–24 South African Premier Division third place
Sekhukhune United 2023–24 South African Premier Division fourth place
  Tunisia 5 (97) CS Sfaxien 2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Stade Tunisien 2023–24 Tunisian Cup winners
  Tanzania 6 (71) Simba 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League third place
Coastal Union 2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
  DR Congo 7 (54) Saint-Éloi Lupopo 2023–24 Linafoot third place
AS Vita Club 2023–24 Coupe du Congo winners
  Angola 8 (51.5) Desportivo da LS 2023–24 Girabola third place
Bravos do Maquis 2023–24 Taça de Angola runners-up
  Libya 10 (35) Al Ahli Tripoli 2023–24 Libyan Premier League third place[Note LBY]
Al Hilal Benghazi 2023–24 Libyan Premier League fourth place[Note LBY]
  Ivory Coast 11 (30.5) ASEC Mimosas 2023–24 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
RC Abidjan 2024 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winners
  Nigeria 12 (25) Enyimba 2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League third place
El Kanemi Warriors 2024 Nigeria Federation Cup winners
Associations eligible to enter one team
Association Rank (Pts) Team Qualifying method
  Guinea 13 (20.5) Hafia 2023–24 Guinée Championnat National third place
  Ghana 14 (20) Nsoatreman 2023–24 Ghana FA Cup winners
  Mali 15 (15) Stade Malien 2023–24 Malian Cup winners
  Cameroon 16 (11.5) Fovu Club 2024 Cameroonian Cup winners
  Congo 18 (9.5) AS Otohô 2024 Congo Premier League runners-up
  Botswana 19 (8) Orapa United 2024 Botswana FA Challenge Cup runners-up
  Zambia 20 (7.5) ZESCO United 2023–24 Zambia Super League runners-up
  Senegal 21 (6) ASC Jaraaf 2023 Senegal FA Cup winners
  Togo T-22 (4) ASC Kara 2023–24 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
  Uganda T-22 (4) Kitara 2023–24 Uganda Premier League runners-up
  Eswatini T-24 (1.5) Nsingizini Hotspurs 2023–24 Eswatini Premier League runners-up
  Niger T-24 (1.5) AS FAN 2024 Niger Cup winners
  Burkina Faso T-26 (1) Étoile Filante 2024 Coupe du Faso winners[Note BFA]
  Zimbabwe T-26 (1) Dynamos 2024 Zimbabwe Cup winners
  Benin 28 (0.5) Dadje 2024 Benin Cup winners
  Burundi Rukinzo 2024 Burundian Cup winners
  Chad Elect Sport 2024 Chad Premier League runners-up
  Comoros Alizé Fort 2024 Comoros Cup runners-up
  Equatorial Guinea 15 de Agosto 2024 Equatoguinean Cup winners
  Ethiopia Ethiopian Coffee 2023–24 Ethiopian Premier League runners-up
  Kenya Administration Police 2024 FKF President's Cup winners
  Liberia Paynesville 2024 Liberian FA Cup winners
  Madagascar Elgeco Plus 2024 Coupe de Madagascar winners
  Mozambique Black Bulls 2024 Taça de Moçambique winners
  Rwanda Police FC 2024 Rwandan Cup winners
  Seychelles Foresters 2024 Seychelles FA Cup winners
  Sierra Leone East End Lions 2024 Sierra Leonean FA Cup winners
  Somalia Horseed 2024 Somalia Cup winners
  South Sudan Jamus 2024 South Sudan National Cup winners
  Zanzibar Uhamiaji 2024 Zanzibari Cup winners
Associations which did not enter a team

Notes

  1. ^
    The identity of the team was not known in the draw; as the Coupe du Faso was postponed and the Burkinabé representative was yet to be determined by the time of the draw.[5][6]
  2. ^
    The Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in this season's CAF competitions. As a result, Al Masry, who finished the first half of the season at third place (and were also at third place by the time of the draw) qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup.[7]
  3. ^
    The Libyan Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in this season's CAF competitions. CAF approved a request made by the Libyan Football Federation to submit the names of participating teams in the competition following the end of the season by 22 July 2024, and as a result, Libyan teams were listed as Libya 1 and Libya 2 during the draw; as their identity was still unknown by the time of the draw.[8]

Schedule

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The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying rounds First round 11 July 2024[9] 16–18 August 2024 23–25 August 2024
Second round 13–15 September 2024 20–22 September 2024
Group stage Matchday 1 7 October 2024 28 November 2024
Matchday 2 8 December 2024
Matchday 3 15 December 2024
Matchday 4 5 January 2025
Matchday 5 12 January 2025
Matchday 6 19 January 2025
Knockout stage Quarter-finals 2025 March 2025
Semi-finals April 2025
Final May 2025

Qualifying rounds

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The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024, 12:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[10][11]

In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

First round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
El Kanemi Warriors  2–3  Dadje1–11–2
ASC Kara  4–2  AS FAN2–22–0
Paynesville  5–0  Fovu Club4–01–0
Hafia  1–1 (a)  Étoile Filante1–10–0
Union de Touarga  0–0 (1–2 p)  RC Abidjan0–00–0
East End Lions  0–4  ASC Jaraaf0–10–3
Administration Police  1–0  Ethiopian Coffee0–01–0
Jamus  0–5  Stade Tunisien0–10–4
Uhamiaji  1–5  Al Ahli Tripoli0–21–3
Kitara  4–6  Al Hilal Benghazi2–32–3
Horseed  0–2  Rukinzo0–00–2
Nsingizini Hotspurs  0–8  Stellenbosch0–30–5
Elgeco Plus  1–1 (a)  Desportivo da LS1–10–0
Bravos do Maquis  3–0  Coastal Union3–00–0
Alizé Fort  0–11  Black Bulls0–70–4
15 de Agosto  1–4  AS Otohô0–21–2
Foresters  1–3  Orapa United1–10–2
Dynamos  1–0  ZESCO United1–00–0
Nsoatreman  5–0  Elect Sport3–02–0
CS Constantine  4–1  Police FC2–02–1

Second round

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The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dadje  0–7  RS Berkane0–20–5
ASC Kara  2–3  ASEC Mimosas2–10–2
Paynesville  2–3  Stade Malien1–01–3
Étoile Filante  0–0 (2–3 p)  Enyimba0–00–0
RC Abidjan  0–3  ASC Jaraaf0–00–3
Administration Police  1–3  Zamalek0–11–2
Stade Tunisien  1–2  USM Alger1–00–2
Al Ahli Tripoli  1–3  Simba0–01–3
Al Hilal Benghazi  5–5 (3–5 p)  Al Masry3–22–3
Rukinzo  0–2  CS Sfaxien0–10–1
Stellenbosch  3–1  AS Vita Club2–01–1
Desportivo da LS  2–2 (a)  Sekhukhune United1–01–2
Bravos do Maquis  3–1  Saint-Éloi Lupopo1–02–1
Black Bulls  2–2 (a)  AS Otohô1–01–2
Orapa United  1–1 (3–1 p)  Dynamos0–11–0
Nsoatreman  0–3  CS Constantine0–20–1

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 7 October 2024, 10:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+3), in Cairo, Egypt.[12] The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds were drawn into four groups of four.

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 contains one team from Pot 1 and one from Pot 2, with two groups including one team from Pot 3 and one from Pot 4, and the remaining two groups featuring two teams from Pot 4. Teams were allocated to positions in their respective groups according to their pot.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SIM CSS CSC BRA
1   Simba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 15 Dec 19 Jan 28 Nov
2   CS Sfaxien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jan 28 Nov 19 Jan
3   CS Constantine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Dec 12 Jan 5 Jan
4   Bravos do Maquis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jan 8 Dec 15 Dec
First match(es) will be played: 28 November 2024. Source: CAF

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RSB SM STE DLS
1   RS Berkane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 15 Dec 19 Jan 28 Nov
2   Stade Malien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jan 28 Nov 19 Jan
3   Stellenbosch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Dec 12 Jan 5 Jan
4   Desportivo da LS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jan 8 Dec 15 Dec
First match(es) will be played: 28 November 2024. Source: CAF

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification USMA ASEC JAR ORA
1   USM Alger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 15 Dec 18 Jan 28 Nov
2   ASEC Mimosas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jan 28 Nov 19 Jan
3   ASC Jaraaf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Dec 12 Jan 5 Jan
4   Orapa United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jan 8 Dec 15 Dec
First match(es) will be played: 28 November 2024. Source: CAF

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZAM MAS ENY BUL
1   Zamalek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage 15 Dec 19 Jan 28 Nov
2   Al Masry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Jan 28 Nov 19 Jan
3   Enyimba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Dec 12 Jan 5 Jan
4   Black Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jan 8 Dec 15 Dec
First match(es) will be played: 28 November 2024. Source: CAF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". TotalEnergies. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAFOnline.com. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. ^ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAFOnline.com. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ^ "2024/2025 1st PRELIMINARY ROUND" (PDF). CAF. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2024/25 Preliminary Draw (English)". YouTube. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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  8. ^ "في الجول يكشف سبب عدم تواجد أسماء لفرق ليبية في قرعة دوري أبطال إفريقيا والكونفدرالية" [FilGoal reveals why Libyan teams were unnamed in CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup draw]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  9. ^ "CAF to conduct Preliminary Draw of 2024/25 CAF Interclub season on Thursday". CAFOnline.com. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  10. ^ "CAF to conduct Preliminary Draw of 2024/25 CAF Interclub season on Thursday". Confederation of African Football. 10 July 2024.
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