CAF Champions League
Also known as CCL, Champions League
African association football tournament
Key facts
- Organiser s
- CAF
- Founded
- 1964 ; 62 years ago ( 1964 ) , (rebranded in 1997)
- Region
- Africa
- Teams
- 16 (group stage) 68 (total) (from 56 associations)
- Qualifier for
- FIFA Club World Cup FIFA Intercontinental Cup CAF Super Cup
- Related competitions
- CAF Confederation Cup
- Current champions
- Mamelodi Sundowns (2nd title)
- Most championships
- Al Ahly (12 titles)
- Broadcasters
- List of broadcasters
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
Article
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 club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) 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.
The winner of each season of the competition earns a berth for the FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, faces the winner of the CAF Confederation Cup in the following season's CAF Super Cup and from 2024 onwards, along with the next 4 best teams, a place in the new FIFA Intercontinental 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.