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2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 21st edition of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), under the current CAF Confederation Cup title after the merger of CAF Cup and African Cup Winners' Cup.

2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup
Cairo International Stadium in Cairo hosted the podium where Zamalek lifted the trophy
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
18 August – 1 October 2023
Competition proper:
26 November 2023 – 19 May 2024
Teams52 (from 41 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Zamalek (2nd title)
Runners-upMorocco RS Berkane
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored131 (2.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)4 players (4 goals each)
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The winners automatically qualified for the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League in the 2024 CAF Super Cup.[2]

Association team allocation

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All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 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 Confederation Cup, the CAF used the 2018–2023 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculated 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]

African Football LeagueCAF Champions LeagueCAF Confederation Cup
Winners7 points6 points5 points
Runners-up6 points5 points4 points
Losing semi-finalists5 points4 points3 points
Losing quarter-finalists4 points3 points2 points
3rd place in groups3 points2 points1 point
4th place in groups2 points1 point0.5 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

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The following 52 teams from 41 associations entered the competition.

Associations are shown according to their 2018–2023 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)
AssociationRank (Pts)TeamQualifying method
 Morocco1 (180)FUS Rabat2022-23 Botola third place
RS Berkane2021-22 Moroccan Throne Cup winners
 Egypt2 (172.5)Zamalek2022–23 Egyptian Premier League third place
Modern Future2022–23 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
 Algeria2 (134)USM Alger
ASO Chlef2022–23 Algerian Cup winners
 South Africa4 (114)SuperSport United2022–23 South African Premier Division third place
Sekhukhune United2022–23 Nedbank Cup runners-up
 Tunisia5 (101)Club Africain2022–23 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Olympique Béja2022–23 Tunisian Cup winners
 Tanzania6 (56.5)Azam2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League third place
Singida Fountain Gate2022–23 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
 DR Congo7 (54)Saint-Éloi Lupopo2022–23 Linafoot (Cancelled) Entered after protesting about the FECOFA rankings
—Daring Club Motema Pembe and Maniema Union failed to get a CAF Licence
 Angola8 (41.5)Sagrada Esperança2022–23 Girabola third place
Académica do Lobito2022–23 Angola Cup runners-up
 Sudan9 (39)Hay Al Arab2022–23 Sudan Premier League third place
Haidoub FC2022–23 Sudan Premier League fourth place
 Guinea10 (29)Milo FC2022–23 Guinée Championnat National third place
Académie SOAR2022–23 Guinée Championnat National fourth place
 Libya11 (28)Al Hilal Benghazi2022–23 Libyan Premier League third place
Abu Salim2022–23 Libyan Premier League fourth place
 Nigeria12 (25)Rivers United2022–23 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Bendel Insurance2023 Nigeria FA Cup winners
Associations eligible to enter one team
AssociationRank (Pts)TeamQualifying method
 Ivory Coast13 (21)AFAD Djékanou2023 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire runners-up
 Zambia15 (15)Maestro United2022–23 Zambia Super League runners-up
 Congo16 (9.5)Diables Noirs2023 Congo Premier League runners-up
 Senegal17 (9)Casa Sports2022 Senegal FA Cup winners
 Mali18 (7)Stade Malien2022–23 Malian Cup winners
 Togo19 (5)ASC Kara2022–23 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
 Uganda19 (5)Kampala City2022–23 Uganda Premier League runners-up
 Botswana21 (4)Gaborone United2023 Botswana FA Challenge Cup winners
 Burkina Faso23 (2)EF Ouagadougou2022–23 Burkinabé Premier League runners-up
 Eswatini23 (2)Young Buffaloes2022–23 Eswatini Premier League runners-up
 Kenya23 (2)Kakamega Homeboyz2023 FKF President's Cup winners
 Niger23 (2)AS Douanes Niger2023 Niger Cup winners
 Benin27 (1)AS Loto FC2023 Benin Cup winners
 Ghana27 (1)Dreams F.C.2022–23 Ghanaian FA Cup winners
 Mauritania27 (1)AS Douanes Mauritania2023 Coupe du Président de la République winners
 Burundi—Aigle Noir2023 Burundian Cup winners
 Comoros—Belle Lumière2023 Comoros Cup runners-up
 Djibouti—Arta Solar2023 Djibouti Cup winners
 Equatorial Guinea—Cano Sport2023 Equatoguinean Cup winners
 Ethiopia—Bahir Dar Kenema2022–23 Ethiopian Premier League runners-up
 Liberia—Watanga2023 Liberian FA Cup winners
 Madagascar—Elgeco Plus2023 Coupe de Madagascar winners
 Mozambique—Ferroviário de Maputo2023 Taça de Moçambique winners
 Rwanda—Rayon Sports2023 Rwandan Cup winners
 Seychelles—La Passe2023 Seychelles FA Cup winners
 Sierra Leone—Kallon2023 Sierra Leonean FA Cup winners
 Somalia—Horseed2023 Somalia Cup winners
 South Sudan—Al Merreikh Juba2023 South Sudan National Cup winners
 Zanzibar—JKU2023 Zanzibari Cup winners
Associations which did not enter a team

Schedule

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Schedule for 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Qualifying roundsFirst round25 July 202318–20 August 202325–27 August 2023
Second round15–17 September 202329 September – 1 October 2023
Group stageMatchday 16 October 202326 November 2023
Matchday 23 December 2023
Matchday 310 December 2023
Matchday 420 December 2023
Matchday 525 February 2024
Matchday 63 March 2024
Knockout stageQuarter-finals12 March 202431 March 20247 April 2024
Semi-finals21 April 202428 April 2024
Final12 May 202419 May 2024

Qualifying rounds

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Main article: 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023, 11:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[6]

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 the 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
Bendel Insurance 1–1 (4–3 p) ASO Chlef1–00–1
FUS Rabat 5–0 AS Loto FC3–02–0
Casa Sports 1–1 (a) EF Ouagadougou1–10–0
Arta Solar 6–0 Horseed3–03–0
Singida Fountain Gate 4–3 JKU4–10–2
Bahir Dar Kenema 3–3 (4–3 p) Azam2–11–2
Olympique Béja 0–1 Abu Salim0–10–0
Kakamega Homeboyz 1–4 Al Hilal Benghazi0–01–4
Sekhukhune United w/o[A] Young Buffaloes——
Cano Sport 1–4 Maestro United1–10–3
Ferroviário de Maputo w/o[B] Belle Lumière——
Gaborone United 3–2 Elgeco Plus0–13–1
AS Douanes Mauritania 2–2 (a) Académie SOAR2–20–0
ASC Kara 1–2 AFAD Djékanou0–01–2
Milo FC 2–3 Dreams FC1–11–2
AS Douanes Niger w/o[C] Kallon——
Watanga 2–7 Stade Malien1–31–4
Hay Al Arab w/o[D] Aigle Noir——
Haidoub 0–1 Al Merreikh Juba0–10–0
Académica do Lobito 4–3 La Passe2–12–2

Notes:

  1. ^ Sekhukhune United won on a walkover after Young Buffaloes withdrew due to financial problems.
  2. ^ Ferroviário de Maputo won on a walkover after Belle Lumière withdrew due to financial problems.
  3. ^ Kallon won on a walkover after Niger clubs withdrew from 2023–24 CAF interclub competitions due to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.[7]
  4. ^ Aigle Noir won on a walkover after Hay Al Arab withdrew from the competition due to the 2023 Sudan conflict.

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
Bendel Insurance 2–3 RS Berkane2–20–1
FUS Rabat 1–1 (a) USM Alger1–10–0
EF Ouagadougou 0–2 Rivers United0–00–2
Arta Solar 3–4 Zamalek2–01–4
Singida Fountain Gate 2–4 Modern Future1–01–4
Bahir Dar Kenema 2–3 Club Africain2–00–3
Abu Salim 5–4 Kampala City3–12–3
Al Hilal Benghazi 2–2 (4–2 p) Rayon Sports1–11–1
Sekhukhune United 4–2 Saint-Éloi Lupopo3–11–1
Maestro United 1–4 Diables Noirs1–20–2
Ferroviário de Maputo 1–1 (3–5 p) Sagrada Esperança1–00–1
Gaborone United 1–4 SuperSport United1–10–3
Académie SOAR 3–2 AFAD Djékanou1–22–0
Dreams FC 3–2 Kallon2–11–1
Stade Malien 3–3 (a) Aigle Noir2–01–3
Al Merreikh Juba 0–3 Académica do Lobito0–00–3

Group stage

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Main article: 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 October 2023, 12:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying 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 contains one team from each of Pot 1 and Pot 2, and two teams from Pot 3, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

PotPot 1Pot 2Pot 3
Teams

Group A

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationUSMAMOFHILSSU
1 USM Alger641183+513Advance to knockout stage—1–02–02–1
2 Modern Future632193+6110–0—5–01–0
3 Al Hilal Benghazi6204613−762–11–2—2–1
4 SuperSport United611459−440–21–12–1—
Source: CAF

Group B

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationZAMSALSGASOAR
1 Zamalek6510111+1016Advance to knockout stage—1–01–03–0[a]
2 Abu Salim630356−191–2—1–01–0
3 Sagrada Esperança622252+380–03–0—2–0
4 Académie SOAR6015012−1210–40–20–0—
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ CAF awarded Zamalek a 3–0 win after Académie SOAR failed to travel to Egypt.[9]

Group C

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationDFCRIVCAADL
1 Dreams FC6402117+412[a]Advance to knockout stage—2–11–04–0
2 Rivers United6402108+212[a]2–1—1–03–0
3 Club Africain631294+5102–03–0—1–1
4 Académica do Lobito6015617−1112–32–31–3—
Source: CAF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on goal difference: Dreams FC +4, Rivers United +2.

Group D

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationRSBMLISKUDNS
1 RS Berkane6420102+814Advance to knockout stage—3–02–02–0
2 Stade Malien6312660101–2—1–01–0
3 Sekhukhune United613224−260–00–0—2–1
4 Diables Noirs602439−621–11–30–0—
Source: CAF

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were be held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.
GroupWinnersRunners-up
A USM Alger Modern Future
B Zamalek Abu Salim
C Dreams F.C. Rivers United
D RS Berkane Stade Malien

Bracket

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The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 12 March 2024, 14:00 CAT (UTC+2) at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[10]

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
            
Rivers United101
USM Alger022
USM Alger000
RS Berkane336
Abu Salim022
RS Berkane033
RS Berkane202
Zamalek (a)112
Modern Future112
Zamalek213
Zamalek033
Dreams F.C.000
Stade Malien112
Dreams F.C.213

Quarter-finals

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Modern Future 2–3 Zamalek1–21–1
Abu Salim 2–3 RS Berkane0–02–3
Rivers United 1–2 USM Alger1–00–2
Stade Malien 2–3 Dreams1–21–1

Semi-finals

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
USM Alger 0–6 (w/o) RS Berkane0–3 (awd.)0–3 (awd.)
Zamalek 3–0 Dreams FC0–03–0

Final

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Main article: 2024 CAF Confederation Cup final

The first leg was played on 12 May, and the second leg was played on 19 May 2024.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
RS Berkane 2–2 (a) Zamalek2–10–1


RS Berkane 2–1 Zamalek
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Zamalek 1–0 RS Berkane
Report
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

2–2 on aggregate. Zamalek won on away goals.

Top goalscorers

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  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
RankPlayerTeamMD1MD2MD3MD4MD5MD6QF1QF2SF1SF2F1F2Total
1 Paul Bassène RS Berkane2114
Abdoulaye Kanou USM Alger112
Abdul Aziz Issah Dreams FC1111
John Antwi Dreams FC112
4 Ahmed Sayed Zizo Zamalek1113
Adil Tahif RS Berkane111
Youssef Zghoudi RS Berkane111
Yoro Mamadou Diaby Stade Malien111
Samuel Chissapa Cachimbombo Académica do Lobito111
Muetasimballlah Al Taeb Al Hilal Benghazi21
Kingsley Eduwo Club Africain21
Bassem Srarfi Club Africain12

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". CAF. 21 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
  3. ^ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
  5. ^ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  6. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup Preliminary Draw on Tuesday". Confederation of African Football. 23 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Désistement de nos représentants en compétitions interclubs Ligue des Champions et Coupe de la Confédération 2023-2024". Nigerien Football Federation (in French). 23 August 2023.
  8. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw to be conducted on Friday". Confederation of African Football. 6 October 2023.
  9. ^ "كاف يقصي سوار الغيني من الكونفدرالية ويعتبره خاسرا أمام الزمالك" [CAF awards Zamalek a walkover win over SOAR of Guinea]. FilGoal (in Arabic). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Draw Date confirmed for TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup Knockout Stages". Confederation of African Football. 5 March 2024.
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