2023–24 CAF Champions League
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The 2023–24 CAF Champions League (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons)[1] was the 60th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 28th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.
2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | Qualifying: 18 August – 2 October 2023 Competition proper: 24 November 2023 – 25 May 2024 |
Teams | 54 (from 42 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Al Ahly (12th title) |
Runners-up | Espérance de Tunis |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 62 |
Goals scored | 94 (1.52 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Sankara William Karamoko (4 goals) |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs) |
The winners automatically qualified for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2024 CAF Super Cup.[2] They also qualified for the brand new 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.
The qualifying rounds for the CAF Champions League may have been pushed back to August and September and the group stage pushed forward to start in November. No official explanation was given, though the press claims that the reason was the introduction of CAF's newest competition, the African Football League, which began on 20 October 2023.