| 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualifying: 18 August – 1 October 2023 Competition proper: 26 November – 17 May 2024 |
| Teams | 52 (from 41 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 69 (2.16 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Abdul Aziz Issah Bassem Srarfi(3 goals each) |
The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2023–24 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1] is 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.
The winners will automatically qualify 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
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 (plus 16 teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.
For the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2018–2023 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates 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 are the following:[3][4][5]
| 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 are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
- 2022–23: × 5
- 2021–22: × 4
- 2020–21: × 3
- 2019–20: × 2
- 2018–19: × 1
Teams
The following 52 teams from 41 associations entered the competition.
- Teams in bold received a bye to the second round.
- The other teams entered the first round.
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 which did not enter a team
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Schedule
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying rounds | First round | 25 July 2023 | 18–20 August 2023 | 25–27 August 2023 |
| Second round | 15–17 September 2023 | 29 September – 1 October 2023 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 6 October 2023 | 26 November 2023 | |
| Matchday 2 | 3 December 2023 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 10 December 2023 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 20 December 2023 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 25 February 2024 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 3 March 2024 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | March 2024 | 31 March 2024 | 7 April 2024 |
| Semi-finals | 21 April 2024 | 28 April 2024 | ||
| Final | 10 May 2024 | 17 May 2024 | ||
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
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bendel Insurance  |
1–1 (4–3 p) |  ASO Chlef |
1–0 | 0–1 |
FUS Rabat  |
5–0 |  AS Loto FC |
3–0 | 2–0 |
Casa Sports  |
1–1 (a) |  EF Ouagadougou |
1–1 | 0–0 |
Arta Solar  |
6–0 |  Horseed |
3–0 | 3–0 |
Singida Fountain Gate  |
4–3 |  JKU |
4–1 | 0–2 |
Bahir Dar Kenema  |
3–3 (4–3 p) | Azam |
2–1 | 1–2 |
| Olympique Béja |
0–1 |  Abu Salim |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Kakamega Homeboyz  |
1–4 | Al Hilal Benghazi |
0–0 | 1–4 |
Sekhukhune United  |
w/o[upper-alpha 1] |  Young Buffaloes |
— | — |
Cano Sport  |
1–4 |  Maestro United |
1–1 | 0–3 |
Ferroviário de Maputo  |
w/o[upper-alpha 2] |  Belle Lumière |
— | — |
Gaborone United  |
3–2 |  Elgeco Plus |
0–1 | 3–1 |
AS Douanes Mauritania  |
2–2 (a) |  Académie SOAR |
2–2 | 0–0 |
ASC Kara  |
1–2 |  AFAD Djékanou |
0–0 | 1–2 |
| Milo FC |
2–3 | Dreams FC |
1–1 | 1–2 |
AS Douanes Niger  |
w/o[upper-alpha 3] |  Kallon |
— | — |
Watanga  |
2–7 |  Stade Malien |
1–3 | 1–4 |
Hay Al Arab  |
w/o[upper-alpha 4] |  Aigle Noir |
— | — |
| Haidoub |
0–1 |  Al Merreikh Juba |
0–1 | 0–0 |
Académica do Lobito  |
4–3 |  La Passe |
2–1 | 2–2 |
Notes:
- ↑ Sekhukhune United won on a walkover after Young Buffaloes withdrew due to financial problems.
- ↑ Ferroviário de Maputo won on a walkover after Belle Lumière withdrew due to financial problems.
- ↑ Kallon won on a walkover after Niger clubs withdrew from 2023–24 CAF interclub competitions due to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.[7]
- ↑ Aigle Noir won on a walkover after Hay Al Arab withdrew from the competition due to the 2023 Sudan conflict.
Second round
The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bendel Insurance |
2–3 | RS Berkane |
2–2 | 0–1 |
| FUS Rabat |
1–1 (a) | USM Alger |
1–1 | 0–0 |
| EF Ouagadougou |
0–2 | Rivers United |
0–0 | 0–2 |
| Arta Solar |
3–4 |  Zamalek |
2–0 | 1–4 |
| Singida Fountain Gate |
2–4 | Modern Future |
1–0 | 1–4 |
| Bahir Dar Kenema |
2–3 | Club Africain |
2–0 | 0–3 |
| Abu Salim |
5–4 |  Kampala City |
3–1 | 2–3 |
| Al Hilal Benghazi |
2–2 (4–2 p) |  Rayon Sports |
1–1 | 1–1 |
| Sekhukhune United |
4–2 |  Saint-Éloi Lupopo |
3–1 | 1–1 |
| Maestro United |
1–4 |  Diables Noirs |
1–2 | 0–2 |
| Ferroviário de Maputo |
1–1 (3–5 p) | Sagrada Esperança |
1–0 | 0–1 |
| Gaborone United |
1–4 | SuperSport United |
1–1 | 0–3 |
| Académie SOAR |
3–2 | AFAD Djékanou |
1–2 | 2–0 |
| Dreams FC |
3–2 | Kallon |
2–1 | 1–1 |
| Stade Malien |
3–3 (a) | Aigle Noir |
2–0 | 1–3 |
| Al Merreikh Juba |
0–3 | Académica do Lobito |
0–0 | 0–3 |
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.
| Pot | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams |
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| Tiebreakers |
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | USMA | MOF | HIL | SSU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USM Alger (A) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3 Mar | |
| 2 | Modern Future |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 0–0 | — | 3 Mar | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Al Hilal Benghazi |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 25 Feb | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | SuperSport United |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0–2 | 25 Feb | 2–1 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZAM | SAL | SGA | SOAR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zamalek (A) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3 Mar | |
| 2 | Abu Salim |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | 25 Feb | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Sagrada Esperança |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0–0 | 3 Mar | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Académie SOAR (E) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 25 Feb | — |
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CA | DFC | RIV | ADL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Africain |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3 Mar | |
| 2 | Dreams FC |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | 25 Feb | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Rivers United |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1–0 | 3 Mar | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Académica do Lobito (E) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 25 Feb | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSB | MLI | SKU | DNS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RS Berkane |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3 Mar | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Stade Malien |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 25 Feb | ||
| 3 | Sekhukhune United |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | 25 Feb | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Diables Noirs |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3 Mar | — |
Knockout stage
The mechanism of the draws for each round will be as follows:
- In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners will be seeded, and the four group runners-up will be unseeded. The seeded teams will be 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 will be 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 will be held together before the quarter-finals will be played, the identity of the quarter-final winners will not be known at the time of the semi-final draw.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Qualified (position TBD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| A |  |
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USM Alger |
| B | |
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Zamalek |
| C | |
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| D | |
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Top goalscorers
- As of 20 December 2023
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdul Aziz Issah |
Dreams FC |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bassem Srarfi |
Club Africain |
1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ahmed Sayed Zizo |
Zamalek |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| John Antwi |
Dreams FC |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Muetasimballlah Al Taeb |
Al Hilal Benghazi |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Youssef Zghoudi |
RS Berkane |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Bassène |
RS Berkane |
2 | |||||||||||||
| Kingsley Eduwo |
Club Africain |
2 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Total, Title Sponsor of the Africa Cup of Nations and Partner of African Football". CAF. 21 July 2016.
- 1 2 "CAF Confederation Cup regulations" (PDF). CAF.
- ↑ "16 Clubs for Group Phase of CC and CL effective 2017". CAF. 11 May 2016.
- ↑ "New adopted format for Club Competitions". CAF. 30 May 2016.
- ↑ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ↑ "TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup Preliminary Draw on Tuesday". Confederation of African Football. 23 July 2023.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup Group Stage Draw to be conducted on Friday". Confederation of African Football. 6 October 2023.