2023/24 CAF club competitions (CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Super Cup)
CAF Champions League: Six teams have already qualified for the quarter-finals after matchday 5.
CAF Confederation Cup group stage matchday 5 fixtures, 25 February
CAF Confederation Cup group stage matchday 5 results, 25 February
CAF Confederation Cup group stage standings after matchday 5
CAF Confederation Cup: Five teams have already qualified for the quarter-finals after matchday 5.
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Quarter-Finals take shape as six teams secure qualification
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... ification/
Defending champions, Ahly joined by five strong contenders in quarter-finals
Two quarter-final places remain for the taking in Match Day 6
Photo-finish expected in group stages closing
Six Teams have secured their place in this season’s TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Quarter-finals, after some nail-biting round of Match Day 5 fixtures that took place on Friday and Saturday.
Defending champions and Egyptian giants, Al Ahly remain on course to their title defense after a 1-0 victory over Ghana’s Medeama saw them through to the exciting knockout phase of the competition with a game to spare.
Joining the reigning champions after Match Day 5 are five strong African clubs: Ivorian side Asec Mimosas, South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns who are also the African Football League champions, Angola’s Petro de Luanda, former African Champions and FIFA Club World Cup finalists TP Mazembe and Tanzania’s Young Africans who all qualify for the quarter-finals of the continent’s premier club competition with a game in hand.
Of the current six teams that have officially booked their places, only two are yet to taste continental success, with Al Ahly (11), Asec Mimosas (1), Mamelodi Sundowns (1) and TP Mazembe (5) all having previously lifted Africa’s most coveted club football trophy.
The qualification of the six teams officially sets up a grand closing to the group stages of the competition in what is sure to be a dramatic race to securing the last two available spots on Match Day 6 scheduled for 01 – 02 March.
Mamelodi Sundowns and TP Mazembe are through in Group A, while Group D was decided by Ahly and Young Africans’ respective wins, meaning that the two remaining places will be contested in Group B and C.
In Group B, Morocco’s Wydad AC who had a rather slow start to their Group Stage campaign injected life into the title ambitions with a 1-0 win over Jwaneng Galaxy in Botswana – a result that sees them tied on six (6) points with Simba AC, who face Jwaneng Galaxy in next week’s final round, while Wydad take on the high-flying Asec Mimosas.
In Group C, Petro de Luanda’s qualification leaves the race for a second place to be contested by Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Al-Hilal. Interestingly, the two sides face each other head on in a fixture that promises to produce fireworks in Tunis on Saturday evening.
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Match Day 6 Fixtures:
Friday, 01 March
16h00 GMT | CR Belouizdad – Medeama
16h00 GMT | Al Ahly – Young Africans
Saturday, 02 March
13h00 GMT | Pyramids – Nouadhibou
13h00 GMT | Mamelodi Sundowns – TP Mazembe
16h00 GMT | Simba – Jwaneng*
16h00 GMT | Wydad – Asec*
19h00 GMT | ES Tunis – Al-Hilal*
19h00 GMT | Petro de Luanda – ES Sahel
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Group Standings and Match Day 5 Results HERE
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... e-results/
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... ification/
Defending champions, Ahly joined by five strong contenders in quarter-finals
Two quarter-final places remain for the taking in Match Day 6
Photo-finish expected in group stages closing
Six Teams have secured their place in this season’s TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Quarter-finals, after some nail-biting round of Match Day 5 fixtures that took place on Friday and Saturday.
Defending champions and Egyptian giants, Al Ahly remain on course to their title defense after a 1-0 victory over Ghana’s Medeama saw them through to the exciting knockout phase of the competition with a game to spare.
Joining the reigning champions after Match Day 5 are five strong African clubs: Ivorian side Asec Mimosas, South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns who are also the African Football League champions, Angola’s Petro de Luanda, former African Champions and FIFA Club World Cup finalists TP Mazembe and Tanzania’s Young Africans who all qualify for the quarter-finals of the continent’s premier club competition with a game in hand.
Of the current six teams that have officially booked their places, only two are yet to taste continental success, with Al Ahly (11), Asec Mimosas (1), Mamelodi Sundowns (1) and TP Mazembe (5) all having previously lifted Africa’s most coveted club football trophy.
The qualification of the six teams officially sets up a grand closing to the group stages of the competition in what is sure to be a dramatic race to securing the last two available spots on Match Day 6 scheduled for 01 – 02 March.
Mamelodi Sundowns and TP Mazembe are through in Group A, while Group D was decided by Ahly and Young Africans’ respective wins, meaning that the two remaining places will be contested in Group B and C.
In Group B, Morocco’s Wydad AC who had a rather slow start to their Group Stage campaign injected life into the title ambitions with a 1-0 win over Jwaneng Galaxy in Botswana – a result that sees them tied on six (6) points with Simba AC, who face Jwaneng Galaxy in next week’s final round, while Wydad take on the high-flying Asec Mimosas.
In Group C, Petro de Luanda’s qualification leaves the race for a second place to be contested by Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Al-Hilal. Interestingly, the two sides face each other head on in a fixture that promises to produce fireworks in Tunis on Saturday evening.
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Match Day 6 Fixtures:
Friday, 01 March
16h00 GMT | CR Belouizdad – Medeama
16h00 GMT | Al Ahly – Young Africans
Saturday, 02 March
13h00 GMT | Pyramids – Nouadhibou
13h00 GMT | Mamelodi Sundowns – TP Mazembe
16h00 GMT | Simba – Jwaneng*
16h00 GMT | Wydad – Asec*
19h00 GMT | ES Tunis – Al-Hilal*
19h00 GMT | Petro de Luanda – ES Sahel
TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Group Standings and Match Day 5 Results HERE
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... e-results/
TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup: All to play for on Match Day 6
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... tch-day-6/
USM Alger headline five clubs already through to Quarter-Finals
Abu Salem to make Quarter-Final debut
Grand closing expected in Match Day 6
Defending champions of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup USM Alger, along with four other African clubs secured their tickets to the Quarter-Finals of the competition after Match Day 5 on Sunday, 25 February.
Despite losing 2-1 to Libyan side Al Hilal Benghazi, the reigning champions, who also hold the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup title headline the current five clubs that have booked their respective places in the knockout phase of this season’s edition.
After a pulsating round of Match Day 5, the five clubs that have successfully advanced to the Quarter-Finals with a game in hand are: USM Alger, (Algeria), Abu Salem (Libya), RS Berkane (Morocco), Stade Malien (Mali) and Zamalek (Egypt).
Of the five clubs that have qualified, four have won the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup trophy, which are current holders, USM Alger (2022/23), Stade de Malien (2008/09), RS Berkane (2019/20, 2021/22, ) as well as Zamalek (2018/19).
With Match Day 6 scheduled for next weekend to make up the final eight (8) that will aim to dethrone USM Alger, Group B (Zamalek, Abu Salem) and D (RS Berkane, Stade Malien) has been decided with a game to spare, which sees all eyes cast on Group A and D to battle for the three remaining spots.
In Group A, Egypt’s Modern Future need a mere point to take them through but will be up against a highly spirited, Al Hilal Benghazi who could topple them from second place should they get the away win.
An interesting scenario has presented itself in Group C where leaders, Dreams FC of Ghana, who are on 12 points face Rivers United of Nigeria who are three points behind them.
Tunisian side, Club Africain are also on 9 points and face the already eliminated Academica do Lobito of Angola in Tunisia, who may want to bow out of the competition in style by causing a major upset against the more fancied Tunisians at home.
TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Results and Group Standing - HERE
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... e-results/
Match Day 6 Fixtures | Sunday, 03 March
USM Alger – SuperSport United
Sagrada Esperanca – Abu Salem
Modern Future – Al Hilal Benghazi
Diables Noirs – Sekhukhune United
Rivers United – Dreams FC
Club Africain – Academica do Lobito
RS Berkane – Stade Malien
Zamalek – CO Coyah
Kick Off Times & venues TBC*
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... tch-day-6/
USM Alger headline five clubs already through to Quarter-Finals
Abu Salem to make Quarter-Final debut
Grand closing expected in Match Day 6
Defending champions of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup USM Alger, along with four other African clubs secured their tickets to the Quarter-Finals of the competition after Match Day 5 on Sunday, 25 February.
Despite losing 2-1 to Libyan side Al Hilal Benghazi, the reigning champions, who also hold the TotalEnergies CAF Super Cup title headline the current five clubs that have booked their respective places in the knockout phase of this season’s edition.
After a pulsating round of Match Day 5, the five clubs that have successfully advanced to the Quarter-Finals with a game in hand are: USM Alger, (Algeria), Abu Salem (Libya), RS Berkane (Morocco), Stade Malien (Mali) and Zamalek (Egypt).
Of the five clubs that have qualified, four have won the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup trophy, which are current holders, USM Alger (2022/23), Stade de Malien (2008/09), RS Berkane (2019/20, 2021/22, ) as well as Zamalek (2018/19).
With Match Day 6 scheduled for next weekend to make up the final eight (8) that will aim to dethrone USM Alger, Group B (Zamalek, Abu Salem) and D (RS Berkane, Stade Malien) has been decided with a game to spare, which sees all eyes cast on Group A and D to battle for the three remaining spots.
In Group A, Egypt’s Modern Future need a mere point to take them through but will be up against a highly spirited, Al Hilal Benghazi who could topple them from second place should they get the away win.
An interesting scenario has presented itself in Group C where leaders, Dreams FC of Ghana, who are on 12 points face Rivers United of Nigeria who are three points behind them.
Tunisian side, Club Africain are also on 9 points and face the already eliminated Academica do Lobito of Angola in Tunisia, who may want to bow out of the competition in style by causing a major upset against the more fancied Tunisians at home.
TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Results and Group Standing - HERE
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-confedera ... e-results/
Match Day 6 Fixtures | Sunday, 03 March
USM Alger – SuperSport United
Sagrada Esperanca – Abu Salem
Modern Future – Al Hilal Benghazi
Diables Noirs – Sekhukhune United
Rivers United – Dreams FC
Club Africain – Academica do Lobito
RS Berkane – Stade Malien
Zamalek – CO Coyah
Kick Off Times & venues TBC*
CAF Champions League group stage matchday 6 fixtures, 1 March
CAF Champions League group stage matchday 6 results, 1 March
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... -africans/
Group D final standings
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... -africans/
Group D final standings
CAF Champions League group stage matchday 6 fixtures, 2 March
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Lovely to see a non North African dominated knockout stage. Tanzania looking strong.
CAF Champions League group stage matchday 6 results, 2 March
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Groups A, B, C final standings
The last two teams to qualify for the quarter-finals were decided.
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... r-mazembe/
https://www.cafonline.com/caf-champions ... crash-out/
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Groups A, B, C final standings
The last two teams to qualify for the quarter-finals were decided.
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Wydad are bad this year in both CAF Champions League and their domestic league. They are currently 4th, 18 points behind 1st place and 14 points behind 2nd place (but with 2 games in hand), so likely will not qualify for CAF Champions League next season.
Seems like the run to the final of the African Football League took a lot out of them and they could not recover. Of course since the African Football League is invitation-based and not result-based, they may be back for the next edition
Tanzania are now firmly established in the top 6 in the league rankings, overtaking the likes of DR Congo and Sudan.MercedesBenz240 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 22:36 Lovely to see a non North African dominated knockout stage. Tanzania looking strong.
Of course like the above two, they are mostly a two-team league, with Simba and Young Africans getting almost all the ranking points (domestically there is another team Azam that is decent, but have not succeeded in African club competitions).
In general, the country are getting quite a lot of investment in football. Both the men’s and women’s national teams are improving, with both qualifying for this year’s AFCONs, and their women’s u17 reached the 2022 World Cup quarter-finals. Also they will co-host the men’s AFCON in 2027 with Kenya and Uganda.