2023 CAF Women's Champions League
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5 August – 16 September
Main tournament:
5 November – 19 November
Total: 34 (from 34 associations)
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Dates | Qualification: 5 August – 16 September Main tournament: 5 November – 19 November |
| Teams | Main tournament: 8 Total: 34 (from 34 associations) |
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mamelodi Sundowns (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  SC Casablanca |
| Third place | AS FAR |
| Fourth place |  Ampem Darkoa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 41 (2.56 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Refilwe Tholakele(5 goals) |
| Best player |  Boitumelo Rabale |
| Best goalkeeper | Andile Dlamini |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League was the 3rd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, it was hosted by Ivory Coast from 5 to 19 November 2023.[1] The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for the group stage of the following edition of the tournament. The qualification draw was conducted on 5 July 2023 at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Rabat, Morocco.[2][3]
Group A 
Group BQualification for this edition like the previous two editions of the tournament were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which was contested between August and September 2023 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, AS FAR qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament.[4]
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ivory Coast | Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan (hosts) | 2022–23 Ivory Coast Women's Championship champions | 1st |
| Morocco |
AS FAR (holders) | 2022 CAF Women's Champions League winners | 3rd |
| SC Casablanca | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers champions | 1st | |
 Mali | AS Mandé | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions | 2nd |
| Ghana | Ampem Darkoa | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions | 1st |
 Tanzania | JKT Queens | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers champions | 1st |
 Equatorial Guinea | Huracanes | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions | 1st |
| South Africa | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers Champions | 3rd |
Draw
The draw of this edition of the tournament was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on 9 October 2023 at 16:00 CET (16:00 GMT).[5] The 8 confirmed teams was drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, Athlético Abidjan was allocated to position A1.[6]
Venues
| Korhogo | San-Pédro | |
|---|---|---|
| Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium | Laurent Pokou Stadium | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
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Match officials
- Referees
Ghada Mehat
Suavis Iratunga
Aline Guimbang A Etong
Shahenda El Maghrabi
Natacha Konan
Eness Gumbo
Antsino Twanyanyukwa
Yemisi Akintoye
Salima Mukansanga- Aline Umutoni
Akhona Makalima
Vincentia Amedome
Dorsaf Ganouati
Shamirah Nabadda
- Assistant referees
- Asma Feriel Ouahab
Nafissatou Yekini- Fidès Bangurambona
- Yara Atef
- Prisca Danielle Ta
Mary Njoroge- Bernadettar Kwimbira
Fanta Koné
Meriem Chedad
Queency Victoire- Houda Afine
Nancy Kasitu
- Video assistant referees
Issa Sy- Maria Rivet
Fatiha Jermoumi- Bouchra Karboubi
- Soukaina Hamdi
- Abongile Tom
- Diana Chikotesha
Group stage
Knockout phase
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| November 15 – Korhogo | ||||||
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | |||||
| November 18 – Korhogo | ||||||
| AS FAR | 0 | |||||
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 3 | |||||
| November 15 – San Pédro | ||||||
| SC Casablanca | 0 | |||||
| Ampem Darkoa | 2 (2) | |||||
| SC Casablanca (p) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| November 19 – Korhogo | ||||||
| AS FAR | 2 | |||||
| Ampem Darkoa | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–0 | AS FAR |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
| Ampem Darkoa | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | SC Casablanca |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 2–3 | ||
Third-place match
| AS FAR | 2–0 | Ampem Darkoa |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Final
Statistics
Top scorers
This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this tournament:
Final standings
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | +10 | |
| 2 | SC Casablanca |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | −1 | |
| 3 | AS FAR |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | +3 | |
| 4 | Ampem Darkoa |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | −2 | |
| Eliminated in group stage | ||||||||||
| 5 | AS Mandé |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
| 6 | JKT Queens |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | |
| 7 | Huracanes |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | |
| 8 | Athlético Abidjan |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | |
Awards
The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Best Player | Boitumelo Rabale |
Mamelodi Sundowns |
| Top Goal scorer | Refilwe Tholakele | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Andile Dlamini | |
| Fairplay team | Mamelodi Sundowns | |
The CAF Technical Study Group has announced the tournament’s Best XI as follows:[8]
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best XI | |||
Coach: Jerry Tshabalala