2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup
22nd season of the CAF Confederation Cup
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The 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup, officially the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 22nd edition of the CAF Confederation Cup and 50th overall season of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
16 August – 22 September 2024
Competition proper:
27 November 2024 – 25 May 2025
RS Berkane (3rd title)
Simba| TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2024–2025 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | Qualification: 16 August – 22 September 2024 Competition proper: 27 November 2024 – 25 May 2025 |
| Teams | 52 (from 40 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | RS Berkane (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Simba |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 62 |
| Goals scored | 135 (2.18 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Ismaïl Belkacemi Oussama Lamlioui(5 goals each) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs) | |
The winners, RS Berkane, earned the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League in the 2025 CAF Super Cup.[2]
Association team allocation
All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to the CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition.[2] As a result, a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
For this season's edition, CAF used the 2019–2024 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs performance over the 5 years in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for the points are as follows:[3][4]
| 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 were 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
The following 52 teams from 40 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 2019–2023 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
- Associations which did not enter a team
Sudan (9 – 37 pts; eligible for two entrants)
Mauritania (17 – 10.5 pts)
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Djibouti
Eritrea
Gabon
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Namibia
Réunion
São Tomé and Príncipe
Notes
- ^ The identity of the team was not known in the draw; as the Coupe du Faso was postponed and the Burkinabé representative was yet to be determined by the time of the draw.[5][6]
- ^ The Egyptian Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in this season's CAF competitions. As a result, Al Masry, who finished the first half of the season at third place (and were also at third place by the time of the draw) qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup.[7]
- ^ The Libyan Premier League was not finished by the CAF deadline for associations to submit teams participating in this season's CAF competitions. CAF approved a request made by the Libyan Football Federation to submit the names of participating teams in the competition following the end of the season by 22 July 2024, and as a result, Libyan teams were listed as Libya 1 and Libya 2 during the draw; as their identity was still unknown by the time of the draw.[8]
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying rounds | First round | 11 July 2024[9] | 16–18 August 2024 | 23–25 August 2024 |
| Second round | 13–15 September 2024 | 20–22 September 2024 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 7 October 2024 | 27 November 2024 | |
| Matchday 2 | 8 December 2024 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 15 December 2024 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 5 January 2025 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 12 January 2025 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 19 January 2025 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | 20 February 2025 | 2 April 2025 | 9 April 2025 |
| Semi-finals | 20 April 2025 | 27 April 2025 | ||
| Final | 17 May 2025 | 25 May 2025 | ||
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024, 12:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[10][11] 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 a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
El Kanemi Warriors  | 2–3 |  Dadje | 1–1 | 1–2 |
ASC Kara  | 4–2 |  AS FAN | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Paynesville  | 5–0 |  Fovu Club | 4–0 | 1–0 |
Hafia  | 1–1 (a) |  Étoile Filante | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Union de Touarga | 0–0 (1–2 p) |  RC Abidjan | 0–0 | 0–0 |
East End Lions  | 0–4 |  ASC Jaraaf | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Administration Police  | 1–0 |  Ethiopian Coffee | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Jamus  | 0–5 |  Stade Tunisien | 0–1 | 0–4 |
Uhamiaji  | 1–5 |  Al Ahli Tripoli | 0–2 | 1–3 |
Kitara  | 4–6 | Al Hilal Benghazi | 2–3 | 2–3 |
Horseed  | 0–2 |  Rukinzo | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Nsingizini Hotspurs  | 0–8 |  Stellenbosch | 0–3 | 0–5 |
Elgeco Plus  | 1–1 (a) |  Desportivo da LS | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Bravos do Maquis | 3–0 | Coastal Union | 3–0 | 0–0 |
Alizé Fort  | 0–11 |  Black Bulls | 0–7 | 0–4 |
15 de Agosto  | 1–4 |  AS Otohô | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Foresters  | 1–3 |  Orapa United | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Dynamos  | 1–0 |  ZESCO United | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Nsoatreman  | 5–0 |  Elect Sport | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| CS Constantine | 4–1 |  Police FC | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Second round
The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadje | 0–7 | RS Berkane | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| ASC Kara | 2–3 | ASEC Mimosas | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Paynesville | 2–3 |  Stade Malien | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Étoile Filante | 0–0 (2–3 p) | Enyimba | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| RC Abidjan | 0–3 | ASC Jaraaf | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Administration Police | 1–3 |  Zamalek | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Stade Tunisien | 1–2 | USM Alger | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Al Ahli Tripoli | 1–3 | Simba | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Al Hilal Benghazi | 5–5 (3–5 p) | Al Masry | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Rukinzo | 0–2 | CS Sfaxien | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Stellenbosch | 3–1 |  AS Vita Club | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Desportivo da LS | 2–2 (a) | Sekhukhune United | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Bravos do Maquis | 3–1 | Saint-Éloi Lupopo | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Black Bulls | 2–2 (a) | AS Otohô | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Orapa United | 1–1 (3–1 p) | Dynamos | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Nsoatreman | 0–3 | CS Constantine | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 7 October 2024, 10:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+3), in Cairo, Egypt.[12] The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds were drawn into four groups of four.
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 contained one team from Pot 1 and one from Pot 2, with two groups including one team from Pot 3 and one from Pot 4, and the remaining two groups featuring two teams from Pot 4. Teams were allocated to positions in their respective groups according to their pot. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
| Tiebreakers |
|---|
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):
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Group A
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSB | STB | CDL | SMB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RS Berkane |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Stellenbosch |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 9 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Desportivo da LS |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Stade Malien |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — |
Group C
Notes:
- Ranked on goal difference in head-to-head matches: ASEC Mimosas +1, ASC Jaraaf –1.
Group D
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 the 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 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.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| A | Simba |
CS Constantine |
| B | RS Berkane |
Stellenbosch |
| C | USM Alger |
ASEC Mimosas |
| D | Zamalek |
Al Masry |
Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 20 February 2025, 17:00 AST (UTC+3) at the beIN Sports headquarters in Doha, Qatar.[13]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| ASEC Mimosas
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| RS Berkane
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| RS Berkane
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| CS Constantine
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| CS Constantine (p)
| 1 | 1 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| USM Alger
| 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||
| RS Berkane
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Simba
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Masry
| 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Simba (p)
| 0 | 2 | 2 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Simba
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Stellenbosch
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stellenbosch
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Zamalek
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stellenbosch | 1–0 | Zamalek | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 0–2 | RS Berkane | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| CS Constantine | 2–2 (4–3 p) | USM Alger | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Al Masry | 2–2 (1–4 p) | Simba | 2–0 | 0–2 |
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS Berkane | 4–1 | CS Constantine | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Simba | 1–0 | Stellenbosch | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Final
The first leg was played on 17 May, and the second leg was played on 25 May 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS Berkane | 3–1 | Simba | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| RS Berkane | 2–0 | Simba |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Simba | 1–1 | RS Berkane |
|---|---|---|
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Report |
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oussama Lamlioui |
RS Berkane |
1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Ismaïl Belkacemi |
USM Alger |
2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ifeanyi Ihemekwele |
Enyimba |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | Issoufou Dayo |
RS Berkane |
2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Youssef Zghoudi |
RS Berkane |
2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Paul Bassène |
RS Berkane |
2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kibu Denis |
Simba |
2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Fakhreddine Ben Youssef |
Al Masry |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Seifeddine Jaziri |
Zamalek |
1 | 2 | ||||||||||||