2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

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 2020–2025 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]

The points were multiplied by a coefficient according to the season as follows:

• 2024–25: × 5
• 2023–24: × 4
• 2022–23: × 3
• 2021–22: × 2
• 2020–21: × 1

The following 58 teams from 46 associations entered the competition.

• Bold received a bye to the second round.
• The other teams entered the first round.

Associations are shown according to their CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.

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Associations eligible to enter two teams (Top 12 associations)

Association	Rank	Team	Qualification method
Egypt	1	Zamalek	2024–25 Egyptian Premier League third place
		Al Masry	2024–25 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
Morocco	2	Wydad AC	2024–25 Botola Pro third place
		Olympic Safi	2023–24 Moroccan Throne Cup winners
South Africa	3	Stellenbosch	2024–25 South African Premiership third place
		Kaizer Chiefs	2024–25 Nedbank Cup champions
Algeria	4	CR Belouizdad	2024–25 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
		USM Alger	2024–25 Algerian Cup champions
Tanzania	5	Azam	2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League third place
		Singida Black Stars	2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
Tunisia	6	Étoile du Sahel	2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
		Stade Tunisien	2024–25 Tunisian Cup runners-up
Angola	7	Primeiro de Agosto	2024–25 Girabola third place
		Kabuscorp	2024–25 Taça de Angola champions
DR Congo	8	AS Maniema Union	2024–25 Linafoot third place
		AS Simba	2024–25 Coupe du Congo Champions
Sudan	9	Al Ahli Madani	2024–25 Sudan Premier League third place
		Al Zamala	2024–25 Sudan Premier League fourth place
Ivory Coast	10	AFAD Djékanou	2024–25 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
		San Pédro	2025 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire champions
Libya	11	Al Akhdar	2024–25 Libyan Premier League third place
		Al Ittihad Tripoli	2024–25 Libyan Premier League fourth place
Nigeria	12	Abia Warriors	2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League third place
		Kwara United	2025 Nigeria Federation Cup champions

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Associations eligible to enter one team

Association	Rank	Team	Qualifying method
Mali	13	Djoliba	2024–25 Malian Première Division runners-up
Ghana	14	Asante Kotoko	2024–25 Ghana FA Cup champions
Guinea	15	Hafia	2024–25 Guinée Championnat National runners-up
Botswana	16	Jwaneng Galaxy	2025 Botswana FA Challenge Cup winners
Senegal	17	Génération Foot	2025 Senegal FA Cup champions
Mauritania	18	ASC Snim	2024–25 Super D1 runners-up
Congo	19	AS Otohô	2025 Coupe du Congo champions
Cameroon	20	Aigle Royal	2025 Cameroonian Cup champions
Togo	21	AS Gbohloé-Su	2024–25 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
Uganda	22	NEC FC	2024–25 Uganda Premier League runners-up
Mozambique	23	Ferroviário de Maputo	2024 Taça de Mozambique champions
Zambia	24	ZESCO United	2025 ABSA Cup champions
Eswatini	25	Royal Leopards	2025 Ingwenyama Cup champions
Niger	25	ASN Nigelec	2025 Niger Cup champions
Burkina Faso	27	USFA	2024–25 Burkinabé Premier League runners-up
Benin	—	Coton FC	2024–25 Benin Premier League Championship play-off losing finalists
Burundi	—	Flambeau du Centre	2025 Burundian Cup champions
Comoros	—	Djabal d'Iconi	2025 Comoros Cup champions
Djibouti	—	AS Port	2025 Djibouti Cup champions
Equatorial Guinea	—	15 de Agosto	2025 Equatoguinean Cup champions
Ethiopia	—	Wolaitta Dicha	2025 Ethiopian Cup runners-up
Gabon	—	FC 105 Libreville	2024–25 Gabon Championnat National D1 runners-up
Kenya	—	Nairobi United	2025 Kenyan Cup champions
Liberia	—	Black Man Warrior	2025 Liberian FA Cup champions
Madagascar	—	AS Fanalamanga	2024–25 Malagasy Pro League runners-up
Malawi	—	Mighty Wanderers	2024 Super League of Malawi runners-up
Mauritius	—	Pamplemousses	2025 Mauritian Cup runners-up
Namibia	—	Young African	2024–25 Namibia Premiership runners-up
Rwanda	—	Rayon Sports	2024–25 Rwanda Premier League runners-up
Seychelles	—	Foresters Mont Fleuri	2025 Seychelles FA Cup champions
Sierra Leone	—	Bhantal	2024–25 Sierra Leone National Premier League runners-up
Somalia	—	Dekedaha	2024 Somalia Cup champions
South Sudan	—	Al Merreikh Juba	2025 South Sudan National Cup runners-up
Zanzibar	—	KMKM	2025 Zanzibari Cup champions

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Associations which did not enter a team

The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2025, 10:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+3), at Azam TV studios in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.^[5] 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

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	5–3	Kwara United	4–3	1–0
Génération Foot	4–6	AFAD Djékanou	1–1	3–5
Bhantal	3–5	Hafia	0–3	3–2
USFA	3–0	AS Gbohloé-Su	1–0	2–0
Abia Warriors	1–2	Djoliba	1–1	0–1
ASN Nigelec	0–6	Olympic Safi	0–1	0–5
Stade Tunisien	2–0	ASC Snim	2–0	0–0
Aigle Royal	2–3	San Pédro	0–1	2–2
Black Man Warrior	1–4	Coton FC	0–0	1–4
Dekedaha	2–2 (a)	Al Zamala	1–0	1–2
Wolaitta Dicha	1–3	Al Ittihad Tripoli	0–0	1–3
NEC FC	3–3 (a)	Nairobi United	2–2	1–1
Al Ahli Madani	1–3	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	0–3
AS Port	2–4	KMKM	1–2	1–2
El Merreikh Bentiu	0–4	Azam	0–2	0–2
Flambeau du Centre	4–3	Al Akhdar	2–1	2–2
Rayon Sports	1–3	Singida Black Stars	0–1	1–2
Foresters Mont Fleuri	1–4	15 de Agosto	1–0	0–4
FC 105 Libreville	2–5	ZESCO United	2–0	0–5
Mighty Wanderers	1–1 (5–6 p)	Jwaneng Galaxy	1–0	0–1
AS Simba	3–0	Djabal d'Iconi	1–0	2–0
Kabuscorp	1–1 (4–5 p)	Kaizer Chiefs	1–0	0–1
Maniema Union	4–3	Pamplemousses	2–1	2–2
Young African	0–7	Royal Leopards	0–2	0–5
Ferroviário de Maputo	3–2	AS Fanalamanga	1–1	2–1
Primeiro de Agosto	1–2	AS Otohô	1–2	0–0

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Second round

The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	1–6	Wydad AC	0–1	1–5
AFAD Djékanou	1–3	USM Alger	1–0	0–3
Hafia	1–3	CR Belouizdad	1–1	0–2
USFA	1–2	Djoliba	0–0	1–2
Olympic Safi	3–2	Stade Tunisien	2–0	1–2
San Pédro	4–1	Coton FC	1–1	3–0
Dekedaha	0–7	Zamalek	0–6	0–1
Al Ittihad Tripoli	1–2	Al Masry	0–0	1–2
Nairobi United	2–2 (7–6 p)	Étoile du Sahel	2–0	0–2
KMKM	0–9	Azam	0–2	0–7
Flambeau du Centre	2–4	Singida Black Stars	1–1	1–3
15 de Agosto	1–4	Stellenbosch	0–0	1–4
ZESCO United	5–4	Jwaneng Galaxy	4–3	1–1
AS Simba	1–3	Kaizer Chiefs	0–0	1–3
Maniema Union	2–2 (4–3 p)	Royal Leopards	1–1	1–1
Ferroviário de Maputo	0–3	AS Otohô	0–1	0–2

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The draw for the group stage was held on 3 November 2025, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa.^[6] 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 each of Pot 1, Pot 2, and Pot 3, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

Group A

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USMA	OCS	DAC	FCSP
1	USM Alger	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	2–0	3–2
2	Olympic Safi	6	4	1	1	7	4	+3	13			0–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Djoliba	6	1	1	4	5	7	−2	4			0–0	0–1	—	4–0
4	San Pédro	6	1	0	5	8	14	−6	3			2–3	0–1	2–0	—

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Source: CAF

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAC	ASMU	AFC	NU
1	Wydad AC	6	5	0	1	9	2	+7	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	2–0	3–0
2	Maniema Union	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12			2–1	—	2–0	3–0
3	Azam	6	3	0	3	4	6	−2	9			0–1	1–0	—	1–0
4	Nairobi United	6	0	0	6	1	11	−10	0			0–1	0–1	1–2	—

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Source: CAF

Group C

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRB	ASO	SFC	SBS
1	CR Belouizdad	6	5	0	1	11	5	+6	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–0	2–0
2	AS Otohô	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4	9			4–1	—	3–0	2–1
3	Stellenbosch	6	1	2	3	2	9	−7	5[a]			0–3	1–0	—	0–0
4	Singida Black Stars	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5[a]			0–1	1–0	1–1	—

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Source: CAF
Notes:

1. [a]

   Ranked on away goals scored in head-to-head matches: Stellenbosch 1, Singida Black Stars 0.

Group D

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZAM	MAS	KCFC	ZUFC
1	Zamalek	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	2–1	1–0
2	Al Masry	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10[a]			1–2	—	2–1	2–0
3	Kaizer Chiefs	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10[a]			1–1	2–1	—	1–0
4	ZESCO United	6	1	0	5	3	8	−5	3			1–0	2–3	0–1	—

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Source: CAF
Notes:

1. [a]

   Ranked on goal difference in all group matches: Al Masry +2, Kaizer Chiefs +1.

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.

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Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	USM Alger	Olympic Safi
B	Wydad AC	Maniema Union
C	CR Belouizdad	AS Otohô
D	Zamalek	Al Masry

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Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 17 February 2026, 12:00 GMT (12:00 local time, UTC+2), at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.^[7]

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Maniema Union	2	0	2
	USM Alger (a)	1	1	2
							USM Alger (a)	0	1	1
							Olympic Safi	0	1	1
	Olympic Safi (a)	1	2	3
	Wydad AC	1	2	3
													USM Alger
													Zamalek
	Al Masry	1	0	1
	CR Belouizdad (a)	1	0	1
							CR Belouizdad	0	0	0
							Zamalek	1	0	1
	AS Otohô	1	1	2
	Zamalek	1	2	3

Quarter-finals

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Masry	1–1 (a)	CR Belouizdad	1–1	0–0
Olympic Safi	3–3 (a)	Wydad AC	1–1	2–2
AS Otohô	2–3	Zamalek	1–1	1–2
Maniema Union	2–2 (a)	USM Alger	2–1	0–1

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Semi-finals

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	1–1 (a)	Olympic Safi	0–0	1–1
CR Belouizdad	0–1	Zamalek	0–1	0–0

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Final

Main article: 2026 CAF Confederation Cup final

The first leg will be played on 9 May, and the second leg will be played on 16 May 2026.

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Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	F	Zamalek	9 May	16 May

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9 May 2026 (2026-05-09)

20:00 UTC+1

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USM Alger	v	Zamalek
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Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

16 May 2026 (2026-05-16)

21:00 UTC+3

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Zamalek	v	USM Alger
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Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

As of 19 April 2026^[update]

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Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	Abdennour Belhocini	CR Belouizdad	1		1	1	1	1							5
2	Sofian El Moudane	Olympic Safi			1		2			1					4

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