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2023–24 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds
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The 2023–24 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds began on 18 August and ended on 2 October 2023. A total of 54 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.
All times are local.
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Draw
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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.[1]
The entry round of the 54 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses).
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Format
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).
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
Bracket
The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 25 July 2023. The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Hafia (a)
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Génération Foot
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Hafia
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
 Wydad AC
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  AS GNN
| — | — | ||||||||||
| 4 |  AS Douanes Burkina Faso
| — | — | w/o | |||||||||
| AS Douanes Burkina Faso
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 Espérance de Tunis
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Bo Rangers
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  LISCR
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bo Rangers
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
 CR Belouizdad
| 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Medeama (p)
| 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 4 |  Remo Stars
| 0 | 1 | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Medeama
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Horoya
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  KMKM
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Saint George
| 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Saint George
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 Al Ahly
| 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  APR
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Gaadiidka
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| APR
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Pyramids
| 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Centre Sportif de Bendje
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Bumamuru
| 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bumamuru
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 Mamelodi Sundowns
| 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  African Stars
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Power Dynamos (a)
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Power Dynamos
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
 Simba (a)
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  UD Songo
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Green Mamba
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| UD Songo
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Petro de Luanda
| 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Dragón
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Nyasa Big Bullets
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Nyasa Big Bullets
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
 TP Mazembe
| 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Al Ahly Benghazi
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Enyimba
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Al Ahly Benghazi
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
 ASEC Mimosas
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Coton FC
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | ASEC Mimosas
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 | CS Constantine
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 4 | Étoile du Sahel
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Étoile du Sahel
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| ASFAR
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  ASKO Kara
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | ASFAR
| 1 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Real Bamako
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Coton Sport
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Real Bamako
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
 FC Nouadhibou
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | FC Nouadhibou
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Al Ahli Tripoli
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Primeiro de Agosto
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | AS Vita Club
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Primeiro de Agosto
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
 Al Hilal
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Salaam FC Bor
| — | — | ||||||||||
| 2 | Al Hilal
| — | — | w/o | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  AS Otohô
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | Al Merrikh (a)
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Al Merrikh
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Young Africans
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Djibouti Telecom
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Young Africans
| 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Jwaneng Galaxy
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Vipers
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Jwaneng Galaxy (p)
| 1 | 0 | 1 (5) | ||||||||||
| Orlando Pirates
| 0 | 1 | 1 (4) | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Djabal
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Orlando Pirates
| 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
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First round
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The first round, also called the first preliminary round, included the 44 teams that did not receive byes to the second round.
Notes:
- AS Douanes Burkina Faso won on a walkover after Niger clubs withdrew from 2023–24 CAF interclub competitions due to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.[2]
Referee: Alhasan Baboucarr Bass (Gambia)
Referee: Karim Sabry (Morocco)
2–2 on aggregate. Hafia won on away goals.
Referee: Adaari Abdul-Latif (Ghana)
Bo Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Vincent Kabore (Burkina Faso)
Referee: Kouassi Frederic Francois Biro (Ivory Coast)
1–1 on aggregate. Medeama won 3–2 on penalties.
Referee: Philip Brooke (Kenya)
Referee: Andre Kolissala Mbangui (Central African Republic)
Saint George won 5–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Dedjinnanchi Tanisla Ahomlanto (Benin)
Referee: Idris Mohammed Osman (Eritrea)
APR won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Jose Asangono (Equatorial Guinea)
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Bumamuru won 6–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Cregue Fleury Moukagni (Gabon)
Referee: Luxolo Badi (South Africa)
2–2 on aggregate. Power Dynamos won on away goals.
Referee: Fabricio Duarte (Cape Verde)
Referee: Noris Aaron Godfrey Arissol (Seychelles)
UD Songo won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Fitial Charel Just Kokolo (Congo)
Referee: Wilhem Letukwafa Haitembu (Namibia)
Nyasa Big Bullets won 3–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria)
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)
Al Ahly Benghazi won 4–3 on aggregate.
Referee: Naim Hosni (Tunisia)
Referee: Rulisa Patience Fidele (Rwanda)
ASEC Mimosas won 2–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)
Étoile du Sahel won 3–0 on aggregate.
Referee: David Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour (Egypt)
ASFAR won 8–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Younoussa Tawel Camara (Guinea)
Referee: Yannick Malala Kabanga (DR Congo)
Real Bamako won 2–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Ousmane Diakate (Mali)
Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
FC Nouadhibou won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)
Primeiro de Agosto won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
Referee: Jean Claude Ishimwe (Rwanda)
1–1 on aggregate. Al Merrikh won on away goals.
Referee: Tsegay Mogos Teklu (Eritrea)
Referee: Mathews Moonje Hamalila (Zambia)
Young Africans won 7–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Retselisitsoe David Molise (Lesotho)
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Jwaneng Galaxy won 3–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Easter Zimba (Malawi)
Referee: Keren Yocette (Seychelles)
Orlando Pirates won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Second round
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The second round, also called the second preliminary round, included 32 teams: the 10 teams that received byes to this round, and the 22 winners of the first round.
Referee: Patrick Tanguy Vlei (Ivory Coast)
Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)
Wydad AC won 4–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Espérance de Tunis won 1–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Mohamad Ali Moussa (Niger)
CR Belouizdad won 6–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Mustapha Kechaf (Morocco)
Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria)
Medeama won 4–3 on aggregate.
Referee: Pousri Armi Alfred (Chad)
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Al Ahly won 7–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
Pyramids won 6–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)
Referee: Antoine Max Depadoux Effa Essouma (Cameroon)
Mamelodi Sundowns won 6–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Karim Sabry (Morocco)
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya}
3–3 on aggregate. Simba won on away goals.
Referee: Masixole Bambiso (South Africa)
Referee: Patrice Milazare (Mauritius)
Petro de Luanda won 5–2 on aggregate.
Referee: Mohamed Diraneh Guedi (Djibouti)
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)
TP Mazembe won 5–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Mitiku Tewodros (Ethiopia)
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)
ASEC Mimosas won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Mohamed Adel (Egypt)
Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi}
Étoile du Sahel won 3–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia)
FC Nouadhibou won 4–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)
Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Al Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
Referee: Tanguy Patrice Mebiame (Gabon)
Young Africans won 3–0 on aggregate.
Referee: Rulisa Patience Fidele (Rwanda)
Referee: Celso Armindo Alvação (Mozambique)
1–1 on aggregate. Jwaneng Galaxy won 5–4 on penalties.
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Notes
- The Saint George v Al Ahly match, originally scheduled to be played between 15 or 17 September 2023, was rescheduled to 24 September 2023 due to Al Ahly participation in the 2023 CAF Super Cup on 15 September 2023.
- The Al Ahly Benghazi v ASEC Mimosas match, originally scheduled to be played on 17 September 2023 at Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi, was rescheduled to 18 September 2023 at Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse (Tunisia) due to the Storm Daniel.
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