2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup

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).

2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup

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 eligible to enter two teams (Top 12 associations)

Association	Rank (Pts)	Team	Qualifying method
Egypt	1 (184)	Zamalek	Title holders (2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup winners)
		Al Masry	2023–24 Egyptian Premier League third place after 17 rounds[Note EGY]
Morocco	2 (148)	RS Berkane	2023–24 Botola third place
		Union de Touarga	2023–24 Botola fourth place
Algeria	3 (119)	CS Constantine	2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
		USM Alger	2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place
South Africa	4 (106)	Stellenbosch	2023–24 South African Premier Division third place
		Sekhukhune United	2023–24 South African Premier Division fourth place
Tunisia	5 (97)	CS Sfaxien	2023–24 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
		Stade Tunisien	2023–24 Tunisian Cup winners
Tanzania	6 (71)	Simba	2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League third place
		Coastal Union	2023–24 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place
DR Congo	7 (54)	Saint-Éloi Lupopo	2023–24 Linafoot third place
		AS Vita Club	2023–24 Coupe du Congo winners
Angola	8 (51.5)	Desportivo da LS	2023–24 Girabola third place
		Bravos do Maquis	2023–24 Taça de Angola runners-up
Libya	10 (35)	Al Ahli Tripoli	2023–24 Libyan Premier League third place[Note LBY]
		Al Hilal Benghazi	2023–24 Libyan Premier League fourth place[Note LBY]
Ivory Coast	11 (30.5)	ASEC Mimosas	2023–24 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
		RC Abidjan	2024 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire winners
Nigeria	12 (25)	Enyimba	2023–24 Nigeria Premier Football League third place
		El Kanemi Warriors	2024 Nigeria Federation Cup winners

Associations eligible to enter one team

Association	Rank (Pts)	Team	Qualifying method
Guinea	13 (20.5)	Hafia	2023–24 Guinée Championnat National third place
Ghana	14 (20)	Nsoatreman	2023–24 Ghana FA Cup winners
Mali	15 (15)	Stade Malien	2023–24 Malian Cup winners
Cameroon	16 (11.5)	Fovu Club	2024 Cameroonian Cup winners
Congo	18 (9.5)	AS Otohô	2024 Congo Premier League runners-up
Botswana	19 (8)	Orapa United	2024 Botswana FA Challenge Cup runners-up
Zambia	20 (7.5)	ZESCO United	2023–24 Zambia Super League runners-up
Senegal	21 (6)	ASC Jaraaf	2023 Senegal FA Cup winners
Togo	T-22 (4)	ASC Kara	2023–24 Togolese Championnat National runners-up
Uganda	T-22 (4)	Kitara	2023–24 Uganda Premier League runners-up
Eswatini	T-24 (1.5)	Nsingizini Hotspurs	2023–24 Eswatini Premier League runners-up
Niger	T-24 (1.5)	AS FAN	2024 Niger Cup winners
Burkina Faso	T-26 (1)	Étoile Filante	2024 Coupe du Faso winners[Note BFA]
Zimbabwe	T-26 (1)	Dynamos	2024 Zimbabwe Cup winners
Benin	28 (0.5)	Dadje	2024 Benin Cup winners
Burundi	—	Rukinzo	2024 Burundian Cup winners
Chad	—	Elect Sport	2024 Chad Premier League runners-up
Comoros	—	Alizé Fort	2024 Comoros Cup runners-up
Equatorial Guinea	—	15 de Agosto	2024 Equatoguinean Cup winners
Ethiopia	—	Ethiopian Coffee	2023–24 Ethiopian Premier League runners-up
Kenya	—	Kenya Police	2024 FKF President's Cup winners
Liberia	—	Paynesville	2024 Liberian FA Cup winners
Madagascar	—	Elgeco Plus	2024 Coupe de Madagascar winners
Mozambique	—	Black Bulls	2024 Taça de Moçambique winners
Rwanda	—	Police FC	2024 Rwandan Cup winners
Seychelles	—	Foresters	2024 Seychelles FA Cup winners
Sierra Leone	—	East End Lions	2024 Sierra Leonean FA Cup winners
Somalia	—	Horseed	2024 Somalia Cup winners
South Sudan	—	Jamus	2024 South Sudan National Cup winners
Zanzibar	—	Uhamiaji	2024 Zanzibari Cup winners

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

1. ^
   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]
2. ^
   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]
3. ^
   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

Main article: 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup 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

Main article: 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup 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.

Tiebreakers

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SSC	CSC	FCB	CSS
1	Simba	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–0	1–0	2–1
2	CS Constantine	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12			2–1	—	4–0	3–0
3	Bravos do Maquis	6	2	1	3	7	14	−7	7			1–1	3–2	—	3–2
4	CS Sfaxien	6	1	0	5	7	10	−3	3			0–1	0–1	4–0	—

Source: CAF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Source: CAF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USMA	ASEC	JAR	ORP
1	USM Alger	6	4	2	0	14	2	+12	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–0	2–0	6–0
2	ASEC Mimosas	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8[a]			1–1	—	2–0	4–0
3	ASC Jaraaf	6	2	2	2	2	4	−2	8[a]			0–0	1–0	—	1–0
4	Orapa United	6	0	2	4	1	13	−12	2			1–2	0–0	0–0	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

1. Ranked on goal difference in head-to-head matches: ASEC Mimosas +1, ASC Jaraaf –1.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZAM	MAS	ENY	ABB
1	Zamalek	6	4	2	0	11	4	+7	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	3–1	2–0
2	Al Masry	6	2	3	1	7	4	+3	9			0–0	—	2–0	3–1
3	Enyimba	6	1	2	3	8	12	−4	5			2–2	1–1	—	4–1
4	Black Bulls	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4			1–3	1–1	3–0	—

Source: CAF

Knockout stage

Main article: 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup 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

Main article: 2025 CAF Confederation Cup 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

17 May 2025 (2025-05-17)

20:00 UTC+1

RS Berkane	2–0	Simba
Camara 8' Lamlioui 14'	Report

Berkane Municipal Stadium, Berkane

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

25 May 2025 (2025-05-25)

16:00 UTC+3

Simba	1–1	RS Berkane
Mutale 17'	Report	Sidibe 90+3'

Amaan Stadium, Zanzibar City (Zanzibar)

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.

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

See also

• 2024–25 CAF Champions League
• 2024 CAF Women's Champions League
• 2025 CAF Super Cup