List of African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League finals

List of African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League finals
Founded1966
RegionAfrica (CAF)
Number of teams16 (group stage) from 52
2 (finalists)
Current championsEgypt Al Ahly (12th title)
Most successful club(s)Egypt Al Ahly (12 titles)
2024–25 CAF Champions League

The CAF Champions League is a seasonal association football competition established in 1966 as the African Cup of Champions Clubs, open initially to the league champions of all CAF member associations, but since 1997 also currently includes the clubs finishing second in the strongest leagues from the CAF 5-year ranking and the competition's defending champions.[1]

List of finals

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Key
Won after extra time
Won on away goals
Won on penalty shoot-out
Won after a replay
  • The "Year" column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
  • Finals are listed in the order they were played.
List of African Cup of Champions Clubs & CAF Champions League finals
List of African Cup of Champions Clubs finals (1966–1996)
Single match format
Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
Nation Club Club Nation
1964–65  Cameroon Oryx Douala 2–1 Stade Malien  Mali Accra Stadium, Accra 30,000
Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
Nation Club Club Nation
1966  Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 3–1 Real Bamako  Mali Stade Municipal, Bamako 30,000
4–1 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 40,000
Stade d'Abidjan won 5–4 on aggregate
1967  Ghana Asante Kotoko 1–1 TP Englebert  Congo-Kinshasa Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi
2–2 Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
w/o Stade Omnisports de Yaoundé, Yaoundé
TP Englebert won after Asante Kotoko failed to appear for the 3rd match
1968  Congo-Kinshasa TP Englebert 5–0 Étoile Filante  Togo Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
1–4 Stade Général Eyadema, Lomé
TP Englebert won 6–4 on aggregate
1969  Congo-Kinshasa TP Englebert 2–2 Ismaily  United Arab Republic Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa 80,000
1–3 Nasser Stadium, Cairo 130,000
Ismaily won 5–3 on aggregate
1970  Ghana Asante Kotoko 1–1 TP Englebert  Congo-Kinshasa Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi
2–1 Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
Asante Kotoko won 3–2 on aggregate
1971  Ghana Asante Kotoko 3–0 Canon Yaoundé  Cameroon Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi
0–2 Stade Militaire Garoua, Yaoundé
0–1 Stade Militaire Garoua, Yaoundé
Canon Yaoundé won 1–0 on the 3rd match
1972  Guinea Hafia FC 4–2 Simba FC  Uganda Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
3–2 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Hafia FC won 7–4 on aggregate
1973  Ghana Asante Kotoko 4–2 Vita Club  Zaire Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi
0–3 Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
Vita Club won 5–4 on aggregate
1974  Congo CARA Brazzaville 4–2 Ghazl El Mahalla  Egypt Stade de la Revolution, Brazzaville
2–1 El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra
CARA Brazzaville won 6–3 on aggregate
1975  Guinea Hafia FC 1–0 Enugu Rangers  Nigeria Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
2–1 Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Hafia FC won 3–1 on aggregate
1976  Guinea Hafia FC 3–0 MC Alger  Algeria Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 30,000
0–3 Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers 80,000
MC Alger won 3–1 on penalties (3–3 on aggregate)
1977  Ghana Hearts of Oak 0–1 Hafia FC  Guinea Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
2–3 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Hafia FC won 4–2 on aggregate
1978  Guinea Hafia FC 0–0 Canon Yaoundé  Cameroon Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
0–2 Stade Omnisport, Yaoundé
Canon Yaoundé won 2–0 on aggregate
1979  Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–0 Union Douala  Cameroon Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
0–1 Stade Omnisport, Yaoundé
Union Douala won 5–3 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)
1980  Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 2–2 AS Bilima  Zaire Stade de Garoua, Garoua
3–0 Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa
Canon Yaoundé won 5–2 on aggregate
1981  Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 4–0 Vita Club  Zaire Stade 1er Novembre, Tizi-Ouzou 20,000
1–0 Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa 30,000
JE Tizi Ouzou won 5–0 on aggregate
1982  Egypt Al Ahly 3–0 Asante Kotoko  Ghana Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 60,000
1–1 Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi 50,000
Al Ahly won 4–1 on aggregate
1983  Egypt Al Ahly 0–0 Asante Kotoko  Ghana Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 90,000
0–1 Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi 50,000
Asante Kotoko won 1–0 on aggregate
1984  Egypt Zamalek SC 2–0 Shooting Stars  Nigeria Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
1–0 Surulere Stadium, Lagos
Zamalek SC won 3–0 on aggregate
1985  Morocco FAR Rabat 5–2 AS Bilima  Zaire Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat
1–1 Mobutu Stadium, Lubumbashi
FAR Rabat won 6–3 on aggregate
1986  Egypt Zamalek SC 2–0 Africa Sports  Ivory Coast Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
0–2 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Zamalek SC won 4–2 on penalties (2–2 on aggregate)
1987  Sudan Al-Hilal 0–0 Al Ahly  Egypt Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
0–2 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 70,000
Al Ahly won 2–0 on aggregate
1988  Nigeria Iwuanyanwu Nationale 1–0 Entente de Sétif  Algeria Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
0–4 Stade du 17 Juin, Constantine 55,000
Entente de Sétif won 4–1 on aggregate
1989  Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–0 MC Oran  Algeria Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 50,000
0–1 Stade du 19 Juin, Oran 45,000
Raja Casablanca won 4–2 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)
1990  Algeria JS Kabylie 1–0 Nkana Red Devils  Zambia Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers 65,000
0–1 Independence Stadium, Lusaka 35,000
JS Kabylie won 5–3 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)
1991  Tunisia Club Africain 6–2 SC Villa  Uganda Stade El Menzah, Tunis 40,000
1–1 Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala 25,000
Club Africain won 7–3 on aggregate
1992  Morocco Wydad AC 2–0 Al-Hilal  Sudan Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
0–0 Al-Hilal Stadium, Omdurman
Wydad Casablanca won 2–0 on aggregate
1993  Ghana Asante Kotoko 0–0 Zamalek SC  Egypt Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi
0–0 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Zamalek SC won 7–6 on penalties (0–0 on aggregate)
1994  Egypt Zamalek SC 0–0 ES Tunis  Tunisia Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 90 000
1–3 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 50 000
ES Tunis won 3–1 on aggregate
1995  South Africa Orlando Pirates 2–2 ASEC Mimosas  Ivory Coast FNB Stadium, Johannesburg
1–0 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Orlando Pirates won 3–2 on aggregate
1996  Nigeria Shooting Stars 2–1 Zamalek SC  Egypt Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan 30 000
1–2 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 75 000
Zamalek SC won 5–4 on penalties (3–3 on aggregate)
List of CAF Champions League finals (1997–present)
1997  Ghana Obuasi Goldfields 1–0 Raja Casablanca  Morocco Len Clay Stadium, Obuasi 20,000
0–1 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 85,000
Raja Casablanca won 5–4 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)
1998  Zimbabwe Dynamos FC 0–0 ASEC Mimosas  Ivory Coast National Sports Stadium, Harare 45,000
2–4 Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan 50,000
ASEC Mimosas won 4–2 on aggregate
1999  Morocco Raja Casablanca 0–0 ES Tunis  Tunisia Stade Père-Jégo, Casablanca 10,000
0–0 Stade El Menzah, Tunis 50,000
Raja Casablanca won 4–3 on penalties (0–0 on aggregate)
2000  Tunisia ES Tunis 1–2 Hearts of Oak  Ghana Stade El Menzah, Tunis 30,000
1–3 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 45,000
Hearts of Oak won 5–2 on aggregate
2001  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1–1 Al Ahly  Egypt Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria 5,000
0–3 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 80,000
Al Ahly won 4–1 on aggregate
2002  Morocco Raja Casablanca 0–0 Zamalek SC  Egypt Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 60,000
0–1 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 67,310
Zamalek SC won 1–0 on aggregate
2003  Nigeria Enyimba 2–0 Ismaily  Egypt Enyimba International Stadium, Aba
0–1 Ismailia Stadium, Ismaïlia 20,000
Enyimba won 2–1 on aggregate
2004  Tunisia ES Sahel 2–1 Enyimba  Nigeria Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse 28,000
1–2 Enyimba International Stadium, Aba 60,000
Enyimba won 5–3 on penalties (3–3 on aggregate)
2005  Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0–0 Al Ahly  Egypt Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse 20,000
0–3 Military Academy Stadium, Cairo 35,000
Al Ahly won 3–0 on aggregate
2006  Egypt Al Ahly 1–1 CS Sfaxien  Tunisia Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 74,000
1–0 Stade 7 November, Radès 60,000
Al Ahly won 2–1 on aggregate
2007  Tunisia ES Sahel 0–0 Al Ahly  Egypt Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse 25,000
3–1 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 74,000
ES Sahel won 3–1 on aggregate
2008  Egypt Al Ahly 2–0 Coton Sport  Cameroon Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
2–2 Roumdé Adjia Stadium, Garoua
Al Ahly won 4–2 on aggregate
2009  Nigeria Heartland FC 2–1 TP Mazembe  DR Congo Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri 10,000
0–1 Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba, Lubumbashi 35,000
TP Mazembe won on away goals (2–2 on aggregate)
2010  DR Congo TP Mazembe 5–0 ES Tunis  Tunisia Stade Frederic Kibassa Maliba, Lubumbashi 50,000
1–1 Stade 7 November, Tunis 65,000
TP Mazembe won 6–1 on aggregate
2011  Morocco Wydad AC 0–0 ES Tunis  Tunisia Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 70,000
0–1 Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis 65,000
ES Tunis won 1–0 on aggregate
2012  Egypt Al Ahly 1–1 ES Tunis  Tunisia Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria 25,000
2–1 Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis 31,000
Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate
2013  South Africa Orlando Pirates 1–1 Al Ahly  Egypt Orlando Stadium, Soweto 40,000
0–2 Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo 20,000
Al Ahly won 3–1 on aggregate
2014  DR Congo AS Vita Club 2–2 ES Sétif  Algeria Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa 40,000
1–1 Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida 35,000
ES Sétif won on away goals (3–3 on aggregate)
2015  Algeria USM Alger 1–2 TP Mazembe  DR Congo Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers 15,000
0–2 Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi 18,000
TP Mazembe won 4–1 on aggregate
2016  South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 3–0 Zamalek SC  Egypt Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria 30,000
0–1 Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria 70,000
Mamelodi Sundowns won 3–1 on aggregate
2017  Egypt Al Ahly 1–1 Wydad AC  Morocco Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria 60,000
0–1 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 68,000
Wydad Casablanca won 2–1 on aggregate
2018  Egypt Al Ahly 3–1 ES Tunis  Tunisia Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria 60,000
0–3 Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis 60,000
ES Tunis won 4–3 on aggregate
2018–19  Morocco Wydad AC 1–1 ES Tunis  Tunisia Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat 50,000
Abandoned[a] Stade Olympique de Radès, Tunis 60,000
ES Tunis were declared champions after second leg was abandoned
Single match format
Year Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
Nation Club Club Nation
2019–20  Egypt Al Ahly 2–1 Zamalek SC  Egypt Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 0[b]
2020–21  Egypt Al Ahly 3–0 Kaizer Chiefs  South Africa Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 0[c]
2021–22  Morocco Wydad AC 2–0 Al Ahly  Egypt Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 45.000
Two-legged format
Season Home Score Away Venue Attendance
Nation Club Club Nation
2022–23  Egypt Al Ahly 2–1 Wydad AC  Morocco Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 50.000
1–1 Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 45.000
Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate
2023–24  Tunisia ES Tunis 0–0 Al Ahly  Egypt Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunis 35,000
0–1 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 52,000
Al Ahly won 1–0 on aggregate

Performances

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By club

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Performance in the African Cup and CAF Champions League by club
Club
Titles Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Egypt Al Ahly 12 5 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 1983, 2007, 2017, 2018, 2022
Egypt Zamalek 5 3 1984, 1986, 1993, 1996, 2002 1994, 2016, 2020
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 5 2 1967, 1968, 2009, 2010, 2015 1969, 1970
Tunisia ES Tunis 4 5 1994, 2011, 2018, 2019 1999, 2000, 2010, 2012, 2024
Morocco Wydad AC 3 3 1992, 2017, 2022 2011, 2019, 2023
Guinea Hafia FC 3 2 1972, 1975, 1977 1976, 1978
Morocco Raja CA 3 1 1989, 1997, 1999 2002
Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 3 0 1971, 1978, 1980
Ghana Asante Kotoko 2 5 1970, 1983 1967, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1993
Algeria JS Kabylie 2 0 1981, 1990
Algeria ES Sétif 2 0 1988, 2014
Nigeria Enyimba 2 0 2003, 2004
Democratic Republic of the Congo Vita Club 1 2 1973 1981, 2014
Ghana Hearts of Oak 1 2 2000 1977, 1979
Tunisia ES Sahel 1 2 2007 2004, 2005
Egypt Ismaily 1 1 1969 2003
South Africa Orlando Pirates 1 1 1995 2013
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1 1 1998 1995
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1 1 2016 2001
Cameroon Oryx Douala 1 0 1965
Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 1 0 1966
Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 1 0 1974
Algeria MC Alger 1 0 1976
Cameroon Union Douala 1 0 1979
Morocco AS FAR 1 0 1985
Tunisia Club Africain 1 0 1991
Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Bilima 0 2 1980, 1985
Sudan Al-Hilal 0 2 1987, 1992
Nigeria Shooting Stars 0 2 1984, 1996
Nigeria Heartland 0 2 1988, 2009
Mali Stade Malien 0 1 1965
Mali Real Bamako 0 1 1966
Togo Étoile Filante du Togo 0 1 1968
Uganda Simba FC 0 1 1972
Egypt Ghazl Al-Mehalla 0 1 1974
Nigeria Enugu Rangers 0 1 1975
Ivory Coast Africa Sports 0 1 1986
Algeria MC Oran 0 1 1989
Zambia Nkana FC 0 1 1990
Uganda SC Villa 0 1 1991
Ghana Ashanti Gold 0 1 1997
Zimbabwe Dynamos FC 0 1 1998
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 0 1 2006
Cameroon Coton Sport 0 1 2008
Algeria USM Alger 0 1 2015
South Africa Kaizer Chiefs 0 1 2021


By nations

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Performance in finals by nation
Nation Titles Runners-up Total
 Egypt 18 10 28
 Morocco 7 4 11
 Tunisia 6 7 13
 DR Congo 6 6 12
 Algeria 5 2 7
 Cameroon 5 1 6
 Ghana 3 8 11
 Guinea 3 2 5
 Nigeria 2 5 7
 South Africa 2 3 5
 Ivory Coast 2 2 4
 Congo 1 0 1
 Mali 0 2 2
 Uganda 0 2 2
 Sudan 0 2 2
 Togo 0 1 1
 Zambia 0 1 1
 Zimbabwe 0 1 1

Notes & references

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Notes

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  1. ^ In the 59th minute, Walid El Karti scored a goal for Wydad Casablanca which was subsequently ruled offside by the linesman. Due to a failure of the video assistant referee system, a review of the decision could not be conducted. Believing the goal was valid, Wydad Casablanca protested the decision and the match was interrupted. After 80 minutes of stoppage, the match was ruled as a forfeit by Wydad Casablanca and awarded to ES Tunis, securing them the CAF Champions League title.[2]
  2. ^ The 2020 final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.
  3. ^ The 2021 final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

References

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  1. ^ "Champions' Cup 1997". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "ES Tunis crowned CAF Champions in shambolic circumstances". 31 May 2019.
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