The 2013 CAF Champions League (also known as the 2013 Orange CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 49th edition of Africa's premier club

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tournament organized by the

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(CAF), and the 17th edition under the current

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

format. The winner qualified for the

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, and earned the right to play in the

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. In the final, defending champions Al-Ahly of Egypt defeated Orlando Pirates of South Africa, and were crowned African club champions for a record eighth time.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter if they had not already qualified for the CAF Champions League. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached. For the 2013 CAF Champions League, the CAF used the 2007–2011 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculated points for each association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points were the following: The points were multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows: *2011 – 5 *2010 – 4 *2009 – 3 *2008 – 2 *2007 – 1

Teams

The following teams entered the competition. Teams in bold received a bye to the

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. The other teams entered the preliminary round. ''Associations are shown according to their 2007–2011 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.'' ;Notes The following associations did not enter a team:

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, Djibouti,

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, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi,

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, Mauritius, Namibia,

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, Somalia, South Sudan.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 9 December 2012, and the fixtures were announced by the CAF on 10 December 2012. Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away

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basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the

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was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no

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was played).

Preliminary round

;Notes

First round

Second round

The losers of the second round entered the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 May 2013. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: #Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned #

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in games between the teams concerned # Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned #Goal difference in all games #Goals scored in all games

Group A

Group B

Knock-out stage

Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away

basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the

was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no

was played).

Bracket

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.

Final

In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw.

Top scorers

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caf Champions League 2013

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