The 2022–23 CAF Champions League (officially the 2022–23

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CAF Champions League for sponsorship purposes) was the 59th season of

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's premier club

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tournament organized by the

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(CAF) and the 27th under the current

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title. Unlike the last three seasons, the final of this edition was played in a two-legged format as per the decision of CAF at the executive committee meeting on July 3 at

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, arising from a formal complaint made by

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to CAF over the choice of

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as the venue for the 2022 final: despite the intention that the final be played at a neutral venue, the 2022 tournament culminated with the stadium being the home venue of their opponent,

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. The winners,

for the record-extending 11th title, automatically qualified for the

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and earned the right to play against the winners of the

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in the

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along with the

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in Saudi Arabia.

were the defending champions, but they lost the

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against

Association team allocation

A total of 46 out of the 56 CAF member associations entered this season's CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their

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eligible to enter two teams in this season. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached. For this season of the tournament, CAF used the 2018–2022

, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in CAF club competitions. The criteria for points are as follows: The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows: *2021–22: x 5 *2020–21: × 4 *2019–20: × 3 *2018–19: × 2 *2018: × 1

Teams

The following 58 teams from 46 associations participated in this edition of the competition. *Teams in bold received a bye to the

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. *The other teams entered the

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. ''Associations are shown according to their 2018–2022 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.'' ; Associations which did not enter a team * * * * * * * * * * Notes:

Schedule

The official competition schedule was released on 24 June 2022 on their website to prepare the qualified teams for the upcoming season.

Qualifying rounds

First round

Second round

Group stage

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the

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of the

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Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top goalscorers

References

External links

CAFonline.com
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