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's premier club

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tournament organized by the

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(CAF), and the 28th edition under the current

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title. The winners,

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, for their second consecutive and a record-extending 12th 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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. They also qualified for the brand new

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and the expanded

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in the United States. The qualifying rounds for the CAF Champions League may have been pushed back to August and September, and the group stage pushed forward to start in November. No official explanation was given, though the press claims that the reason was the introduction of CAF's newest competition, the African Football League, which began on 20 October 2023.

Association team allocation

All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their

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eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached. For the 2023–24 CAF Champions League, the CAF used the 2019–2023

, which calculates points for each entrant 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: *2022–23: × 5 *2021–22: × 4 *2020–21: × 3 *2019–20: × 2 *2018–19: × 1

Teams

The following 54 teams from 42 associations entered 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 2018–2023 CAF 5-year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.'' ; Associations which did not enter a team * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Schedule

Qualifying rounds

First round

Second round

Group stage

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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