The 2023–24 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds began on 18 August and ended on 2 October 2023. A total of 54 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League.
All times are local.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023, 11:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
The entry round of the 54 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses).
Entry roundSecond round(10 teams)First round(44 teams)Teams Al Ahly Wydad AC Espérance de Tunis Mamelodi Sundowns CR Belouizdad Pyramids Simba Petro de Luanda TP Mazembe Horoya Orlando Pirates Al Hilal ASEC Mimosas Young Africans Étoile du Sahel Coton Sport AS Vita Club Al Ahli Tripoli Al Merrikh ASFAR Enyimba Real Bamako ASKO Kara Vipers AS Otohô Primeiro de Agosto Jwaneng Galaxy CS Constantine AS GNN Al Ahly Benghazi FC Nouadhibou Coton FC
Bumamuru Djabal Djibouti Telecom Centre Sportif de Bendje Medeama Hafia Dragón Green Mamba Saint George LISCR Nyasa Big Bullets UD Songo African Stars Remo Stars APR Génération Foot Bo Rangers Gaadiidka Salaam FC Bor Power Dynamos KMKM
Format
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).
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+Schedule for the 2023–24 CAF Champions League qualifying roundsRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legFirst round25 July 202318–20 August 202325–27 August 2023Second round15–17 September 202329 September – 1 October 2023
Bracket The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 25 July 2023.
The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.
First round The first round, also called the first preliminary round, included the 44 teams that did not receive byes to the second round.
2–2 on aggregate. Hafia won on away goals.
Bo Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Medeama won 3–2 on penalties.
Saint George won 5–2 on aggregate.
APR won 3–1 on aggregate.
Bumamuru won 6–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Power Dynamos won on away goals.
UD Songo won 2–1 on aggregate.
Nyasa Big Bullets won 3–0 on aggregate.
Al Ahly Benghazi won 4–3 on aggregate.
ASEC Mimosas won 2–0 on aggregate.
Étoile du Sahel won 3–0 on aggregate.
ASFAR won 8–0 on aggregate.
Real Bamako won 2–0 on aggregate.
FC Nouadhibou won 2–1 on aggregate.
Primeiro de Agosto won 2–1 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Al Merrikh won on away goals.
Young Africans won 7–1 on aggregate.
Jwaneng Galaxy won 3–2 on aggregate.
Orlando Pirates won 4–0 on aggregate.
Second round The second round, also called the second preliminary round, included 32 teams: the 10 teams that received byes to this round, and the 22 winners of the first round.
Wydad AC won 4–1 on aggregate.
Espérance de Tunis won 1–0 on aggregate.
CR Belouizdad won 6–2 on aggregate.
Medeama won 4–3 on aggregate.
Al Ahly won 7–0 on aggregate.
Pyramids won 6–1 on aggregate.
Mamelodi Sundowns won 6–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Simba won on away goals.
Petro de Luanda won 5–2 on aggregate.
TP Mazembe won 5–0 on aggregate.
ASEC Mimosas won 2–1 on aggregate.
Étoile du Sahel won 3–1 on aggregate.
FC Nouadhibou won 4–1 on aggregate.
Al Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.
Young Africans won 3–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Jwaneng Galaxy won 5–4 on penalties.
See also 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
Notes
References
External links TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com