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The 2024–25 CAF Champions League knockout stage will start on 28 March with the quarter-finals and end on 1 June 2025 with the second leg of the final to decide the champions of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League. 8 teams will compete in the knockout stage. Times are local.
The 2024–25 CAF Champions League, officially the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, [1] is the 61st season of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the 29th under the CAF Champions League title.
The 2024 CAF Champions League final were the final matches of the 2023–24 CAF Champions League, the 60th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 28th edition under the current CAF Champions League title. [1] [2]
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.
The 2024–25 CAF Champions League group stage began on 26 November 2024 and ended on 19 January 2025. 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.
The 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup knockout stage will start on 30 March with the quarter-finals and end on 25 May 2025 with the second leg of the final to decide the champions of the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup. 8 teams will compete in the knockout stage. Times are local.
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.
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024, 12:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. [1] [2] The entry round of the 59 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).