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African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League records and statistics

African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League records and statistics

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This page details statistics of the African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League.

General performances

By club

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By nation

By semi-final appearances

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Teams in bold:Finalists in said season

years from 1997 to 2000 the two winners of the two groups were qualifying to the final directly with no semi final stage.

Records and statistics of Champions League era

Participation and group stage qualification

The following table shows teams that took part in the Champions League since its inception in 1997 (up to 2019-20 season), number and years of their appearances and group stage qualification. Number in bracket next to country name denotes number of teams that represented that country in the competition, while countries in red did not have group stage representative.

Total of 406 clubs participated in the Champions League era (teams included are those that found themselves in the draw, regarding of whether they played or not in that specific season), 183 teams participated only once (25 editions, including 2020-21 edition). 80 teams from 27 countries qualified to group stage (including 2020-21 season) while 28 countries did not have group stage representative.

After 2018 edition CAF moved its club competitions to autumn-spring format, meaning that editions after 2018 were played through two years (e.g. 2018–19, 2019–20). In the table below 2019 stands for 2018–19 season, 2020 for 2019–20 season and so on.

Teams are sorted by number of appearances. If the number is same for two or more teams, team that appeared before in their first appearance are listed first.

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W denotes team that was part of the draw, but withdrew (or was ejected by the Confederation) before playing any game.
WG denotes team that qualified to group stage but was disqualified with all of its results annulled.

Records

Last updated on April 28, 2024
Most titles: 12
Al-Ahly Egypt in 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

Most appearances: 26
Al-Ahly Egypt (1998 to 2002 and 2004 to 2023-24)

Most consecutive appearances: 21
Al-Ahly Egypt (2004 to 2023-24)

Most consecutive finals: 5
Al-Ahly Egypt (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024)

Most consecutive matches without losing: 22
Al-Ahly Egypt recorded best undefeated streak through two seasons: 2023 (8 matches), 2024 (14 matches)

Undefeated through entire season:
Espérance Tunisia in 1994 in 10 matches (7-3-0) and in 2018-19 in 12 matches (8-4-0)
Al-Ahly Egypt in 2005 in 14 matches (9-5-0 record)
Al-Ahly Egypt in 2024 in 14 matches (9-5-0 record)

Most goals scored in a season: 36
Al-Ahly Egypt in 2020, 19 goals in preliminary rounds, 7 in group stage, 9 in knockout stage

Most goals conceded in a season: 25
Young Africans SC Tanzania in 1998, 6 goals in preliminary rounds, 19 in group stage

Biggest win: 10 goals margin
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa - Cote d'Or FC Seychelles 11-1 (27 September 2019, First round)
Difaâ El Jadidi Morocco - Sport Bissau e Benfica Guinea-Bissau 10-0 (10 February 2018 , First round)

Biggest aggregate win: 15 goals margin
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa - Cote d'Or FC Seychelles 16-1 (5-0 away, 11-1 at home; 14 September, 27 September 2019, First round)

Most goals scored in a single match: 12
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa - Cote d'Or FC Seychelles 11-1 (27 September 2019, First round)

Group stage records

Most group stage appearances: 21
Al-Ahly Egypt (1999 to 2002, 2005 to 2008, 2010 to 2013, 2016 to 2023-24)
Espérance Tunisia (1999 to 2005, 2007, 2010 to 2014, 2017 to 2023-2024)

Most consecutive group stage appearances: 9
Al-Ahly Egypt (2016 to 2023-2024)
Wydad AC Morocco (2016 to 2023-2024)

Most times advanced past group stage: 16
Espérance Tunisia

Most time advanced past group stage as group winners: 15
Espérance Tunisia

Most consecutive advancements from group stage: 8
Al-Ahly Egypt from 2017 to 2023–24
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2009 to 2019–20
Wydad AC Morocco from 2016 to 2022–23

Most times eliminated in group stage: 8
ASEC Ivory Coast

Most times qualified to group stage but failed to go past it: 2
Africa Sports Ivory Coast
Club Africain Tunisia
MC Alger Algeria
Multiple teams (37) qualified only once to the group stage but failed to go past it.

Most group stage matches played: 114
Al-Ahly Egypt

Most group stage matches won: 59
Espérance Tunisia in 112 matches

Most appearances without group stage qualification: 18
Stade Malien Mali (2020-21 season included)

Most teams from one nation/league: 18
Nigeria Nigeria Premier League; 12 teams qualified only once, eight teams managed to qualify to group stage

Fewest teams from one nation/league: 2
Sudan Sudan Premier League; one team qualified 17 times, other qualified 15 times, both qualified to group stage (8 and 4 times respectively)

Teams that won all six group stage matches:
No teams did it in 24 editions, 56 groups played.

Undefeated through group stage:
10 teams went undefeated through the group stage. One team did it on five occasions, and three teams did it three times.
Espérance Tunisia in 2003 (4-2-0), 2011 (2-4-0), 2017 (3-3-0) and 2018-19 (4-2-0) and 2021-22 (4-2-0)
Al-Ahly Egypt in 2005 (4-2-0), 2008 (3-3-0), and 2024 (3-3-0)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa in 2019-20 (4-2-0), 2021-22 (5-1-0) and 2022-23 (4-2-0)
Étoile Sahel Tunisia in 2005 (2-4-0), 2017 (3-3-0) and 2018 (3-3-0)
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2018 (3-3-0) and 2019-20 (4-2-0)
Hearts of Oak in Ghana 2000 (4-2-0)
ASEC Ivory Coast in 2006 (3-3-0)
JS Kabylie Algeria in 2010 (4-2-0)
Enyimba Nigeria in 2011 (4-2-0)
ES Sétif Algeria in 2014 (2-4-0)
Wydad AC Morocco in 2018 (3-3-0)
Raja CA Morocco in 2022-23 (5-1-0)

Winless in group stage:
24 teams went winless through the group stage. Five teams did it twice.
Platinum Zimbabwe in 2018-19 (0-2-4) and 2019-20 (0-1-5)
Al-Merreikh Sudan in 2009 (0-3-3) and in 2020-21 (0-2-4)
Al-Hilal Sudan in 2017 (0-2-4; forfeited last match) and in 2020-21 (0-4-2)
Zamalek Egypt in 2012 (0-2-4) and in 2021-22 (0-4-2)
Orlando Pirates South Africa in 1997 (0-1-5)
Young Africans SC Tanzania in 1998 (0-2-4)
Sable FC Cameroon in 2000 (0-1-5)
ASC Jeanne d'Arc Senegal in 2000 (0-3-3)
CR Belouizdad Algeria in 2001 (0-1-5)
Costa do Sol Mozambique in 2002 (0-0-6)
Ajax Cape Town South Africa in 2005 (0-3-3)
Espérance Tunisia in 2005 (0-4-2)
Hearts of Oak Ghana in 2006 (0-2-4)
Raja CA Morocco in 2011 (0-3-3)
MC El Eulma Algeria in 2015 (0-1-5)
Coton Sport Cameroon in 2017 (0-0-6) and 2022-23 (0-0-6)
Ismaily Egypt in 2018-19 (0-2-4)
1° do Agosto Angola in 2019-20 (0-4-2)
ZESCO United Zambia in 2019-20 (0-3-3)
Petró Atlético Angola in 2019-20 (0-4-2)
USM Alger Algeria in 2019-20 (0-3-3)
Petró Atlético Angola in 2020-21 (0-1-5)
Jwaneng Galaxy F.C. Botswana in 2021-22 (0-1-5)
G.D. Sagrada Esperança Angola in 2021-22 (0-2-4)
Vipers SC Uganda in 2022-23 (0-2-4)

Teams that lost each of 6 group stage matches:
Costa do Sol Mozambique in 2002
Coton Sport Cameroon in 2017 and 2022-23

Fewest points and went past group stage:
7 points Wydad AC Morocco in 2011 (1-4-1)

Most points and failed to go past group stage:
11 points Zanaco Zambia in 2017 (3-2-1)

Most goals scored in group stage (single season): 17
Raja CA Morocco in 2022-23

Most goals scored in group stage (total): 143
Al-Ahly Egypt in 102 matches

Most goals conceded in group stage (single season): 19
Young Africans SC Tanzania in 1998

Most goals conceded in group stage (total): 98
Al-Ahly Egypt in 102 matches

Fewest goals scored in group stage (single season): 0
Hearts of Oak Ghana in 2006, 0-7 goal difference

Fewest goals conceded in group stage (single season): 1
Espérance Tunisia in 1999
ASEC Ivory Coast in 2006
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2015
Al-Ahly Egypt in 2024

Best goal difference in group stage (single season): +14
Raja CA Morocco in 2022-23, 17-3 goal difference

Worst goal differential in group stage (single season): -16
Costa do Sol Mozambique in 2002, 1-17 goal difference

Biggest win in a group stage match: 8 goals margin
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo - Club Africain Tunisia 8-0 (2 February 2019)

Most goals scored in a group stage match:
Dynamos Zimbabwe 7-2 Saint-Louisienne Réunion

Players

Top goalscorers of more than one season

Mahmoud El Khatib of Egypt, Al Ahly is the most top goalscorer of more than one season of CAF Champions League with 5 seasons: 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987 seasons.
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Top goalscorers

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Hat-tricks

Emmanuel Clottey of Ghana, Berekum Chelsea (pictured here during his time with Espérance S T) is one of the players to have scored more than one hat-trick in the CAF Champions League.

Since 2009

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List of hat-tricks

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  • 4 Player scored 4 goals
  • 5 Player scored 5 goals

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