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| Organising body | CAF |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Abolished | 2004 |
| Region | Africa |
| Number of teams | 32 (first round) |
| Last champions |  Raja CA (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  JS Kabylie (3 titles) |
| Website | cafonline.com |
[1] The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who had yet to qualify to the pre-existing b competition, the African Cup of Champions Clubs.
The tournament was founded in 1992 and modeled after the European UEFA Cup. Trophy was named after Moshood Abiola, a Nigerian businessman, publisher and politician and the first Director of Sports in independent Nigeria.
The CAF Cup was the idea of the past CAF president, Issa Hayatou who successfully made 1992 the year of African football. The competition was initiated soon after the successful 1992 African Cup of Nations in which twelve finalists participated in the competition for the first time in the history of the African competition. 31 teams participated in the CAF Cup's first edition, and the Nigerian club Shooting Stars F.C. were the first to hold the cup after defeating the Ugandan Villa SC in the final.
The trophy became an absolute property of JS Kabylie who have won it outright following their third successive win in 2002 being the one and only team in Africa who is able to show the trophy in his trophy room.
The Moroccan club Raja CA was the last to hold the trophy in 2003 defeating the Cameroonian Cotonsport de Garoua in the final.
In 2004, the CAF Cup was merged with the African Cup Winners' Cup, and was renamed the CAF Confederation Cup, again following the European example of the UEFA Europa League. [1]
Only runners-up of the domestic leagues of member associations were eligible to participate in the competition if and only if they were not participating as cup winners of their national associations cup competitions in the African Cup Winners' Cup.
In case the runner-up of the domestic league was not to participate in the CAF Cup, CAF approval was mandatory to accept another team among the top three placed teams of the concerned association to take part in the competition.
All rounds of the competition including the final were played according to the knock-out system of two legs tie. The team which scores a higher aggregate number of goals in the two matches was qualified for the next round. [2]
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JS Kabylie | 3 | 0 | 2000, 2001, 2002 | - |
 Étoile du Sahel | 2 | 2 | 1995, 1999 | 1996, 2001 |
 Shooting Stars | 1 | 0 | 1992 | - |
 Stella Club d'Adjamé | 1 | 0 | 1993 | - |
| Bendel Insurance | 1 | 0 | 1994 | - |
| Kawkab Marrakech | 1 | 0 | 1996 | - |
| Espérance | 1 | 0 | 1997 | - |
| CS Sfaxien | 1 | 0 | 1998 | - |
| Raja CA | 1 | 0 | 2003 | - |
 Villa SC | 0 | 1 | - | 1992 |
 Simba SC | 0 | 1 | - | 1993 |
 Primeiro de Maio | 0 | 1 | - | 1994 |
 AS Kaloum Star | 0 | 1 | - | 1995 |
| Petro de Luanda | 0 | 1 | - | 1997 |
 ASC Jeanne d'Arc | 0 | 1 | - | 1998 |
| Wydad Casablanca | 0 | 1 | - | 1999 |
 Ismaily | 0 | 1 | - | 2000 |
 Tonnerre Yaoundé | 0 | 1 | - | 2002 |
| Cotonsport Garoua | 0 | 1 | - | 2003 |
| Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunisia | 4 | 2 | Étoile du Sahel (2), Espérance (1), CS Sfaxien (1) | Étoile du Sahel (2) |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | JS Kabylie (3) | - |
| Morocco | 2 | 1 | Kawkab Marrakech (1), Raja CA (1) | Wydad Casablanca (1) |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0 | Bendel Insurance (1), Shooting Stars (1) | - |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0 | Stella Club d'Adjamé (1) | - |
| Angola | 0 | 2 | - | Primeiro de Maio (1), Petro de Luanda (1) |
| Cameroon | 0 | 2 | - | Cotonsport Garoua (1), Tonnerre Yaoundé (1) |
| Uganda | 0 | 1 | - | Villa SC (1) |
| Tanzania | 0 | 1 | - | [Simba S.C.] (1) |
| Guinea | 0 | 1 | - | AS Kaloum Star (1) |
| Senegal | 0 | 1 | - | ASC Jeanne d'Arc (1) |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | - | Ismaily (1) |
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