This page details statistics of the African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League .
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.
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.
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.
Last updated on April 28, 2024
Most titles: 12
Al-Ahly in 1982, 1987, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
Most appearances: 26
Al-Ahly (1998 to 2002 and 2004 to 2023-24)
Most consecutive appearances: 21
Al-Ahly (2004 to 2023-24)
Most consecutive finals: 5
Al-Ahly (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024)
Most consecutive matches without losing: 22
Al-Ahly recorded best undefeated streak through two seasons: 2023 (8 matches), 2024 (14 matches)
Undefeated through entire season:
Espérance in 1994 in 10 matches (7-3-0) and in 2018-19 in 12 matches (8-4-0)
Al-Ahly in 2005 in 14 matches (9-5-0 record)
Al-Ahly in 2024 in 14 matches (9-5-0 record)
Most goals scored in a season: 36
Al-Ahly 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 in 1998, 6 goals in preliminary rounds, 19 in group stage
Biggest win: 10 goals margin
Mamelodi Sundowns - Cote d'Or FC 11-1 (27 September 2019, First round)
Difaâ El Jadidi - Sport Bissau e Benfica 10-0 (10 February 2018 , First round)
Biggest aggregate win: 15 goals margin
Mamelodi Sundowns - Cote d'Or FC 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 - Cote d'Or FC 11-1 (27 September 2019, First round)
Most group stage appearances: 21
Al-Ahly (1999 to 2002, 2005 to 2008, 2010 to 2013, 2016 to 2023-24)
Espérance (1999 to 2005, 2007, 2010 to 2014, 2017 to 2023-2024)
Most consecutive group stage appearances: 9
Al-Ahly (2016 to 2023-2024)
Wydad AC (2016 to 2023-2024)
Most times advanced past group stage: 16
Espérance
Most time advanced past group stage as group winners: 15
Espérance
Most consecutive advancements from group stage: 8
Al-Ahly from 2017 to 2023–24
TP Mazembe from 2009 to 2019–20
Wydad AC from 2016 to 2022–23
Most times eliminated in group stage: 8
ASEC
Most times qualified to group stage but failed to go past it: 2
Africa Sports
Club Africain
MC Alger
Multiple teams (37) qualified only once to the group stage but failed to go past it.
Most group stage matches played: 114
Al-Ahly
Most group stage matches won: 59
Espérance in 112 matches
Most appearances without group stage qualification: 18
Stade Malien (2020-21 season included)
Most teams from one nation/league: 18
Nigeria Premier League; 12 teams qualified only once, eight teams managed to qualify to group stage
Fewest teams from one nation/league: 2
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 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 in 2005 (4-2-0), 2008 (3-3-0), and 2024 (3-3-0)
Mamelodi Sundowns in 2019-20 (4-2-0), 2021-22 (5-1-0) and 2022-23 (4-2-0)
Étoile Sahel in 2005 (2-4-0), 2017 (3-3-0) and 2018 (3-3-0)
TP Mazembe in 2018 (3-3-0) and 2019-20 (4-2-0)
Hearts of Oak in 2000 (4-2-0)
ASEC in 2006 (3-3-0)
JS Kabylie in 2010 (4-2-0)
Enyimba in 2011 (4-2-0)
ES Sétif in 2014 (2-4-0)
Wydad AC in 2018 (3-3-0)
Raja CA in 2022-23 (5-1-0)
Winless in group stage:
24 teams went winless through the group stage. Five teams did it twice.
Platinum in 2018-19 (0-2-4) and 2019-20 (0-1-5)
Al-Merreikh in 2009 (0-3-3) and in 2020-21 (0-2-4)
Al-Hilal in 2017 (0-2-4; forfeited last match) and in 2020-21 (0-4-2)
Zamalek in 2012 (0-2-4) and in 2021-22 (0-4-2)
Orlando Pirates in 1997 (0-1-5)
Young Africans SC in 1998 (0-2-4)
Sable FC in 2000 (0-1-5)
ASC Jeanne d'Arc in 2000 (0-3-3)
CR Belouizdad in 2001 (0-1-5)
Costa do Sol in 2002 (0-0-6)
Ajax Cape Town in 2005 (0-3-3)
Espérance in 2005 (0-4-2)
Hearts of Oak in 2006 (0-2-4)
Raja CA in 2011 (0-3-3)
MC El Eulma in 2015 (0-1-5)
Coton Sport in 2017 (0-0-6) and 2022-23 (0-0-6)
Ismaily in 2018-19 (0-2-4)
1° do Agosto in 2019-20 (0-4-2)
ZESCO United in 2019-20 (0-3-3)
Petró Atlético in 2019-20 (0-4-2)
USM Alger in 2019-20 (0-3-3)
Petró Atlético in 2020-21 (0-1-5)
Jwaneng Galaxy F.C. in 2021-22 (0-1-5)
G.D. Sagrada Esperança in 2021-22 (0-2-4)
Vipers SC in 2022-23 (0-2-4)
Teams that lost each of 6 group stage matches:
Costa do Sol in 2002
Coton Sport in 2017 and 2022-23
Fewest points and went past group stage:
7 points Wydad AC in 2011 (1-4-1)
Most points and failed to go past group stage:
11 points Zanaco in 2017 (3-2-1)
Most goals scored in group stage (single season): 17
Raja CA in 2022-23
Most goals scored in group stage (total): 143
Al-Ahly in 102 matches
Most goals conceded in group stage (single season): 19
Young Africans SC in 1998
Most goals conceded in group stage (total): 98
Al-Ahly in 102 matches
Fewest goals scored in group stage (single season): 0
Hearts of Oak in 2006, 0-7 goal difference
Fewest goals conceded in group stage (single season): 1
Espérance in 1999
ASEC in 2006
TP Mazembe in 2015
Al-Ahly in 2024
Best goal difference in group stage (single season): +14
Raja CA in 2022-23, 17-3 goal difference
Worst goal differential in group stage (single season): -16
Costa do Sol in 2002, 1-17 goal difference
Biggest win in a group stage match: 8 goals margin
TP Mazembe - Club Africain 8-0 (2 February 2019)
Most goals scored in a group stage match:
Dynamos 7-2 Saint-Louisienne
No. | Player | Representing | Years | Goals |
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1 | Mahmoud El Khatib | Al Ahly | 1977 | 4 |
1981 | 6 | |||
1982 | ||||
1983 | ||||
1987 | 5 | |||
2 | Pierre Kalala | TP Englebert | 1967 | 2 |
1968 | 7 | |||
1970 | 4 | |||
3 | Salif Kéïta | Stade Malien | 1964–65 | 3 |
1966 | 14 |
Since 2009
Rank | Player | Hat-tricks | Last hat-trick |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mrisho Ngasa | 3 | 15 February 2014 |
2 | Emmanuel Clottey | 2 | 7 July 2012 |
3 | Mouhcine Iajour | 2 | 21 March 2015 |
4 | Fiston Mayele | 2 | 17 September 2022 |
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