| Tourney Name: | CAF Champions League |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Other Titles: | TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2024–2025 |
| Num Teams: | 59 |
| Associations: | 47 |
| Prevseason: | 2023–24 |
| Nextseason: | 2025–26 |
| Updated: | 18 August 2024 |
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 winners of this edition of the competition will automatically qualify for the group stage of its next edition, earn the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2025 CAF Super Cup and the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.[2]
All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to the CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
For this season's edition, CAF used the 2019–2024 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs performance over the 5 years in the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for the points are as follows:[3] [4] [5]
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | 6 points | 5 points | |
| Runners-up | 5 points | 4 points | |
| Losing semi-finalists | 4 points | 3 points | |
| Losing quarter-finalists | 3 points | 2 points | |
| 3rd place in groups | 2 points | 1 point | |
| 4th place in groups | 1 point | 0.5 point |
The points were multiplied by a coefficient according to the season as follows:
The following 59 teams from 48 associations entered the competition.
Associations are shown according to their CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
Notes
The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying rounds | First round | 11 July 2024[6] | 16–18 August 2024 | 23–25 August 2024 |
| Second round | 13–15 September 2024 | 20–22 September 2024 | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | TBA 2024 | October 2024 | |
| Matchday 2 | October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 3 | November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 4 | November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 5 | December 2024 | |||
| Matchday 6 | December 2024 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | TBA 2025 | March 2025 | |
| Semi-finals | April 2025 | |||
| Final | May 2025 | |||
See main article: 2024–25 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds.