The 2024/2025 CAF Interclub season will kick-off with the Preliminary Round scheduled between 16 and 18 August, 2024.
The Group Stages are scheduled between October and December 2024.
The Knockout Phase and Final of both competitions will be between March and May 2025.
CAF has confirmed the 12 highest ranked Member Associations, according to the CAF rankings, who will be eligible to enter two Clubs in both the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League as well as the CAF Confederation Cup.
The 12 highest ranked national associations are as follows: Algeria, Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, DR Congo, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Tanzania.
CAF has also kicked-off the registration period for Member Associations to register their qualified Clubs on the CAF Competitions Management System (CMS).
Registration Windows:
Four registration window periods have been confirmed to all Participating Member Associations as follows:
01 July – 20 July: Players participating in the Preliminary Round
21 July – 31 August: Players participating in the Second Preliminary Round
01 – 30 September: Players participating in the Group Stages
01 – 31 January 2025: Maximum of seven (7) additional players, including four (4) replacements.
Competition Format:
The addition of the second preliminary round of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup remains cancelled.
Consequently, teams eliminated in the second round of the CAF Champions League will no longer transition into the CAF Confederation Cup.
Clubs that advance from the second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup will proceed directly to the group stage of the competition