African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League records and statistics
This page details statistics of the African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League.
General performances
By club
By nation
Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Winning clubs | Runners-up |
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14 | 8 | Al Ahly (8) Zamalek SC (5) Ismaily SC (1) |
Al Ahly (4) Zamalek SC (2) Ismaily SC (1) Ghazl Al-Mehalla (1) | |
6 | 7 | Espérance de Tunis (4) Étoile du Sahel (1) Club Africain (1) |
Espérance de Tunis (4) Étoile du Sahel (2) CS Sfaxien (1) | |
6 | 6 | TP Mazembe (5) Vita Club (1) |
TP Mazembe (2) AS Dragons (2) Vita Club (2) | |
6 | 3 | Raja Casablanca (3) Wydad Casablanca (2) FAR Rabat (1) |
Wydad Casablanca (2) Raja Casablanca (1) | |
5 | 2 | ES Sétif (2) JS Kabylie (2) MC Alger (1) |
MC Oran (1) USM Alger (1) | |
5 | 1 | Canon Yaoundé (3) Union Douala (1) Oryx Douala (1) |
Coton Sport (1) | |
3 | 8 | Asante Kotoko (2) Hearts of Oak (1) |
Asante Kotoko (5) Hearts of Oak (2) Ashanti Gold (1) | |
3 | 2 | Hafia FC (3) | Hafia FC (2) | |
2 | 5 | Enyimba FC (2) | Shooting Stars (2) Heartland FC (2) Enugu Rangers (1) | |
2 | 2 | ASEC Mimosas (1) Stade d'Abidjan (1) |
ASEC Mimosas (1) Africa Sports (1) | |
2 | 2 | Orlando Pirates (1) Mamelodi Sundowns (1) |
Mamelodi Sundowns (1) Orlando Pirates (1) | |
1 | 0 | CARA Brazzaville (1) | — | |
0 | 2 | — | Real Bamako (1) Stade Malien (1) | |
0 | 2 | — | Al-Hilal (2) | |
0 | 2 | — | Simba FC (1) SC Villa (1) | |
0 | 1 | — | Étoile Filante (1) | |
0 | 1 | — | Nkana FC (1) | |
0 | 1 | — | Dynamos FC (1) |
By semi-final appearances
Team in Bold: | Finalist team in season |
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 2018-19 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 390 clubs participated in the Champions League era, 201 teams participated only once (23 editions, including 2018–19 edition). 78 teams from 27 countries qualified to group stage (including 2018 season) while 28 countries did not have group stage representative. Djibouti is the only association that never had representation in the Champions League era.
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.
Records
Last updated on 2 February 2020
Most titles: 8
Al-Ahly
Most appearances: 22
Al-Ahly
Most consecutive appearances: 17
Al-Ahly
Al-Hilal
Most consecutive matches without losing: 20
Espérance
Undefeated through entire season:
Espérance
Al-Ahly
Most goals scored in a season: 31
Enyimba
Most goals conceded in a season: 25
Young Africans SC
Biggest win: 10 goals margin
Mamelodi Sundowns
Biggest aggregate win: 15 goals margin
Mamelodi Sundowns
Most goals scored in a single match: 12
Mamelodi Sundowns
Group stage records
Most group stage appearances: 17
Two teams hold the record.
Al-Ahly
Espérance
Most consecutive group stage appearances: 7
Espérance
Most times advanced past group stage: 13
Espérance
Most time advanced past group stage as group winners: 12
Espérance
Most consecutive advancements from group stage: 8
TP Mazembe
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: 96
Al-Ahly
Most group stage matches won: 49
Espérance
Most appearances without group stage qualification: 17
Stade Malien
Most teams from one nation/league: 18
Fewest teams from one nation/league: 2
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 four occasions, one team did it three times, two teams two times.
Espérance
Étoile Sahel
Al-Ahly
TP Mazembe
Hearts of Oak in
ASEC
JS Kabylie
Enyimba
ES Sétif
Wydad Casablanca
Winless in group stage:
21 teams went winless through the group stage. One team did it twice.
Platinum
Orlando Pirates
Young Africans SC
Sable FC
ASC Jeanne d'Arc
CR Belouizdad
Costa do Sol
Ajax Cape Town
Espérance
Hearts of Oak
Al-Merreikh
Raja Casablanca
Zamalek
MC El Eulma
Al-Hilal
Coton Sport
Ismaily
1° do Agosto
ZESCO United
Petró Atlético
USM Alger
Teams that lost each of 6 group stage matches:
Costa do Sol
Coton Sport
Most goals scored in group stage (single season): 14
Enyimba
Most goals scored in group stage (total): 143
Al-Ahly
Most goals conceded in group stage (single season): 19
Young Africans SC
Most goals conceded in group stage (total): 98
Al-Ahly
Fewest goals scored in group stage (single season): 0
Hearts of Oak
Fewest goals conceded in group stage (single season): 1
Espérance
ASEC
TP Mazembe
Best goal differential in group stage (single season): +12
Espérance
Worst goal difference in group stage (single season): -16
Costa do Sol
Biggest win in a group stage match: 8 goals margin
TP Mazembe
Most goals scored in a group stage match: 9
Dynamos
Players
Top goalscorers of more than one season
No. | Player | Representing | Years | Goals |
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1 | 1977 | 4 | ||
1981 | 6 | |||
1982 | ||||
1983 | ||||
1987 | 5 | |||
2 | 1967 | 2 | ||
1968 | 7 | |||
1970 | 4 | |||
3 | 1964–65 | 3 | ||
1966 | 14 |
Top goalscorers
Hat-tricks
Since 2009
Rank | Player | Hat-tricks | Last hat-trick |
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1 | 3 | 15 February 2014 | |
2 | 2 | 7 July 2012 | |
3 | 2 | 21 March 2015 | |
List of hat-tricks
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
- 5 Player scored 5 goals