2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup, officially the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the 23rd edition of the CAF Confederation Cup and 51st overall season of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The winners of this edition of the competition will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2025–26 CAF Champions League in the 2026 CAF Super Cup.

Association team allocation

2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

All 54 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, 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 2020–2025 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:

	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:

• 2024–25: × 5 • 2023–24: × 4 • 2022–23: × 3 • 2021–22: × 2 • 2020–21: × 1

Teams

2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

The following 58 teams from 46 associations entered the competition.

• Bold received a bye to the second round. • The other teams entered the first round.

Associations are shown according to their CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.

<table><thead><tr><th>Association</th><th>Rank</th><th>Team</th><th>Qualification method</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> Egypt</td><td>1</td><td>Zamalek</td><td>2024–25 Egyptian Premier League third place</td></tr><tr><td>Al Masry</td><td>2024–25 Egyptian Premier League fourth place</td></tr><tr><td> Morocco</td><td>2</td><td>Wydad AC</td><td>2024–25 Botola Pro third place</td></tr><tr><td>Olympic Safi</td><td>2023–24 Moroccan Throne Cup winners</td></tr><tr><td> South Africa</td><td>3</td><td>Stellenbosch</td><td>2024–25 South African Premiership third place</td></tr><tr><td>Kaizer Chiefs</td><td>2024–25 Nedbank Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Algeria</td><td>4</td><td>CR Belouizdad</td><td>2024–25 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place</td></tr><tr><td>USM Alger</td><td>2024–25 Algerian Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Tanzania</td><td>5</td><td>Azam</td><td>2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League third place</td></tr><tr><td>Singida Black Stars</td><td>2024–25 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place</td></tr><tr><td> Tunisia</td><td>6</td><td>Étoile du Sahel</td><td>2024–25 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place</td></tr><tr><td>Stade Tunisien</td><td>2024–25 Tunisian Cup runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Angola</td><td>7</td><td>Primeiro de Agosto</td><td>2024–25 Girabola third place</td></tr><tr><td>Kabuscorp</td><td>2024–25 Taça de Angola champions</td></tr><tr><td> DR Congo</td><td>8</td><td>AS Maniema Union</td><td>2024–25 Linafoot third place</td></tr><tr><td>AS Simba</td><td>2024–25 Coupe du Congo Champions</td></tr><tr><td> Sudan</td><td>9</td><td>Al Ahli Madani</td><td>2024–25 Sudan Premier League third place</td></tr><tr><td>Al Zamala</td><td>2024–25 Sudan Premier League fourth place</td></tr><tr><td> Ivory Coast</td><td>10</td><td>AFAD Djékanou</td><td>2024–25 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place</td></tr><tr><td>San Pédro</td><td>2025 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire champions</td></tr><tr><td> Libya</td><td>11</td><td>Al Akhdar</td><td>2024–25 Libyan Premier League third place</td></tr><tr><td>Al Ittihad Tripoli</td><td>2024–25 Libyan Premier League fourth place</td></tr><tr><td> Nigeria</td><td>12</td><td>Abia Warriors</td><td>2024–25 Nigeria Premier Football League third place</td></tr><tr><td>Kwara United</td><td>2025 Nigeria Federation Cup champions</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Association</th><th>Rank</th><th>Team</th><th>Qualifying method</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> Mali</td><td>13</td><td>Djoliba</td><td>2024–25 Malian Première Division runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Ghana</td><td>14</td><td>Asante Kotoko</td><td>2024–25 Ghana FA Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Guinea</td><td>15</td><td>Hafia</td><td>2024–25 Guinée Championnat National runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Botswana</td><td>16</td><td>Jwaneng Galaxy</td><td>2025 Botswana FA Challenge Cup winners</td></tr><tr><td> Senegal</td><td>17</td><td>Génération Foot</td><td>2025 Senegal FA Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Mauritania</td><td>18</td><td>ASC Snim</td><td>2024–25 Super D1 runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Congo</td><td>19</td><td>AS Otohô</td><td>2025 Coupe du Congo champions</td></tr><tr><td> Cameroon</td><td>20</td><td>Aigle Royal</td><td>2025 Cameroonian Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Togo</td><td>21</td><td>AS Gbohloé-Su</td><td>2024–25 Togolese Championnat National runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Uganda</td><td>22</td><td>NEC FC</td><td>2024–25 Uganda Premier League runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Mozambique</td><td>23</td><td>Ferroviário de Maputo</td><td>2024 Taça de Mozambique champions</td></tr><tr><td> Zambia</td><td>24</td><td>ZESCO United</td><td>2025 ABSA Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Eswatini</td><td>25</td><td>Royal Leopards</td><td>2025 Ingwenyama Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Niger</td><td>25</td><td>ASN Nigelec</td><td>2025 Niger Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Burkina Faso</td><td>27</td><td>USFA</td><td>2024–25 Burkinabé Premier League runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Benin</td><td>—</td><td>Coton FC</td><td>2024–25 Benin Premier League Championship play-off losing finalists</td></tr><tr><td> Burundi</td><td>—</td><td>Flambeau du Centre</td><td>2025 Burundian Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Comoros</td><td>—</td><td>Djabal d'Iconi</td><td>2025 Comoros Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Djibouti</td><td>—</td><td>AS Port</td><td>2025 Djibouti Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Equatorial Guinea</td><td>—</td><td>15 de Agosto</td><td>2025 Equatoguinean Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Ethiopia</td><td>—</td><td>Wolaitta Dicha</td><td>2025 Ethiopian Cup runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Gabon</td><td>—</td><td>FC 105 Libreville</td><td>2024–25 Gabon Championnat National D1 runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Kenya</td><td>—</td><td>Nairobi United</td><td>2025 Kenyan Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Liberia</td><td>—</td><td>Black Man Warrior</td><td>2025 Liberian FA Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Madagascar</td><td>—</td><td>AS Fanalamanga</td><td>2024–25 Malagasy Pro League runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Malawi</td><td>—</td><td>Mighty Wanderers</td><td>2024 Super League of Malawi runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Mauritius</td><td>—</td><td>Pamplemousses</td><td>2025 Mauritian Cup runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Namibia</td><td>—</td><td>Young African</td><td>2024–25 Namibia Premiership runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Rwanda</td><td>—</td><td>Rayon Sports</td><td>2024–25 Rwanda Premier League runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Seychelles</td><td>—</td><td>Foresters Mont Fleuri</td><td>2025 Seychelles FA Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> Sierra Leone</td><td>—</td><td>Bhantal</td><td>2024–25 Sierra Leone National Premier League runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Somalia</td><td>—</td><td>Dekedaha</td><td>2024 Somalia Cup champions</td></tr><tr><td> South Sudan</td><td>—</td><td>Al Merreikh Juba</td><td>2025 South Sudan National Cup runners-up</td></tr><tr><td> Zanzibar</td><td>—</td><td>KMKM</td><td>2025 Zanzibari Cup champions</td></tr></tbody></table>

Schedule

2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying rounds	First round	9 August 2025	19–21 September 2025	26–28 September 2025
Second round	17–19 October 2025	24–26 October 2025
Group stage	Matchday 1	3 November 2025	23 November 2025
Matchday 2	30 November 2025
Matchday 3	25 January 2026
Matchday 4	1 February 2026
Matchday 5	8 February 2026
Matchday 6	15 February 2026
Knockout stage	Quarter-finals	17 February 2026	15 March 2026	22 March 2026
Semi-finals	12 April 2026	19 April 2026
Final	9 May 2026	16 May 2026

Qualifying rounds

2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2025, 10:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+3), at Azam TV studios in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

First round

<table><thead><tr><th>Team 1</th><th>Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score</th><th>Team 2</th><th>1st leg</th><th>2nd leg</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Asante Kotoko </td><td>5–3</td><td> Kwara United</td><td>4–3</td><td>1–0</td></tr><tr><td>Génération Foot </td><td>4–6</td><td> AFAD Djékanou</td><td>1–1</td><td>3–5</td></tr><tr><td>Bhantal </td><td>3–5</td><td> Hafia</td><td>0–3</td><td>3–2</td></tr><tr><td>USFA </td><td>3–0</td><td> AS Gbohloé-Su</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Abia Warriors </td><td>1–2</td><td> Djoliba</td><td>1–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>ASN Nigelec </td><td>0–6</td><td> Olympic Safi</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>Stade Tunisien </td><td>2–0</td><td> ASC Snim</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>Aigle Royal </td><td>2–3</td><td> San Pédro</td><td>0–1</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Black Man Warrior </td><td>1–4</td><td> Coton FC</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–4</td></tr><tr><td>Dekedaha </td><td>2–2 (a)</td><td> Al Zamala</td><td>1–0</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Wolaitta Dicha </td><td>1–3</td><td> Al Ittihad Tripoli</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–3</td></tr><tr><td>NEC FC </td><td>3–3 (a)</td><td> Nairobi United</td><td>2–2</td><td>1–1</td></tr><tr><td>Al Ahli Madani </td><td>1–3</td><td> Étoile du Sahel</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–3</td></tr><tr><td>AS Port </td><td>2–4</td><td> KMKM</td><td>1–2</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>El Merreikh Bentiu </td><td>0–4</td><td> Azam</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–2</td></tr><tr><td>Flambeau du Centre </td><td>4–3</td><td> Al Akhdar</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Rayon Sports </td><td>1–3</td><td> Singida Black Stars</td><td>0–1</td><td>1–2</td></tr><tr><td>Foresters Mont Fleuri </td><td>1–4</td><td> 15 de Agosto</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–4</td></tr><tr><td>FC 105 Libreville </td><td>2–5</td><td> ZESCO United</td><td>2–0</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>Mighty Wanderers </td><td>1–1 (5–6 p)</td><td> Jwaneng Galaxy</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>AS Simba </td><td>3–0</td><td> Djabal d'Iconi</td><td>1–0</td><td>2–0</td></tr><tr><td>Kabuscorp </td><td>1–1 (4–5 p)</td><td> Kaizer Chiefs</td><td>1–0</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>Maniema Union </td><td>4–3</td><td> Pamplemousses</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–2</td></tr><tr><td>Young African </td><td>0–7</td><td> Royal Leopards</td><td>0–2</td><td>0–5</td></tr><tr><td>Ferroviário de Maputo </td><td>3–2</td><td> AS Fanalamanga</td><td>1–1</td><td>2–1</td></tr><tr><td>Primeiro de Agosto </td><td>1–2</td><td> AS Otohô</td><td>1–2</td><td>0–0</td></tr></tbody></table>

Second round

The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	1–6	Wydad AC	0–1	1–5
AFAD Djékanou	1–3	USM Alger	1–0	0–3
Hafia	1–3	CR Belouizdad	1–1	0–2
USFA	1–2	Djoliba	0–0	1–2
Olympic Safi	3–2	Stade Tunisien	2–0	1–2
San Pédro	4–1	Coton FC	1–1	3–0
Dekedaha	0–7	Zamalek	0–6	0–1
Al Ittihad Tripoli	1–2	Al Masry	0–0	1–2
Nairobi United	2–2 (7–6 p)	Étoile du Sahel	2–0	0–2
KMKM	0–9	Azam	0–2	0–7
Flambeau du Centre	2–4	Singida Black Stars	1–1	1–3
15 de Agosto	1–4	Stellenbosch	0–0	1–4
ZESCO United	5–4	Jwaneng Galaxy	4–3	1–1
AS Simba	1–3	Kaizer Chiefs	0–0	1–3
Maniema Union	2–2 (4–3 p)	Royal Leopards	1–1	1–1
Ferroviário de Maputo	0–3	AS Otohô	0–1	0–2

Group stage

2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

The draw for the group stage was held on 3 November 2025, 11:00 GMT (13:00 local time, UTC+2), in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 16 winners of the second round of qualifying rounds were drawn into four groups of four.

The teams were seeded by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown next to every team). Each group contained one team from each of Pot 1, Pot 2, and Pot 3, and each team was allocated to the positions in their group according to their pot.

Pot	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Teams

<table><thead><tr><th>Tiebreakers</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations III. 20 & 21):</td></tr></tbody></table>

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		USMA	OCS	DAC	FCSP
1	USM Alger	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5	14	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	2–0	3–2
2	Olympic Safi	6	4	1	1	7	4	+3	13		0–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Djoliba	6	1	1	4	5	7	−2	4			0–0	0–1	—	4–0
4	San Pédro	6	1	0	5	8	14	−6	3		2–3	0–1	2–0	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAC	ASMU	AFC	NU
1	Wydad AC	6	5	0	1	9	2	+7	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	2–0	3–0
2	Maniema Union	6	4	0	2	8	3	+5	12		2–1	—	2–0	3–0
3	Azam	6	3	0	3	4	6	−2	9			0–1	1–0	—	1–0
4	Nairobi United	6	0	0	6	1	11	−10	0		0–1	0–1	1–2	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CRB	ASO	SFC	SBS
1	CR Belouizdad	6	5	0	1	11	5	+6	15	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–0	2–0
2	AS Otohô	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4	9		4–1	—	3–0	2–1
3	Stellenbosch	6	1	2	3	2	9	−7	5			0–3	1–0	—	0–0
4	Singida Black Stars	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5		0–1	1–0	1–1	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ZAM	MAS	KCFC	ZUFC
1	Zamalek	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	0–0	2–1	1–0
2	Al Masry	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10		1–2	—	2–1	2–0
3	Kaizer Chiefs	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10			1–1	2–1	—	1–0
4	ZESCO United	6	1	0	5	3	8	−5	3		1–0	2–3	0–1	—

Knockout stage

2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. • In the draws for the semi-finals, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	USM Alger	Olympic Safi
B	Wydad AC	Maniema Union
C	CR Belouizdad	AS Otohô
D	Zamalek	Al Masry

Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 17 February 2026, 12:00 GMT (12:00 local time, UTC+2), at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

	Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final
	Maniema Union	2	0	2
	USM Alger (a)	1	1	2
		USM Alger
			Olympic Safi
	Olympic Safi (a)	1	2	3
	Wydad AC	1	2	3
		SF1 winner
			SF2 winner
	Al Masry	1	0	1
	CR Belouizdad (a)	1	0	1
		CR Belouizdad
			Zamalek
	AS Otohô	1	1	2
	Zamalek	1	2	3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Masry	1–1 (a)	CR Belouizdad	1–1	0–0
Olympic Safi	3–3 (a)	Wydad AC	1–1	2–2
AS Otohô	2–3	Zamalek	1–1	1–2
Maniema Union	2–2 (a)	USM Alger	2–1	0–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	SF1	Olympic Safi	12 Apr	19 Apr
CR Belouizdad	SF2	Zamalek	12 Apr	19 Apr

Final

The first leg will be played on 9 May, and the second leg will be played on 16 May 2026.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SF1 winner	F	SF2 winner	9 May	16 May

Top goalscorers

2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2	Total
1	Abdennour Belhocini	CR Belouizdad	1		1	1	1	1							5
2	Sofian El Moudane	Olympic Safi			1		2			1					4