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2025–26 CAF Champions League

The 2025–26 CAF Champions League, officially the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League for sponsorship purposes, is the 62nd season of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the 30th under the CAF Champions League title.

Association team allocation
All 56 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. 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==
Teams
The following 62 teams from 50 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. ; Associations which did not enter a team • • • • • • ==Schedule==
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying tournament is as follows. ==Qualifying rounds==
Qualifying rounds
First round Second round ==Group stage==
Group stage
Group A Group B Group C Group D ==Knockout stage==
Knockout stage
Bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final ==Top goalscorers==
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