2024/25 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Group Stage kicks off
The TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup remain the pinnacle of club football on the African continent and a chance for players and coaches to write their names into the history books by lifting the coveted trophies.
The Group Stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League starts for the 16 remaining teams with match day 1 on 26 November and includes some fascinating ties, not least a Moroccan Derby between Raja Casablanca and FAR Rabat in Group B.
Many of the most memorable moments in African football have come from the two elite competitions and another great chapter in the story of the game on the continent is set to be written this season.
Maniema Union from the Democratic Republic of Congo make their debut at this stage of the competition and with a tough away trip to Pretoria to face Mamelodi Sundowns in the other match in the pool.
Defending champions, Egyptian giants Al Ahly open their Group C campaign with a home clash against Stade d’Abidjan of Cote d’Ivoire, while Soweto side Orlando Pirates, playing in the pool stages for the first time since the 2018/19 season, are in Algeria at CR Belouizdad.
It will be a two-month sprint for the top two places in each of the four groups to earn a berth in the quarter-finals, with the pool stage to conclude with match day 6 on 17-19 January, 2025.
Record 12-time winners Al Ahly have lifted the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League trophy in four of the previous five years and will be among the favourites again with their experience through the knockout rounds.
The group stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup starts on 27 November and again there are some top ties to look forward to.
Holders Zamalek welcome debutants Black Bulls from Mozambique in a tough introduction for the latter, while there is also a North African showdown between CS Sfaxien from Tunisia and Algeria’s CS Constantine.
Morocco’s RS Berkane, the runners-up in 2023/24, start their pool stage campaign against another club making their debut at this stage, Angola’s CD da Lunda Sul
The quarter-finals in this season’s interclub competitions are scheduled for 28-30 March (first leg) and 4-6 April (second leg), while the semi-finals will be played 18-20 April (first leg) and 25-27 April (second leg).
View the full TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Group Stage fixture list here.
View the full TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage fixture list here.
TOTALENERGIES CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE MATCH DAYS
Match day 1: 26 November, 2024
Match day 2: 6-8 December, 2024
Match day 3: 13-15 December, 2024
Match day 4: 3-5 January, 2025
Match day 5: 10-12 January, 2025
Match day 6: 17-19 January, 2025
TOTALENERGIES CAF CONFEDERATION CUP GROUP STAGE MATCH DAYS
Match day 1: 27 November, 2024
Match day 2: 8 December, 2024
Match day 3: 15 December, 2024
Match day 4: 5 January, 2025
Match day 5: 12 January, 2025
Match day 6: 19 January, 2025
