The knock-out stage of the 2013 CAF Champions League was played from 5 October to 10 November 2013. A total of four teams competed in the knock-out stage.
Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage.
GroupWinnersRunners-upA Al-Ahly Orlando PiratesB Espérance de Tunis Coton Sport
Format Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).
Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows.
RoundFirst legSecond legSemi-finals4–6 October 201318–20 October 2013Final1–3 November 20138–10 November 2013
Semi-finals In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
2–2 on aggregate. Al-Ahly won the penalty shoot-out and advanced to the final.
1–1 on aggregate. Orlando Pirates won on the away goals rule and advanced to the final.
Final
In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw. The draw was held on 14 May 2013, 14:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Al-Ahly won 3–1 on aggregate.
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