This page details the statistics of the African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League.
General performances
By club
Twenty-seven clubs have won the tournament since its 1964 inception. Al Ahly is the most successful club in the tournament, winning it twelve times. A total of thirteen clubs have won the tournament multiple times: Al Ahly, Zamalek, TP Mazembe, ES Tunis, Wydad AC, Hafia FC, Raja CA, Canon Yaoundé, Asante Kotoko, Mamelodi Sundowns, JS Kabylie, ES Sétif and Enyimba. Twenty clubs have reached the final but never won the tournament.
Egyptian clubs are the most successful, winning nineteen titles. Morocco is second with seven and Tunisia and DR Congo are third with six each. Algeria and Cameroon have five titles each, Ghana, South Africa and Guinea have three each, Nigeria and Ivory Coast has two each and Congo have one. Clubs from Mali, Uganda, Sudan, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe have reached the final but never won.
By nation NationWinnersRunners-upWinning clubsRunners-up1910Al Ahly (12)Zamalek SC (5)Ismaily SC(1)Pyramids(1) Al Ahly (5)Zamalek SC (3)Ismaily SC (1)Ghazl Al-Mehalla (1) 7 5 Raja CA (3)Wydad AC (3)FAR Rabat (1) Wydad AC (3)Raja CA (1)FAR Rabat (1)68Espérance de Tunis (4)Étoile du Sahel (1)Club Africain (1)Espérance de Tunis (5)Étoile du Sahel (2)CS Sfaxien (1)66TP Mazembe (5)Vita Club (1)TP Mazembe (2)AS Dragons (2)Vita Club (2)52ES Sétif (2)JS Kabylie (2)MC Alger (1) MC Oran (1)USM Alger (1)51Canon Yaoundé (3)Union Douala (1)Oryx Douala (1)Coton Sport (1)38Asante Kotoko (2)Hearts of Oak (1)Asante Kotoko (5)Hearts of Oak (2)Ashanti Gold (1)34Orlando Pirates (1)Mamelodi Sundowns (2)Mamelodi Sundowns (2)Orlando Pirates (1)Kaizer Chiefs (1)32Hafia FC (3)Hafia FC (2)25Enyimba FC (2)Shooting Stars (2)Heartland FC (2)Enugu Rangers (1)22ASEC Mimosas (1)Stade d'Abidjan (1)ASEC Mimosas (1)Africa Sports (1)10CARA Brazzaville (1) 02 Real Bamako (1)Stade Malien (1) 0 2 Al-Hilal (2)02 Simba FC (1)SC Villa (1)01 Étoile Filante (1)01 Nkana FC (1)01 Dynamos FC (1)
By semi-final appearances TeamNo.Years Al Ahly 211981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Espérance de Tunis 141994‚ 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2026 TP Mazembe 131967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2024 Asante Kotoko101967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993 Zamalek101984, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2016, 2020 Wydad AC91992, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Al-Hilal 71966, 1987, 1992, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 ASEC Mimosas71971, 1976, 1992, 1993, 1995‚ 2002, 2006 Mamelodi Sundowns7 2001, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Hafia FC 61969, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Nkana FC 61983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994 Ismaily SC 51969, 1970, 1992, 1995, 2003 Canon Yaoundé 51971, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987 JS Kabylie 51981, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2010 FAR Rabat 41968, 1985, 1988, 2026 AS Vita Club 41973, 1978, 1981, 2014 Enugu Rangers 41975, 1976, 1978, 1982 Heartland F.C. 41988, 1990, 1991, 2009 ES Sétif 41988, 2014, 2018, 2022 Raja CA41989, 2002, 2005, 2020 Orlando Pirates 41995, 2006, 2013, 2025 Enyimba FC 42003, 2004, 2008, 2011 Étoile du Sahel 42004, 2005, 2007, 2017 Étoile Filante 31968, 1975, 1977 Hearts of Oak31972, 1977, 1979 CS Sfaxien 31996, 2006, 2014 USM Alger 3 2003, 2015, 2017 Oryx Douala 21964, 1966 AS Kaloum Star 21970, 1981 ASC Jeanne d'Arc 21974, 2004 US Douala 21979, 1980 US Gorée 21979, 1985 AS Dragons 21980, 1985 Shooting Stars 21984, 1996 MC Oran 21989, 1994 Coton Sport FC 22008, 2013 Petro Atlético 22001, 2022 Cotton Factory Club 11964 Real Republicans 11964 Stade Malien 11964 Real Bamako 11966 Stade d'Abidjan 11966 Djoliba AC 11967 Saint George SC 11967 AFC Leopards 11968 Great Olympics 11971 Simba FC 11972 East African Breweries 11973 Léopards Douala 11973 CARA Brazzaville 11974 Simba SC 11974 MC Alger 11976 Mufulira Wanderers FC 11977 DC Motema Pembe 11979 Bendel Insurance FC 11980 FC Lupopo 11982 ASC Diaraf 11983 Semassi FC 11984 Africa Sports 11986 Tonnerre Yaoundé 11989 Club Africain 11991 SC Villa 11991 Express FC 11995 Al-Ittihad 12007 Dynamos FC 12008 Kano Pillars 12009 Sunshine Stars 12012 Al-Merrikh SC 12015 ZESCO United F.C. 12016 1° de Agosto 12018 Kaizer Chiefs F.C.1 2021 Pyramids 1 2025 RS Berkane1 2026
Teams in bold: Finalists in said season. years from 1997 to 2000 the two winners of the two groups were qualifying to the final directly with no semi final stage.
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 2025-26 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 457 clubs participated in the Champions League era (teams included are those that found themselves in the draw, regarding of whether they played or not in that specific season), 199 teams participated only once (29 editions, including 2024-25 edition). 89 teams from 29 countries qualified to group stage (including 2024-25 season) while 27 countries did not have group stage representative.
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.