The 2023 CAF Women's Champions League was the 3rd edition of the annual African women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, it was hosted by Ivory Coast from 5 to 19 November 2023. The winners of this edition will automatically qualify for the group stage of the following edition of the tournament. The qualification draw was conducted on 5 July 2023 at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Rabat, Morocco.
AS FAR are the defending champions.
Qualified teams
Qualification for this edition like the previous two editions of the tournament were made up of 6 sub-confederation qualifying tournaments which was contested between August and September 2023 with each confederation having a representative. As defending champions, AS FAR qualified automatically for the main phase of the tournament.
Association Team Qualifying method Appearance Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan 2022–23 Ivory Coast Women's Championship champions 1st AS FAR 2022 CAF Women's Champions League winners 3rd SC Casablanca 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers champions 1st AS Mandé 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions 2nd Ampem Darkoa 2023 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions 1st JKT Queens 2023 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers champions 1st Huracanes 2023 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions 1st Mamelodi Sundowns 2023 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers Champions 3rd
Draw The draw of this edition of the tournament was held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on 9 October 2023 at 16:00 CET (16:00 GMT). The 8 confirmed teams was drawn into two groups of four teams. As club competition hosts, Athlético Abidjan was allocated to position A1.
Venues KorhogoSan-PédroAmadou Gon Coulibaly StadiumLaurent Pokou StadiumCapacity: 20,000Capacity: 20,000
Match officials
Referees
Ghada Mehat Suavis Iratunga Aline Guimbang Etong Shahenda El Maghrabi Natacha Konan Eness Gumbo Antsino Twanyanyukwa Yemisi Akintoye Salima Mukansanga Aline Umutoni Akhona Makalima Vincentia Amedome Dorsaf Ganouati Shamirah Nabadda
Assistant referees
Asma Feriel Ouahab Nafissatou Yekini Fidès Bangurambona Yara Atef Prisca Danielle Ta Mary Njoroge Bernadettar Kwimbira Fanta Koné Meriem Chedad Queency Victoire Houda Afine Nancy Kasitu
Video assistant referees
Issa Sy Maria Rivet Fatiha Jermoumi Bouchra Karboubi Soukaina Hamdi Abongile Tom Diana Chikotesha
Group stage The group stage kick-off times are in West Africa Time (WAT) (UTC+01:00).
Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss).
If two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71):
Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots. If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead: Points in matches between the tied teams; Goal difference in matches between the tied teams; Goals scored in matches between the tied teams; If after applying all criteria above, two teams were still tied, the above criteria were again applied to matches played between the two teams in question. If this did not resolve the tie, the next three criteria were applied; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Statistics
Top scorers This is the list of the top ten scorers in the main phase of this tournament: RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Refilwe Tholakele Mamelodi Sundowns52 Oumou Kone AS Mandé 33 N-yanyimaya Gnabekan Ampem Darkoa2 Comfort Yeboah Ampem Darkoa Nadège Koffi SC Casablanca Boitumelo Rabale Mamelodi Sundowns7 Christiane Ebenye Huracanes1 Elena Obono Huracanes N-yanyimaya Gnabekan Ampem Darkoa Jennifer Owusuaa Ampem Darkoa Tracy Twum Ampem Darkoa Espérance Agbo Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan Sandrine Niamien Athlético F.C. d'Abidjan Fatoumata Diarra AS Mandé Mafia Nyame AS FAR Najat Badri AS FAR Safa Banouk AS FAR Ghizlane Chebbak AS FAR Fatima Tagnaout AS FAR Sylviane Kokora SC Casablanca Agueissa Diarra SC Casablanca Meryem Hajri SC Casablanca Chaymaa Mourtaji SC Casablanca Melinda Kgadiete Mamelodi Sundowns Lebogang Ramalepe Mamelodi Sundowns Stumai Athumani JKT Queens Winifrida Gerald JKT Queens Alia Salum JKT Queens
Final standings
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
| colspan="11"| Eliminated in group stage
Awards The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament. AwardPlayerTeamBest Player Boitumelo Rabale Mamelodi SundownsTop Goal scorer Refilwe TholakeleBest Goalkeeper Andile DlaminiFairplay team Mamelodi Sundowns
The CAF Technical Study Group has announced the tournament’s Best XI as follows: GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwardsBest XI Dlamini Ramalepe Hajri Yeboah Nhlapho Chebbak Rabale Morifi Tagnaout Tholakele Owusuaa Coach: Jerry Tshabalala
See also 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina 2023 OFC Women's Champions League 2022–23 and 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
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