The 2024–25 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds began on 16 August and ended on 22 September 2024. 59 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.
All times are local.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024, 12:00 GMT (15:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
The entry round of the 59 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-year ranking points shown in parentheses).
Entry roundSecond round(5 teams)First round(54 teams)Teams Al Ahly Espérance de Tunis Mamelodi Sundowns Petro de Luanda TP Mazembe CR Belouizdad Raja CA Young Africans Pyramids Al Hilal Orlando Pirates Al Merrikh Sagrada Esperança Jwaneng Galaxy AS FAR US Monastir MC Alger ASKO Kara Al Nasr Teungueth Al Ahly Benghazi Djoliba Enugu Rangers San Pédro Coton FC AS Douanes Vital'O Victoria United Red Star de Bangui AS PSI US Zilimadjou AC Léopards Arta Solar AS Maniema Union Deportivo Mongomo Mbabane Swallows CBE Samartex Milo Stade d'Abidjan Gor Mahia Watanga Disciples FC Nyasa Big Bullets FC Nouadhibou Ferroviário da Beira African Stars AS GNN Remo Stars APR Saint Louis Suns United Bo Rangers Dekedaha Al Merreikh Bentiu Azam SC Villa Red Arrows JKU Ngezi Platinum
Format
In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
+Schedule for the 2024–25 CAF Champions League qualifying roundsRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legFirst round11 July 202416–18 August 202423–25 August 2024Second round13–15 September 202420–22 September 2024
Bracket The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 11 July 2024.
The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.
First round The first round, also called the first preliminary round, included the 54 teams that did not receive byes to the second round.
Gor Mahia won 5–2 on aggregate.
Dekedaha won 5–4 on aggregate.
CBE won 3–2 on aggregate.
Young Africans won 10–0 on aggregate.
APR won 2–1 on aggregate.
Pyramids won 9–1 on aggregate.
Mbabane Swallows won 1–0 on aggregate.
0–0 on aggregate. AS Maniema Union won 4–3 on penalties.
Red Arrows won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Jwaneng Galaxy won 6–5 on penalties.
Orlando Pirates won 4–0 on aggregate.
Enugu Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sagrada Esperança won 4–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. AS Douanes won on away goals.
CR Belouizdad won 3–0 on aggregate.
Samartex won 2–0 on aggregate.
Raja CA won 7–1 on aggregate.
US Monastir won 3–0 on aggregate.
MC Alger won 4–0 on aggregate.
Djoliba won on a walkover after Red Star de Bangui withdrew.
ASKO Kara won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Stade d'Abidjan won 5–4 on penalties.
1–1 on aggregate. Milo won on away goals.
San Pédro won 2–1 on aggregate.
Al Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.
Al Merrikh won 2–0 on aggregate.
AS FAR won 3–2 on aggregate.
Second round The second round, also called the second preliminary round, included 32 teams: the 5 teams that received byes to this round, and the 27 winners of the first round.
Al Ahly won 6–0 on aggregate.
Espérance de Tunis won 12–1 on aggregate.
Young Africans won 7–0 on aggregate.
Pyramids won 4–2 on aggregate.
Mamelodi Sundowns won 8–0 on aggregate.
AS Maniema Union won 2–1 on aggregate.
Mazembe won 4–1 on aggregate.
Orlando Pirates won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sagrada Esperança won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. CR Belouizdad won 4–3 on penalties.
Raja CA won 4–2 on aggregate.
MC Alger won 2–1 on aggregate.
Djoliba won 2–0 on aggregate.
Stade d'Abidjan won 3–2 on aggregate.
Al Hilal won 3–2 on aggregate.
AS FAR won 4–2 on aggregate.
See also 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds
Notes
References
External links TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com