2020–21 CAF Champions League


The 2020–21 CAF Champions League will be the 57th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football, and the 25th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.
The winners of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League will earn the right to play against the winners of the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2021 CAF Super Cup. The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup in China.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
For the 2020–21 CAF Champions League, the CAF uses the 2016–2020 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:
CAF Champions LeagueCAF Confederation Cup
Winners6 points5 points
Runners-up5 points4 points
Losing semi-finalists4 points3 points
Losing quarter-finalists 3 points2 points
3rd place in groups2 points1 point
4th place in groups1 point0.5 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, associations may abandon their domestic competitions and select the representatives in CAF club competitions.
Associations are shown according to their 2016–2020 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Updated after CAF Champions League/Confederation Cup matches on 8 March 2020, points which may increase marked by ≥.
AssociationTeamQualifying method
TBDTitle holders
2019–20 Botola champions
2019–20 Botola runners-up
2019–20 Egyptian Premier League champions
2019–20 Egyptian Premier League runners-up
2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions
2019–20 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
TP Mazembe2019–20 Linafoot champions
AS Vita Club2019–20 Linafoot runners-up
CR Belouizdad2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 champions
MC Alger2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up
2019–20 South African Premier Division champions
2019–20 South African Premier Division runners-up
2019–20 Zambian Super League champions
2019–20 Zambian Super League runners-up
Plateau United2019–20 Nigeria Professional Football League first place by points per game at time of abandonment
Rivers United2019–20 Nigeria Professional Football League second place by points per game at time of abandonment
Horoya2019–20 Guinée Championnat National first place after 13 rounds
Ashanti de Siguiri2019–20 Guinée Championnat National second place after 13 rounds
Petro de Luanda2019–20 Girabola first place at time of abandonment
1º de Agosto2019–20 Girabola second place at time of abandonment
2019–20 Sudan Premier League champions
2019–20 Sudan Premier League runners-up
2019–20 Libyan Premier League champions
2019–20 Libyan Premier League runners-up

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Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.