What is CAF Champions League?
{{infobox football tournament |current = [[2024–25 CAF Champions League]] |logo = | imagesize = |organiser = [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] |founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1964}}<br>(rebranded in 1997) |region = Africa |number of teams = {{ubl|16 (group stage)|68 (total)|(from 56 associations)}} |qualifier for = {{ubl|[[CAF Super Cup]]|[[FIFA Club World Cup]]|[[FIFA Intercontinental Cup]]}} |related comps = [[CAF Confederation Cup]] |current champions = {{fbaicon|EGY}} [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] (12th title) |most successful club = {{nowrap|{{fbaicon|EGY}} Al Ahly {{nowrap|(12 titles)}}}} |website = {{official website|http://www.cafonline.com//total-caf-champions-league/}} }}The '''CAF Champions League''' (French: '''CAF Ligue des Champions''') is the most important African club football competition. You can compare it to the European Champions League. From 1964 to 1996 it ran as the '''African Cup of Champions Clubs'''. It is organized by the [[CAF|Confédération Africaine de Football]]. The season begins with the first round in January and usually ends with the final at the end of October or beginning of November each year. While the predecessor competition, the African Cup of Champions Clubs, was played in a pure knockout system, a group phase was also introduced with the introduction of the Champions League. ==Current mode == Two rounds are be played in a knockout system with a return leg. The participants in the quarter-finals will then be determined in a group phase with four groups of four teams each in the home and away games. The first and second placed teams in each group qualify for the new knockout phase, which is played in two legs up to the final. The winner of this competition qualifies for the African Super Cup, the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the [[FIFA Club World Cup]].