African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League records and statistics
This page details statistics of the African Cup of Champions Clubs and CAF Champions League.
General performances
Winners and runners-up
Semifinalists
Team in Bold: | Finalist team in season |
Note: In the 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 seasons there were no semi-finals as the finalists qualified via a group stage.
Nations
Cities
Records and statistics of Champions League era
Group stage qualification
The following list shows teams that appeared in Champions League since its inception in 1997 (including 2018 edition), number and years of their appearances and group stage qualification (after 2018 edition). Number in bracket next to country name denotes number of teams that represented that country in the competition, countries in red did not have group stage representative.
Total of 380 clubs participated in the Champions League era, 180 teams participated only once (21 editions, including 2018 edition). 75 teams from 27 countries qualified to group stage (including 2018 season) while 28 countries did not have group stage representative. Somalia and Djibouti are the only associations that never had representation in the Champions League era.
Teams in bold qualified for the knockout phase (1997-2000 for final, 2001-2016 for semifinal, since 2017 for quarterfinal).
W denotes team that was part of the draw, but withdrew (or was ejected by the Confederation) before playing any game.
Records
Last updated on 25 March 2018
Most titles: 6
Al-Ahly
Most appearances: 20
Al-Ahly
Most consecutive appearances: 15
Al-Ahly
Al-Hilal
Most consecutive matches without losing: 19
Al-Ahly
Undefeated through entire season:
Al-Ahly
Most goals scored in a season: 31
Enyimba
Most goals conceded in a season: 25
Young Africans SC
Biggest win: 10 goals margin
Difaâ El Jadidi
Biggest aggregate win: 13 goals margin
Young Africans
Most goals scored in a single game: 11
Raja Casablanca
Group stage records
Most group stage appearances: 15
Two teams hold the record.
Al-Ahly
Espérance
Most consecutive group stage appearances: 7
Espérance
Most times advanced past group stage: 10
Espérance
Most time advanced past group stage as group winners: 10
Espérance
Most times eliminated in group stage: 7
ASEC
Most times qualified to group stage but failed to go past it: 2
Africa Sports
Multiple teams qualified only once to the group stage but failed to go past it.
Most group stage matches played: 84
Al-Ahly
Most group stage matches won: 42
Espérance
Most appearances without group stage qualification: 15
Stade Malien
Most teams from one nation/league: 18
Fewest teams from one nation/league: 2
Teams that won all 6 group stage matches:
No teams did it.
Undefeated through group stage:
Eight teams went undefeated through the group stage with two teams doing it twice and one team doing it three times.
Hearts of Oak
Espérance
Al-Ahly
Étoile Sahel
ASEC
JS Kabylie
Enyimba
ES Sétif
Winless in group stage:
Fifteen teams went winless through the group stage. No teams did it more than once.
Orlando Pirates
Young Africans SC
Sable FC
ASC Jeanne d'Arc
CR Belouizdad
Costa do Sol
Ajax Cape Town
Espérance
Hearts of Oak
Al-Merreikh
Raja Casablanca
Zamalek
MC El Eulma
Al-Hilal
Coton Sport
Teams that lost all 6 group stage matches:
Costa do Sol
Coton Sport
Most goals scored in group stage (single season): 14
Enyimba
Most goals scored in group stage (total): 116
Al-Ahly
Most goals conceded in group stage (single season): 19
Young Africans SC
Most goals conceded in group stage (total): 86
Al-Ahly
Fewest goals scored in group stage: 0
Hearts of Oak
Best goal difference in group stage: +12
Espérance
Worst goal difference in group stage: -16
Costa do Sol
Biggest win in a group stage match: 7 goals margin
ASEC
Most goals scored in a group stage match: 9
Dynamos
Players
Hat-tricks
List of hat-tricks
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
- 5 Player scored 5 goals