CAF champions league group stage draw 2024/2025

CAF champions league group stage draw 2024/2025, CAF champions league group stage draw 2024 25, droo ya makundi CAF champions league 2023 24, CAF champions league 2024/25. The Group Stages of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League  will feature the best Clubs from across the continent, after CAF successfully concluded the Preliminary Stages of the competition this weekend.

Following two highly competitive Preliminary rounds involving 58 CAF Licensed Clubs from across the continent, the final 16 clubs set to compete in the gruelling, yet exciting Group Stages have officially been decided, as Africa’s premier club football competition enters its next exciting stage.

TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Group Stage Qualified Clubs:

Al Ahly SC (Egypt), Al Hilal SC (Sudan), AS FAR (Morocco), AS Maniema Union (DR Congo), CR Belouizdad (Algeria), Djoliba AC De Bamako (Mali), GD Sagrada Esperanca (Angola), Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), MC Alger (Algeria), Pyramids FC (Egypt), Orlando Pirates (South Africa), Raja Casablanca (Morocco), Stade d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Young Africans SC (Tanzania).

Group Stage Draw Format

The teams was divided into four pots according to their CAF rankings.

• Pot 4 will feature the lowest-seeded teams, including:
  • MC Alger (Algeria)
  • AS Maniema Union (DR Congo)
  • Djoliba de Bamako (Mali)
  • Stade d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

The draw for this pot assign each team to one of the groups as follows:

• The first ball drawn will go directly to Group A in position A4.
• The second ball drawn will go to Group B in position B4.
• The third ball drawn will go to Group C in position C4.
• The fourth ball drawn will go to Group D in position D4.
• Pot 3 includes:

• • Al Hilal (Sudan)
  • Orlando Pirates (South Africa)
  • GD Sagrada Esperança (Angola)
  • AS FAR (Morocco)

The assignment of teams from Pot 3 proceed similarly:

• The first ball drawn will go to Group A in position A3.
• The second ball drawn will go to Group B in position B3.
• The third ball drawn will go to Group C in position C3.
• The fourth ball drawn will go to Group D in position D3.
• Pot 2 consists of:

• • CRB (Algeria)
  • Raja CA (Morocco)
  • Young Africans (Tanzania)
  • Pyramids FC (Egypt)

The draw procedure for Pot 2 follow the same format:

• The first ball drawn will go to Group A in position A2.
• The second ball drawn will go to Group B in position B2.
• The third ball drawn will go to Group C in position C2.
• The fourth ball drawn will go to Group D in position D2.
• Pot 1, featuring the top-seeded teams, includes:

• • Al Ahly SC (Egypt)
  • Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)
  • Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
  • TP Mazembe (DR Congo)

The final draw for Pot 1 assign teams as follows:

• The first ball drawn will go to Group A in position A1.
• The second ball drawn will go to Group B in position B1.
• The third ball drawn will go to Group C in position C1.
• The fourth ball drawn will go to Group D in position D1.

CAF champions league group stage draw 2024/2025

Record title-holders and reigning champions, Al Ahly SC along with last season’s runners-up, Espérance Sportive de Tunis have secured their places in the Group Stage.

DR Congo’s AS Maniema Union made history in their first season of participation after eliminating Angola’s Petro de Luanda to secure their place in the group stages

Joining them includes former continental champions and five-time winners, TP Mazembe along with Raja Casablanca, Mamelodi Sundowns, MC Alger, Raja Casablanca, Young Africans, as well as Orlando Pirates, who make a return to the group stages after a five-year absence.

The full draw of the African Champions League group stage:

Group A

• TP Mazembe (DR. Congo)
• Young Africans (Tanzania)
• Al Hilal Omdurman (Sudan)
• MC Alger (Algeria)

Group B

• Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
• Raja Casablanca (Morocco)
• FAR Rabat (Morocco)
• Maniema Union (DR. Congo)

Group C

• Ahly (Egypt)
• Belouizdad (Algeria)
• Orlando Pirates (South Africa)
• Stade d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)

Group D

• Esperance Tunis (Tunisia)
• Pyramids FC (Egypt)
• Sagrada Esperança (Angola)
• Djoliba (Mali)