The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship reasons as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champion Clubs, is an annual club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by top-division African clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout stage, and then a single leg final. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in African football.
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| Founded | 1964 (rebranded in 1997) |
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| Region | Africa (CAF) |
| Number of teams | 16 (Group Stage) 68 (Total) (from 56 associations) |
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| Related competitions | CAF Confederation Cup |
| Current champions |  Wydad AC(3rd title) |
| Most successful club(s) |  Al Ahly(10 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | List of broadcasters |
| Website | Official website |
 2021–22 CAF Champions League | |
The winner of the tournament earns a berth for the FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, and also faces the winner of the CAF Confederation Cup in the following season's CAF Super Cup. Clubs that finish as runners-up their national leagues, having not qualified for the Champions League, are eligible for the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup competition.
Egyptian clubs have the highest number of victories (16 titles), followed by Morocco with 7. Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria have the largest number of winning teams, with three clubs form each having won the title. The competition has been won by 26 clubs, 12 of which have won it more than once. Al Ahly is the most successful club in the competition's history, having won the tournament a record 10 times. Egyptian clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, winning the title 16 times. Wydad Casablanca are the current defending champions, having beaten Al Ahly 2–0 in the 2022 final.
CAF Champions League winners
| CAF-Champions League | |||
| 21/22 | 
| Wydad Casablanca | Walid Regragui |
| 20/21 | 
| El Ahly Cairo | Pitso Mosimane |
| 19/20 |
| El Ahly Cairo | Pitso Mosimane |
| 18/19 | 
| Esperance Tunis | Moïn Chaabani |
| 17/18 |
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Esperance Tunis | Moïn Chaabani |
| 16/17 |
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Wydad Casablanca | Houcine Ammouta |
| 15/16 |
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Mamelodi Sundowns FC | Pitso Mosimane |
| 14/15 |
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TP Mazembe | Patrice Carteron |
| 13/14 |
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ES Sétif | Kheïreddine Madoui |
| 12/13 |
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El Ahly Cairo | Mohamed Youssef |
| 11/12 |
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El Ahly Cairo | Hossam El Badry |
| 10/11 |
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Esperance Tunis | Nabil Maaloul |
| 09/10 |
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TP Mazembe | Lamine N'Diaye |
| 08/09 |
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TP Mazembe | Diego Garzitto |
| 07/08 |
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El Ahly Cairo | Manuel José |
| 06/07 |
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Etoile Sportive du Sahel | Bertrand Marchand |
| 05/06 |
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El Ahly Cairo | Manuel José |
| 04/05 |
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El Ahly Cairo | Manuel José |
| 03/04 |
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Enyimba Aba | Okey Emordi |
| 02/03 |
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Enyimba Aba | Kadiri Ikhana |
| 01/02 |
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Zamalek SC | Carlos Alberto Cabral |
| 00/01 |
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El Ahly Cairo | Manuel José |
| 99/00 |
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Hearts of Oak | Cecil Jones Attuquayefio |
| 98/99 |
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Raja Club Athletic Casablanca | Oscar Fulloné |
| 97/98 |
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ASEC Mimosas | Oscar Fulloné |
| 96/97 |
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Raja Club Athletic Casablanca | Vahid Halilhodzic |
| 95/96 |
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Zamalek SC | Werner Olk |
| 94/95 |
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Orlando Pirates | |
| 93/94 |
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Esperance Tunis | Faouzi Benzarti |
| 92/93 |
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Zamalek SC | Mahmoud El Gohary |
| 91/92 |
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Wydad Casablanca | |
| 90/91 |
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Club Africain Tunis | Ilie Balaci |
| 89/90 |
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JS Kabylie | Stefan Zywotko |
| 88/89 |
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Raja Club Athletic Casablanca | Rabah Saadane |
| 87/88 |
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EP Sétif | Mokhtar Arribi |
| 86/87 |
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El Ahly Cairo | |
| 85/86 |
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Zamalek SC | |
| 84/85 |
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FAR Rabat | José Faria |
| 83/84 |
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Zamalek SC | |
| 82/83 |
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Asante Kotoko SC | |
| 81/82 |
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El Ahly Cairo | Mahmoud El Gohary |
| 80/81 |
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Jeunesse Électronique de Tizi-Ouzou | Stefan Zywotko |
| 79/80 |
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Canon Yaoundé | |
| 78/79 |
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Union Douala | |
| 77/78 |
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Canon Yaoundé | |
| 76/77 |
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Hafia Football Club | |
| 75/76 |
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MC Algiers | Abdelhamid Zouba |
| 74/75 |
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Hafia Football Club | |
| 73/74 |
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CARA Brazzaville | |
| 72/73 |
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AS Vita Club Kinshasa | |
| 71/72 |
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Hafia Football Club | |
| 70/71 |
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Canon Yaoundé | Peter Schnittger |
| 69/70 |
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Asante Kotoko SC | |
| 68/69 |
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Ismaily SC | |
| 67/68 |
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TP Mazembe | |
| 66/67 |
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TP Mazembe | |
| 65/66 |
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Stade d'Abidjan | |
| 64/65 |
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Oryx Douala | |