The 2022–23 CAF Champions League is the 59th season of Africa’s premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the 27th and last edition under the current CAF Champions League title.
Unlike the last three seasons, the final of this edition will be played in a two-legged format as per the decision of CAF at the executive committee meeting on July 3 at Rabat, arising from a formal complaint made by Al Ahly to CAF over the choice of Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca as the venue for the 2022 final, despite the intention that the final be played at a neutral venue, the 2022 tournament culminated with the stadium being the home venue of their opponent, Wydad AC.
The winners of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2023–24 CAF Champions League and earn the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2023 CAF Super Cup along with the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Wydad AC are the defending champions after beating Al Ahly in the 2022 final to claim their third title and first since 2017.
Al Ahly reached their sixth CAF Champions League final in the last seven years after eliminating ES Tunis 4-0 on aggregate. It’s Al Ahly’s sixth final after 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022 – they won the 2020 and 2021 editions under Pitso Mosimane.
Wydad AC And Al Ahly are in the final again after beating their counterparts Memolodi Sundowns and Esperance de Tunis in a two-legged match respectively. So we have a repeat of last years final.
The first leg of the final will be played on 4th June, 2023 and the second leg will be played on 11th June, 2023.
Who wins the CAF Champions League 2023?
