2022–23 CAF Champions League knockout stage

The 2022–23 CAF Champions League knockout stage started on 21 April with the quarter-finals and ended on 11 June 2023 with the final to decide the champions of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League. A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage.

2022–23 CAF Champions League knockout stage
Dates21 April – 11 June 2023
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored28 (2 per match)
Attendance506,000 (36,143 per match)

Times were local.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule was as follows.

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 5 April 2023 21–22 April 2023 28–29 April 2023
Semi-finals 12–13 May 2023 19–20 May 2023
Final 4 June 2023 11 June 2023

Format

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Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was not played and the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations III. 26 & 27).

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-finals, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association can be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the semi-finals and final, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw.

Qualified teams

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The knockout stage involved the 8 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A   Wydad AC   JS Kabylie
B   Mamelodi Sundowns   Al Ahly
C   Raja CA   Simba
D   Espérance de Tunis   CR Belouizdad

Bracket

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The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
Quarter-finals (Group winners hosted second leg, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other)
  • QF1
  • QF2
  • QF3
  • QF4
Semi-finals (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, between winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4)
  • SF1
  • SF2
Final Winners SF1 and SF2 faced each other in two legs to decide the champions

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final), which was held on 5 April 2023, 18:30 GMT (20:30 local time, UTC+2), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[1]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  JS Kabylie 0 1 1
  Espérance de Tunis 1 1 2
  Espérance de Tunis 0 0 0
  Al Ahly 3 1 4
  Al Ahly 2 0 2
  Raja CA 0 0 0
  Al Ahly 2 1 3
  Wydad AC 1 1 2
  Simba 1 0 1 (3)
  Wydad AC (p) 0 1 1 (4)
  Wydad AC (a) 0 2 2
  Mamelodi Sundowns 0 2 2
  CR Belouizdad 1 1 2
  Mamelodi Sundowns 4 2 6

Quarter-finals

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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 5 April 2023.

Summary

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The first legs were played on 21 and 22 April, and the second legs were played on 28 and 29 April 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Simba   1–1 (3–4 p)   Wydad AC 1–0 0–1
Al Ahly   2–0   Raja CA 2–0 0–0
CR Belouizdad   2–6   Mamelodi Sundowns 1–4 1–2
JS Kabylie   1–2   Espérance de Tunis 0–1 1–1

Matches

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Simba  1–0  Wydad AC
  • Othos   30'
Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Wydad AC  1–0  Simba
Report
Penalties
4–3

1–1 on aggregate. Wydad AC won 4–3 on penalties.


Al Ahly  2–0  Raja CA
Report
Raja CA  0–0  Al Ahly
Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

Al Ahly won 2–0 on aggregate.


CR Belouizdad  1–4  Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
Mamelodi Sundowns  2–1  CR Belouizdad
Report

Mamelodi Sundowns won 6–2 on aggregate.


JS Kabylie  0–1  Espérance de Tunis
Report
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Espérance de Tunis  1–1  JS Kabylie
Report

Espérance de Tunis won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The draw for the semi-finals was held on 5 April 2023 (after the quarter-finals draw).

Summary

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The first legs were played on 12 and 13 May, and the second legs were played on 19 and 20 May 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espérance de Tunis   0–4   Al Ahly 0–3 0–1
Wydad AC   2–2 (a)   Mamelodi Sundowns 0–0 2–2

Matches

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Espérance de Tunis  0–3  Al Ahly
Report
Al Ahly  1–0  Espérance de Tunis
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Al Ahly won 4–0 on aggregate.


Wydad AC  0–0  Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Attendance: 39,000
Mamelodi Sundowns  2–2  Wydad AC
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2–2 on aggregate. Wydad AC won on away goals.

Final

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The first leg was played on 4 June, and the second leg was played on 11 June 2023.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly   3–2   Wydad AC 2–1 1–1


Al Ahly  2–1  Wydad AC
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Wydad AC  1–1  Al Ahly
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Al Ahly won 3–2 on aggregate.


Notes

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  1. ^ JS Kabylie played their knockout stage home matches at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, instead of their regular home stadium 1 November 1954 Stadium, Tizi Ouzou, which did not meet CAF requirements.

References

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  1. ^ "TotalEnergies CAF Interclub Quarterfinals Draw to be conducted on 05 April". CAF. 29 March 2023.
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