Overview:
Tanzania is one of the two nations with two team representations alongside Algeria (MC Alger & JS Kabylie) but could be joined in the same class with Egypt and Morocco.
Fourteen clubs have secured their Caf Champions League group stages spots with two ties to decide the final 16 teams.
Tanzania’s Simba drew goalless with Eswatini’s Nsingizini Hotspur to advance 3-0 on aggregate joining rivals Young Africans in the draw set to for November 3 in South Africa.
Record winners Al Ahly of Egypt, South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, 2016 champions and Esperance of Tunisia are some of the former winners to book their spot as well.
Meanwhile, Tanzania is one of the two nations with two team representations alongside Algeria (MC Alger & JS Kabylie) but could be joined in the same class with Egypt and Morocco.
Unresolved fixtures
Last season’s champions Pyramids FC earned a 1–1 draw away to Ethiopian Insurance in their first leg and will host the return fixture on 1 November.
Meanwhile, RS Berkane – the Confederation Cup winners – drew 1–1 away to Al Ahly Tripoli, setting up a decisive second leg in Morocco next weekend.
The completion of these ties will finalise the 16-club roster for this season’s competition.
Teams Qualified for the 2025/26 CAF Champions League Group Stage
- Al Ahly (Egypt)
- Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
- ES Tunis (Tunisia)
- AS FAR Rabat (Morocco)
- MC Alger (Algeria)
- JS Kabylie (Algeria)
- Petro de Luanda (Angola)
- Simba SC (Tanzania)
- Stade Malien (Mali)
- Al-Hilal Omdurman (Sudan)
- Power Dynamos (Zambia)
- St. Éloi Lupopo (DR Congo)
- Young Africans (Tanzania)
- Rivers United (Nigeria)
- Pyramids FC / Ethiopian Insurance (to be decided)
- RS Berkane / Al Ahly Tripoli (to be decided)