CAF Champions League winners: the complete roll of honour
25.10.2026
International competitions
The CAF Champions League is Africa's top club competition. It began in 1964-1965 as the African Cup of Champions Clubs and switched to the Champions League format in 1997. Across 62 editions, 27 different clubs have lifted the trophy. Egypt's Al Ahly lead the list with 12 titles, while the current holders are Mamelodi Sundowns, who beat AS FAR in the 2026 final.
Clubs with the most titles
| Club |
|---|
| Al Ahly |
| Zamalek |
| TP Mazembe |
| Espérance de Tunis |
| Wydad AC |
| Raja CA |
| Hafia FC |
| Canon Yaoundé |
| JS Kabylie |
| ES SĂ©tif |
| Country | Titles |
|---|---|
| Egypt | 12 |
| Egypt | 5 |
| DR Congo | 5 |
| Tunisia | 4 |
| Morocco | 3 |
| Morocco | 3 |
| Guinea | 3 |
| Cameroon | 3 |
| Algeria | 2 |
| Algeria | 2 |
Asante Kotoko, Enyimba and Mamelodi Sundowns also have two titles each, and fourteen clubs have won it once, MC Alger, AS FAR and Pyramids among them. By country, Egypt is far ahead on 19 titles. Morocco follows with 7, DR Congo and Tunisia have 6 each, and Algeria and Cameroon have 5.
Algeria: five titles from seven finals
- 1976, MC Alger: after losing the first leg 3-0 in Conakry to Hafia, Mouloudia won the return leg by the same score and took the shoot-out 4-1. It was the first continental crown for an Algerian club.
- 1981, JS Kabylie, then known as Jeunesse Électronique de Tizi-Ouzou: a 4-0 home win over AS Vita Club of Kinshasa, followed by 1-0 away.
- 1988, ES SĂ©tif, playing as Entente Plastiques de SĂ©tif: beaten 1-0 in Nigeria by Iwuanyanwu Owerri, then 4-0 winners at home.
- 1990, JS Kabylie: 1-0 in the first leg, 0-1 in Zambia against Nkana Red Devils, and the title on penalties (5-3).
- 2014, ES SĂ©tif: 2-2 in Kinshasa against AS Vita Club and 1-1 at home, with away goals settling it.
Two more Algerian sides reached the final and lost it: MP Oran in 1989, beaten on penalties by Raja Casablanca, and USM Alger in 2015 against TP Mazembe (1-2, 0-2). How MC Alger won their latest league title, and who ruled Algerian football before them, is covered in our Algerian league honours list.
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The last ten finals
| Year |
|---|
| 2026 |
| 2025 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2018 |
| 2017 |
| Winner | Runner-up | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Mamelodi Sundowns | AS FAR | 1-0 and 1-1 |
| Pyramids | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1-1 and 2-1 |
| Al Ahly | Espérance de Tunis | 0-0 and 1-0 |
| Al Ahly | Wydad AC | 2-1 and 1-1 |
| Wydad AC | Al Ahly | 2-0 (single match) |
| Al Ahly | Kaizer Chiefs | 3-0 (single match) |
| Al Ahly | Zamalek | 2-1 (single match) |
| Espérance de Tunis | Wydad AC | 1-1, second leg awarded 3-0 |
| Espérance de Tunis | Al Ahly | 1-3 and 3-0 |
| Wydad AC | Al Ahly | 1-1 and 1-0 |
Scores read from the winner's side, first leg then second leg. The trophy itself has been retired several times. Hafia kept the original cup, donated by Kwame Nkrumah, after their third win in 1977; Zamalek kept its successor in 1993, and Al Ahly kept the CAF trophy in 2006.
The main phase of the 2026-2027 edition runs until the end of May 2027. Its fixtures are listed in the 1xBet sportsbook under CAF Champions League, and the European equivalent has its own history in our UEFA Champions League winners list.
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CAF Champions League winners: your questions
Which Algerian club was the first to become African champion?
MC Alger, in 1976. The two-legged final against Hafia Conakry went to a penalty shoot-out. JS Kabylie followed in 1981.
How many finals have Al Ahly played?
Seventeen, with twelve wins and five defeats. One of those defeats came in 2022, when Wydad AC beat them in a one-off final.
Which Moroccan clubs have won the competition?
Three of them: Wydad AC (1992, 2017, 2022), Raja CA (1989, 1997, 1999) and AS FAR (1985). That adds up to seven titles for Morocco.
