The 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup, officially the 2022–23 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, was the 20th season of the CAF Confederation Cup and 48th overall season of Africa's secondary club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
RS Berkane were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the playoff round by US Monastir. USM Alger won this edition and as such qualified automatically for the next season and earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League in the 2023 CAF Super Cup.
Association team allocation All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-year ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. As a result, theoretically a maximum of 68 teams could enter the tournament (plus 16 teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.
For this season's edition, CAF uses the 2017–2022 CAF 5-year ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF club competitions. The criteria for points are as follows:
CAF Champions LeagueCAF Confederation CupWinners6 points5 pointsRunners-up5 points4 pointsLosing semi-finalists4 points3 pointsLosing quarter-finalists (from 2017)3 points2 points3rd place in groups2 points1 point4th place in groups1 point0.5 point
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows: 2021–22: x 5 2020–21: × 4 2019–20: × 3 2018–19: × 2 2018: × 1
Teams
The following 50 teams from 39 associations entered the competition. Teams in bold received a bye to the second round. The other teams entered the first round.
Associations are shown according to their 2018–2022 CAF 5-year ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score (in parentheses) indicated.
+Associations eligible to enter two teams (Top 12 associations)AssociationRank TeamQualifying method1 RS BerkaneTitle holders (2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup winners)ASFAR2021–22 Botola third place2 Future2021–22 Egyptian Premier League third place after 24 roundsPyramids 2021–22 Egyptian Premier League fourth place after 24 rounds3 JS Saoura2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third placeUSM Alger2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place4 Club Sfaxien2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third placeClub Africain2021–22 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fourth place5 Royal AM2021–22 South African Premiership third placeMarumo Gallants2021–22 Nedbank Cup runners-up6 Saint-Éloi Lupopo2021–22 Linafoot third placeMotema Pembe2021–22 Coupe du Congo winners7 Sagrada Esperança2021–22 Girabola third place8 Hilal Alsahil2021–22 Sudan Premier League third place Al Ahli Khartoum2021–22 Sudan Cup runners-up9 Al Akhdar2021–22 Libyan Premier League third placeAl Nasr2021–22 Libyan Premier League fourth place 10 Milo2021–22 Guinée Championnat National third place Ashanti Golden Boys2021–22 Guinée Championnat National fourth place11 Azam2021–22 Tanzanian Premier League third placeGeita Gold2021–22 Tanzanian Premier League fourth place12 Remo Stars2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League third placeKwara United2021–22 Nigeria Professional Football League fourth place +Associations eligible to enter one teamAssociationRank TeamQualifying method13 ZESCO United2021–22 Zambian Super League runners-up14 PWD Bamenda2021–22 Cameroon Cup winners16 Gagnoa2021–22 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 runners-up17 Diables Noirs2021–22 Coupe du Congo winners18 Security Systems2021–22 Botswana FA Cup runners-up21 Mbabane Highlanders2021–22 Eswatini Premier League runners-up21 Real Bamako2021–22 Malian Cup runners-up23 Douanes de Ouagadougou2021–22 Coupe du Faso winners24 Douanes de Niamey2021–22 Niger Cup winners24 Hearts of Oak2021–22 Ghana FA Cup winners26 Kigali2021–22 Rwandan Cup winners26 Bul2021–22 Uganda Cup winners28 Nouakchott Kings2021–22 Coupe du Président de la République winners28 Buffles du Borgou2021–22 Benin Premier League runners-up30 Ferroviário da Beira2021 Moçambola runners-up30 ASC Kara2021–22 Togolese Championnat National runners-up—Bumamuru2021–22 Burundian Cup winners—AS Santé d'Abéché2021–22 Chad Premier League runners-up—ASAS Télécom2021–22 Djibouti Cup runners-up—Inter de Litoral Academy2021–22 Equatoguinean Cup Región Continental winners—Fasil Kenema2021–22 Ethiopian Premier League runners-up—LISCR2021–22 Liberia Cup winners—Elgeco Plus2021–22 Madagascar Cup winners—St Michel United2021–22 Seychelles Premier League runners-up—Kallon2021–22 Sierra Leone Premier League fifth place—Al Hilal Wau2021–22 South Sudan National Cup winners—Kipanga2021–22 Zanzibari Cup winners
Associations which did not enter a team
Notes:
Schedule +Schedule for 2022–23 CAF Confederation CupPhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifyingFirst round9 August 20229–11 September 202216–18 September 2022Second round7–9 October 202214–16 October 2022Playoff round18 October 20222 November 20229 November 2022Group stageMatchday 112 December 202212 February 2023Matchday 219 February 2023Matchday 326 February 2023Matchday 48 March 2023Matchday 519 March 2023Matchday 62 April 2023Knockout stageQuarter-finals5 April 202323 April 202330 April 2023Semi-finals10 May 202317 May 2023Final28 May 20233 June 2023
Qualifying rounds
First round
Second round
Playoff round
Group stage
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage. Tiebreakers
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerTeamTotal1 Fiston Mayele Young Africans 111 2 1172 Ranga Chivaviro Marumo Gallants21 11 163 Paul Acquah Rivers United 13 4 Aubin Kramo Kouamé ASEC Mimosas 112 Khaled Bousseliou USM Alger2 1 1 6 Boubacar Traoré Union Monastirienne1 11 3 Mostafa Fathi Pyramids1 2 Malanga Horso Mwaku Saint-Éloi Lupopo 111 Zineddine Belaïd USM Alger 1 11 Diney ASFAR1 1 1 Kennedy Musonda Young Africans 1 1 1
See also 2022–23 CAF Champions League 2023 CAF Super Cup
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