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The 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds began on 18 August and ended on 1 October 2023. A total of 52 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the 16 places in the group stage of the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup.

All times are local.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 25 July 2023, 11:00 GMT (14:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.

The entry round of the 52 teams entered into the draw was determined by their performances in the CAF competitions for the previous five seasons (CAF 5-Year Ranking points shown in parentheses).

Format

In the qualifying rounds, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Bracket

The bracket of the draw was announced by the CAF on 25 July 2023.

The 16 winners of the second round advanced to the group stage.

	First round							Second round
	1	Bendel Insurance (p)	1	0	1 (4)
	4	ASO Chlef	0	1	1 (3)
								Bendel Insurance		2	0	2
								RS Berkane		2	1	3

	First round							Second round
	1	FUS Rabat	3	2	5
	4	AS Loto FC	0	0	0
								FUS Rabat		1	0	1
								USM Alger (a)		1	0	1

	First round							Second round
	1	Casa Sports	1	0	1
	4	EF Ouagadougou (a)	1	0	1
								EF Ouagadougou		0	0	0
								Rivers United		0	2	2

	First round							Second round
	1	Arta Solar	3	3	6
	4	Horseed	0	0	0
								Arta Solar		2	1	3
								Zamalek		0	4	4

	First round							Second round
	1	Singida Fountain Gate	4	0	4
	4	JKU	1	2	3
								Singida Fountain Gate		1	1	2
								Modern Future		0	4	4

	First round							Second round
	1	Bahir Dar Kenema (p)	2	1	3 (4)
	4	Azam	1	2	3 (3)
								Bahir Dar Kenema		2	0	2
								Club Africain		0	3	3

	First round							Second round
	1	Olympique Béja	0	0	0
	4	Abu Salim	1	0	1
								Abu Salim		3	2	5
								Kampala City		1	3	4

	First round							Second round
	1	Kakamega Homeboyz	0	1	1
	4	Al Hilal Benghazi	0	4	4
								Al Hilal Benghazi (p)		1	1	2 (4)
								Rayon Sports		1	1	2 (2)

	First round							Second round
	1	Sekhukhune United	—	—	w/o
	4	Young Buffaloes	—	—
								Sekhukhune United		3	1	4
								Saint-Éloi Lupopo		1	1	2

	First round							Second round
	1	Cano Sport	1	0	1
	4	Maestro United	1	3	4
								Maestro United		1	0	1
								Diables Noirs		2	2	4

	First round							Second round
	1	Ferroviário de Maputo	—	—	w/o
	4	Belle Lumière	—	—
								Ferroviário de Maputo		1	0	1 (3)
								Sagrada Esperança (p)		0	1	1 (5)

	First round							Second round
	1	Gaborone United	0	3	3
	4	Elgeco Plus	1	1	2
								Gaborone United		1	0	1
								SuperSport United		1	3	4

	First round							Second round
	1	AS Douanes Mauritania	2	0	2
	4	Académie SOAR (a)	2	0	2
								Académie SOAR		1	2	3
								AFAD Djékanou		2	0	2
	3	ASC Kara	0	1	1
	2	AFAD Djékanou	0	2	2

	First round							Second round
	1	Milo FC	1	1	2
	4	Dreams FC	1	2	3
								Dreams FC		2	1	3
								Kallon		1	1	2
	3	AS Douanes Niger	—	—
	2	Kallon	—	—	w/o

	First round							Second round
	1	Watanga	1	1	2
	4	Stade Malien	3	4	7
								Stade Malien (a)		2	1	3
								Aigle Noir		0	3	3
	3	Hay Al Arab	—	—
	2	Aigle Noir	—	—	w/o

	First round							Second round
	1	Haidoub	0	0	0
	4	Al Merreikh Juba	1	0	1
								Al Merreikh Juba		0	0	0
								Académica do Lobito		0	3	3
	3	Académica do Lobito	2	2	4
	2	La Passe	1	2	3

First round

The first round, also called the first preliminary round, included the 40 teams that did not receive byes to the second round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bendel Insurance	1–1 (4–3 p)	ASO Chlef	1–0	0–1
FUS Rabat	5–0	AS Loto FC	3–0	2–0
Casa Sports	1–1 (a)	EF Ouagadougou	1–1	0–0
Arta Solar	6–0	Horseed	3–0	3–0
Singida Fountain Gate	4–3	JKU	4–1	0–2
Bahir Dar Kenema	3–3 (4–3 p)	Azam	2–1	1–2
Olympique Béja	0–1	Abu Salim	0–1	0–0
Kakamega Homeboyz	1–4	Al Hilal Benghazi	0–0	1–4
Sekhukhune United	w/o	Young Buffaloes	—	—
Cano Sport	1–4	Maestro United	1–1	0–3
Ferroviário de Maputo	w/o	Belle Lumière	—	—
Gaborone United	3–2	Elgeco Plus	0–1	3–1
AS Douanes Mauritania	2–2 (a)	Académie SOAR	2–2	0–0
ASC Kara	1–2	AFAD Djékanou	0–0	1–2
Milo FC	2–3	Dreams FC	1–1	1–2
AS Douanes Niger	w/o	Kallon	—	—
Watanga	2–7	Stade Malien	1–3	1–4
Hay Al Arab	w/o	Aigle Noir	—	—
Haidoub	0–1	Al Merreikh Juba	0–1	0–0
Académica do Lobito	4–3	La Passe	2–1	2–2

Notes:

1. Sekhukhune United won on a walkover after Young Buffaloes withdrew due to financial problems.
2. Ferroviário de Maputo won on a walkover after Belle Lumière withdrew due to financial problems.
3. Kallon won on a walkover after Niger clubs withdrew from 2023–24 CAF interclub competitions due to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.
4. Aigle Noir won on a walkover after Hay Al Arab withdrew from the competition due to the 2023 Sudan conflict.

Bendel Insurance	1–0	ASO Chlef
Osarenkhoe 42'	Report

ASO Chlef	1–0	Bendel Insurance
Aguieb 43'	Report
Penalties
	3–4

1–1 on aggregate. Bendel Insurance won 4–3 on penalties.

FUS Rabat	3–0	AS Loto FC
Ibrahim 8' (o.g.) Nanah 28' El Maftoul 90+2'	Report

AS Loto FC	0–2	FUS Rabat
	Report	Elaz 25' Bach 86'

FUS Rabat won 5–0 on aggregate.

Casa Sports	1–1	EF Ouagadougou
Gomis 5'	Report	Sana 71'

EF Ouagadougou	0–0	Casa Sports
	Report

1–1 on aggregate. EF Ouagadougou won on away goals.

Arta Solar	3–0	Horseed
Al. Ahmed 4' (o.g.) Traoré 41', 64'	Report

Horseed	0–3	Arta Solar
	Report	Dadzie 1', 20' Hussein 22' (o.g.)

Arta Solar won 6–0 on aggregate.

Singida Fountain Gate	4–1	JKU
Tchakei 5' (pen.), 40' (pen.) Chukwu 44' Abuya 47'	Report	Abdull 63' (pen.)

JKU	2–0	Singida Fountain Gate
N. Juma 6' Matiko 42'	Report

Singida United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Bahir Dar Kenema	2–1	Azam
Gebre 20', 61'	Report	Mbombo 72'

Azam	2–1	Bahir Dar Kenema
Selemani Ally 1' Dube 10'	Report	Tadesse 17'
Penalties
	3–4

3–3 on aggregate. Bahir Dar Kenema won 4–3 on penalties.

Olympique Béja	0–1	Abu Salim
	Report	Aleiyan 48' (pen.)

Abu Salim	0–0	Olympique Béja
	Report

Abu Salim won 1–0 on aggregate.

Kakamega Homeboyz	0–0	Al Hilal Benghazi
	Report

Al Hilal Benghazi	4–1	Kakamega Homeboyz
E. Kelvin 14', 32' Al Shareef 27' A. Kelvin 84'	Report	Nangila 45'

Al Hilal Benghazi won 4–1 on aggregate.

Cano Sport	1–1	Maestro United
Chokki 31'	Report	Mpasela 63'

Maestro United	3–0	Cano Sport
Mhango 17' Phiri 51' (pen.) Angwenga 62'	Report

Maestro United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Gaborone United	0–1	Elgeco Plus
	Report	Razafimaro 25'

Elgeco Plus	1–3	Gaborone United
Razafimaro 72'	Report	Kgamanyane 2', 78' Kgaswane 57'

Gaborone United won 3–2 on aggregate.

AS Douanes Mauritania	2–2	Académie SOAR
Y. El Id 53' Lekweiry 56'	Report	I. Sylla 36' Abdoul. Camara 38'

Académie SOAR	0–0	AS Douanes Mauritania
	Report

2–2 on aggregate. Académie SOAR won on away goals.

ASC Kara	0–0	AFAD Djékanou
	Report

AFAD Djékanou	2–1	ASC Kara
Amani 45', 47'	Report	Coulibaly 44'

AFAD Djékanou won 2–1 on aggregate.

Milo FC	1–1	Dreams FC
Bamba 83'	Report	Avocevou 21'

Dreams FC	2–1	Milo FC
A. Boateng 83' (pen.) Antwi 86'	Report	S. Bangoura 13'

Dreams FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Watanga	1–3	Stade Malien
Logan 28' (pen.)	Report	Kouma 15' Djiguiba 73' Dembélé 89'

Stade Malien	4–1	Watanga
D. Coulibaly 34', 39' I. Traoré 45' M. Traoré 68'	Report	Sando 85'

Stade Malien won 7–2 on aggregate.

Haidoub	0–1	Al Merreikh Juba
	Report	Michael 26'

Al Merreikh Juba	0–0	Haidoub
	Report

Al Merreikh Juba won 1–0 on aggregate.

Académica do Lobito	2–1	La Passe
Lucamba 6' Tchyonga 13' (pen.)	Report	Ratianaridimby 9'

La Passe	2–2	Académica do Lobito
Ratianaridimby 72' M. Rose 90'	Report	Bicho 34' Jepson 80'

Académica do Lobito won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

The second round, also called the second preliminary round, included 32 teams: the 12 teams that received byes to this round, and the 20 winners of the first round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bendel Insurance	2–3	RS Berkane	2–2	0–1
FUS Rabat	1–1 (a)	USM Alger	1–1	0–0
EF Ouagadougou	0–2	Rivers United	0–0	0–2
Arta Solar	3–4	Zamalek	2–0	1–4
Singida Fountain Gate	2–4	Modern Future	1–0	1–4
Bahir Dar Kenema	2–3	Club Africain	2–0	0–3
Abu Salim	5–4	Kampala City	3–1	2–3
Al Hilal Benghazi	2–2 (4–2 p)	Rayon Sports	1–1	1–1
Sekhukhune United	4–2	Saint-Éloi Lupopo	3–1	1–1
Maestro United	1–4	Diables Noirs	1–2	0–2
Ferroviário de Maputo	1–1 (3–5 p)	Sagrada Esperança	1–0	0–1
Gaborone United	1–4	SuperSport United	1–1	0–3
Académie SOAR	3–2	AFAD Djékanou	1–2	2–0
Dreams FC	3–2	Kallon	2–1	1–1
Stade Malien	3–3 (a)	Aigle Noir	2–0	1–3
Al Merreikh Juba	0–3	Académica do Lobito	0–0	0–3

Bendel Insurance	2–2	RS Berkane
Osarenkhoe 28' Augustus 60'	Report	Lamlaoui 37' El Mourabit 77'

RS Berkane	1–0	Bendel Insurance
Lamlaoui 43'	Report

RS Berkane won 3–2 on aggregate.

FUS Rabat	1–1	USM Alger
Ajako 83'	Report	Belaïd 45'

USM Alger	0–0	FUS Rabat
	Report

1–1 on aggregate. USM Alger won on away goals.

EF Ouagadougou	0–0	Rivers United
	Report

Rivers United	2–0	EF Ouagadougou
Oyowah 89', 90+9'	Report

Rivers United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Arta Solar	2–0	Zamalek
Dadzie 47' Elabeh 59'	Report

Zamalek	4–1	Arta Solar
Obama 49' Shikabala 52' Zizo 74' Mathlouthi 90'	Report	Hassan 16'

Zamalek won 4–3 on aggregate.

Singida Fountain Gate	1–0	Modern Future
Rupia 53'	Report

Modern Future	4–1	Singida Fountain Gate
Atef 5' Refaat 53' (pen.) Kamal 68' Maher 90+7'	Report	Tchakei 28'

Modern Future won 4–2 on aggregate.

Bahir Dar Kenema	2–0	Club Africain
Tadesse 45', 89'	Report

Club Africain	3–0	Bahir Dar Kenema
Srarfi 14' Eduwo 31' H. Labidi 44'	Report

Club Africain won 3–2 on aggregate.

Abu Salim	3–1	Kampala City
Abushnaf 26' Aleiyan 35' (pen.) Alabani 55'	Report	A. Mayanja 72'

Kampala City	3–2	Abu Salim
Shaban 20' Usama 84', 90'	Report	Aleiyan 72' (pen.) Nworah 86'

Abu Salim won 5–4 on aggregate.

Al Hilal Benghazi	1–1	Rayon Sports
Maryami 84'	Report	Luvumbu 54' (pen.)

Rayon Sports	1–1	Al Hilal Benghazi
Ojera 38'	Report	Maryami 1'
Penalties
	2–4

2–2 on aggregate. Al Hilal Benghazi won 4–2 on penalties.

Sekhukhune United	3–1	Saint-Éloi Lupopo
Ohizu 12' Webber 39' Yamba 55'	Report	Katumbwe 15'

Saint-Éloi Lupopo	1–1	Sekhukhune United
Bola 20'	Report	Thutlwa 59'

Sekhukhune United won 4–2 on aggregate.

Maestro United	1–2	Diables Noirs
Phiri 88' (pen.)	Report	Fataki 14' Niamathé 79'

Diables Noirs	2–0	Maestro United
Opimbat 67' Onguele 85'	Report

Diables Noirs won 4–1 on aggregate.

Ferroviário de Maputo	1–0	Sagrada Esperança
Mário 88'	Report

Sagrada Esperança	1–0	Ferroviário de Maputo
Walter 90'	Report
Penalties
	5–3

1–1 on aggregate. Sagrada Esperança won 5–3 on penalties.

Gaborone United	1–1	SuperSport United
Sesay 90+5'	Report	Bezuidenhout 48'

SuperSport United	3–0	Gaborone United
Ighodaro 56', 72' Grobler 90'	Report

SuperSport United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Académie SOAR	1–2	AFAD Djékanou
M. Camara 69'	Report	Amani 47' Bonheur 57'

AFAD Djékanou	0–2	Académie SOAR
	Report	Sango 43' (o.g.) D. Sylla 45'

Académie SOAR won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dreams FC	2–1	Kallon
Atuahene 11' Antwi 56'	Report	Karim 45'

Kallon	1–1	Dreams FC
M. Fofanah 90'	Report	A. Boateng 5'

Dreams FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Stade Malien	2–0	Aigle Noir
I. Traoré 51' (pen.) D. Coulibaly 66' (pen.)	Report

Aigle Noir	3–1	Stade Malien
Ineza 39', 54', 83'	Report	I. Traoré 33'

3–3 on aggregate. Stade Malien won on away goals.

Al Merreikh Juba	0–0	Académica do Lobito
	Report

Académica do Lobito	3–0	Al Merreikh Juba
Caprego 31' Maria Pia 59' Jepson 82'	Report

Académica do Lobito won 3–0 on aggregate.

See also

• 2023–24 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Notes

1. The FUS Rabat v USM Alger match, originally scheduled to be played between 15 or 17 September 2023, was rescheduled to 23 September 2023 due to USM Alger participation in the 2023 CAF Super Cup on 15 September 2023.
2. ^ The Al Hilal Benghazi v Rayon Sports match, originally scheduled to be played on 15 September 2023 at Benina Martyrs Stadium, Benghazi, was rescheduled to 24 September 2023 at Kigali Pelé Stadium, Kigali (Rwanda) due to the Storm Daniel.

References

1. "TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup Preliminary Draw on Tuesday". Confederation of African Football. 23 July 2023.
2. "Désistement de nos représentants en compétitions interclubs Ligue des Champions et Coupe de la Confédération 2023-2024". Nigerien Football Federation (in French). 23 August 2023.

External links

• TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, CAFonline.com

• 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup
• August 2023 sports events in Africa
• September 2023 sports events in Africa
• October 2023 sports events in Africa