2024–25 CAF Champions League knockout stage
| Dates | 1 April – 1 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 23 (1.64 per match) |
| Attendance | 387,000 (27,643 per match) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 CAF Champions League knockout stage started on 1 April with the quarter-finals and ended on 1 June 2025 with the second leg of the final to decide the champions of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League. 8 teams competed in the knockout stage.
Times are local.
Round and draw dates
[edit]The schedule was as follows.[1]
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter-finals | 20 February 2025 | 1 April 2025 | 8 April 2025 |
| Semi-finals | 18–19 April 2025 | 25–26 April 2025 | |
| Final | 24 May 2025 | 1 June 2025 |
Format
[edit]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 is 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 could not be drawn against each other, while teams from the same association could be drawn against each other.
- In the draws for the semi-finals, 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
[edit]The knockout stage involved the 8 teams qualifying as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| A |  Al Hilal
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 MC Alger
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| B |  AS FAR
|
 Mamelodi Sundowns
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| C | Orlando Pirates
|
 Al Ahly
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| D |  Espérance de Tunis
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Pyramids
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Bracket
[edit]The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:
| Round | Matchups |
|---|---|
| Quarter-finals | (Group winners hosted the second leg, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other)
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| Semi-finals | (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, between winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4)
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| 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, which was held on 20 February 2025, 18:00 AST (UTC+3) at the beIN Sports headquarters in Doha, Qatar.[2]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||
| Mamelodi Sundowns
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Espérance de Tunis
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mamelodi Sundowns (a)
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Ahly
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Ahly
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Hilal
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mamelodi Sundowns
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Pyramids
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| MC Alger
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Orlando Pirates
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Orlando Pirates
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Pyramids
| 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Pyramids
| 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| AS FAR
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 20 February 2025.
Summary
[edit]The first legs were played on 1 April, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 April 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahly | 2–0 | Al Hilal | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Pyramids | 4–3 | AS FAR | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–0 | Espérance de Tunis | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| MC Alger | 0–1 | Orlando Pirates | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Matches
[edit]
| Al Hilal | 0–1 | Al Ahly |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Al Ahly won 2–0 on aggregate.
| AS FAR | 2–0 | Pyramids |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Pyramids won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Espérance de Tunis | 0–0 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Mamelodi Sundowns won 1–0 on aggregate.
| MC Alger | 0–1 | Orlando Pirates |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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| Orlando Pirates | 0–0 | MC Alger |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Orlando Pirates won 1–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
[edit]The draw for the semi-finals was held on 20 February 2025 (after the quarter-finals draw).
Summary
[edit]The first legs were played on 19 April, and the second legs were played on 25 April 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–1 (a) | Al Ahly | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Orlando Pirates | 2–3 | Pyramids | 0–0 | 2–3 |
Matches
[edit]1–1 on aggregate. Mamelodi Sundowns won on away goals.
| Pyramids | 3–2 | Orlando Pirates |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Pyramids won 3–2 on aggregate.
Final
[edit]The first leg was played on 24 May, and the second leg was played on 1 June 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 2–3 | Pyramids | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 1–1 | Pyramids |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
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| Pyramids | 2–1 | Mamelodi Sundowns |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Pyramids won 3–2 on aggregate.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Al Hilal played their knockout stage home matches at Cheikha Ould Boïdiya Stadium in Nouakchott (Mauritania), instead of their regular stadium, Al Hilal Stadium, Omdurman, due to the Sudanese civil war.
- ^ AS FAR played their knockout stage home matches at Honneur Stadium, Meknes, instead of their regular stadium, Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, due to renovation works.
References
[edit]- ^ "CAF Competitions Calendar 2025" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 19 December 2024.
- ^ "CAF announces Quarter-Finals Draw Dates for TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup". Confederation of African Football. 5 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, CAFonline.com