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2023 African Football League
Tournament details
Dates20 October – 11 November 2023
Teams8 (from 8 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored18 (1.8 per match)
Attendance362,000 (36,200 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ägypten Mahmoud Kahraba
Südafrika Thapelo Maseko
Mali Sadio Kanouté
(2 goals each)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 29 October 2023.

The 2023 African Football League is the first edition of Africa's newest club football tournament, the African Football League, organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

This season is meant to be a precursor tournament to the full fledged version, which will start in the 2024–25 season, after being delayed a year.

Background

The competition, initially announced in 2022 as the Africa Super League, was to involve 24 teams divided into three geographical regions and have a promotion-relegation system. The competition was delayed from August to October 2023, renamed to the African Football League, and revised into an eight-team knockout format for its inaugural season. This season is meant to be a precursor, as the originally announced format will be introduced starting in 2024–25.

Zeitplan

The schedule is as follows.[1]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 2 September 2023 20–22 October 2023 24–25 October 2023
Semi-finals 29 October 2023 1 November 2023
Final 5 November 2023 11 November 2023

Format

Each tie is being played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then extra time is not played and the winners are decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Teams

The African Football League involves 8 teams chosen by the CAF to enter the tournament.

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Location of teams of the 2023 African Football League
Pot 2 Pot 1

Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final), which was held on 2 September 2023, 16:00 GMT (19:00 local time, UTC+3), at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[1]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Angola Petro de Luanda 0 0 0
Südafrika Mamelodi Sundowns 2 0 2
Südafrika Mamelodi Sundowns 1
Ägypten Al Ahly 0
Tansania Simba 2 1 3
Ägypten Al Ahly (a) 2 1 3
SF1 winner
Marokko Wydad AC
Nigeria Enyimba 0 0 0
Marokko Wydad AC 1 3 4
Marokko Wydad AC 1 0 6
Tunesien Espérance de Tunis 0 1 5
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1 0 1
Tunesien Espérance de Tunis 0 3 3

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 20, 21 and 22 October, and the second legs were played on 24 and 26 October 2023.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Simba Tansania 3–3 (a) Ägypten Al Ahly 2–2 1–1
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–3 Tunesien Espérance de Tunis 1–0 0–3
Enyimba Nigeria 0–4 Marokko Wydad AC 0–1 0–3
Petro de Luanda Angola 0–2 Südafrika Mamelodi Sundowns 0–2 0–0
Simba Tansania2–2Ägypten Al Ahly
 Bericht
Attendance: 60,000
Al Ahly Ägypten1–1Tansania Simba
 Bericht
Attendance: 30,000

3–3 on aggregate. Al Ahly won on away goals.

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Tunesien Espérance de Tunis
 Bericht
Attendance: 40,000
Espérance de Tunis Tunesien3–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Bericht
Attendance: 40,000

Espérance de Tunis won 3–1 on aggregate.

Enyimba Nigeria0–1Marokko Wydad AC
Bericht
Attendance: 5,000
Wydad AC Marokko3–0Nigeria Enyimba
 Bericht
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Wydad AC won 4–0 on aggregate.

Petro de Luanda Angola0–2Südafrika Mamelodi Sundowns
Bericht
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Mamelodi Sundowns Südafrika0–0Angola Petro de Luanda
Bericht
Attendance: 25,000

Mamelodi Sundowns won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 29 October, and the second legs will be played on 1 November 2023.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mamelodi Sundowns Südafrika SF1 Ägypten Al Ahly 1–0 1 Nov
Wydad AC Marokko 1-1 (5-4) Tunesien Espérance de Tunis 1–0 1 Nov
Mamelodi Sundowns Südafrika1–0Ägypten Al Ahly
 Bericht
Attendance: 30,000
Al Ahly ÄgyptenvSüdafrika Mamelodi Sundowns
Bericht
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Marokko Wydad AC1–0Tunesien Espérance de Tunis
 Bericht
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Tunesien Espérance de Tunis1–0Marokko Wydad AC
Michael Eneramo 30' Bericht
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

Final

The first leg will be played on 5 November, and the second leg will be played on 11 November 2023.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SF1 winner 1 Wydad AC Marokko 5 Nov 11 Nov
SF1 winner vWydad AC Marokko
Wydad AC Marokkov SF1 winner

Top goalscorers

As of 29 October 2023
  Team eliminated / inactive for the round.
Rank Player Team QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1 Ägypten Mahmoud Kahraba Ägypten Al Ahly 1 1 2
Südafrika Thapelo Maseko Südafrika Mamelodi Sundowns 1 1
Mali Sadio Kanouté Tansania Simba 1 1
4 Marokko Reda Slim Ägypten Al Ahly 1 1
Marokko Yahia Attiyat Allah Marokko Wydad AC 1
Marokko Hicham Boussefiane Marokko Wydad AC 1
Marokko Ayoub El Amloud Marokko Wydad AC 1
Marokko Jamal Harkass Marokko Wydad AC 1
Marokko Yahya Jabrane Marokko Wydad AC 1
Chile Marcelo Allende Südafrika Mamelodi Sundowns 1
Algerien Mohamed Amine Tougai Tunesien Espérance de Tunis 1
Tunesien Oussama Bouguerra Tunesien Espérance de Tunis 1
Tunesien Ghaith Ouahabi Tunesien Espérance de Tunis 1
Mali Cheick Oumar Abdallah Fofana Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1
Tansania Kibu Denis Tansania Simba 1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "The inaugural African Football League (AFL) kicks off in October 2023 and will be preceded by official draw on Saturday 2 September 2023". Confederation of African Football. 29 August 2023.
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