CAF Confederation Cup records and statistics

This page details statistics of CAF Confederation Cup.

Records and statistics
The following is a list of clubs that have played in the CAF Confederation Cup. The list is arrayed in order of number of clubs that reached the group stage. 489 clubs participated in the Confederation Cup (20 editions, as of 2023), 244 teams participated only once. 111 teams from 32 countries qualified to the group stage.

Group stage qualification
Teams in bold qualified for the knockout phase (2004-2008 for final, 2009-2016 for semi-finals, since 2017 for quarter-finals).

Participation and group stage qualification
Teams in bold qualified for the knockout phase (2004-2008 for final, 2009-2016 for semi-finals, since 2017 for quarter-finals). Years marked with *: transferred from Champions League.

Records
Last updated after 2022-23 group stage Matchday 6 Most titles: 3 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 in 2007, 2008, 2013

Teams winning on debut: 4 Étoile du Sahel 🇹🇳 2006 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 2007 Stade Malien 🇲🇱 2009 FUS Rabat 🇲🇦 2010

Successive title wins: 2 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 2007, 2008 TP Mazembe 🇨🇩 2016, 2017

Most appearances: 13 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 (2007-2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019-2023)

Most consecutive appearances: 9 Al-Ahly Shendi (2012-2020)

Most consecutive matches without losing: 13 Étoile du Sahel 🇹🇳 recorded best undefeated streak through two seasons: 2006 (10 games) and 2008 (3 games)

Undefeated through whole season: Étoile du Sahel 🇹🇳 2006 in 10 games (8-2-0 record)

Most goals scored in a season: 34 SuperSport United 2017 Raja Casablanca 🇲🇦 2018

Most goals conceded in a season: 25 105 Libreville 🇬🇦 2005

Biggest win: 11 goals margin US Bitam 🇬🇦 - Desportivo de Guadalupe 🇸🇹 12-1 (2 March 2013)

Biggest aggregate win: 16 goals margin US Bitam 🇬🇦 - Desportivo de Guadalupe 🇸🇹 17-1 (0-5, 12-1; 17 February, 2 March 2013)

Most goals scored in a single game: 13 US Bitam 🇬🇦 - Desportivo de Guadalupe 🇸🇹 12-1 (2 March 2013)

Top goalscorer in a single season: 15 Abdelmalek Ziaya 2009

Group stage records
Most group stage appearances: 9 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)

Most consecutive group stage appearances: 6 Étoile du Sahel 🇹🇳 (2013-2016, 2019, 2021)

Most consecutive group stage appearances in successive editions: 5 RS Berkane 🇲🇦 (2018-2022)

Most times advanced past group stage: 7 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳

Most time advanced past group stage as group winners: 5 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳

Most times eliminated in group stage: 4 ASEC Mimosas 🇨🇮 (2011, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Most times qualified to group stage but failed to go past it: 3 Haras El Hodoud 🇪🇬

Most group stage matches played: 54 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳

Most group stage matches won: 25 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳

Most appearances without group stage qualification: 7 Sahel SC

Most teams from one nation/league: 22 🇳🇬 Nigeria Premier League; nine teams qualified only once, eight teams managed to qualify to the group stage and five to the knockout stages.

Fewest teams from one nation/league: 0 No teams played in the competition from the following associations. The only leagues without Confederation Cup representative (2004-): 🇨🇻 Cape Verdean Football Championship 🇪🇷 Eritrean Premier League

Undefeated through group stage: The following teams went undefeated through the group stage, with CS Sfaxien being the only team to achieve this feat three times and FAR Rabat twice. FAR Rabat 🇲🇦 2005 (5-1-0) and 2023 (4-2-0) Dolphins 🇳🇬 2005 (4-2-0) Étoile du Sahel 🇹🇳 2006 (6-0-0 joint record) Maghreb de Fès 🇲🇦 2011 (4-2-0) Al-Merreikh 2012 (4-2-0) CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 2013 (4-2-0), 2019 (3-3-0) and 2021 (2-4-0) FUS Rabat 🇲🇦 2016 (3-3-0) TP Mazembe 🇨🇩 2017 (3-3-0) SuperSport United 2017 (2-4-0) Al-Masry 🇪🇬 2018 (3-3-0) Horoya 2020 (4-2-0) Zanaco 2020 (2-4-0) Raja Casablanca 🇲🇦 2021 (6-0-0 joint record) JS Kabylie 2021 (3-3-0)

Winless in group stage: The following teams went winless through the group stage with no teams doing it more than once. Fello Star 2005 (0-0-6 joint record) ASFAN 2010 (0-2-4) Haras El Hodoud 🇪🇬 2010 (0-3-3) JS Kabylie 2011 (0-0-6 joint record) Stade Malien 🇲🇱 2012 (0-3-3) ASEC 🇨🇮 2014 (0-3-3) CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳 2015 (0-2-4) Al-Ahli Tripoli 🇱🇾 2016 (0-2-4) Platinum Stars 2017 (0-3-3) CF Mounana 🇬🇦 2017 (0-0-6 joint record) UD Songo 🇲🇿 2018 (0-3-3) Al-Hilal 🇸🇩 2018 (0-3-3) Salitas 🇧🇫 2019 (0-4-2) FC San Pédro 🇨🇮 2020 (0-3-3) FC Nouadhibou 2020 (0-2-4) Bidvest Wits 2020 (0-2-4) ESAE 🇧🇯 2020 (0-1-5) Namungo 2021 (0-0-6 joint record) Coton Sport 🇨🇲 2022 (0-3-3) Royal Leopards 2022 (0-0-6 joint record) Motema Pembe 🇨🇩 2023 (0-3-3)

All 6 wins in group stage: Étoile du Sahel 🇹🇳 2006 Raja Casablanca 🇲🇦 2021

All 6 losses in group stage: Fello Star 2005 JS Kabylie 2011 CF Mounana 🇬🇦 2017 Namungo 2021 Royal Leopards 2022

Most goals scored in group stage (single season): 15 Étoile du Sahel 🇹🇳 2006 Orlando Pirates 2022

Most goals scored in group stage (total): 70 CS Sfaxien 🇹🇳

Most goals conceded in group stage (single season) 18: Royal Leopards 2022

Most goals conceded in group stage (total): 39 Étoile du Sahel 🇹🇳

Fewest goals scored in group stage: 0 Namungo 2021, 0-9 goal difference

Fewest goals conceded in group stage: 0 Raja Casablanca 🇲🇦 2021, 13-0 goal difference

Best goal difference in group stage: +13 Raja Casablanca 🇲🇦 2021, 13-0 goal difference

Worst goal difference in group stage: -13 ESAE 🇧🇯 2020, 1-14 goal difference Royal Leopards 2022 5-18 goal difference

Biggest win in a group stage match: 6 goals margin Ismaily 🇪🇬 - FC 105 🇬🇦 6-0 (25 September 2005) ES Sétif - Santos  6-0 (28 August 2009) Raja Casablanca 🇲🇦 - Aduana Stars 🇬🇭 6-0 (29 August 2018) Pyramids 🇪🇬 - FC Nouadhibou 6-0 (8 December 2019)

Most goals scored in a group stage match: 8 CF Mounana 🇬🇦 - SuperSport United 3-5 (23 May 2017) RS Berkane 🇲🇦 - USGN 5-3 (13 February 2022) Royal Leopards - Orlando Pirates  2-6 (27 February 2022)