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2023 African Football League
Tournament details
Dates20 October – 11 November 2023
Teams8 (from 8 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored19 (1.73 per match)
Attendance402,000 (36,545 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mahmoud Kahraba
South Africa Thapelo Maseko
Mali Sadio Kanouté
(2 goals each)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 1 November 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.

Schedule

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
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 2 0 2
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1
Egypt Al Ahly 0
Tanzania Simba 2 1 3
Egypt Al Ahly (a) 2 1 3
SF1 winner
Morocco Wydad AC
Nigeria Enyimba 0 0 0
Morocco Wydad AC 1 3 4
Morocco Wydad AC 1 0 1 (5)
Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 0 1 1 (4)
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1 0 1
Tunisia 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 Tanzania 3–3 (a) Egypt Al Ahly 2–2 1–1
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo 1–3 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–0 0–3
Enyimba Nigeria 0–4 Morocco Wydad AC 0–1 0–3
Petro de Luanda Angola 0–2 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 0–2 0–0
Simba Tanzania2–2Egypt Al Ahly
 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Al Ahly Egypt1–1Tanzania Simba
 Report
Attendance: 30,000

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

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia3–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Espérance de Tunis won 3–1 on aggregate.

Enyimba Nigeria0–1Morocco Wydad AC
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Wydad AC Morocco3–0Nigeria Enyimba
 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Wydad AC won 4–0 on aggregate.

Petro de Luanda Angola0–2South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa0–0Angola Petro de Luanda
Report
Attendance: 25,000

Mamelodi Sundowns won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa SF1 Egypt Al Ahly 1–0 1 Nov
Wydad AC Morocco 1–1 (5–4 p) Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–0 0–1
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa1–0Egypt Al Ahly
 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Al Ahly EgyptvSouth Africa Mamelodi Sundowns
Report
Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)
Wydad AC Morocco1–0Tunisia Espérance de Tunis
 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)
Espérance de Tunis Tunisia1–0Morocco Wydad AC
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

1–1 on aggregate. Wydad AC won 5–4 on penalties.

Final

Main article: 2023 African Football League 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 Final Morocco Wydad AC 5 Nov 11 Nov
SF1 winner vMorocco Wydad AC
Wydad AC Moroccov SF1 winner

Top goalscorers

As of 1 November 2023
  Team eliminated / inactive for the round.
Rank Player Team QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F1 F2 Total
1 Egypt Mahmoud Kahraba Egypt Al Ahly 1 1 2
South Africa Thapelo Maseko South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1 1
Mali Sadio Kanouté Tanzania Simba 1 1
4 Morocco Reda Slim Egypt Al Ahly 1 1
Morocco Yahia Attiyat Allah Morocco Wydad AC 1
Morocco Hicham Boussefiane Morocco Wydad AC 1
Morocco Ayoub El Amloud Morocco Wydad AC 1
Morocco Jamal Harkass Morocco Wydad AC 1
Morocco Yahya Jabrane Morocco Wydad AC 1
Chile Marcelo Allende South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1
Algeria Mohamed Amine Tougai Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1
Brazil Rodrigo Rodrigues Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1
Tunisia Oussama Bouguerra Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1
Tunisia Ghaith Ouahabi Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1
Mali Cheick Oumar Abdallah Fofana Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1
Tanzania Kibu Denis Tanzania 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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