caf champions league Beginning with the 2009 season , the prize money increased to .5 million for the champions and million for the runner-ups. Since the competition rebranded in 1997, teams from North Africa have come to dominate the competition and its records. Morocco's Raja Casablanca won two of the first three editions, [ 13 ] but Al Ahly became the most successful team, winning the 2001 , [ 14 ] 2005 , [ 15 ] 2006 , [ 16 ] 2008 [ 17 ] and 2012 editions, [ 18 ] while Zamalek managed to be champions in 2002 . [ 19 ] Tunisian teams broke into the winners' circle with Étoile du Sahel winning the 2007 edition after being a losing finalist in 2004 and 2005 . [ 20 ] For its part, Espérance de Tunis achieved its second continental title in 2011 after having lost in the finals in the 1999 , 2000 , 2010 and 2012 editions. [ 21 ]. caf champions league Ngoài yếu tố chuyên môn, CAF Champions League còn mang ý nghĩa văn hóa, kết nối cộng đồng qua bóng đá. kẹo cafe kopiko Apart from the introduction of the away goals rule , very little changed in this competition until 1997, when CAF under Issa Hayatou took the bold step to follow the lead established a few years earlier by UEFA by creating a league/group stage in the tournament and changing the name to the CAF Champions League (in line with UEFA's own Champions League ). CAF also introduced prize money for participants for the first time with the initial offering of US million to the winners and US0,000 to the runners-up, making the rebranded competition the richest African club competition at the time.
