caf champions league In the new format, the league champions of the respective CAF member countries go through a series of qualification rounds until a round of 16 stage. The 8 winners are then drawn into two groups of 4 teams each, with each team playing each other on a home and away basis. At the end of the league stage, the top team in each group met in the final, in two-legged games (home and away). In the 2001 season , the CAF introduced the semi-final stage after group stage, then the top two teams in each group would meet in the semi-finals, with the winners going through to contest the final.. kẹo cafe kopiko Giải lần đầu tổ chức năm 1964, khi đó tên gọi là African Cup of Champions Clubs, sau này đổi thành CAF Champions League. caf champions league Despite the clear dominance of North African teams, Nigerian club Enyimba won their first two titles back-to-back in 2003 and 2004 . [ 22 ] [ 23 ] ASEC Mimosas from Ivory Coast and Accra Hearts of Oak from Ghana added two championships for West Africa. In 2010 , TP Mazembe from the DRC became the first club to repeat as champions on two occasions, with the first pair of wins arriving in 1967 and 1968 , [ 24 ] [ 25 ] before repeating the feat again in 2009 and 2010 . [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In 2017, the group phase was expanded from 2 groups of 4 teams to 4 groups of 16, with the automatic addition of the quarter-finals stage. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ]