CAF Champions League table 2026-27

The CAF Champions League standings are four group tables, A to D, with four clubs in each, and the top two in every group go through to the quarter finals. The tables above update after every match this season, while the final of 2025/26 in May 2026 was won by Mamelodi Sundowns over AS FAR across two legs. Readers in South Africa often call the game soccer and the table the log, but the columns read the same way from Pretoria to Kampala.

Below, you will find how each group is read, how clubs on equal points are split, which season the table shows and when matches kick off in your own time zone. Think of it as the notes printed on the back of a matchday programme, short enough to finish at half time. For the longer story of the competition, from its 1964 start to its 1997 rename, the CAF Champions League hub has the format and the history in full.

What Does the Line on Each Group Table Mean?

The line under second place is the qualification line, and only the top two in each group reach the quarter finals, so third and fourth go out together. Each club plays the other three home and away, and the columns run left to right as played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, goal difference and points. The short note under each group says what every club needs to qualify, and it is worth reading before the points column itself.

How Does CAF Split Clubs That Finish With the Same Points?

When two or more clubs finish with the same points, the tiebreakers that CAF applies to the group stage decide the order, and the note under each table states the order in use. Goal difference and goals scored are shown in their own columns, so you can see at a glance which club leads on those measures. The results page lists every meeting between the clubs concerned, so you can check the head to head scores for yourself.

Which Season Does the Table Show, and Where Is Group B?

The season label above the tables tells you which campaign you are reading, with the date of the last update printed beside it. The 2025/26 group stage ran over six matchdays, from 21 to 23 November 2025 until 13 to 15 February 2026, so the 2025/26 edition stays available in the archive below the live table. The Group B table is read exactly like the other three, and the draw decides who lands in it each season. Every Group B kick off is on the CAF Champions League fixtures page, and every score sits on CAF Champions League results.

What Time Do Matches Kick Off in GMT, WAT, SAST and EAT?

Each kick off time appears in GMT, WAT, SAST and EAT side by side, because our five countries run on four different clocks. Ghana keeps GMT, Nigeria is on WAT one hour ahead, South Africa is on SAST two hours ahead, and Kenya and Uganda share EAT three hours ahead. An 18:00 GMT kick off in Accra is 19:00 in Lagos, 20:00 in Johannesburg and 21:00 in Nairobi and Kampala. That makes it easy to plan around a stream on your phone or the pay TV highlights later that night.

What Happens After the Group Stage?

The eight qualifiers move into the quarter finals, then the semi finals, then the final, and every tie is played over two legs, home and away. Aggregate score decides each tie, and a penalty shoot out settles one that is still level after both legs. The 2025/26 final followed that shape, with the first leg on 17 May 2026 and the second at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on 24 May 2026. From 2026 the champions receive US$6 million and the runners up US$2 million, which gives every group result a weight well beyond its three points.

Where Do Mamelodi Sundowns and Other African Clubs Fit in the Standings?

Masandawana carry South Africa's hopes in the groups, with a first title in 2016 and a second in the 2025/26 final against AS FAR, while Orlando Pirates became the first South African winners in 1995. Al Ahly carry Egypt's, holding the record with 12 titles, including titles in 2023 and 2024, and Pyramids, also from Egypt, won in 2025. Kenyan viewers will find that the evening kick offs suit them well, since an 18:00 GMT match starts at 21:00 EAT, a comfortable Nairobi evening slot after work and supper.

Uganda's best run in the record books belongs to Nakivubo Villa, who reached the 1991 final. West Africa has its own proud entries too, with Enyimba winning back to back titles for Nigeria in 2003 and 2004, and Hearts of Oak bringing the trophy to Accra for Ghana in 2000. The CAF Champions League stats page shows the scorers and assist makers for each season.