Participation of non-top flight clubs in CAF club competitions
The CAF club competitions are tournaments in which clubs affiliated with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) can participate, including clubs from non-top-flight leagues across Africa. This is a list of non-top-flight clubs that played a match in a CAF club competition.
Clubs are listed when they played at least one CAF match while competing below the highest tier of their domestic league system. A club that began a CAF competition in the top flight but was relegated before a later round is included only for the round or rounds played after its relegation.
Results
Season |
CAF competition |
League tier |
Non-top-flight club |
First round entered |
Final round reached |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1983 |
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Division 2 (Tier 2) |
DNC Alger |
First round |
Quarter-finals |
1985 |
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Nigeria Division 2 (Tier 2) |
Leventis United |
First round |
Final |
1986 |
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Championnat National de Deuxième Division (Tier 2) |
Foadan Dapaong |
First round |
Quarter-finals |
1988 |
African Cup of Champions Clubs |
Algerian Ligue 2 (Tier 2) |
ES Sétif |
Quarter-finals |
Final (champions) |
1993 |
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Poules Provinciales (Tier 2) |
Olympic Mvolyé |
First round |
Second round |
1995 |
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Poules Provinciales (Tier 2) |
Olympic Mvolyé |
First round |
Second round |
1996 |
African Cup Winners' Cup |
OK League (Tier 2) |
Pretoria City |
First round |
Quarter-finals |
Nigeria Division 2 (Tier 2) |
Katsina United |
First round |
Quarter-finals |
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Botola 2 (Tier 2) |
FUS Rabat |
First round |
Quarter-finals |
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1997 |
CAF Cup |
Algerian Ligue 2 (Tier 2) |
USM Aïn Beïda |
Quarter-finals |
|
1998 |
CAF Cup |
Botola 2 (Tier 2) |
RS Settat |
Quarter-finals |
|
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Tanzanian fourth tier |
Tanzania Stars |
Preliminary round |
First round |
|
1999 |
CAF Champions League |
Nigeria Division 2 (Tier 2) |
Shooting Stars |
Group stage |
|
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Tanzanian third or fourth tier |
Tanzania Stars (2) |
First round |
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2001 |
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Division 2 Centre-Est (Tier 2) |
CR Béni Thour |
First round |
Second round |
Nigeria Division 2 (Tier 2) |
Niger Tornadoes |
First round |
Quarter-finals |
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2002 |
African Cup Winners' Cup |
Nigeria Division 2 (Tier 2) |
Dolphin |
First round |
|
Championnat régional de deuxième division (Tier 2) |
US Transfoot |
First round |
Quarter-finals |
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2004 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
Championnat régional de deuxième division (Tier 2) |
Léopards de Transfoot |
Preliminary round |
Second round |
2008 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
Botola Pro D2 (Tier 2) |
Rachad Bernoussi |
First round |
|
2012 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
Division One League – Zone 3A (Tier 2) |
Nania |
Preliminary round |
|
2013 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
Ligue 2 (Tier 2) |
ASC HLM |
Preliminary round |
|
2015 |
CAF Champions League |
Algerian Ligue 2 (Tier 2) |
MC El Eulma |
Group stage |
|
2016 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
Ligue 2 (Tier 2) |
Génération Foot |
Preliminary round |
|
2017 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
Botola Pro D2 (Tier 2) |
Maghreb Fez |
Preliminary round |
Play-off round |
2019–20 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
National First Division (Tier 2) |
TS Galaxy |
Preliminary round |
Play-off round |
2021–22 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
Nigeria Division 2 (Tier 2) |
Bayelsa United |
First preliminary round |
Second preliminary round |
Ligue 2 de Bamako (Tier 2) |
Binga |
First preliminary round |
Play-off round |
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2026–27 |
CAF Confederation Cup |
Ghana Division One League (Tier 2) |
Nations FC |
First preliminary round |
|
Linafoot Ligue 2 – Zone Est B (Tier 2) |
Daring Club Virunga |
First preliminary round |
TBD |
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