2025 CAF Women's Champions League

2025 CAF Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityCairo
Ismailia
DatesQualification:
3 August–29 September 2025
Main tournament:
8–21 November 2025
TeamsMain tournament: 8
Total: 40 (from 40 associations)
Final positions
Champions AS FAR (2nd title)
Runners-up ASEC Mimosas
Third place TP Mazembe
Fourth place FC Masar
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
Top scorer Marlène Kasaj (5 goals)
Best player Habibou Ouédraogo
Best goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi
Fair play award FC Masar
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The 2025 CAF Women's Champions League was the fifth edition of the annual African premier women's association football club tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football. The tournament was hosted by Egypt from 8 to 21 November 2025.[1][2][3] AS FAR defeated ASEC Mimosas 2-1 in the final, claiming their second CAF Women's Champions League title. Following their win, AS FAR qualified for the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup to be held in 2026.[4]

Qualified teams

Main article: 2025 CAF Women's Champions League qualification
Location of teams of the 2025 CAF Women's Champions League group stage.
Group A
Group B
Association Team Qualifying method Appearance
 Egypt FC Masar (hosts) 2024–25 Egyptian Women's Premier League champions 2nd
 DR Congo TP Mazembe 2024 CAF Women's Champions League winners 3rd
 Morocco AS FAR 2025 CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers champions[5] 5th
 Mali USFAS Bamako 2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone A Qualifiers champions[6] 1st
 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2025 CAF Women's Champions League WAFU Zone B Qualifiers champions [7] 1st
 Tanzania JKT Queens 2025 CAF Women's Champions League CECAFA Qualifiers champions 2nd
 Equatorial Guinea FC 15 de Agosto 2025 CAF Women's Champions League UNIFFAC Qualifiers champions 1st
 Botswana Gaborone United 2025 CAF Women's Champions League COSAFA Qualifiers champions [8] 1st

Venues

2025 CAF Women's Champions League (Egypt)
 October Gardens Ismailia
Right to Dream Stadium Suez Canal Stadium
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 22,000

Group stage

All times are local, EET (UTC+2).

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss).

If two teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71):[9]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches match between the two tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Drawing of lots.

If more than two teams were tied, the following criteria were applied instead:

  1. Points in matches between the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in matches between the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in matches between the tied teams;
  4. If after applying all criteria above, two teams were still tied, the above criteria were again applied to matches played between the two teams in question. If this did not resolve the tie, the next three criteria were applied;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AS FAR 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 FC Masar (H) 3 1 2 0 6 1 +5 5
3 USFAS Bamako 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4 FC 15 de Agosto 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: Flashscore
(H) Hosts
FC 15 de Agosto 1–2 USFAS Bamako
Nchama 42' Report
Right to Dream Stadium, October Gardens
Attendance: 64
FC Masar 0–0 AS FAR
Report
Attendance: 1,100
FC Masar 5–0 FC 15 de Agosto
  • Yasmin Mohamed 41', 86'
  • Ogebe 56'
  • Ubamba 72'
  • Hala Moustafa 90+6'
 Report
Right to Dream Stadium, October Gardens
Attendance: 500
USFAS Bamako 0–2 AS FAR
Report
Right to Dream Stadium, October Gardens
Attendance: 60
USFAS Bamako 1–1 FC Masar
Koné 10' Report Farah Hisham 90+5'
Right to Dream Stadium, October Gardens
Referee: Aline Umutoni (Rwanda)
AS FAR 2–0 FC 15 de Agosto
 Report
Referee: Joyce Seonyatseng (Botswana)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ASEC Mimosas 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 TP Mazembe 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3 JKT Queens 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2
4 Gaborone United 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: Flashscore
TP Mazembe 0–1 ASEC Mimosas
Report Ouédraogo 66'
Gaborone United 0–0 JKT Queens
Report
Referee: Aline Guimbang À Etong (Cameroon)
TP Mazembe 3–0 Gaborone United
 Report
Attendance: 75
JKT Queens 1–1 ASEC Mimosas
Maseke 8' Report Gnounoué 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 70
Referee: Aissatou Kanté (Guinea)
JKT Queens 1–4 TP Mazembe
 Report
Referee: Sabah Sadir (Morocco)
ASEC Mimosas 4–0 Gaborone United
 Report
Right to Dream Stadium, October Gardens

Knockout phase

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 November – Ismailia
 
 
 AS FAR (p)0 (4)
 
21 November – Ismailia
 
 TP Mazembe0 (2)
 
 AS FAR2
 
18 November – Ismailia
 
 ASEC Mimosas 1
 
 ASEC Mimosas1
 
 
 FC Masar0
 
Third place
 
 
21 November – Ismailia
 
 
 TP Mazembe 3
 
 
 FC Masar 1

Semi-finals

AS FAR 0–0 (a.e.t.) TP Mazembe
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 70
ASEC Mimosas 1–0 FC Masar
  • Dagba 73'
 Report
Attendance: 350

Third-place match

TP Mazembe 3–1 FC Masar
 Report
  • Ubamba 20'

Final

Main article: 2025 CAF Women's Champions League final
AS FAR 2–1 ASEC Mimosas
 Report Diallo 55'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Aline Guimbang À Etong (Cameroon)

Statistics

Top scorers

Statistics as of 21 November 2025 (after 16 matches, 40 total goals)

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Marlène Kasaj TP Mazembe 4
2 Habibou Ouédraogo ASEC Mimosas 3
Yasmin Mohamed FC Masar
4 Safa Banouk AS FAR 2
Ami Diallo ASEC Mimosas
Marlène Yav TP Mazembe
7 Alice Ogebe FC Masar 1
Hasnath Ubamba FC Masar
Hala Moustafa FC Masar
Farah Hisham FC Masar
Ana María Nchama FC 15 de Agosto
Maimouna Traoré USFAS Bamako
Awa Diarra USFAS Bamako
Oumou Kone USFAS Bamako
Zineb Redouani AS FAR
Najat Badri AS FAR
Erika Gnounoué ASEC Mimosas
Kgalebane Mohlakoana TP Mazembe
Elena Obono TP Mazembe
Oluwayemisi Samuel TP Mazembe
Grace Acheampong TP Mazembe
Rosemary Adesina TP Mazembe
Hanane Ait El Haj AS FAR
Essi Dagba ASEC Mimosas
Ester Maseke JKT Queens
Stumai Athumani JKT Queens

Awards

The CAF Women's Champions League technical study group selected the following as the best of the tournament.[10]

Award Player Team
Best Player Habibou Ouédraogo ASEC Mimosas
Top Goal scorer Marlène Kasaj TP Mazembe
Best Goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmichi AS FAR
Fairplay team FC Masar

The CAF Technical Study Group has announced the tournament's Best XI as follows:[11]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Best XI

Er-Rmichi

Benzina
Redouani
Gnounoué
Vukulu

Kasaj
Ouédraogo
Badri

Ait El Haj
Yav
Diallo

Coach: Lamia Boumehdi (AS FAR)[12]

See also

Notes & references

Notes


References

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  2. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League 2025 Finals Draw reveals balanced and exciting groups". CAFonline. October 27, 2025. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  3. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Group stage match date". Instagram. October 28, 2025. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  4. ^ "Timelines and formats of landmark FIFA women's club competitions confirmed". FIFA. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  5. ^ "تصفيات اتحاد شمال افريقيا المؤهلة إلى رابطة ابطال افريقيا للاندية النسائية: الجيش الملكي المغربي يؤكد صعوده للمرحلة النهائية بالعلامة الكاملة". unafonline.org (in Arabic). Redaction team. 2025.
  6. ^ "Tournoi UFOA-A qualificatif à la Women's Champions League de la CAF : L'USFAS représentera la Zone Ouest A". wafua.org (in French). Redaction team. 2025.
  7. ^ "𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐂 𝐌𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐬, 𝐥'𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥'𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐞". facebook ASEC Mimosas (in French). Redaction team. 2025.
  8. ^ "Gaborone United Ladies FC crowned COSAFA champions". cosafa.com (in French). Redaction team. 2025.
  9. ^ "Regulations of the CAF Women's Champions League" (PDF). CAFOnline.com. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  10. ^ "2025 CAF Women's Champions League Egypt: Ouédraogo, Kasaj, Er-Rmichi rewarded". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  11. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Egypt 2025: Technical Study Group unveils Team of the Tournament". CAF. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  12. ^ "CAF Women's Champions League Egypt 2025: Boumehdi named Coach of the Tournament". CAF. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
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