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| Dates | 28 January – 13 November 2011 |
| Teams | 55 (from 43 associations) |
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| Champions | Espérance ST (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Wydad Casablanca |
| Third place | Enyimba Al-Hilal |
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The 2011 CAF Champions League was the 47th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 15th edition under the current CAF Champions League format. The winner Espérance ST will participate in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, and also play in the 2012 CAF Super Cup.
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Theoretically, up to 55 CAF member associations may enter the 2011 CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter 2 teams in the competition. For this year's competition, CAF used 2005-09 5-Year ranking. As a result, a maximum of 67 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
CAF calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over the last 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, not taking into considering the running year. The criteria for points are the following:[1]
| CAF Champions League | CAF Confederation Cup | |
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| Winner | 5 points | 4 points |
| Runner-up | 4 points | 3 points |
| Losing semi-finalists | 3 points | 2 points |
| 3rd place in groups | 2 points | 1 point |
| 4th place in groups | 1 point | 1 point |
The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follow:
This system is different from the one used for the 2010 CAF Champions League and previous years.
A similar procedure is used to rank clubs, with the exception that the results from 2006–2010 are used (with 2010 weighted by 5, 2009 by 4, and so on)
Below is the entrants list for the competition. Nations are shown according to their 2005–2009 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated. Teams were also seeded using their individual team 2006–2010 5-Year Ranking. The top nine sides (shown in bold) received byes to the first qualifying round.
Schedule of dates for 2011 competition.[2]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | Preliminary round | 20 December 2010 (Cairo, Egypt)[3] |
28–30 January | 11–13 February 25–27 February† 4–6 March† |
| First round | 18–20 March | 1–3 April | ||
| Second round | 22–24 April | 6–8 May | ||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 15 May 2011 (Cairo, Egypt)[4] |
15–17 July | |
| Matchday 2 | 29–31 July | |||
| Matchday 3 | 12–14 August | |||
| Matchday 4 | 26–28 August | |||
| Matchday 5 | 9–11 September | |||
| Matchday 6 | 16–18 September | |||
| Knock-out stage | Semifinals | 30 September–2 October | 14–16 October | |
| Final | 4–6 November | 11–13 November | ||
† The second leg of the preliminary round matches are postponed to 25–27 February (or further to 4–6 March) in case the club have at least three players in the 2011 African Nations Championship.[5]
The fixtures for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds were announced on 20 December 2010.[6]
Qualification ties were decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).[7]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| ASFAN | 0–3 | JC Abidjan | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Saint Michel d'Ouenzé | 0–3 | Enyimba | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| US Bitam | 0–0 (5–3 p) | Les Astres | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Olympic Real de Bangui | 1–3 | MC Alger | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Inter Luanda | w/o1 | Township Rollers | — | — |
| East End Lions | 0–4 | Djoliba | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Diaraf | 3–1 | Ports Authority | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| ASPAC | 2–1 | Deportivo Mongomo | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| ASEC Mimosas | 9–0 | CF Cansado | 7–0 | 2–0 |
| Motor Action | 1–1 (4–3 p) | CNaPS Sport | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Raja Casablanca | w/o2 | Tourbillon | 10–1 | — |
| Ulinzi Stars | 0–5 | Zamalek | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| APR | 2–6 | Club Africain | 2–2 | 0–4 |
| Recreativo Caála | 2–1 | Saint-George SA | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Élan Club | 2–4 | Simba | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Mighty Barrolle | 1–3 | Kano Pillars | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Wydad Casablanca | 3–1 | Aduana Stars | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Fello Star | 1–4 | ASFA Yennenga | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Vital'O | 3–3 (a) | Coton Sport | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Zanzibar Ocean View | 1–4 | AS Vita Club | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Supersport United | 3–2 | Matlama | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Young Buffaloes | 4–2 | St Michel United | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| ZESCO United | 4–2 | Liga Muçulmana | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| JC Abidjan | w/o3 | Al-Ittihad | — | — |
| US Bitam | 1–2 | Enyimba | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Dynamos | 4–4 (a) | MC Alger | 4–1 | 0–3 |
| Al-Merreikh | 2–2 (2–3 p) | Inter Luanda | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Diaraf | 4–1 | Djoliba | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Espérance ST | 5–2 | ASPAC | 5–0 | 0–2 |
| Motor Action | 0–0 (2–4 p) | ASEC Mimosas | 0–0 | —4 |
| Stade Malien | 2–2 (a) | Raja Casablanca | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Club Africain | w/o5 | Zamalek | 4–2 | Abd5 |
| Al-Hilal | 4–1 | Recreativo Caála | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| TP Mazembe | w/o6 | Simba | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Wydad Casablanca | 2–0 | Kano Pillars | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| ES Sétif | 6–3 | ASFA Yennenga | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| AS Vita Club | 0–3 | Coton Sport | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ahly | 2–1 | Supersport United | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| ZESCO United | 7–0 | Young Buffaloes | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Enyimba | 1–0 | Al-Ittihad | 1–0 | —7 |
| Inter Luanda | 3–4 | MC Alger | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Espérance ST | 6–0 | Diaraf | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Raja Casablanca | 1–1 (5–4 p) | ASEC Mimosas | 1–1 | —7 |
| Al-Hilal | w/o8 | Club Africain | 1–0 | Abd8 |
| Wydad Casablanca | w/o9 | TP Mazembe | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Coton Sport | 4–3 | ES Sétif | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| ZESCO United | 0–1 | Al-Ahly | 0–0 | 0–1 |
The losing teams from the second round advance to the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.[7]
On 14 May 2011, the CAF announced that TP Mazembe from Congo DR were disqualified from the Champions League group stage following a complaint about the eligibility of TP Mazembe's player Janvier Besala Bokungu from Tanzanian side Simba, which lost to them in the first round. As a result, the Organising Committee decided that a replacement for the group stage would be determined by a play-off match at a neutral venue, between Simba and Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca, which lost to TP Mazembe in the second round.[12][13]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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| Wydad Casablanca | 3–0 | Simba |
The draw for the group stage was held on 15 May 2011.[14] The eight teams were seeded into four pots, with each group containing one team from each pot.[15]
| Key to colours in group tables |
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| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Wydad Casablanca | 1–0 | Enyimba | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Hilal | 0–3 | Espérance ST | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Wydad Casablanca | 0–1 | Espérance ST | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| CAF Champions League 2011 Winners |
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Espérance ST Second title |
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