The CAF president announced at his last press conference that the African Super League will be launched in August 2023. Details of the competition will be revealed in Tanzania on August 10, 2022, during the 44th CAF Ordinary General Assembly. However, some information, which will be confirmed next August, has already begun to leak out.
The competition will initially consist of clubs belonging to three regional groups: North Africa, Central and West Africa, and finally South and East Africa. Each of these regions will have its own pool of eight teams, which will compete in home and away matches, with each club playing 14 games.
The top five teams in each group and the best sixth-placed team from the three groups would then qualify for the round of 16, which would also be played in a home-and-away format, except for the final, which is still under discussion (home-and-away or single match).
This represents 28 additional matches outside of the final.
This organization is an opportunity for teams from Central and West African countries, which are underrepresented in the CAF Champions League, which has mainly been won by Egyptian, Tunisian, Moroccan, or Algerian clubs since the competition began.
The question of whether the Super League will replace the Champions League and the Confederation Cup (equivalent to the Europa League) or whether these three competitions will coexist has not yet been decided.
The CAF president is counting heavily on this competition to increase CAF's revenue, improve the remuneration of African clubs and, more generally, to better finance African football. Supported by numerous broadcasters and potential partners, he has already begun the search for sponsors with the active support of FIFA president Gianni Infantino.