Malian clubs in African competitions

Malian football clubs have participated in African football competitions since 1965. In total, Malian clubs have participated in African competitions. The biggest success was the participation of Stade Malien in the finals at the 2009 CAF Confederation Cup and Stade Malien and became the only Malian club to win a continental cup title, later Stade Malien was the only Malian club who appeared in the CAF Super Cup in 2010 where they lost the title to Democratic Congo's TP Mazembe.

Of the continental appearances, Djoliba and Stade Malien are one of the African clubs who appeared the most at continental competitions.

Appearances in CAF competitions

As of March 2017
CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup CAF Cup Winners' Cup CAF Cup Total
club App Mat W D L App Mat W D L App Mat W D L App Mat W D L App Mat W D L
Djoliba AC 19 76 10 53 4 16 6 1 7 33 145
Stade Malien 22 77 25 18 34 14 38 13 14 13 7 20 6 3 11 1 2 0 1 1 44 137 44 36 58
Real Bamako 8 30 13 7 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 40
CO Bamako 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 22
USFAS Bamako 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 3 3 4 2 4 1 2 1 5 14 4 5 5
Centre Salif Keita
Onze Createurs
AS Nianan 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 3 1 4 2 1 1 3 10 3 2 5
AS Bamako 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 2 1
AS Sigui 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 2 6 1 2 3
AS Bakaridjan 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0
Mamahira AC 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2

African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1964–65 Stade Malien First Round Senegal Espoir de Saint-Louis 4–1 1–1
Second Round Guinea Sily Club de Kindia 2–0 2–4
Quarterfinals Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 3–3 6–4
Semifinals Ethiopia Cotton Factory Club 3–1
Finals Cameroon Oryx Douala 1–2
1966 Real Bamako First Round Liberia Invincible Eleven 6–0 2–3
Quarterfinals Guinea AS Kaloum Star 2–1 2–3
Semifinals Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 3–1 4–1 (aet)
Finals Morocco Wydad Casablanca 2–1 3–1
1967 Djoliba AC Second Round Liberia Invincible Eleven w/o
Quarterfinals Guinea Hafia FC 2–1 0–0
Semifinals Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–1 2–1
1970 Real Bamako First Round Republic of Upper Volta AS Fonctionnaires 3–0 2–2
Second Round Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 2–3 6–2
1971 Stade Malien First Round Senegal ASC Diaraf 4–0 0–3
Second Round Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–2 1–2
1972 Djoliba AC First Round Republic of Upper Volta ASFA Ouagadougou 1–0 1–3
Second Round Senegal ASFA Dakar 2–0 2–01
Quarterfinals Guinea Hafia FC 2–1 3–0
1973 Stade Malien First Round Togo Modèle de Lomé 2–1 0–0
Second Round AS Vita Club 0–3 1–4
1974 Djoliba AC Second Round Nigeria Bendel Insurance 2–0 1–0
Quarterfinals CARA Brazzaville 0–0 3–0
1975 Djoliba AC First Round Sierra Leone Mighty Blackpool 2–0 0–1
Second Round Togo Lomé 1–1 3–2
1976 Djoliba AC First Round The Gambia Real de Banjul 2–0 0–2 (a)
Second Round Guinea Hafia FC 2–1 2–0
1977 Djoliba AC First Round Guinea-Bissau UDI Bissau 5–0 0–1
Second Round Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 1–1 1–3
Semifinals Togo Lomé 2–0 1–02
1980 Djoliba AC First Round Niger AS Niamey 2–0 0–1
Second Round Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–1 1–0
1981 Real Bamako First Round Gabon US Mbila Nzambi 1–0 1–0 (2–4 p)
1982 Real Bamako First Round Étoile du Congo 1–0 1–1
Second Round Gabon USM Libreville 2–0 1–0
Quarterfinals Saint Éloi Lupopo 3–2 2–0
1983 Djoliba AC Preliminary Round Guinea Hafia FC 0–0 1–0
1984 Real Bamako First Round Dragons FC de l'Ouémé 2–2 2–0
1985 Stade Malien Second Round Liberia Invincible Eleven 1–1 0–33
Quarterfinals Algeria GCR Mascara 2–0 3–0
1987 Real Bamako First Round Nigeria Leventis United 0–0 4–0
1988 Stade Malien First Round Algeria ES Sétif 1–1 0–4
1989 Djoliba AC First Round Guinea Horoya AC 1–0 0–0
Second Round Sierra Leone Mighty Blackpool 0–0 1–2
1990 Stade Malien First Round Tunisia Espérance Tunis 0–1 0–2
1991 Djoliba AC First Round Senegal ASC Port Autonome 1–0 0–0
Second Round Tunisia Club Africain 0–0 2–0
1992 Real Bamako Preliminary Round Mauritania ASC Police 1–1 1–1 (5–4 p)
First Round Morocco WAC Casablanca 2–1 2–0
1993 Djoliba AC Second Round Mauritania Sonader Ksar 1–0 1–1
Quarterfinals Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1–1 2–0
1994 Stade Malien First Round Sierra Leone East End Lions 2–0 2–0 (2–3 p)
Second Round Tunisia Espérance Tunis 0–1 3–0
1995 Stade Malien First Round Guinea Horoya AC 1–0 1–1
Second Round Ghana Goldfields Obuasi 0–0 0–1
1997 Djoliba AC First Round Tunisia Club Africain 1–1 3–2
1998 Djoliba AC First Round Ghana Hearts of Oak 0–0 1–0
1999 Djoliba AC First Round Cameroon Cotonsport Garoua 2–0 3–1 (a)
Second Round Morocco Raja Casablanca 2–1 2–1 (2–4 p)
2000 Djoliba AC First Round Cameroon Cotonsport Garoua 2–0 3–1 (a)
Second Round Morocco Raja Casablanca 2–1 2–1 (2–4 p)
2001 Stade Malien First Round Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–0 0–2
2002 Stade Malien First Round Ghana Hearts of Oak 3–1 1–1
Second Round Senegal Jeanne d'Arc (Dakar) 0–3 1–2
2003 Stade Malien First Round Republic of the Congo AS Police (Pointe-Noire) 1–0 2–1
Second Round Algeria USM Alger 1–1 2–0
2004 Stade Malien Preliminary Round Ghana Hearts of Oak 0–0 0–2
2005 Djoliba AC Preliminary Round Senegal ASC Diaraf 1–1 1–0
2006 Stade Malien First Round Guinea Satellite FC 3–0 2–2
Second Round Equatorial Guinea Renacimiento FC 2–1 1–0 (a)
2007 Stade Malien First Round Senegal AS Douanes (Dakar) 1–2 2–0
Second Round Morocco Wydad Casablanca 0–0 3–1
2008 Stade Malien Preliminary Round Angola Primeiro de Agosto 1–2 0–0
2010 Djoliba AC Preliminary Round Libyaal-Ahly Benghazi 1–0 0–0
First Round Senegal ASC Linguère 1–0 1–0 (4–3 p)
Second Round Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0–1 3–0
2011 Djoliba AC Preliminary Round Sierra Leone East End Lions 2–0 0–2
First Round Senegal ASC Diaraf 1–1 3–0
Stade Malien First Round Morocco Raja Casablanca 2–1 1–0 (a)
2012 Djoliba AC Preliminary Round Uganda URA SC 2–0 0–2
First Round Nigeria Sunshine Stars 1–1 1–0
Stade Malien First Round Benin Tonnerre 5–2 0–0
Second Round Egypt al Ahly (Cairo) 1–0 1–3
2013 Stade Malien First Round Senegal Casa Sports 2–0 2–1
Second Round Cameroon Coton Sport 0–0 0–3
2014 Stade Malien Preliminary Round São Tomé and Príncipe Sporting Praia Cruz 5–0 3–2
First Round Sudan Al-Hilal Club 0–0 2–0
AS Real Bamako Preliminary Round Morocco FAR Rabat 1–1 2–2 3–3 (a)
First Round Nigeria Enyimba 0–1 1–2 2–2 (a)
Second Round Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 1–1 3–0 1–4
2015 CO Bamako Preliminary Round Morocco Moghreb Tetouan 2–0 3–0 2–3
Stade Malien Preliminary Round Niger AS GNN 0–0 1–1 (a) 1–1 (a)
First Round Gabon AS Mangasport 2–1 1–3 5–2
Second Round Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2–2 2–1 3–4
2016 Onze Créateurs Preliminary Round Libya al-Ahly Tripoli 1–2 0–0 1–2
Stade Malien Preliminary Round Burkina Faso RC Bobo Dioulasso 3–1 0–1 4–1
First Round Cameroon Cotonsport Garoua 2–0 1–0 2–1
Second Round Zambia ZESCO United 1–3 2–1 2–5
2017 Real Bamako Preliminary Round Nigeria Rivers United 0–0 4–0 0–4
Stade Malien First Round Liberia Barrack Young Controllers FC 1–0 1–0 (6–7 p) 1–1p
2018 Stade Malien Preliminary Round Ivory Coast Williamsville AC 1–1 1–0 1–2
Real Bamako Preliminary Round Nigeria MFM F.C. 1–1 1–0 1–2
2018-19 Stade Malien Preliminary Round Central African Republic Stade Centrafricaine 4–0 0–1 5–0
First Round Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–1 1–0 0–2
2019-20 Stade Malien Preliminary Round Guinea Horoya AC 1–1 1–0 1–2
2020-21 Stade Malien Preliminary Round Guinea AS Ashanti Golden Boys 2–0 (awd.) 1–2 4–1
First Round Morocco Wydad AC 1–0 3–0 1–3

African (CAF) Cup Winner's Cup/CAF Confederation Cup

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away
1981 Djoliba AC First Round Ivory Coast RC Daloa 1–0 2–1 (a)
Second Round Togo AS Semassi 3–0 0–1
Quarterfinals Kenya Gor Mahia FC 2–0 1–0
Semifinals Nigeria Stationery Stores 0–0 1–0
1982 Djoliba AC First Round Requins de l'Atlantique 1–0 0–0
Second Round Cameroon Union Douala 3–0 0–1
Quarterfinals AS Vita Club 1–0 0–0
Semifinals Zambia Power Dynamos FC 0–0 2–1
1983 Stade Malien First Round Algeria JHD Alger 2–1 2–0
1984 Djoliba AC First Round Ghana Great Olympics 0–4 0–0
AS Real Bamako First Round Dragons FC de l'Ouémé 2–2 2–0
1985 Djoliba AC First Round Algeria MP Oran 0–0 2–0
1987 AS Real Bamako First Round Nigeria Leventis United 0–0 4–0
Stade Malien First Round Morocco FAR Rabat 0–1 5–0
1988 AS Sigui Preliminary Round Sierra Leone Real Republicans 0–0 0–0 (3–4 p)
1989 Stade Malien First Round Tunisia CO Transports 3–0 0–0
Second Round Algeria USL Alger 1–0 1–0 (3–4 p)
1990 Real Bamako First Round Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–2 2–0
1991 Stade Malien First Round Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 1–0 1–0 (4–5 p)
1992 Real Bamako Preliminary Round Mauritania ASC Police 1–1 1–1 (5–4 p)
First Round Morocco WAC Casablanca 2–1 2–0
1993 Stade Malien First Round Guinea Hafia AC 1–0 2–0
1994 Djoliba AC First Round Algeria NA Hussein Dey 0–0 2–0
1995 AS Nianan Preliminary Round Togo Étoile FIlante de Lomé 0–1 2–0
First Round Nigeria Julius Berger FC 1–3 5–0
1997 Real Bamako First Round Morocco FAR Rabat 1–0 4–1
1998 Stade Malien First Round Tunisia Espérance Tunis 1–2 0–1
1999 Stade Malien First Round Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1–1 0–2
2000 Stade Malien First Round Democratic Republic of the Congo AmS Dragons 3–0 3–2
Second Round Niger JS du Ténéré 1–1 1–0
2001 CO Bamako First Round Angola Interclube 0–3 8–0
2002 Mamahira AC First Round Ivory Coast Alliance Bouaké 0–4 2–0
2003 CO Bamako First Round Senegal AS Douanes 2–0 0–1
Second Round Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–0 4–0
2005 AS Nianan First Round Morocco OC Khouribga 1–1 1–0
2006 AS Bamako Preliminary Round Togo Dynamic Togolais 5–0 0–0
First Round Ghana King Faisal Babes 1–0 0–0
Second Round al-Merrikh SC 3–0 3–0 (2–3 pen.)
USFAS Preliminary Round Togo Dynamic Togolais 5–0 0–0
First Round Ghana King Faisal Babes 1–0 0–0
Second Round al-Merreikh (Sudan) 3–0 3–0 (2–3 p)
2007 USFAS First Round Sierra Leone Ports Authority 0–1 2–9
2008 Djoliba AC First Round Guinea Satellite FC 2–0 0–1
Second Round Gabon AS Mangasport 3–1 1–2
Quarterfinals Tunisia Club Africain 0–0 0–0 (3–5 p)
2009 Stade Malien First Round Tunisia Stade Tunisien 2–0 0–0
First Round of 16 Algeria JSM Béjaïa 1–0 1–0 (12–13 p)
Second Round of 16 Morocco Ittihad Khemisset 3–1 1–1
Group Stage:
1st place
Nigeria Bayelsa United 0–1 1–2
Egypt Haras el-Hodood 2–0 1–1
Angola Primeiro de Agosto 0–0 0–0
Semifinals Egypt ENPPI 4–2 2–2
Finals Algeria ES Sétif 2–0 2–0 (2–3 p)
2010 CO Bamako Preliminary Round Sierra Leone Central Parade 4–0 0–0
First Round Angola 1º de Agosto 0–0 0–3
Djoliba AC First Round Algeria CR Belouizdad 0–0 1–1 (a)
Group Stage:
3rd place
al-Hillal (Sudan) 2–0 2–1
Niger ASFAN Niamey 1–0 0–0
al Ittihad Tripoli 0–1 2–0
Stade Malien First Round Ivory Coast Séwé Sport 2–0 2–0 (3–4 p)
First Round of 16 Morocco FUS Rabat 0–0 2–0
2011 Centre Salif Keita Preliminary Round Morocco Difaa el Jadida 2–2 1–1 (a)
Real Bamako First Round Mauritania ASC Tevragh-Zeïna 0–1 0–0
2012 CO Bamako First Round Chad Renaissance N'Djamena 3–1 3–2
Second Round Egypt ENPPI Club 3–0 3–1
First Playoff al-Hillal (Khartoumian Sudan) 0–2 1–0
Djoliba AC Third Round Tunisia Club Africain 2–0 2–0 (4–3 p)
Group Stage:
1st Place
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 1–1 3–0
Mali Stade Malien 2–1 2–0
Morocco WAC Casablanca 2–1 1–2
Semifinals al-Hillal (Khartoumian Sudan) 2–0 2–0 (7–6 p)
Finals Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 2–2 2–1
Real Bamako First Round The Gambia GAMTEL FC 3–1 1–0
Second Round Morocco WAC Casablanca 1–0 3–0
Stade Malien First Round Morocco COD Meknès 3–0 1–1
Group Stage:
3rd thplace
Mali Djoliba AC 0–2 2–1
Republic of the Congo AC Léopards 1–1 1–0
Morocco Wydad Casablanca 3–3 1–1
2013 US Bougouni Preliminary Round Cameroon Unisport de Bafang 2–0 0–1
First Round Angola C.R. Caála 0–2 4–0
Onze Createurs Preliminary Round Ivory Coast Stella Club d'Adjamé 3–0 1–1
First Round Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 2–3 2–1
Stade Malien Preliminary Round Burundi LLB Académic 5–0 0–1
Group Stage:
2nd place
Tunisia CS Sfaxien 1–2 0–0
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel 0–0 0–1
Ethiopia Saint George SC 1–0 2–0
Semifinals Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 1–2 1–0
2014 CO Bamako First Round Libya al-Ahly Tripoli 1–0 1–1
Second Round Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–2 1–1
2015 Djoliba AC First Round Egypt Petrojet 2–2 2–1
Second Round Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–2 0–1
Onze Createurs Preliminary Round Morocco RS Berkane 1–0 2–1 (a)
Preliminary Round Niger Sahel SC 2–1 0–0
SecondRound Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 0–1 2–0
2016 AS Bakaridjan Preliminary Round Tunisia Stade Gabésien 1–1 1–1 (3–4 p)
Stade Malien First Round Morocco FUS Rabat 0–0 4–0
USFAS Preliminary Round Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 0–0 2–0
2017 Djoliba AC Preliminary Round Egypt al-Masry 0–2 3–04
Onze Createurs First Round Rwanda Rayon Sport 1–0 3–04

CAF Cup

Season Club Round Opponent Home Away
1992 Djoliba AC First Round Burkina Faso USC Bobo-Dioulasso 2–1 1–0 (a)
1993 AS Sigui Preliminary Round Nigeria Shooting Stars 1–0 2–1
First Round Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 0–2 3–0
1994 AS Nianan Preliminary Round Gabon Delta (Gabon) 1–1 0–2
First Round Tunisia JS Kairouan 3–1 3–1 (5–6 p)
1997 Stade Malien First Round Algeria USM Aïn Beïda 0–1 1–1
1998 USFAS Bamako First Round Morocco RS Settat 2–2 0–0
1999 Centre Salif Keita First Round Tunisia ES Sahel 0–2 3–0
2000 USFAS Bamako First Round Ghana Cape Coast 2–0 3–0
2002 Djoliba AC Second Round Nigeria NPA FC 3–0 2–1
Second Round Togo Maranatha FC 1–0 2–1 (a)
Quarterfinals Algeria JS Kabylie 0–0 2–1
2003 Djoliba AC First Round Gabon FC 105 Libreville 3–1 3–0

CAF Super Cup

Season Club Opponent Result
2010 Stade Malien Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 0–2

Notes

1 The match was finished 2-0 in favour of Djoliba, ASFA refused to play the penalty shootout due to arbitration, they were to be banned from CAF competitions for three years, no ban was put as ASFA Dakar participated the following season after winning their second championship title
2Djoliba was disqualified for not paying their debts to the CAF
3 Stade Malien succeeded as the Invincible Eleven fielded an ineligible player
4 On March 10, the Malian Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) was dissolved and effectively kicked out Malian clubs including Djoliba and Onze Créateurs out of competition and automatically Egypt's al-Masry awarded the away match 3-0 against Djoliba along with Rwanda's Rayon Sport against Onze Créateurs. On March 17, FIFA suspended the Malian Football Federation (FEMAFOOT or FEMIFOOT) until early May

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