Mamelodi Sundowns' history in TotalEnergies CAF Champions League finals

Mamelodi Sundowns’ progress to the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2025/26 final is the 11th time that a South African team will compete in the decider for a continental club title, and their fourth final in Africa's elite competition.

Sundowns will face Moroccan side AS FAR over two legs for the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League title, having lost the decider last year to Pyramids of Egypt. Here is a look back at their three previous final appearances.

2001 vs Al Ahly (Egypt) 1-1 (h); 0-3 (a)
The first leg at Loftus Versfeld ended in a 1-1 draw after Zambian midfielder Gift Kampamba scored in the first half, only for Said Abdelhafiz to equalise 13 minutes into the second half.
The second leg finished 3-0 to Ahly, but it was not a reflection of the game, as Sundowns, who could have won in Cairo, were warmly applauded off the pitch at the end by the Egyptian fans for their efforts.
Ted Dumitru’s team created a host of chances, but it was on the counter that Ahly were devastatingly effective, and Khaled Bebo scored a hat-trick for the Egyptian giants.

2016 vs Zamalek (Egypt) 3-0 (h); 0-1 (a)
Twenty-one years after a South African club won the continent’s top club prize when Orlando Pirates lifted the CAF Champions Cup, Sundowns beat Zamalek 3-0 in the home leg of the 2016 decider and then largely kept them at bay in the return in Alexandria to earn a star on their jersey.
Not since 2010, when TP Mazembe Englebert beat Esperance of Tunisia 5-0, had a club built such an emphatic final first-leg lead, as goals from Liberian international Anthony Laffor and Tebogo Langerman gave them a 2-0 half-time advantage, and one more immediately after the break extended the lead.
In the return leg, Pitso Mosimane’s men held out after being under siege for almost 90 minutes to be crowned African champions.

2024/25 vs Pyramids (Egypt) 1-1 (h); 1-2 (a)
Sundowns did not convert their chances at home in the first leg at Loftus Versfeld and would end up on the losing side.
They led through Lucas Ribeiro’s 54th-minute effort but gave up an equaliser in stoppage time to a diving back-post header from Walid El Karti.
In the return at the Cairo Air Defence Stadium, Sundowns were 2-0 down to goals from Fiston Mayele and Ahmed Samy.
Iqraam Rayners pulled one back with 15 minutes remaining with a volleyed effort, but Miguel Cardoso’s side could not find an equaliser, which would have seen them snatch the title on away goals.