The reigning vice-champion of Benin, Loto Popo, will face the Moroccan club FUS Rabat in the first preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup. The complete draw took place on Tuesday at the headquarters of the pan-African body in Cairo, Egypt.
African clubs participating in the final phase of the CAF Confederation Cup now know their fate. The draw for the first preliminary round of the continental competition was conducted on Tuesday at the headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.
Algerian side ASO Chlef will clash with Nigerian club Bendel Insurance in this first round of the preliminary stage. Loto-Popo FC from Benin, which has been eliminated in the first round of previous African club competitions, will face Moroccan club FUS Rabat. It’s a tough opponent for the Beninese vice-champions, who will have to excel to hope for qualification to the next round.
Togolese club ASCK will face the Ivory Coast’s Amadou Diallo Football Academy (AFAD). Senegal’s CS de Ziguinchor will take on Burkina Faso’s Etoile Filante. Ghana’s Dream FC will compete against Guinea’s Milo FC. The first leg matches of this first preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup will be held on August 18, 19, and 20, 2023. As for the second leg matches, they will take place on August 25, 26, and 27.
First Preliminary Round CAF Confederation Cup: Bendel Insurance (Nigeria) – ASO Chlef (Algeria) FUS Rabat (Morocco) – AS Loto FC (Benin) CS de Ziguinchor (Senegal) – Etoile Filante (Burkina Faso) Arta Solar7 (Djibouti) – Horseed SC (Somalia) Singida Biga Stars (Tanzania) – JKU SC (Zanzibar) Bahir Dar City SC (Ethiopia) – Azam FC (Tanzania) Olympique de Béja (Tunisia) – Abo Selim (Libya) Kakamega H. (Kenya) – El Hilal (Libya) Sekhukhune United (South Africa) – Young Buffaloes (Eswatini) Cano Sport (Equatorial Guinea) – Maestro United (Zambia) F. de Maputo (Mozambique) – Belle Lumière (Comoros) Gaborone United (Botswana) – Elgeco Plus (Madagascar) Aml. des Douanes (Mauritania) – SOAR (Guinea) ASCK (Togo) – AFAD (Ivory Coast) Milo FC (Guinea) – Dream FC (Ghana) AS Douanes (Niger) – Kallon FC (Sierra Leone) Watanga (Liberia) – Stade Malien (Mali) Hay El Arab (Sudan) – Aigle Noir (Burundi) Hiadoub (Sudan) – El Merrieckh Juba (South Sudan) APC Lobito (Angola) – La Passe FC (Seychelles)
