CAF Confederation Cup

Rivers United Hope To Overcome Académica Challenge In Confederation Cup Duel –

Published

5 months ago

February 25, 2024

Nigeria’s Rivers United will attempt to capitalise on the poor home run of Angola’s Académica do Lobito as they clash this Sunday evening in the Match Day 5 of the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup at the Estádio Nacional 11 de Novembro.

Both feature in Group C. Rivers United are currently third on the log and hope for a leap. The Angola side has gone four matches without a win in the Group C series.

According to an Angola newspaper, Jornal de Angola, the Lobitanga team intends to arrest their no-win streak.

Their coach, João Pintar da Silva was quoted as saying,

“We want to start the second round of the competition with a bang. In four matches played, Académica has not scored any points and it is with this in mind that we are preparing the game against River United.

“We know it will not be an easy task, because we will face a organized team that plays good football”, noting that the group is motivated after the victory against Santa Rita do Uíge.

In a related fixture, Ghana’s Dreams FC will face Club Africain of Tunisia at the same time, at the Baba Yara Sport Stadium.

Club Africain and Dreams share the lead with 9 points each. Rivers United (six) and Académica (zero) occupy the immediate positions of the league table.

Académica’s coach, João Pintar hopes to win against Rivers United.

Speaking to Jornal de Angola, João Pintar promised a different Academic than other games.

“We played at home and we have to accept our responsibilities. We can’t think of another result other than the three points in dispute. We’re going to make this game a real final. I’m convinced we’ll get a good result, which involves victory “, he remarked.

CAF Confederation Cup

CAF draw brings Nigeria again against Benin Republic

Published

2 weeks ago

July 11, 2024

Kunle Solaja

El Kanemi Warriors to face Dadje of Benin Republic

After Nigeria and Benin have been drawn together together in the 2026 World Cup qualifying as well as that of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, another CAF draw has pitched the two teams together.

El-Kanemi will face Dadje of Benin Republic in the opening round of the CAF Confederation Cup. Nigeria’s second team, Enyimba FC are exempted from the first round.

The eight time Nigerian champions will face the winner of Hafia versus Rahimo of Burkina Faso.

CAF Confederation Cup

Enyimba exempted from Preliminary round as El-Kanemi fall in Pot 1 of Confederation Cup draw

Published

2 weeks ago

July 10, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Enyimba FC have drawn bye in the preliminary stage of the CAF Confederation Cup which draw will hold in Cairo on Thursday. The Nigerian team is among the 12 highest ranked teams in the competition.

Nigeria’s other representative are in Pot 1 along with 12 other clubs. The CAF Confederation Cup have 52 clubs representing 41 countries.

After the 12 exempted clubs, the remaining 40 clubs shall play in the preliminary round which consist of three ranked clubs and 37 non-ranked clubs according to the official clubs ranking.

Three pots of the 37 non-ranked teams are created considering their geographical proximity. The exempted teams and the ranked teams are distributed geographically.

CAF Confederation Cup

EXCLUSIVE! Abia Warriors’ Federation Cup loss saves Enyimba from CAF Confederation Cup disqualification

Published

4 weeks ago

June 30, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Enyimba saved by Abia Warriors loss at the President Federation Cup

BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

Had Abia Warriors won the President Federation Cup in tie with El-Kanemi Warriors on Saturday, Enyimba FC would have been disqualified from the CAF Confederation Cup.

Entry for the registration for both Confederation Cup and the CAF Champions League close this Sunday.

Sources at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) informed Sports Village Square that the eligibility code for any of the inter-clubs competitions, does not allow two clubs owned fully or partially by the same person or body to feature in the same competition.

Both Enyimba FC and Abia Warriors are known to be owned and funded by the Abia State Government.

Had Abia Warriors prevailed over El-Kanemi, they too, like Enyimba would have qualified for the Confederation Cup.

Like in UEFA clubs competitions, CAF would not have allowed teams owned fully or partially by the same body to feature in the same competition. In this case, the CAF Confederation Cup.

It would be a different issue, if one of the two were to be competing in the Champions League and the other in the Confederation Cup.

This is stated in Section L.03 of Article 55 of the CAF Men’s Licensing Regulations (2022 edition).

In accordance with the Regulations of CAF Confederation Cup which give precedence to the national cup winner over the third placed teams of the league in case of countries that qualified to enter two teams, the sacrificial lamb would have been Enyimba, whose position would have been taken by the next available team, Shooting Stars who placed fourth on the log.

It was partly in accordance to the Section IV of the CAF Confederation Cup Regulations (ENGAGEMENTS) that enabled the fourth placed Kwara United engaged in the 2022 edition as the entry closed while the Nigerian national cup was still at the quarter-final stage.