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Bad news for Medeama! History of the Last 10 results of Ghanaian clubs on foreign soil

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1 year ago

August 27, 2023

As Ghana’s Medeama SC play against Nigeria’s vice chaampions, Remo Stars, the lesson of history hugely weigh against them. Sports Village Square has gathered from Ghanaian news outlet, ghanasportspage.com that the country’s clubs have a bad history in away matches.

Ghanasportspage.com takes a look at the last ten results chalked by Ghanaian clubs in away matches of the CAF Champions League.

As a matter of fact no Ghanaian team has ever secured qualification to any round of the CAF Champions League on foreign soil since Berekum Chelsea did so in 2014 against Atlabara FC of South Sudan. Again only one Ghanaian team has been able to win a Champions League match on the road in the last 11 years and that is Asante Kotoko in September 2022.

Performance of Ghanaian teams in Away Matches of the CAF Champions League : The Last 10 Results (1 win , 2 draws , 7 defeats).

2022/23 season: Preliminary Round. RC Kadiogo 0 Asante Kotoko 1 on 12^th September 2022 in Cotonou. Isaac Oppong 92^nd minute goal. However , the Porcupine Warriors lost the second leg at the Kumasi Babayara sports stadium by the same margin as the Bukrina Faso opponents won the ensuing penalty shootout by 3-1 to advance.
2021/22Second Round. WAC 6 Hearts of Oak 1 on 25^th October 2021. The Phobians won the first leg by 1-0 in Accra before suffering a humiliating defeat in the reverse encounter in Morocco.
2020/21 season : Preliminary Round. FC Nouadhibou 1 Asante Kotoko 1on 29^th November 2020 at the Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouadhibou. Osman Ibrahim 6^th minute / 22^nd minute equalizer by Hemeya Tanjy.
2019/20 season : Preliminary round: Kano Pillars(Nigeria) 3 Asante Kotoko 2 on 10 Aug 2019. Adam 12^th. Rabiu Ali 70^th. Mohammed Gambo 75^th min/ Justice Blay 52^nd. Godfred Asiamah 62^nd Kotoko went ahead to win the second leg by 2-0 in Kumasi to advance.
2019/20 season : First Round : Etoiledu Sahel 3 Asante Kotoko 0 on 29 Sept 2019 in Monastir Stade Mustpaha Ben Jannet. Ouanes 25^th min pen. Karim Aribi 67^th. Karim Aribi 85^th The Reds had won the first leg by 2-0 in Kumasi.
2018 season : Preliminary round: Al-Tahaddy (Libya) 1 Aduana Stars 0 on 11 Feb 2018 at Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo (Egypt). Mahmoud Ali Salem 34^th The Ogya Boys won the second leg by 2-0 in Dormaa to advance.
2018 season : First Round: ES Setif 4 Aduana Stars 0 on 18 March 2018. Mourad Benayad Goal 27′. Mohamed Ziti Goal 43′. Abdlekader Bedrane Goal 61′. Abdelhakim Amokrane Goal 89′. Aduana won the first leg at home with a 1-0 score line.
2017 season : Preliminary round : Al-Ahli Tripoli 2 Wa All Stars0 on 19 Feb 2017 at Stade El Menzah, Tunis (Tunisia)[. Muaid Ellafi 2^nd Anis Saltou 64^th . Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. All Stars now known as Legon Cities were also battered 3-1 in Tamale by the Libyan side who were too powerful for the Ghanaian team.
2016 season : Preliminary round: MO Bejaia 3 Ashantigold 1. L. on 28 Feb 2016. Yakubu Mohamed 10^th min own goal. Sofiane Khadir 58^th . Okacha Hamzaoui 61^st / Emmanuel Osei Carlos 40^th Coach of Ashgold was Bashiru Hayford. The Miners had won the first leg by 1-0 in Obuasi.
2015 season : Preliminary round: MC Eulma (Algeria) 0 Asante Kotoko 0 on 14 March 2015. The Kumasi-based side also lost the return leg by 2-1 at the Babayara sports stadium to crush out of the competition.

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CAF Champions League: Travelling teams secure victories on the road

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1 day ago

September 15, 2024

Kunle Solaja

CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round action resumed on Saturday, 14 September following the resumption of the Africa’s premium club competition on Friday.

It was mostly the travelling teams that secured victories away from home on Saturday, who put themselves in fairly comfortable situations ahead of the return leg next week.

Orlando Pirates had a mental obstacle to overcome in Gaborone against Jwaneng Galaxy, having to face the same side that eliminated them in the same phase of the competition last season.

The former champions secured a 2-0 victory in Gaborone to put themselves in a comfortable position ahead of the return leg next weekend.

Five-time champions, TP Mazembe were away to Red Arrows in Zambia where they also put two past their hosts ahead of the return leg in Lubumbashi.

Mamelodi Sundowns, who played their away match in the comfort of their home stadium against Swaziland’s Mbabane Swallows made use of home ground advantage with a comfortable 4-0 win over their neighbours.

Tanzanian champions, Young Africans secured a hard-fought 1-0 win over CBE SA of Rwanda as Tanzanian giants continue to chase a continental title.

It was a rather tough outing for Moroccan outfit, AS FAR when they travelled to Sudan to face Al Merrikh. A highly entertaining encounter concluded with a 2-2 draw, ahead of the return leg in Morocco.

Egyptian side, Pyramids FC also played out to a draw when they were held 1-1 by APR FC in Rwanda.

Burkina Faso side, Association Sportive des Douanes out up an impressive showing when they edged Algeria’s CR Belouizdad by 1-0.

The first leg of the 2nd Preliminary Round concludes on Sunday, with five interesting encounters lined up, including reigning champions Al Ahly kick starting their title defense away from home.

TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Results & Fixtures:

Friday, 13 September

Enugu Rangers 1 – 0 Sagrada Esperanca

Monastir 0 – 1 MC Alger

Saturday, 14 September

CBE SA 0 – 1 Young Africans

Red Arrows 0 – 2 TP Mazembe

Al-Merrikh 2 – 2 AS FAR

Jwaneng Galaxy FC 0 – 2 Orlando Pirates FC

Maniema Union 2 – 1 Petro de Luanda

Djoliba 1 – 0 ASKO

Douanes 1 – 0 CR Belouizdad

Sunday, 15 September

12h00 GMT | Gor Mahia vs Al Ahly

15h00 GMT | Samartex vs Raja CA

16h00 GMT | San Pedro vs Al-Hilal

16h00 GMT | Dekedaha vs ES Tunis

19h00 GMT | Stade d’Abidjan vs Milo FC

The return leg fixtures of the 2nd Preliminary stage will be played between 20 – 22 September.

-CAF

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Enugu Rangers in slim CAF Champions League win over Angola’s Sagrada Esperanca

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3 days ago

September 13, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Enugu Rangers’ patchy form in the CAF Champions League continues as they struggled to beat visiting Angola’s Sagrada Esperance 1-0 in the first leg match played at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo.

It was in similar fashion that they played against Union Sportive de Zilimadjou of Comoros Islands who they beat 2-1 over two legs in Uyo.

Rangers’ lone goal was scored by Kazeem Ogunleye in the 80^th minute.

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VIDEO: Controversial penalty kick remains a talking point in Remo Stars’ elimination

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3 weeks ago

August 26, 2024

Kunle Solaja

Benin Republic’s Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali awarded a 78th minute penalty kick that sealed Remo Stars hopes.

But for the questionable penalty kick awarded for AS FAR of Morocco in the 78^th minute of the tension-soaked CAF Champions League duel with Remo Stars on Sunday in Rabat, the complexion of the final result as well as the aggregate scorelines may have been different.

Match scoreline stood at 1-1 before the referee, Adissa Abdul Raphiou Ligali of Benin Republic, who was midway to the centre circle suddenly blew his whistle and awarded a penalty kick to the hosts.

Before then, all body contacts had been ruled against Remo Stars. Even, the Moroccans looked amused when the referee, who was off the scene suddenly ran into the penalty area and awarded a penalty kick for an incident, even if it were an infraction, happened outside the penalty box.

The award of the penalty kick and the conversion by El Amine Zouhzouh, literaly sealed Remo Stars thin hope of advancing.

The Nigerian side left it too late as they only came out to attack after their hopes had been sealed.

In starting the crucial match, their lead scorer, Sikiru Alimi and assist master, Sodiq Ismail were brought in only after the damage had been done. It was after the first goal in the 51^st minute that Alimi was brought in in the 54^th minute.