CAF Champions League
Al Hilal to face St. George in Champions League
Sudan Premier League champions Al Hilal have been drawn to face St. George in the preliminary round of 2022/2022 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
In the draw conducted in Cairo, Egypt yesterday the two CECAFA teams were drawn tto face-off, with the winner qualifying to face the winner between Young Africans SC (Tanzania) and Zalan FC (South Sudan).
The first leg matches of the prelimary round will be played between September 6-11th, while the return legs are slated for September 16-18th.
Another Sudan side that reached the group stage of the 2021/2022 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, Al Merreikh will face Djibouti Premier League champions Arta Solar, with the winner over two legs taking on the winner between KMKM FC (Zanzibar) and Libya’s Ahli Tripoli in the first round.
Tanzania’s Simba Sc who reached the quarter final stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup last season will face a tough task against Big Bullets FC (Malawi) in the preliminary round. The winner will take on the winner between Zambia’s Red Arrows FC and Agosto (Angola).
In the The other preliminary round tis will see Uganda’s Vipers SC take on Central African Republic’s Real Bangui FC, while Rwanda’s army side APR face US Monastir (Tunisia).
Preliminary round draw
Rivers United (Nigeria) vs Watanga FC (Liberia)
Stade Mandji (Gabon) vs Plateau United (Nigeria)
AS Nigelec (Niger) vs SOAR (Guinea)
APR (Rwanda) vs US Monastir (Tunisia)
Real Bangui (CAR) vs Vipers SC (Uganda)
Volcan Club (Comoros) vs La Passe (Seychelles)
Coton FC (Bénin) vs ASEC Mimosas (CIV)
Hawks (Gambie) vs Horoya (Guinea)
ASKO (Togo) vs Nouadhibou (Mauritanie)
Casa Sports (Sénégal) vs JS Kabylie (Algeria)
Deportivo Mongomo (G. Equatoriale) vs Djoliba (Mali)
Bo Rangers (Sierra Leone) vs CR Belouizdad (Algeria)
Zalan (South Soudan) vs Younga Africans (Tanzania)
St George (Ethiopia) vs Al Hilal (Sudan)
Arta Solar (Djibouti) vs Al Merreikh (Sudan)
KMKM (Zanzibar) vs Ahli Tripoli (Libya)
Flambeau (Burundi) vs Ittihad (Libya)
Elec Sport (Chad) vs Zamalek (Egypt)
Cape Town City (RSA) vs AS Otoho (Congo)
Black Bulls (Mozambique) vs Petro Atletico (Angola)
Red Arrows (Zambie) vs Agosto (Angola)
Big Bullets (Malawi) vs Simba (Tanzania)
CFFA (Madagascar) vs R. Leopards (Eswatini)
Matlama (Lesotho) vs Coton Sport (Cameroun)
RC Kadiogo (Burkina Faso) vs Asante Kotoko (Ghana)
Gaborone (Botswana) vs AS Vita Club (RD Congo)