CAF Champions League
Aigle Noir qualify to face Al Ahly in next round of CAF Champions League
Burundi’s Premier League reigning champions Aigle Noir C.S will face giants Al Ahly in the second qualifying round of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
Aigle Noir ejected Djibouti’s ASAS on away goals’ rule after a 1-1 draw on aggregate in the first preliminary round.
It will be the first time that Aigle Noir play in that stage and will host the Egyptian side Al Ahly in the renovated National Stadium in Bujumbura next month in the first round.
Tanzania’s Simba SC who ejected Gaborone United (Botswana) 2-1 on aggregate will face Nsingizini Hotspurs Fc in the second qualifying round. The Eswatini side saw off Simba Bhora FC from Zimbabwe 3-0 on aggregate.
Kenya Police FC who lost the return leg 2-0 to Mogadishu City FC, but qualified on more goals scored away rule after the two team’s ties 3-3, will face Sudan’s Al Hilal SC in the next round.
After settling for a goalless draw in the first leg against South Sudan’s Jamus SC, Al Hilal managed to win the return leg 1-0 with Claude Jean Girumugisha scoring the lone goal in a match played at the New Amaan Stadium on Zanzibar on Sunday.
Tanzania giants Young Africans SC who ejected Wiliete FC 3-0 on aggregate will fancy their chances of making it to the group stage when they face Malawi’s Silver Strikers FC in the second preliminary round.
Uganda Premier League champions Vipers SC who played in the group stage in the 2022/2023 season will take on Power Dynamos FC in the second preliminary round. The Zambian ejected ASEC Mimosas (Ivory Coast) during penalty shoot-outs after a 1-1 draw on aggregate.
Ethiopian Insurance FC who eliminated Mlandege SC (Zanzibar) 4-3 on aggregate will also face the winner between Rwanda’s APR FC (Rwanda) and defending champions Pyramids FC (Egypt).
Meanwhile Sudan’s El Merriekh lost 1-0 to Saint-Eloi Lupopo in the first leg of the first preliminary round, while APR FC will host Pyramids on October 1st in Kigali.
Tanzania Premier League reigning champions Young Africans SC have been placed in a tricky group ahead of the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League group stage.
The draw supervised by CAF’s head of Competitions Division, Nassar Khaled and assisted by African legends Alex Song (Cameroon) and Christopher Katongo (Zambia) was carried out at the Supersport Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday.
Young Africans SC have been placed in Group B alongside three teams from North Africa that include the 12 time champions Al Ahly (Egypt), AS FAF (Morocco) and Algeria’s JS Kabylie.
Another Tanzanian side Simba SC who reached the final of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup last season have been placed in Group D alongside Esperance de Sportive (Tunisia), Atletico Petroleos de Luanda (Angola0 and Stade Malien FC (Mali).
Al Hilal SC from Sudan have been placed in Group C alongside 2016 champions Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), MC Alger (Algeria) and FC Lupopo from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The group stage matches will kick off on November 21st running through till February 2026.
Group A: RD Berkane (Morocco), Pyramids FC (Egypt), Rivers United FC (Nigeria), Power Dynamos FC (Zambia)
Group B: Al Ahly (Egypt), Young Africans SC (Tanzania), AS FAR (Morocco), JS Kabylie (Algeria)
Group C: Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Al Hilal SC (Sudan), MC Alger (Algeria), FC Lupopo (DR Congo)
Group D: Esperance de Sportive (Tunisia), Simba SC (Tanzania), Atletico Petroleos de Luanda (Angola), Stade Malien (Mali)
Ethiopian Insurance have bowed out of the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
After picking a 1-1 draw against defending champions Pyramids FC in the first leg second preliminary round, the Egyptian side won the return leg played on Thursday 2-0.
Mostafa Ziko gave Pyramids FC the lead after 11 minutes at the Air Defense Stadium.
The Ethiopian Insurance team continued to defend in numbers as the defending champions attacked in search of more goals.
In injury time of the second-half, Ethiopian Insurance substitute Birikit Kikaleb netted an own goal. Pryamids FC qualified for the group stage on a 2-1 goal aggregate.
Tanzanian sides Young Africans SC and Simba SC are the only teams from CECAFA Zone that have qualified for the group stage of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
Simba SC and Young Africans SC, all from Tanzania scored an own goal to seal the win.
The draw for the group stage will be conducted on November 3rd live from the SuperSport studios in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Simba SC have booked a place in the group stage of the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
The Tanzania Premier League side became the third team in the CECAFA Zone to qualify for the group stage.
After winning the first leg 3-0 away to Eswatini’s Nsingizini Hotspurs FC, Simba SC settled for a goalless draw in the return leg played at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es salaam on Sunday.
Simba SC who lost out in the final of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup last season have now joined other CECAFA teams Young Africans SC (Tanzania) and Al Hilal SC (Sudan) in the group stage of Africa’s biggest Club competition.
Meanwhile in a delayed first leg match played on Sunday, Ethiopian Insurance FC held reigning champions Pyramids FC (Egypt) to a 1-1 draw in a match played in Cairo.
In-form DR Congo International Fiston Mayele gave Pyramids FC the lead after 11 minutes, but Biruk Mulugeta made it 1-1 with seven minutes to the end of the match. The return leg will be played on October 30th to decide which team progresses to the group stage.
Tanzania Premier League reigning champions have stormed the 2025/2026 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League group stage.
Young Africans SC defeated Silver Strikers FC (Malawi) 2-0 in the return leg of the second preliminary round on Saturday to qualify on a 2-1 goal aggregate.
After only six minutes Dickson Job netted from a well taken Mohamed Doumba corner kick to send the fans chanting at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
The home side continued to dominate play with Maxi Nzengeli and Duke Abuya causing the Silver Strikers FC all sorts of trouble.
Pacôme Zouzoua made it 2-0 after 34 minutes when he cleverly finished off a well weighed in Nzengeli cross to beat the Silver Strikers FC goalkeeper George Chikooka.
After recess the Young Africans SC side continued to dominate play, but were denied opportunities to score more goals. It is the fifth straight time that Young Africans SC qualify for the group stage of the CAF Champions League.
In another match played by a team from the CECAFA Zone, Aigle Noir FC (Burundi) lost 1-0 to a 10-man Al Ahly at the Cairo International Stadium. The African giants qualified for the group stage on a 2-0 goal aggregate.
Young Africans SC now join Al Hilal (Sudan), Al Ahly (Egypt), Power Dynamos (Zambia), Saint Eloi Lupopo (DR Congo), JS Kabylie (Algeria) into the group stage.
On Sunday Tanzania’s Simba SC who are leading 3-0 after the first leg will host Nsingizini Hotspurs FC (Eswatini) in the return leg, while Ethiopian Insurance battle reigning champions Pyramids FC (Egypt) in the delayed first leg.
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