CAF TotalEnergies Champions League: Tusker FC to battle Song’s AS Arta Solar 7

Kenya’s Tusker FC will take on AS Arta Solar7 (Djibouti) in the first round preliminary match of the 2021/2022 CAF TotalEnergies Champions League.

AS Arta Solar 7, also home to ex-Arsenal & Barcelona midfielder Alexandre Song will host the first leg between September 10-12th.

According to the draw conducted yesterday at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, the winner between the two teams will Egyptian giants Zamalek in the second preliminary round.

Burundi’s Les Messager De Ngozi will also be up against US Gendarmerie Nationale, while Zanzibar’s KMKM SC who reached the semi final of the CECAFA Kagame Cup 2021 will take on Al Attihad (Libya).

Uganda’s Express FC who are returning to the big stage after over six years will face a tough hurdle against Sudan’s Al Merreikh, while another Sudan side Al Hilal will battle Fasil Kenema SC (Ethiopia).

Young Africans SC who finished second in the 2020/2021 Tanzania Premier League will play Rivers United (Nigeria), and Mogadishu City Club will be up against Rwanda’s APR in a clash of CECAFA sides.

Tanzania’s Simba SC who reached the quarter final stage of the tournament last season is among the teams exempted from the first round because of good ranking points. The others are; Al Ahly, Zamalek (Egypt), and Raja Casablanca, Wydad (Morocco), Esperance de Tunis, Etoile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Horoya AC (Guinea) and TP Mazembe (DR Congo).