Djibouti’s AS Arta Solar 7 eliminated in 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup

_{Djibouti Premier League reigning champions AS Arta Solar 7 have been eliminated in the preliminary round of the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup.}

_{AS Arta Solar suffered a 2-1 defeat to  Yemen’s Fahman Abyan FC in the final of the preliminary round played on Sunday at the Sports Hall at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.}

_{Former Burkina Faso International Sibiri Alain Traore netted for the Djibouti side, while Aidarous Awad scored a brace for Fahman Abyan FC.}

_{Led by former Arsenal and Cameroonian defender Alexandre Song Billongh, the Djibouti team defeated Volcan Club from Comoros 2-0, while Fahman Abyan FC stopped Horseed FC (Somalia) 3-0 at the semi final stage.}

_{Two other teams from the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) region Al Merriekh SC and Al Hilal, all from Sudan will now battle in the first qualifying round with the first leg matches to be played on April 10th, 2023.}   

_{Al Hilal will take on Bahraini Premier League side Manama Club, while Al Merriekh SC face Tishreen FC (Syrian Premier League side) in the first qualifying round. The final competition with 16 teams will take centre stage between July 20th and August 5th, 2023.}

_{A 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup  has attracted 37 teams from Asia and Africa in the tournament which has a total of US$10 million of prize money.  The winners will bag US$6,000,000, while the runners-up will pocket US $2,500,000. The semi-finalists will take US$200,000, quarter-finalists US$150,000, and the teams in the group stage US$100,000, and Preliminary round US$20,000.}