CAF Champions League
Young Africans SC, CBE register wins in CAF Champions League
Tanzanian giants Young Africans SC and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia have registered wins in first leg matches in the 1st preliminary round of the 2024/2025 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
Fresh from winning the Tanzanian Charity Shield, coach Miguel Gamondi’s side brushed a side Vital’O (Burundi) 4-0 in a match played at the Azam Complex in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.
New signing Prince Dube scored early after only six minutes. The Burundi Premier League reigning champions tried to fight back, but failed to penetrate the Young Africans defending line.
After recess another new signing Clatous Chama made it 2-0 after 68 minutes. Clement Mzize and Azi Ki also got their names on the score sheet.
In Kampala, Uganda’s SC Villa who returned to the CAF Champions League after 20 years got a rude welcome losing 2-1 to visiting Commercial Bank of Ethiopia FC at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole.
Simon Peter Oketch and Adid Gedey scored for the visitors in each half, while Elvis Ngonde pulled back one goal for SC Villa. Substitute Charles Lwanga was sent off for SC Villa after 90 minutes after a nasty challenge on a Commercial Bank of Ethiopia player.
In the other matches played Sudan’s Al Merriekh settled for a goalless draw away to Libya’s Al Nasr. On Friday Somalia’s Dekedaha SC defeated Djibouti Premier League champions Arta Solar 2-0 in a match played at the Azam Complex in Tanzania.
Action continues today with teams from the CECAFA Zone tussling it out as Al Merriekh Bentiu host Kenya’s Gor Mahia FC at the Juba National Stadium in South Sudan, while JKU SC (Zanzibar) play Pyramids away in Cairo, Egypt.
Tanzania’s Azam FC who return to the CAF Champions League will host Rwanda giants APR FC at the Azam Complex.