African giants Ahly competing in second tier CAF Cup this season
Record African club competition winners Al Ahly of Egypt will begin their bid to win the CAF Confederation Cup a second time against Mogadishu City of Somalia or Kitara of Uganda. Having won 25 CAF titles, the Cairo club received a bye into the second qualifying round in the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa […] The post African giants Ahly competing in second tier CAF Cup this season appeared first on The Namibian .
Record African club competition winners Al Ahly of Egypt will begin their bid to win the CAF Confederation Cup a second time against Mogadishu City of Somalia or Kitara of Uganda.
Having won 25 CAF titles, the Cairo club received a bye into the second qualifying round in the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa League when the draws were made in Cairo on Thursday.
Ahly are competing in the second-tier competition because they finished only third in the Egyptian Premier League behind Zamalek and Pyramids.
CAF permits only two entrants to the Champions League from the top 12 ranked countries so Ahly miss out on the marquee competition for the first time since 2003.
