Holders Al Ahly get Sundowns reunion in African Champions League
Holders Al Ahly will play South African side Mamelodi
Sundowns and Sudan's Al Hilal and Al Merrikh in Group A of the African
Champions League following the draw on Tuesday.
Egyptian side Ahly, led by former Sundowns coach Pitso
Mosimane, have won the title for the last two years and knocked the South
African champions out in the quarter-finals in 2020-21.
They beat another South African side, Kaizer Chiefs, 3-0 in
the final last season to earn Mosimane his third title after he also won the
competition with Sundowns in 2016.
African Confederation Cup holders Raja Casablanca head Group
B and take on Horoya of Guinea, ES Setif from Algeria and South African
debutants AmaZulu.
The latter are coached by former Blackburn Rovers striker
Benni McCarthy, who won the UEFA Champions League as a player with Porto.
There will be a Tunisian derby in Group C where Esperance and
Etoile du Sahel clash with Algerian side CR Belouizdad and first time
participants Jwaneng Galaxy of Botswana.
There is another heavyweight tussle in Group D as Moroccan
club Wydad Casablanca, who lifted the continental title in 2017, meet top
Egyptian club Zamalek, as well as Angola's Petro Atletico and Sagrada
Esperanca.
Matches in both competitions are set to start on the weekend
of Feb. 11-12, one week after the completion of the Africa Cup of Nations in
Cameroon.
Ahly may have to reschedule their opening fixture as they
compete in the Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates from Feb. 3-12.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE DRAW
Group A: Al Ahly (Egypt), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa),
Al Hilal (Sudan), Al Merrikh (Sudan)
Group B: Raja Casablanca (Morocco), Horoya (Guinea), ES Setif
(Algeria), AmaZulu (South Africa)
Group C: Esperance (Tunisia), Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia), CR
Belouizdad (Algeria), Jwaneng Galaxy (Botswana)
Group D: Wydad Casablanca (Morocco), Zamalek (Egypt), Petro
Atletico (Angola), Sagrada Esperanca (Angola)
CONFEDERATION CUP GROUP STAGE DRAW
Group A: Pyramids (Egypt), CS Sfaxien (Tunisia), Zanaco
(Zambia), Al Ahli Tripoli (Libya)
Group B: JS Kabylie (Algeria) or Royal Leopards (Eswatini),
Orlando Pirates (South Africa), JS Saoura (Algeria), Al Ittihad (Libya)
Group C: TP Mazembe (DR Congo), CotonSport (Cameroon), Al
Masry (Egypt), AS Otoho (Congo)
Group D: RS Berkane (Morocco), Simba SC (Tanzania), ASEC
Mimosas (Ivory Coast), USGN (Niger)
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