The two Kenyan teams that will represent the country in next season’s CAF interclub competitions are set to find out their respective opponents in the continental assignments by the 15th August 2021 when the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederations Cup draw will be conducted.Current log leaders Tusker will be ending a four year absence from the continental scene after they grabbed the single CAF Champions League slot available by virtue of being at the top of the league standings by a hitherto set deadline of June 30th.Full-timeUlinzi Stars 1-4 Tusker FCTusker qualify for CAF Champions League for the first time since 2016.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/k3HpbVieJt— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) June 30, 2021 A rejuvenated Gor, upon sensing a possibility of missing out from the prestigious competitions altogether, harnessed their strength to the cup competition where they have always fallen short. This season though, with all of their hopes in that basket only, the record Kenyan champions managed to oust bitter rivals AFC Leopards to lift the cup after eight years as they booked their slot in the CAF Confederations Cup.After confirming participation through the mentioned routes, the teams will now find out who their challengers will be in a draw that is set to be conducted next month.The 2021-22 CAF club football season resumes on the 10 September with the draw set to be conducted on the 15 August 2021. pic.twitter.com/19OL6x8juU— African Soccer Updates (@Africansoccerup) July 19, 2021 Tusker and Gor will however have to first go through the difficult preliminary stages in order to tango with the very best. The Brewers will need to overcome two rounds of home and away knockout games in order to make it to the group stages of the Champions League.Gor on the other hand will have to deal with three rounds of knockout games in order to get to the Confederation Cup group stages.After the draw, the 2021/22 season will kick-off on 10 September 2021 with the first round of the Preliminaries. The group stages will start next year, February 2022.The calendar for the 2021/2022 CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup released by @CAF_Online.#TotalEnergiesCAFCL #TotalEnergiesCAFCC pic.twitter.com/GinWgVm6CY— Nuhu Adams 🍁 (@NuhuAdams_) July 19, 2021 CAF also extended the five substitutions per rule for the 2021/22 inter-clubs season. Accordingly, each club will be allowed to register 40 players instead of the regulatory 30. Nine substitutes will be allowed on the bench instead of the regular seven. The registration of players on the CAF CMS was also extended to 15 August 2021.CAF Interclub Schedule: 2021/2022- First Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 10-12 September / 17-19 September 2021- Second Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 15-17 October / 22-24 October 2021CC Additional- Second Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 26-28 November, 3-5 December 2021- Group stage MD1: 11-13 February 2022- Group stage MD2: 18-20 February 2022- Group stage MD3: 25-27 February 2022- Group stage MD4: 11-13 March 2022- Group stage MD5: 18-20 March 2022- Group stage MD6: 1-3 April 2022- Quarter Finals (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 15-17 April 2022/22-24 April 2022- Semi-Finals (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 6-8 May 2022/13-15 May 2022- Finals: TBC from 22 to 29 may 2022
