Football Kenya Federation Premier League leaders Tusker fc will face As Arta Solar 7 of Djibouti in the first preliminary round of the CAF Champions League after the federation earlier ordained them to represent Kenya in the continent’s top club competition courtesy of topping the local division on June 30th.FKF Cup winners Gor Mahia on the other hand will face either Atlabara FC Juba or Al Ahly Merowe in the second preliminary round of CAF Confederation Cup after getting a bye in a draw conducted today, Friday, 13 August 2021 in Cairo.OFFICIALWe take on the winner between South Sudanese side Atlabara FC and Al Ahly Merowe from Sudan in second round of CAF Confed Cup preliminary stage. #Sirkal pic.twitter.com/osImDsl0JW— 🏆 – GOR MAHIA FC (@OfficialGMFC) August 13, 2021 The first leg of the first round of the CAF CL will be played between 10 September 2021 and 12 September 2021, with the second leg taking place a week later.If Tusker go through to the second round, they will face off with Egypt’s Zamalek with the first leg of the second round being played on 15 October 2021 to 17 October 2021, and the return leg a week later as well.Tusker’s opponent in the first round, Arta Solar, is home to former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Alexandre Song. Gor Mahia will wait until October to feature with the winner between Atlabara FC Juba and Al Ahly Merowe.The Brewers were awarded the CAF Champions League ticket by the virtue of being top in the league by 30th June, and are on course to clinching the league title, and will represent the country in the premier competition.We begin our CAF Champions League campaign against Djibouti’s Arta Solar 7. The first leg will be away from home and we play the return leg in Nairobi.#KenyaMilele #Brewers4Life— Tusker FC (@tusker_fc) August 13, 2021 On the other hand, Gor Mahia booked their slot after edging out arch-rivals AFC Leopards on penalties in the FKF Cup.If Atlabara make it to the second round of CAF CC, Kenya’s duo of former AFC Leopards goalkeeper Lucas Indeche and former FC Talanta Coach Michael Nam will be up against Kenya’s representative Gor Mahia.Kenyan duo of head coach Michael Ouma Nam and goalkeeper Lucas Indeche helped Atlabara FC win the 2021 South Sudan Cup on Sunday.Nam & Indeche were also named best coach and best goalkeeper of the tournament respectively.The club will now represent the country in #TotalCAFCC. pic.twitter.com/qFFh6MRlio— vumaSPORT (@vumaSPORT) February 22, 2021 While Kenya will have one representative in each of the competitions, top-ranked countries in the continent including South Africa, Algeria, Angola, DR Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Zambia have been allowed to register two teams in each of the competitions.
