Kenyan duo of Ian Otieno and Vincent Oburu, who were hopeful of playing at the highest level of club competitions in the continent, CAF Champions League, next season with Zesco United will now take part in the CAF Confederation Cup instead.This comes after the continental body revised the continental slots allocated to different associations across the continent, with Zambia being affected by the amendment.For the past five years since 2018, Zambia has been having two representatives in the two continental club competitions but will have only one in each competition next season.12 countries that will field four teams in CAF continental club for 2022-23 in alphabetical order:- Algeria- Angola- Congo DR- Egypt- Guinea- Libya- Morocco- Nigeria- South Africa- Sudan- Tanzania- Tunisia pic.twitter.com/zysVhtGSk5— African Soccer Updates (@Africansoccerup) June 20, 2022 According to CAF’s roster, the 12 top-ranked associations are eligible to enter two teams in the CAF Champions League and two teams in the CAF Confederation Cup.Thus, Zambia will be represented by league winners Red Arrows in the Champions League while Zesco United who finished second will be the flag carriers in the Confederation Cup.Former AFC Leopards hotshot Vincent Oburu signs three-year deal with Zesco UnitedZambia’s spot in the top 12 has been taken up by Libya to complete the list for the upcoming season that also consists of Algeria, Angola, Congo DR, Egypt, Guinea, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, and Tunisia.🇹🇳 @CSSofficiel 2-0 Nkana FC 🇿🇲Throwback to a succesful comeback for the Tunisian side in the 2018/19 #TotalEnergiesCAFCC quarter-finals! #TBT pic.twitter.com/Vml7g4VhUv— TotalEnergies CAFCL – TotalEnergies CAFCC 🏆 (@CAFCLCC) June 16, 2022 The preliminary round of CAF club competitions matches is set for September 9-11, with the return leg coming a week later while the second round will take center stage from October 7-9 and the return leg a week later also.
