Nigeria’s flagbearers for the 2023/24 season continental cups campaign will know their foes as draws for both the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup preliminary stages which holds tomorrow.
The preliminary stages draw which signal kick-off of this year’s club competition continental football,
will be conducted tomorrow at 14h00 Cairo time (12 noon Nigerian time) at the CAF Headquarters starting with the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup and followed closely by TotalEnergies CAF Champions live across all CAF TV Partners, CAF official website CAFONLINE.COM and the official CAF YouTube Channel, CAF TV.
54 clubs from 42 Member Associations are engaged in this season’s TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, while 52 clubs representing 41 Member Associations will compete in the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.
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In the forthcoming campaign, Nigeria will be represented by the duo of Enyimba International FC and Remo Stars in the CAF Champions League while Rivers United and Bendel Insurance will fly the country’s flag in the CAF Confederation Cup.
CAF Interclub competitions, including the CAF Women’s Champions League have shown tremendous growth over the last few seasons, thanks to CAF’s increased investment in broadcast technology and global marketing engagement across its competitions.
Last season’s finals of both competitions saw record-breaking viewership numbers and attendance, with this trend expected to increase and filter down into the knockout and group stages of both competitions as the appetite for premium African football content continues to be on the rise globally.
Egypt’s Al Ahly are the current holders of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League after their fiercely contested victory over Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca. At the same time, USM Alger of Algeria hold the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup title after overcoming Tanzania’s Young Africans in one of the tournament’s most memorable finals.
No Nigerian club has won any of the two continental cups since Enyimba did a double by winning the CAF Champions League trophy in 2003 and 2004.