2023/24 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League season gets underway on Friday
Africa’s premier club competition, the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, officially gets underway this weekend with the first preliminary round of fixtures taking place across the continent.
The first preliminary round marks the exciting start to the most sought-after African club football prize with the second round being the last hurdle before the remaining 16 clubs are drawn into the group stages.
CAFOnine.com takes a look at some of the eye-catching fixtures that can be looked forward to, starting on Friday, 18 August.
To kick start the competition, Algeria’s CS Constantine play host to Etoile Sportive du Sahel of Tunisia, while KMKM SC welcomes Saint George SC of Ethiopia in the two Friday afternoon fixtures.
Champions of the 1995 edition and 2013 silver-medalists, Orlando Pirates head to Comoros to face Djabal FC in one of the headline fixtures of the weekend along with another exciting clash between Namibia’s African Stars who will be taking on Power Dynamos of Zambia on Saturday.
On Sunday, Ahli Benghazi take on two-time African champions, Enyimba who will be looking at regaining their dominance on the continent while Coton Sport of Benin will take on Cote d’Ivoire’s Asec Mimosas, who had their taste of continental success when they lifted the 1998 edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League.
As in previous seasons, the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League is set to continue on its exciting growth trajectory, as global interest in African football continues to be on the rise as evidently seen in the growing viewership and stadium attendance figures of CAF inter-club competitions.
Fixtures of the 1st Preliminary Round of the CL 2023/24
18.8.2023
KMKM SC 1-2 Saint George S.C.
CS Constantine 0-2 Étoile SS
19.8.2023
Bo Rangers FC vs LISCR FC
APR FC vs Gaadiidka FC
CS de Bendje vs Bumamuru FC
African Stars vs Power Dynamos FC
AS Real de Bamako vs Coton Sport FC de Garoua
Djabal FC vs Orlando Pirates
20.8.2023
Salaam FC Bor vs Al Hilal SC
Hafia FC vs Génération Foot
AS Garde Nationale du Niger vs AS Douanes
Medeama SC vs Remo Stars FC
UD do Songo vs Green Mamba
Dragón FC vs FCB Nyasa Big Bullets FC
Ahli Benghazi vs Enyimba FC
Coton Sport Benin vs Asec Mimosas
ASKO De Kara vs AS FAR
FC Nouadhibou vs Al Ahli Tripoli
CD Primeiro de Agosto vs AS Vita Club
A.S. Otohô vs Al Merrikh SC
ASAS/Djibouti Télécom vs Young Africans
Jwaneng Galaxy FC vs Vipers SC