MATCH STATS: USFAS Bamako face Ampem Darkoa in Group B at CAF Women’s Champions League Egypt 2026

Mali’s USFAS Bamako meet Ghana’s Ampem Darkoa in their opening Group B match at the CAF Women’s Champions League Egypt 2026 at the Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia on Monday, 2 November (17h00 local time). 

Both clubs are making their second appearance at the finals, with Ampem returning after reaching the semi-finals in 2023 and USFAS aiming to improve on their group-stage exit in 2025.

MATCH FACTS

•  USFAS Bamako and Ampem Darkoa meet for the first time in the CAF Women’s Champions League in their opening Group B match of the 2026 edition.

•  Both clubs are making their second appearance at the finals. USFAS debuted in 2025, while Ampem first competed in 2023.

•  This will be the third meeting between clubs from Mali and Ghana at the finals. Hasaacas Ladies beat AS Mandé 3-0 in 2021, while AS Mandé defeated Ampem Darkoa 3-0 in 2023.

•  Ampem face Malian opposition for the second time, having lost 3-0 to AS Mandé in their second group game in 2023. Oumou Koné scored all three goals for the Malian side.

•  Koné now plays for USFAS Bamako and is set to face Ampem again. She has four goals in the competition across her appearances for AS Mandé in 2023 (three) and USFAS in 2025 (one).

•  Both previous editions featuring Malian and Ghanaian clubs in the same group saw the Ghanaian team finish top of the section: Hasaacas in 2021 and Ampem in 2023. Neither Malian side progressed to the semi-finals.

•  USFAS will face West African opposition for the first time at the finals, having met clubs from Equatorial Guinea, Morocco and Egypt on their debut in 2025.

•  Ghanaian clubs have won their opening matches in both previous appearances: Hasaacas beat Malabo Kings 3-1 in 2021 and Ampem defeated defending champions AS FAR 2-1 in 2023.

•  Ghana’s previous representatives both advanced as group winners. Hasaacas went on to finish runners-up in 2021, while Ampem finished fourth in 2023.

 

USFAS BAMAKO – KEY STATISTICS

•  USFAS are making their second finals appearance after finishing third in Group A on their debut in 2025, one point short of a semi-final place.

•  They are the second Malian club to qualify for two editions, after AS Mandé, who appeared in 2021 and 2023.

•  Their record at the finals stands at P3 W1 D1 L1, with three goals scored and four conceded.

•  USFAS opened their 2025 campaign with a 2-1 comeback victory over FC 15 de Agosto of Equatorial Guinea. After conceding in the 42nd minute, Maïmouna Traoré equalised from the penalty spot in the 69th and Awa Diarra struck the winner in the 82nd.

•  They became the first Malian club to win their opening match at the finals and will seek to repeat the feat in 2026.

•  USFAS lost their second group game 2-0 to AS FAR, conceding in the 45th and 90th minutes.

•  They drew 1-1 with FC Masar in their final group match, taking a 10th-minute lead through Oumou Koné before conceding a stoppage-time equaliser that ended their hopes of progressing.

•  They scored in two of their three group matches in 2025 but conceded in all three.

•  USFAS qualified for the 2026 finals by winning the WAFU Zone A tournament. They beat Senegal’s Aigles de la Médina 1-0 and Liberia’s Determine Girls 4-1 in the group stage.

•  They defeated Gambia’s Berewuleng FC 3-2 in the semi-finals before beating Aigles de la Médina 1-0 again in the final, with Oumou Koné scoring the decisive goal in the 79th minute.

•  Koné finished as USFAS’s leading scorer in the WAFU Zone A qualifiers with four goals, including two in the semi-final and the winner in the final.

•  Koné has scored four goals at the CAF Women’s Champions League finals: a hat-trick for AS Mandé against Ampem Darkoa in 2023 and one for USFAS against FC Masar in 2025.

•  USFAS will again be coached by Amadou Cissé, who led them at the 2025 finals.

 

AMPEM DARKOA – KEY STATISTICS

•  Ampem Darkoa are making their second appearance at the finals after finishing fourth on their debut in 2023. They are the first Ghanaian club to qualify for the tournament twice.

•  They reached the semi-finals in 2023 after winning their group, becoming the second Ghanaian club to progress beyond the group stage after Hasaacas Ladies in 2021.

•  Ampem defeated defending champions AS FAR 2-1 in their opening game in 2023, becoming the first tournament debutants to beat the holders.

•  They then lost 3-0 to AS Mandé, with Oumou Koné scoring a hat-trick, before reaching the last four and ultimately finishing fourth.

•  Ampem were the final club to qualify for the 2026 tournament, clinching the WAFU Zone B berth on Thursday, 29 October, following the conclusion of their qualifying final against Nigeria’s Edo Queens in Cairo.

•  The teams had drawn 2-2 after 90 minutes in their original final in Ouagadougou on 5 September. Edo Queens won the ensuing shootout, but a successful Ampem appeal resulted in CAF ordering the match to resume in extra time because the required extra-time period had been omitted.

•  Afishata Mohammed headed the decisive goal in the 92nd minute of the resumed contest in Cairo as Ampem advanced 3-2.

•  Ampem won all three WAFU Zone B group matches in qualifying, defeating 2025 finalists ASEC Mimosas 1-0, Niger’s AS GNN 4-0 and Nigeria’s Edo Queens 2-1.

•  They beat Benin’s Dynamique FC de Calavi 4-1 in the semi-finals before meeting Edo Queens again in the disputed final.

•  Ampem won the Northern section of Ghana’s Women’s Premier League in 2025/26 before beating Southern section winners Hasaacas Ladies 2-1 in the national final in April.

•  Ajegipina Zakaria was their leading league scorer in 2025/26 with 13 goals in 14 appearances.