CAF Cup: Rangers draw 2 N/African sides, 3 Moroccan sides in same group

CAF Cup: Rangers draw 2 N/African sides, 3 Moroccan sides in same group

Monday, January 21, 2019 7:32 pm


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Rangers International Football Club of Enugu, Nigeria’s representatives in the 2018/2019 CAF Confederation Cup competition, have been drawn alongside two Tunisian clubs in Group B of the competition’s group phase.

The 2018 Aiteo Cup winners who booked their passage into the group phase on Sunday after beating Bantu FC of Lesotho 4-2 aggregate also have a Burkinabe side as opponents.

Title-holders Raja Club Athletic of Morocco were drawn in the same group with local rivals RS Berkane and Hassania Agadir in Group A for the group phase.

The draws conducted on Monday at CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt saw the Moroccan trio unexpectedly finding themselves in the same group with Congolese champions AS Otoho.

The outcome serves a replica of the 2012 edition of the second-tier continental club championship when three Sudanese clubs — Al Merreikh, Al Hilal and Ahly Shendi — were in the same group.

The other team was Interclub of Angola.

Whilst Group A had three teams from the same country, it was a near similar situation in Group B and Group C, with two teams from the same countries.

Tunisian duo Etoile du Sahel and CS Sfaxien are in Group B with the Nigeria team and surprise packets, Salitas from Burkina Faso.

In Group C, Zambia’s Nkana and Zesco have been pitched against Asante Kotoko of Ghana and Al Hilal of Sudan.

For Kotoko and Al Hilal, they have old scores to settle after being in the same group for the maiden edition of the CAF Confederation Cup in 2004.

Five-times African champions Zamalek of Egypt lead the line-up in Group D, alongside Kenyan champions Gor Mahia, Petro Atletico of Angola and Algeria’s NA Hussein Dey.

The full draw:

Group A – Hassania Agadir (Morocco), AS Otoho (Congo), RS Berkane (Morocco), Raja (Morocco)

Group B – Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia), Rangers (Nigeria), Salitas (Burkina Faso), CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)

Group C – Zesco (Zambia), Al Hilal (Sudan), Asante Kotoko (Ghana), Nkana (Zambia)

Group D – Gor Mahia (Kenya), NA Hussein Dey (Algeria), Petro Atletico (Angola), Zamalek (Egypt)


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