CAF Confederation Cup: Rivers United Drawn In GroupC

2021/22 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions Rivers United have been drawn in Group C of the CAF Confederation Cup.

The draw ceremony took place in Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday afternoon.

Rivers United reached the group stage for the second consecutive time after they defeated Etoile Filante of Burkina Faso 2-0 aggregate.

The Pride of Rivers will face old foes Club Africain of Tunisian, who eliminated them from Africa’s second tier club competition in 2017.

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Dreams FC of Ghana and and Angola’s APC Lobito complete the group.

The top two teams in the group will earn a berth in the quarter-finals.

To maintain Nigeria’s continental football coefficient, the Port Harcourt club must get into the knockout round of the competition.

Group stage clashes will commence on 26 November.

The Stanley Eguma side survived the group stage last season but lost out in the quarter-final to Yanga SC of Tanzania.

Group A

Al Hilal (Libya)

Future FC (Egypt)

SuperSport United (South Africa)

USM Alger (Algeria)

Group B

Abu Salim (Libya)

Sagrada Esperança (Angola)

SOAR (Guinea)

Zamalek SC (Egypt)

Group C

Rivers United (Nigeria)

Club Africaine (Tunisia)

Dream FC (Ghana)

APC Lobito (Angola)

Group D

RS Berkane (Morocco)

DC Motema Pembe (Congo)

Stade Malien (Mail)

Sekhukhune United (South Africa)