Remo Stars Crash Out Of CAF Champions League

Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne were eliminated from the CAF Champions League in the opening round on Sunday at Rabat in Morocco.

The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) runners-up crashed out after losing 2-3 aggregate to Moroccan side AS FAR.

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Remo Stars had won the first leg fixture on Aug. 18 in Ikenne 2-1, but they could not withstand the Moroccans’ offensive blitz in the second leg game.

Two second half goals did the job for the hosts, with Joel Beya who scored their lone goal in Ikenne opening scores in the 53rd minute.

Remo Stars was clinging to a slim lead with only 12 minutes remaining when they earned a penalty kick.El Amine Zouhzouh stepped up and confidently converted the spot kick.

Remo Stars loss meant two of Nigeria’s representatives in club football on the continent have crashed out just one round into their respective competitions.

On Saturday, El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Maiduguri lost 2-3 on aggregate, exiting the first preliminary round of the African Confederation Cup competition.

Nigeria now has only one club each in the two continental competitions.

Enugu Rangers in the Champions League and Enyimba International FC of Aba who had drawn bye in the opening round into the second preliminary round of the African Confederation Cup competition but will face Burkina Faso’s Etoile Filante in the next round.