CAF Confederation Cup draw: Al Ahly and Raja land in Group A
Egypt's Al Ahly will face Raja Club Athletic, ASKO de Kara and Primeiro de Agosto. AS FAR, USM Alger and the Tanzanian pair Azam and Singida Black Stars also learned their opponents in Cairo.
By TuSport Desk · 28 Oct 2026, 13:25 WAT
The group stage draw for the 2026/27 CAF Confederation Cup was made on Wednesday 28 October at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Cairo. It started at 14:00 Cairo time (12:00 WAT), an hour before the CAF Champions League draw, CAF said.
Al Ahly and Raja Club Athletic were drawn together in Group A, with Togo's ASKO de Kara and Angola's Primeiro de Agosto, Elbotola and Africa Soccer report.
Group B: AS FAR (Morocco), Azam FC (Tanzania), Al Ahly Tripoli (Libya) and Durban City (South Africa).
Group C: AS Maniema Union (DR Congo), Singida Black Stars (Tanzania), Red Arrows (Zambia) and the winner of the outstanding qualifying tie involving Algeria's CR Belouizdad. CAF said before the draw that the last place would go to CR Belouizdad, AS Douanes of Mauritania or Hafia of Guinea once that tie is decided.
Group D: USM Alger (Algeria), CS Sfaxien (Tunisia), Black Bulls (Mozambique) and AS Real Bamako (Mali).
Al Ahly reached the group stage by beating Uganda's Kitara FC 6-1 on aggregate. Red Arrows knocked out Kaizer Chiefs 3-2 on penalties, and Durban City reached the group stage for the first time, CAF said.
Matchday 1 is on 27-29 November, and the last round of group games is on 22-24 January. The top two in each group go through to the quarter-finals. No Nigerian club is in the group stage of either CAF competition this season.
Sources: www.cafonline.com · www.cafonline.com · www.elbotola.com · africasoccer.com
