Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu
Nigeria representatives at the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup will know their foes today as draws for the preliminary rounds of holds in Cairo.
Akwa United and Rivers United will represent Nigeria at the CAF Champions League will Enyimba fc and Bayelsa United will feature at the CAF Confederation Cup
The race to succeed Al Ahly winners of the CAF Champions League, and Raja Athletic Club winners of the CAF Confederation Cup will begin 10 September 2021 with the first round of preliminaries.
The group stages will begin in February 2022.
The 12 best-placed national associations in the CAF ranking are authorized to enter two clubs in the different competitions.
These are South Africa, Algeria, Angola, DR Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Zambia.
CAF has extended the five substitutions per rule for the 2021/22 Interclubs season. Accordingly, each club will be allowed to register 40 players instead of the regulatory 30.
Nine substitutes will be allowed on the bench instead of the regular seven.
The registration of players on the CAF CMS has been extended to 15 August 2021.
CAF Interclub Schedule: 2021/2022
- First Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 10-12 September / 17-19 September 2021
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Second Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 15-17 October / 22-24 October 2021
CC Additional
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Second Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 26-28 November, 3-5 December 2021
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Group stage MD1: 11-13 February 2022
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Group stage MD2: 18-20 February 2022
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Group stage MD3: 25-27 February 2022
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Group stage MD4: 11-13 March 2022
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Group stage MD5: 18-20 March 2022
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Group stage MD6: 1-3 April 2022
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Quarter-Finals (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 15-17 April 2022/22-24 April 2022
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Semi-Finals (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 6-8 May 2022/13-15 May 2022
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Finals: TBC from 22 to 29 May 2022
