CAFCL/CC: CAF Announces Kickoff Dates For Rivers Utd, Plateau Utd, Others

African soccer ruling body, CAF has officially announced the kick-off dates for this year's inter-club competition, BSNsports.com.ng has gathered.

Rivers United and Plateau United will play in the Champions League while Remo Stars and Kwara United will campaign in the Confederation Cup.

The football body on Wednesday afternoon released a statement confirming September 9th as the kickoff date.

The 2022/23 season will kick-off on Friday, 09 September 2022 with the preliminary rounds of both the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup.

In the TotalEnergies Champions League, 58 clubs will be hoping to dethrone African champions Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco.

For the TotalEnergies Confederation Cup, a total of 50 clubs have been confirmed.

They will be vying for the top honours to unseat current champions RS Berkane.

The first leg of the matches of the first preliminary round will be played on September 9-11 with the return matches scheduled to be played a week later, the statement read.

Preliminary Rounds’ Dates:

First Round (Home/Away): 09 – 11 Sep / 16 – 18 Sep 2022

Second Round (Home/Away): 07 – 09 Oct / 14 – 16 Oct 2022,"