Nigerian champions, Rangers International have been drawn against Comorian league winners, US Zilimadjou in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League.
Rangers will travel to Comoros for the first leg between August 16-18 before playing host to US Zilimadjou the following week in Nigeria.
The winner of the encounter will face either Angola’s GDSE or St. Louis of Mauritius in the next round.
Nigeria’s second representatives in the Champions League, Remo Stars will face familiar foes AS FAR of Morocco in the preliminary stage.
In 2022, AS FAR eliminated the Sky Blue Stars from the Confederation Cup in the qualifying stage after a 2-1 aggregate loss.
The winner of the contest is scheduled to face either Al Merrikh of Sudan or a Libyan representative in the second qualifying round.
In the Confederation Cup, Enyimba are not in action for preliminary games and will wait for winnner of the game between Burkina Faso’s Rahimo FC and Haifa FC of Guinea in the second qualifying round.
President Federation Cup champions, El Kanemi Warriors are up against Dadje FC of Benin in the preliminary stage and they winner of the contest will battle RS Berkane of Morocco next.
