Blow for Gor Mahia, Kenya Police as Nyayo, Kasarani passed unfit to host 24/25 CAF competitions
13th July 2024
Gor Mahia and Kenya Police will represent Kenya in the 24/25 CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup.
- Kenya was among the countries that did not have even a single stadium given the green lights to host the First and Second Preliminary Round matches of the CAF competitions.
- K’Ogalo will be facing South Sudan’s El Merreikh Bentiu in the First Preliminary Round of the Champions League scheduled for 16-18 August.
- Kenya Police will come up against Ethiopian Coffee in the Confederation Cup.
Record Kenyan champions Gor Mahia and Kenya Police will be forced to play their CAF Interclub competition ties away from home following the latest revelation that no grounds in the country were passed fit to hold matches of that level by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
In a document seen by SportPesa News, Kenya was among the countries that did not have even a single stadium given the green lights to host the First and Second Preliminary Round matches that are expected to take place starting mid-August 2024.
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K’Ogalo, who will be representing Kenya in the 24/25 CAF Champions League courtesy of being crowned league champions, will be facing South Sudan’s El Merreikh Bentiu in the First Preliminary Round scheduled for 16-18 August.
Meanwhile, Kenya Police, who will be representing Kenya in the 24/24 CAF Confederation Cup, will come up against Ethiopian Coffee in the First Preliminary Round in what will be their first-ever continental experience after they lifted the FKF Cup.
The two teams could resort to neighbours Uganda and Tanzania to host their matches with both countries having passed the test.
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In Uganda, the Mandela National Stadium at Namboole and St Mary’s Stadium in Kitende have been approved while Tanzania have the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium and the Azam Complex in Chamazi given the green lights.
Rwanda could also be another potential venue with the Amahoro Stadium and the Kigali Pele Stadium all approved.
Other countries without an approved stadium include Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central Africa, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Zimbabwe.
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