CAF reduces Nigeria’s slot in Champions league, Confederation Cup

Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has reduced Nigeria’s slot from two to one in the  Champions League and Confederation Cup following the country’s poor outing on the continent.

From the 2019 campaign, only 12 countries would have two representatives each for the two continental club competitions.

This was contained in a a letter by its Deputy General Secretary Anthony Baffoe on Monday.

According to the letter, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, DR Congo, Algeria, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia, Libya, Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Mozambique will have two clubs each from the next season.

Consequently, the winners of the Premier League in 2018 and the winners of the Aiteo Cup will be the country’s representatives in the two competitions.

Nigeria steadily dropped down the rankings in the last five years after the country’s clubs failed to perform well in the continental competitions.

Enyimba, who are still in the Confederation Cup, are the last Nigerian club to reach the group stage of the Champions League in 2016. Rivers United finished fourth in their group in the Confederation Cup in 2017 after dropping from the Champions League.