African Football League: Enyimba to battle seven others for CAF’s $4m top prize money
Enyimba FC of Aba will be seeking to make history as the first team to win the Confédération Africaine de Football, CAF, inaugural African Football League competition which will feature the highest-ranked and most successful football Clubs on the African Continent.
On Saturday, CAF announced $4m in Prize Money for the winner while $3m will go to the runner-up, $1.7m for each of the semi-finalists and $1m for each of the quarter-finalists.
The competition will kick off on Friday 20 October 2023 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and will feature Simba SC (Tanzania) and Al Ahly SC (Egypt).
Enyimba have been drawn to face Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco in the third quarterfinal.
The first leg will be played at the God’swill Akpabio International Stadium on October 22, followed by the return fixture in Casablanca three days later.
Aggregate winners of the tie will face winners of the second quarterfinal between Tunisian powerhouse Esperance SC and former African Champions, TP Mazembe in the semifinal.
The other popular and top-ranked football Clubs participating in the Inaugural AFL are Mamelodi Sundowns FC (South Africa), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) and Atlético Petróleos de Luanda (Angola).
The AFL is a CAF competition established in partnership with FIFA.
One of the main objectives for forming the AFL is to ensure that the quality of African Club football is globally competitive and that African football Clubs are commercially viable. The AFL will also contribute to the development and growth of Youth football talent on the African Continent.
