CAF Interclub competitions return as Matchday 3 kicks off today

January 23, 2026

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The CAF Champions League 2025/26 and the CAF Confederation Cup 2025/26 resumes today as Matchday 3 of the group stages gets underway across Africa.

Following the conclusion of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, attention now turns back to club football this weekend, where Africa’s leading sides resume their continental campaigns.

With two rounds of group matches were completed before the CAF AFCON break, Matchday 3 marks the halfway point of the competition, making it a decisive moment in the race for qualification to the quarter-finals.

The CAF Champions League returns with a strong opening day today, as record champions, Al Ahly, host Tanzania’s Young Africans in Cairo.

South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns welcome Sudan’s Al Hilal Omdurman in Pretoria today, in a fixture expected to shape Group C standings at the midpoint of the campaign.

The restart features other marquee fixtures, including the high-profile Group A clash between RS Berkane and title holders Pyramids FC tomorrow.

Across Saturday and Sunday, clubs will continue their push for control in the groups, as teams look to consolidate strong starts or revive qualification hopes.

CAF Champions League fixtures (All times GMT)

Group A

Saturday, 24 January

13:00 — Power Dynamos FC (ZAM) vs Rivers United FC (NGA)

19:00 — RS Berkane (MAR) vs Pyramids FC (EGY)

Group B

Friday, January 23

16:00 — Al Ahly SC (EGY) vs Young Africans SC (TAN)

Saturday, January 24

16:00 — JS Kabylie (ALG) vs AS FAR Rabat (MAR)

Group C

Friday, January 23

18:00 — Mamelodi Sundowns FC (RSA) vs Al Hilal Omdurman (SUD)

Sunday, January 25

13:00 — St Éloi Lupopo (DRC) vs MC Alger (ALG)

Group D

Saturday, January 24

16:00 — Espérance de Tunis (TUN) vs Simba SC (TAN)

Sunday, January 25

16:00 — Stade Malien (MLI) vs Petro Atlético (ANG)

Elsewhere, the CAF Confederation Cup resumes with similar intensity, as former champions, seasoned campaigners and ambitious debutants continue their push for continental honours.

With qualification margins already narrow in several groups, Matchday 3 presents an opportunity for clubs to strengthen their positions or re-enter contention ahead of the decisive final rounds.

CAF Confederation Cup Fixtures

Group A

Saturday, January 24

19:00 — USM Alger (ALG) vs Djoliba AC (MLI)

Sunday, January 25

16:00 — OCS Safi (MAR) vs FC San Pedro (CIV)

Group B

Sunday, January 25

13:00 — Nairobi United FC (KEN) vs Azam FC (TAN)

Sunday, January 25

19:00 — Wydad AC (MAR) vs AS Maniema Union (DRC)

Group C