Medeama SC and Asante Kotoko have declined a challenge to represent Ghana in the CAF Confederations cup as they were barred from the list of clubs to partake in next season's CAF competition.
Medeama and Asante Kotoko are two of three clubs that permit were gave by CAF to represent Ghana in the 2021/22 CAF Inter Club competition. The other club is Hearts of Oak.
Hearts of Oak will represent Ghana in the CAF Champions League as the winners of the Ghana Premier League. Leaving Asante Kotoko and Medeama as the solitary two clubs with the shot at representing Ghana in the Confederations cup.
Nonetheless, the two clubs declined the chance to represent Ghana in the esteemed African league for various individual club reasons.
Chief of Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah last week revealed that his outfit won't represent Ghana in the Confederations cup since it is excessively expensive and they will rather utilize the chance to work on the club's unfinished project and work on their team squad in bid to win the Ghana premier league and FA Cup next season.
Medeama too declined the chance as they feel it isn't on "sporting merits" after they completed outside the top and were evicted out of the MTN FA cup in the quarterfinals.
In the mean time, the draw for the starter rounds of the 2021/22 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederations Cup will be hung on Friday, 13 August 2021 in Cairo.
Hearts of Oak, who will represent Ghana in the CAF Champions and will have until Sunday, August 15 to have their players registered for the competition.
Should they miss the cut off time, they'll be given two more enrollment periods (second and third). Notwithstanding, they'll pay a fine of $250 for every player they register in the second player registration window and $500 for every player they register in the third player registration window.
The following are the arrangements of the groups locked in:
CAF Champions League 2021/22
· Algeria: CR Belouizdad, ES Setif
· Angola: Atlético Petróleos, GD Sagrada Esperança
· Benin: ESAE FC
· Botswana: Jwaneng Galaxy
· Burkina Faso: AS Sonabel
· Burundi: Le Messager de Ngozi FC
· Cameroon: FOVU de Baham
· Central African Republic: Diplomate Football Club 8e Arrondissement
· Congo: Association Sportive Otohô
· Côte d'Ivoire: Asec Mimosas
· Djibouti: AS ARTA SOLAR 7
· D.R. Congo: AS Maniema Union, TP Mazembe
· Egypt: Al Ahly, Zamalek
· Ethiopia: Fasil Kenema SC
· Eswatini: Royal Leopards
· Gabon: Bouenguidi Sports
· Gambia: Fortune FC
· Ghana: Hearts of Oak
· Guinea: Club Industriel De Kamsar, Horoya AC
· Equatorial Guinea: Akonangui FC
· Kenya: Tusker FC
· Liberia: LPRC Oilers, Al Ittihad
· Malawi: Nyasa Big Bullets FC
· Mali: Stade Malien
· Morocco: Raja, WAC
· Mauritania: FC Nouadhibou
· Mozambique: União Desportiva do Songo
· Niger: US GENDARMERIE NATIONALE
· Nigeria: AKWA Utd, Rivers Utd
· Rwanda: APR FC
· Senegal: Teungueth
· Somalia: Mogadishu City Club
· South Africa: AmaZulu FC, Mamelodi Sundowns
· Sudan: Al Hilal, Al Merrikh
· Tanzania: Simba SC, Young Africans
· Togo: ASKO De Kara
· Tunisia: E.S.T., Étoile Sportive du Sahel
· Uganda: Express SC
· Zambia: Zanaco FC, Zesco United FC
· Zanzibar: KMKM SC
· Zimbabwe: FC Platinum
CAF Confederation Cup 2021/22
· Algeria: JS Saoura, JS Kabylie
· Angola: CD Primeiro de Agosto, Interclube
· Benin: Buffles F.C
· Botswana: Orapa Utd
· Burkina Faso: ASFA Yennenga
· Burundi: Bumamuru FC
· Cameroon: Coton Sport
· Comoros: Olympique de Missiri-Sima
· Congo: Diables Noirs de Brazzaville
· Côte d'Ivoire: Football Club de San Pedro
· Djibouti: FC Dikhil
· D.R. Congo: AS Vita Club, DC Motema Pembe
· Egypt: Al Masry, Pyramids
· Ethiopia: Ethiopian Coffee Sport Club
· Eswatini: Young Buffaloes
· Equatorial Guinea: Futuro Kings CF
· Gabon: AS Mangasport
· Guinea: Anglogold Ashanti Golden Boys Siguiri (AAGBS), Wakriya Athletic Club
· Kenya: Gor Mahia FC
· Liberia: Monrovia Club Breweries FC
· Libya: Ahli Tripoli
· Madagascar: CFFA
· Mali: BINGA FC
· Morocco: ASFAR, RSB
· Mauritania: Asac Concorde
· Niger: As Police Niger
· Nigeria: Enyimba FC, Bayelsa UTD FC
· Rwanda: Association Sportive de Kigali
· Senegal: Diambars FC
· Somalia: Horseed Sports Club
· South Africa: Marumo Gallants FC, Orlando Pirates
· South Sudan: Atlabara FC Juba
· Sudan: Al Ahly Merowe, Hay Alwady Nyala
· Tanzania: Azam Football Club, Biashara United Mara
· Togo: ASCK
· Tunisia: CS Sfaxien, Union Sportive Ben Guerdane
· Uganda: Uganda Revenue Authority Sports Club
· Zambia: Kabwe Warriors FC, Red Arrows Football Club
· Zanzibar: Mafunzo SC
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