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CAF Champions League: Setif, Others Seek Progress
ES Setif and Raja
Casablanca continue their bids to reach the CAF Champions League group stages as they prepare for first-round ties.
Reigning champions Setif, of Algeria, take on Gambian league champions Real de Banjul in what is the round of 32.
Setif sits second in the league, while Real have made an unbeaten start to their league campaign through nine matches.
The 2014 triumph was just Setif’s second Champions League crown, having previously won it in 1988.
Raja Casablanca are three-time champions and they take on South Africa’s Kaizer Chiefs. Elsewhere, Zambia’s ZESCO United take on Guinea’s AS Kaloum, while USM Alger face Senegal’s AS Pikine.
Malawi’s Big Bullets do battle with Al Hilal, Coton Sport meets SM Sanga Balende and Esperance de Tunis faces Cosmos de Bafia.
Sudan’s Al Merrikh has a tie against Kabuscorp and AC Semassi takes on Tunisians CS Sfaxien.
Asante Kotoko meets MC El Eulma, Enyimba faces Smouha of Egypt, AC Leopards will look to get past Gor Mahia and APR take on Al Ahly.
Moroccan league champions Moghreb Tetouan do battle with Kano Pillars, and Mamelodi Sundowns meet TP Mazembe. AS Mangasport and Stade Malien will also clash in one of the first leg first round matches.