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Bad news for Medeama! History of the Last 10 results of Ghanaian clubs on foreign soil

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As Ghana’s Medeama SC play against Nigeria’s vice chaampions, Remo Stars, the lesson of history hugely weigh against them. Sports Village Square has gathered from Ghanaian news outlet, ghanasportspage.com that the country’s clubs have a bad history in away matches. 

Ghanasportspage.com takes a look at the last ten results chalked by Ghanaian clubs in away matches of the CAF Champions League.

As a matter of fact no Ghanaian team has ever secured qualification to any round of the CAF Champions League on foreign soil since Berekum Chelsea did so in 2014 against Atlabara FC of South Sudan. Again only one Ghanaian team has been able to win a Champions League match on the road in the last 11 years and that is Asante Kotoko in September 2022.

Performance of Ghanaian teams in Away Matches of the CAF Champions League : The Last 10 Results (1 win , 2 draws , 7 defeats).

  • 2022/23 seasonPreliminary Round. RC Kadiogo 0 Asante Kotoko 1 on 12th September 2022 in Cotonou. Isaac Oppong 92nd minute goal. However , the Porcupine Warriors lost the second leg at the Kumasi Babayara sports stadium by the same margin as the Bukrina Faso opponents won the ensuing penalty shootout by 3-1 to advance.
  • 2021/22Second Round. WAC 6 Hearts of Oak 1 on 25th October 2021. The Phobians won the first leg by 1-0 in Accra before suffering a humiliating defeat in the reverse encounter in Morocco.
  • 2020/21 season : Preliminary Round. FC Nouadhibou 1 Asante Kotoko 1on 29th November 2020 at the Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouadhibou. Osman Ibrahim 6th minute / 22nd minute equalizer by Hemeya Tanjy.
  • 2019/20 season : Preliminary roundKano Pillars(Nigeria) 3 Asante Kotoko 2 on 10 Aug 2019. Adam 12th. Rabiu Ali 70th. Mohammed Gambo 75th min/ Justice Blay 52nd. Godfred Asiamah 62nd Kotoko went ahead to win the second leg by 2-0 in Kumasi to advance.
  • 2019/20 season : First Round Etoiledu Sahel 3 Asante Kotoko 0 on 29 Sept 2019 in Monastir Stade Mustpaha Ben Jannet. Ouanes 25th min pen. Karim Aribi 67th. Karim Aribi 85th The Reds had won the first leg by 2-0 in Kumasi.
  • 2018 season : Preliminary roundAl-Tahaddy (Libya) 1 Aduana Stars 0 on 11 Feb 2018 at Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo (Egypt). Mahmoud Ali Salem 34th The Ogya Boys won the second leg by 2-0 in Dormaa to advance.
  • 2018 season : First RoundES Setif 4 Aduana Stars 0 on 18 March 2018. Mourad Benayad Goal 27′. Mohamed Ziti Goal 43′. Abdlekader Bedrane Goal 61′. Abdelhakim Amokrane Goal 89′. Aduana won the first leg at home with a 1-0 score line.
  • 2017 season : Preliminary round Al-Ahli Tripoli 2 Wa All Stars0 on 19 Feb 2017  at Stade El Menzah, Tunis (Tunisia)[. Muaid Ellafi 2nd Anis Saltou 64th . Teams from Libya were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. All Stars now known as Legon Cities were also battered 3-1 in Tamale by the Libyan side who were too powerful for the Ghanaian team.
  • 2016 season : Preliminary roundMO Bejaia 3 Ashantigold 1. L. on 28 Feb 2016. Yakubu Mohamed 10th min own goal. Sofiane Khadir 58th . Okacha Hamzaoui 61st / Emmanuel Osei Carlos 40th Coach of Ashgold was Bashiru Hayford. The Miners had won the first leg by 1-0 in Obuasi.
  • 2015 season : Preliminary roundMC Eulma (Algeria) 0 Asante Kotoko 0 on 14 March 2015. The Kumasi-based side also lost the return leg by 2-1 at the Babayara sports stadium to crush out of the competition.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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Enugu Rangers crash out of Champions League

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Nigeria’s sole survivor into the second round of the CAF Champions League, Enugu Rangers have crashed out of the competition. They lost 3-1 to Angola’s Sagrada Esperança  this Sunday in Luanda.

 The aggregate scoreline is 3-2 as Rangers last weekend won their home game 1-0. Sagrada Esperança opened the game with offensive and got their first goal barely six minutes into the game when Alexandre Fernando found the back of the net.

 The hosts doubled their lead in the 33rd minute through Mussa. But four minutes later, Enugu Rangers reduced the tally to 2-1 to carry an away goal advantage into half time.

Jamie Pimpao got the much needed goal for Angola in the 67th minute to seal the hopes of Rangers.

Sagrada Esperança will now go into next month’s draw for the draw of the group stage.

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CAF Champions League: Travelling teams secure victories on the road

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CAF Champions League 2nd Preliminary Round action resumed on Saturday, 14 September following the resumption of the Africa’s premium club competition on Friday.

It was mostly the travelling teams that secured victories away from home on Saturday, who put themselves in fairly comfortable situations ahead of the return leg next week.

Orlando Pirates had a mental obstacle to overcome in Gaborone against Jwaneng Galaxy, having to face the same side that eliminated them in the same phase of the competition last season.

The former champions secured a 2-0 victory in Gaborone to put themselves in a comfortable position ahead of the return leg next weekend.

Five-time champions, TP Mazembe were away to Red Arrows in Zambia where they also put two past their hosts ahead of the return leg in Lubumbashi.

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Mamelodi Sundowns, who played their away match in the comfort of their home stadium against Swaziland’s Mbabane Swallows made use of home ground advantage with a comfortable 4-0 win over their neighbours.

Tanzanian champions, Young Africans secured a hard-fought 1-0 win over CBE SA of Rwanda as Tanzanian giants continue to chase a continental title. 

It was a rather tough outing for Moroccan outfit, AS FAR when they travelled to Sudan to face Al Merrikh. A highly entertaining encounter concluded with a 2-2 draw, ahead of the return leg in Morocco.

Egyptian side, Pyramids FC also played out to a draw when they were held 1-1 by APR FC in Rwanda.

Burkina Faso side, Association Sportive des Douanes out up an impressive showing when they edged Algeria’s CR Belouizdad by 1-0.

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The first leg of the 2nd Preliminary Round concludes on Sunday, with five interesting encounters lined up, including reigning champions Al Ahly kick starting their title defense away from home.

TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Results & Fixtures:

Friday, 13 September

Enugu Rangers 1 – 0 Sagrada Esperanca

Monastir 0 – 1 MC Alger

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Saturday, 14 September 

CBE SA 0 – 1 Young Africans

Red Arrows 0 – 2 TP Mazembe

Al-Merrikh 2 – 2 AS FAR

Jwaneng Galaxy FC 0 – 2 Orlando Pirates FC

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Maniema Union 2 – 1 Petro de Luanda

Djoliba 1 – 0  ASKO

Douanes 1 – 0 CR Belouizdad

Sunday, 15 September 

12h00 GMT | Gor Mahia vs Al Ahly

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15h00 GMT | Samartex vs Raja CA

16h00 GMT | San Pedro vs Al-Hilal

16h00 GMT | Dekedaha vs ES Tunis

19h00 GMT | Stade d’Abidjan vs Milo FC

The return leg fixtures of the 2nd Preliminary stage will be played between 20 – 22 September.

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Enugu Rangers in slim CAF Champions League win over Angola’s Sagrada Esperanca

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Enugu Rangers’ patchy form in the CAF Champions League continues as they struggled to beat visiting Angola’s Sagrada Esperance 1-0 in the first leg match played at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo.

 It was in similar fashion that they played against Union Sportive de Zilimadjou of Comoros Islands who they beat 2-1 over two legs in Uyo.

Rangers’ lone goal was scored by Kazeem Ogunleye in the 80th minute.

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