Algerian football clubs have achieved a remarkable feat by all advancing to the group stages of both the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. This success was secured after victories in the second preliminary round return matches, held over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, marking the second time since 2021 that Algerian football has reached such a milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The clubs involved are MC Alger<\/em> and CR Belouizdad<\/em> in the CAF Champions League, and USM Alger<\/em> and CS Constantine<\/em> in the CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the CAF Champions League, CR Belouizdad<\/em> faced significant challenges to secure their place in the group stage. After a 1-0 win in Oran\u2019s Miloud Hadefi<\/em> Stadium on Friday, the team had to endure a penalty shootout against Burkina Faso’s Douanes<\/em>, as the Burkinabe side had won the first leg with the same scoreline in Bamako. With the score at 1-0, the tie went to penalties, where goalkeeper Mustapha Zeghba\u2019s heroics, saving the last two spot-kicks, earned Belouizdad a 4-3 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MC Alger<\/em> also struggled in their return leg against Tunisia’s US Monastir<\/em>. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, they were able to score twice in the final 20 minutes of their Saturday night match at the Ali Ammar Stadium<\/em> in Douira. A stunning free-kick from Zakaria Na\u00efdji (70\u2019) and an own goal from Nigerian defender Moses (81\u2019) saw MC Alger qualify for the next round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the CAF Confederation Cup, CS Constantine<\/em> had a smoother path, defeating Ghana’s Nsuatreman<\/em> in both legs (2-0 and 1-0). The local side comfortably secured a 1-0 victory in the return leg at Martyr Hamlaoui Stadium<\/em>, thanks to a goal from Zakaria Bencha\u00e2 (19\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n USM Alger<\/em>, however, had a more dramatic qualification. After losing 1-0 in the first leg to Tunisia\u2019s Stade Tunisien<\/em>, the reigning champions of the CAF Confederation Cup needed a strong second-leg performance. The breakthrough came in the 75th minute with a stunning overhead kick from Congolese player Kevin Mondeko. The team then clinched victory through an own goal by Bilel Mejri in stoppage time (90+3), securing a 2-0 win and a spot in the group stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Experts attribute the Algerian teams\u2019 struggles in these qualifiers to a “lack of competitive match preparation.” USM Alger coach Nabil Maaloul remarked, “Algerian clubs participating in African competitions were not placed in the best conditions, as we entered a continental competition without having played a single minute in the local league.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The group stage draws for both the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup will take place on Monday, October 7, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The CAF Confederation Cup draw will be held at 13:00 Cairo time (11:00 in Algeria), followed by the Champions League draw at 14:00 Cairo time (12:00 in Algeria).<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more updates, visit dzwatch.dz<\/strong>. Algerian football clubs have achieved a remarkable feat by all advancing to the group stages of both the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup. This success was secured after victories in the second preliminary round return matches, held over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, marking the second time since 2021 that Algerian football has …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8321,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8319\/revisions\/8321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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