The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed the dates for the CAF Champions League group stage fixtures.
South Africa’s representatives in the competition, Mamelodi Sundowns, have discovered when they will square off with their Group B opponents.
The Brazilians were drawn alongside Al Hilal (Sudan), Coton Sport (Cameroon) and Al Ahly (Egypt).
This will be the second successive season in which Bafana Ba Style face Al Hilal and Al Ahly in the group stages after they were in the same group in the last campaign.
Meanwhile, it will mark the fifth consecutive season in which the Pretora-based club meets the Club of the Century in the Champions League.
The two teams faced off in the quarterfinals in 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2020/21 editions and met in the group stages in the previous campaign.
CAF REVEALS DATES FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE FIXTURES
For now, CAF has provided at most two dates for each fixture as the exact dates are yet to be confirmed.
Just like last season, Sundowns will kick things off by hosting Al Hilal on 10, 11 February.
The second match will see the 2016 Champions, Sundowns traveling to Cameroon to take on Coton Sport on 17, 18 February.
Masandawana will then continue their rivalry with Al Ahly when they visit the Club of the Century on 24, 25 February before the repeat takes place in the Sundowns’ backyard on 07 March.
Thereafter, Rulani Mokwena’s men will take a trip to lock horns with Al Hilal in Sudan on 17, 18 March.
The DStv Premiership champions will then host Coton Sport on 31 March, 01 April in their last outing of the group stages.
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