CAF Champions League 2025/26 round of 32 tie confirmed

Following conclusion to the first preliminary round, the round of 32 TotalEnergies Caf Champions League fixtures are now confirmed.

Uganda’s league champions Vipers SC will face Zambia’s Power Dynamos after the two sides eliminated Namibia’s African Stars and ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast respectively.

Defending champions Pyramids of Egypt start their campaign against Rwanda’s APR with the aggregate winner facing Ethiopia’s Ethiopian Insurance – home to Ugandan forward Allan Kayiwa.

Elsewhere, Denis Onyango’s Mamelodi Sundowns will take on Remo Stars of Nigeria, Kenya Police take on Al Hilal of Sudan and record holders Al Ahly face off with Burundi’s Aigle Noir.

Tanzania giants Young Africans and Simba will lock horns with Malawi’s Silver Strikers and Eswatini’s Nsingizini Hotspurs respectively.

The aggregate winners over two legs will advance to the lucrative group stages.

The first leg matches will be played on the weekend of October 17-19 and the return legs on October 24-26, 2025.

Full CAF CL Round of 32 matches

• Remo Stars (Nigeria) vs Sundowns (RSA)
• Vipers (Uganda) vs Power Dynamos (Zambia)
• Aigle Noir (Burundi) vs Al Ahly (Egypt)
• Silver Strikers (Malawi) vs Young Africans (Tanzania)
• Stade de’ Abidjan (Ivory Coast) vs Petro de Luanda (Angola)
• Horoya (Guinea) vs AS FAR (Morocco)
• Nsingizini Hotspurs (Eswatini) vs Simba (Tanzania)
• Rahimo (Burkina Faso) vs Esperance (Tunisia)
• Black Bulls (Mozambique) vs Rivers United (Nigeria)
• Police FC (Kenya) vs Al Hilal (Sudan)
• Colombe (Cameroon) vs MC Alger (Algeria)
• FC Nouadhibou (Mauritania) vs Stade Malien (Mali)
• US Monastir (Tunisia) vs JS Kabylie (Algeria)
• St. Eloi Lupopo (DR Congo) /Al Merriekh (Sudan) vs Orlando Pirates (RSA)
• Ethiopian Insurance (Ethiopia) vs APR (Rwanda)/Pyramids (Egypt)