Algerian side ES Setif arrived in Ghana on Friday evening to begin preparations for their CAF Confederation Cup clash against Asante Kotoko. The game is scheduled for Sunday 14th February at the Accra Sports Stadium.



The two times Champions of Africa conducted their mandatory coronavirus test which came back all negative, and have proceeded to their hotel to begin preparations for the Clash.

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Benin’s Issa Mouhamed will be in charge of Ashantigold’s CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round game against Salitas FC from Burkina Faso.

He will be assisted by Koudogbo Augustin Augustin Kougbemede and Lucien Todegnon Hontonnou with Djindo Louis Houngnandande as Fourth Official.

The Match Commissioner for the game is Rene Williams Sere from Côte D’Ivoire.

The match is expected to be played on November 29 at 1500hrs.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced match officials expected to take charge of Asante Kotoko’s Champions League Preliminary round match against FC Nouadhibou.

The Porcupine Warriors will travel to Mauritania for the first leg tie scheduled for November 27, 2020.

Gaousou Kane has been named as Referee for the match and will be assisted by his compatriots Baba Yomboliba and Amadou Belly Gisse Amadou.

 Boubou Traore will be the 4th Official with Aboulikaecem Abdellah from Morocco as the Match Commissioner.

The game is expected to be played at Stade de Municipal de Nouadhibou.

FC NOUADHIBOU VS ASANTE KOTOKO SC

   Gaoussou Kane –                            Referee

   Baba Yomboliba                     –      Assistant Referee1

   Amadou Belly Gisse Amadou –     Assistant Referee 2

   Boubou Traore              –                 Fourth Official  

 Aboulikaecem Abdellah –                 Commissioner

Ghana Premier League club, AshantiGold SC, have been pitted against Burkinabe side, Salitas FC in the upcoming CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round of matches after Monday’s draw.



The duo will meet eachother in a two legged tie, Ashgold will welcome their visitors in the first leg in between comes 27 – 29 November 2020.

Whiles the Burkinabe side will get the nod in the second leg when they play host to Ashgold from 4 – 6 December 2020.

The winner of duel will fancy their chances against the winner of the match between Sudanese club Alamal Atbara and KVZ Sports Club of Zanzibar.

Salitas would be heavily buoyed coming into this fixture against the miners having won the Burkina Faso Cup and Super Cup in 2018.

Ghanaian club owner, Alhaji Grusah, has warned Ghanaian Premier League duo Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Obuasi Ashantigold against playing in next year’s CAF club competitions.

In an interview with Ashh FM in Kumasi, the outspoken club administrator said, they are ill-prepared for the task ahead, “Allow them to go and disgrace themselves, they represented the country during the era of the Normalization Committee but brought nothing better but shame to the country because of their shambolic performances.” he ended.

Kotoko fell to Nigeria’s Kano Pillars at the first time of asking 4-3 on aggregate, while AshGold were ousted by Morocco’s RS Berkane in the Confed Cup

In a related development, former Asante Kotoko striker Eric Bekoe also advised his former club to refuse the lure in playing in Africa’s biggest club continental showpiece CAF Champions League when it returns next season.

According to the former goal poacher, who made headlines during his playing stint in the Ghana Premier League, terrorizing defenders believes the Porcupine Warriors are not in the right condition (financially, player quality, preparations) amongst other factors, hence should decline the lure of playing in Africa.



“Kotoko should not accept the opportunity to compete in Africa next season to waste money,

The club is not well-prepared to get a group stage birth which of course will be a waste of resources”.

The Ghana Premier League was recently canceled by the country’s football hierarchy following months of deliberation due to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in the country, Ghana, which reached exponential levels.

Ghana has so far as on July 12, recorded 23,834 cases, 19,212 recoveries, and 135 deaths.

Asante Kotoko will begin residential camping at the Sports Hotel in Kumasi on Monday ahead of the CAF Confederation Cup playoff match against FC San-Pedro of Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday.

The Porcupines will host the Ivorian side at the Baba Yara Stadium in the first leg with the hope of recording a scoreline big enough to cushion them in the final tie to be played at the Stade Auguste Denise in San-Pedro a week after.

Kotoko Coach Kjetil Zachariassen is sending 23 players to camp ahead of the duel. Sixteen players, however, will report today as Kwame Baah, who is with the Black Meteors, and the six players at the Black Stars B camp will join the squad later.

The players will remain at the Sports Hotel until the team departs to the neighboring West African country for the second leg slated for November 3, 2019.



source: Asante Kotoko

Here are the goals and highlights:

https://youtu.be/CA3JvE7LMTY

This comes after the 2nd/16 round draw by organisers of the continent’s second-tier interclub championship in Cairo a while ago.

Asante Kotoko were paired against Cameroon club in the preliminary round, but earned a walkover following the FECAFOOT’s failure to name a team for the competition.

The Porcupine Warriors, who went on to eliminate Kenya’s Kariobangi Sharks in the first round, have again drawn another Cameroonian opponent in the 2018 league champions.

Asante Kotoko aim to reach the group stage of the competition, and coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor’s quest of leading his troops to that target faces a challenge from the fellow West African club who are record winners of the country’s domestic league with 15 titles.

Coton Sports started off in the Champions League, but dropped at the last elimination round of the top tier competition after a 3-2 aggregate loss to El Ismaily of Egypt.

The playoff will be staged over two legs and Asante Kotoko play away first, between January 11 and 13, 2019, and complete the tie in Kumasi between January 18 and 20, 2019.

Asante Kotoko will play Inter Allies on Wednesday and the national U-23 side on Sunday, as management reveals the programme of the team ahead of their first game in the CAF Confederation Cup.

The Porcupine Warriors will play the winner of the first preliminary round match between Kariobangi Sharks of Kenya and Alter Solar of Djibouti, though the former has taken a giant lead after a 6-1 win in the first leg.

Coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor and his lads have been camping in Accra since last Saturday, and are training at the Zeytuna Park at Kasoa as they intensify their preparations for the duel.

“The team will play Inter Allies in a friendly at the Accra Sports Stadium at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, and drive straight to Aburi in the Eastern Region, after the match, for another training camp,” Director of Communications, Samuel Sarfo Duku (Esq), confirmed to asantekotoksc.com on Monday.

“Asante Kotoko will also play the Black Meteors on Sunday, December 9, 2018, and return to Aburi to continue with their preparations until they fly to either Kenya or Djibouti on Wednesday, December 12, 2018, for the first leg match.”

“The first leg game in either Kenya or Djibouti has been slated for either 15th or 16th December, and the team will leave Accra on December 12, this year and return after the game on Sunday,” he further stressed.

source: asantekotokosc.com

Ghana Premier League giants, Asante Kotoko have been handed a timely boost after they received a brand new VIP bus ahead of their CAF Confederation Cup campaign.

The Porcupine Warriors have pitched camp in Takoradi as part of their preparation for  CAF second-tier Inter-Club competition.

The Reds have been pitted against the winner of the Cameroon FA Cup champions in the preliminary round of the tournament.

Management of the club have presented the playing body a new VIP bus ahead of the highly anticipated competition.

Meanwhile, as part of Charles Akunnor’s side preparations, they engaged lower-tier side Unicorn FC in a friendly encounter which they won 2-0 thanks to second half goals by Martin Antwi and Jordan Opoku.

Asante Kotoko reveal CAFCC programme

The club will square off against Medeama SC at the Essipong Stadium on Wednesday before taking on Togo’s Championnat National leaders, Gomido FC on Sunday.



Asante Kotoko will kick-start their CAF Confederation Cup campaign on November 28, 2018, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

Culled from Ghsoccernet