Caf Extends Deadlines for Clubs And Players Registration For 2021/22 Inter-clubs Season – LitKenya

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has extended the deadline for the registration of players and clubs to take part in the 2021/22 Caf Champions League and Confederation Cup competitions.

Initially Caf had requested all federations in the continent to submit teams that would represent the country in the Champions League by 30th June.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, 22nd June the African governing body announced the interclub season kick off including the information relating to the list of countries that will be allowed to enter two clubs in both Caf competitions.

The 2021/22 season will kick-off on 10 September 2021 with the first round of the Preliminaries,” read part of the Caf statement.

“The registration of players on the CAF CMS has been extended to 15th August 2021.”

According to Caf 12 highest ranked national associations, according to the ranking of CAF, will be allowed to engage two clubs in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions league 2021/22 and the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2021/22.

The countries are Algeria, Angola, RD Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia.

CAF has also extended the five substitutions per rule for the 2021/22 Interclubs season. Accordingly, each club will be allowed to register 40 players instead of the regulatory 30. Nine substitutes will be allowed on the bench instead of the regular seven.

Caf Interclub Schedule: 2021/2022

First Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 10-12 September / 17-19 September 2021
Second Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 15-17 October / 22-24 October 2021

Second Preliminary Round (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 26-28 November, 3-5 December 2021

Group stage MD1: 11-13 February 2022
Group stage MD2: 18-20 February 2022
Group stage MD3: 25-27 February 2022
Group stage MD4: 11-13 March 2022
Group stage MD5: 18-20 March 2022
Group stage MD6: 1-3 April 2022
Quarter Finals (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 15-17 April 2022/22-24 April 2022
Semi-Finals (1st Leg/2nd Leg) 6-8 May 2022/13-15 May 2022
Finals: TBC from 22 to 29 may 2022

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