The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has revealed the entry list for the 2018 CAF Champions League.
The list which has ten past winners of the competition also has Uganda’s Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA FC) among others.
CAF’s top ranked nations in terms of club continental performances Algeria, Congo Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, the Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia and Tunisia all have two representatives.
The ranking is based on the results of their clubs in the two competitions over the past five years.
Zambia are the newest on the list after dislodging Cameroun thanks to Zesco United heroics in the CAF Champions League last year where they went as far as semi-finals.
There are two early knockout rounds in the Champions League with 16 clubs for the group phase, where they are divided into four groups of four.
The early knockout rounds are in February and March and group competition starts in early May with a single round, followed by a two month break, before resuming in late July according to the new calendar.
The draw is scheduled to be released by Caf next Wednesday.
2018 CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ENTRANTS
- ALGERIA: Entente Setif, Mouloudia Alger
- ANGOLA: Primeiro Agosto
- BENIN: To be confirmed by the member association
- BOTSWANA: Township Rollers
- BURKINA FASO: RC Kadiogo
- BURUNDI: Lydia Ludic Burundi Academic
- CAMEROON: Eding Sport
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Olympic Real Bangui
- CONGO: AC Leopards, AS Otoho
- DR CONGO: AS Vita Club, TP Mazembe Englebert
- EGYPT: Al Ahly, Misr Makkassa
- EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Leones Vegetarianos
- ETHIOPIA: St George
- GABON: CF Mounana
- GAMBIA: Gambia Armed Forces
- GHANA: Aduana Stars
- GUINEA: Horoya
- GUINEA BISSAU: Benfica
- IVORY COAST: ASEC Abidjan, Williamsville AC
- KENYA: Gor Mahia
- LESOTHO: Bantu FC
- LIBERIA: LISCR FC
- LIBYA: Al Tahadi
- MADAGASCAR: CNaPS
- MALAWI: Be Forward Wanderers
- MALI: Stade Malien, Real Bamako
- MAURITANIA: ASAC Concorde
- MAURITIUS: Pamplemousse SC
- MOROCCO: DH El Jadidi, Wydad Casablanca (holders)
- MOZAMBIQUE: UD Songo
- NIGER: AS Fan
- NIGERIA: Plateau United, MFM FC
- RWANDA: Rayon Sports
- SENEGAL: Generation Foot
- SEYCHELLES: St Louis
- SOUTH AFRICA: Bidvest Wits
- SOUTH SUDAN: Al Salam
- SUDAN: Al Hilal, Al Merreikh
- SWAZILAND: Mbabane Swallows
- TANZANIA: Young Africans
- TOGO: AS Port Lome
- TUNISIA: Esperance, Etoile Sahel
- UGANDA: Kampala Capital City Authority
- ZAMBIA: Zesco United, Zanaco
- ZANZIBAR: JKU SC
- ZIMBABWE: FC Platinum
