Stars win against Dynamos in Johannesburg
Debmarine Namibia Premier League champions, African Stars football club are still on the right track to realizing their dream of competing in the 2023/24 Confederation of African Football (CAF) champions league after it registered a win on Saturday.
The Katutura-based outfit overcame Zambian champions, Power Dynamos with a 2-1 win through goals from Peter Adiwoh and Edmund Kambanda in the first and second half respectively, at the Dobsonville Stadium in Johannesburg.
But Power Dynamos, Andy Boyeli’s consolation goal will give the Zambians a fighting chance when they host Stars in the return leg scheduled for 26 August 2023 at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Zambia.
The CAF Champions League is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by top-division African clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round-robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout stage, and then a home and away final.
It is the most prestigious club competition in African football.
The tournament winner earns a berth for the FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations and faces the CAF Confederation Cup winner in the following season’s CAF Super Cup.
Source: The Namibian Press Agency