Nigerian clubs’ coefficient in Africa is under threat again as the country will have only one representative in the group stage of CAF inter-club competitions this season.
Nine-time Nigerian champions Enyimba Football Club of Aba qualified for the group stage of this season’s CAF Confederation Cup after a three-two penalty shootout win over Etoile de Filante of Burkina Faso in Uyo, but the story was different for reigning Nigeria Premier Football League champions, Enugu Rangers, who failed to make the group stage of the CAF Champions League.
Rangers lost three-two on aggregate to Angolan club Sagrada Esperanca as their return to the continent after a decade was cut short in Luanda.
They had unconvincingly won the first leg one-zero in Uyo before falling to a three-one defeat in Angola.
Enyimba’s win did not come without a drama either, as they needed penalties to advance to the group stage of the Confederation Cup despite playing the return leg at home.
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