The group stages draw of the CAF Confederation Cup has been held successfully today at the headquarters of CAF with Ghana’s only representative Asante Kotoko in group C.
The Porcupine Warriors qualified to the group stages for the first time in eleven years and expect to make Ghana proud in the competition.
Kotoko managed to book group stages ticket by eliminating defending champions of the Cameroon elite league, Coton Sport de Garoura 5:3 on aggregates.
The team who are the only Ghanaian representative in the CAF inter-club competition would face Zambian giants Nkana FC and ZESCO United as well as Sudanese side Al Hilal in group C.
Speaking after the draw, the head of Communications for the Porcupine Warriors, Sarfo Duku believes Kotoko have rich experience in the competition ahead of the other teams and can qualify to the next stage of the competition.
” It’s a good draw for us and we can qualify because we have the richest experienced ahead of me various teams in the group”, he said.
Kotoko will open the group stages with a game against Richard Ocran’s led Nkana FC at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on February 3, 2019, Kyfilla.com understands.