Birnin Alkahira zai karbi bakuncin zanen matakin ƙungiya na TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2026/27 a ranar Laraba, 28 Oktoba, da karfe 15:00 lokacin gida (12:00 GMT) a hedikwatar Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Masar. Kulob 16 daga ko'ina cikin Afirka za su koyi abokan hamayarsu a matakin ƙungiya, suna aza harsashi don ɗaya daga cikin gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta kulob da ake jiran ta sosai a nahiyar.

Babban labarin yaƙin neman cancanta

Babban labarai daga zagayen farko shi ne fitar da zakarun da suka yi nasara Mamelodi Sundowns ta hannun Wiliete SC na Angola, waɗanda za su fara shiga matakin ƙungiya a karon farko. Orlando Pirates ne za su ɗauki tutar Afirka ta Kudu a maimakon — waɗanda aka yi wa rawanin zakara a 1995 kuma suka kai wasan karshe a 2013 — suna dawowarsu ga matakin ƙungiya karo na farko tun 2024/25 bayan sun lashe taken gida karo na farko tun 2011/12.

Manyan ƙarfafawa na nahiya

Espérance Sportive de Tunis na gaba wajen gogewa a nahiya. Zakarun Afirka na sau 4, waɗanda suka shiga wasa na karshe na nahiya tara, za su yi bayyanuwarsu ta 25 a matakin ƙungiya — ta 11 a jere — bayan sun wuce wannan matakin a kowane yaƙin nema daga cikin 10 da suka gabata. Sun kuma kai wasan karshe a 2023/24, ko da yake cancantarsu ta baya-bayan nan ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba: an buƙaci harbi daga wurin bugun fanareti don kawar da Swehly SC na Libya bayan zance 1-1 a jimillar wasannin biyu.

Zakarun sau 5 Zamalek suna dawo tare da MC Alger, waɗanda suka lashe Kofin Afirka na Kulob ɗin Zakarun 1976 kuma suna gab da cika shekaru 50 na wannan nasara. MC Alger sun yi ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun dawowar da ake da ita a zagayen neman cancanta, suna share hasara ta 0-2 da Rangers International na Najeriya da zira'i uku ba tare da amsa ba a Algiers don wuce 3-2 a jimillar. Wannan za ta zama shigawarsu ta shida a matakin ƙungiya a zamanin zamani.

Al Hilal Omdurman na Sudan za su yi bayyanuwarsu ta 15 a matakin ƙungiya baki ɗaya da ta 8 a jere — ɗaya daga cikin dogayen silsilar da ake da su yanzu a gasar. Waɗanda suka isa wasan karshe na Afirka sau biyu, waɗanda suka kai wasan yanke shawara na ƙarshe a 1987 da 1992, sun wuce zagayen neman cancanta ba tare da karɓar gol ɗaya ba a kan Aigle Noir na Burundi da Sidama Bunna na Habasha.

Masu hamayya da suka dawo

Club Africain sun dawo zuwa matakin ƙungiya karo na farko tun 2018/19, bayan sun kawar da zakarun Afirka sau 5 TP Mazembe 2-1 a jimillar. Kulob ɗin Tunisia ya yi tarihi a 1991 a matsayin ƙungiyar farko daga ƙasarsu da ta lashe taken nahiya, kuma suna zuwa suna ƙarfafa da farfaɗowar gida — suna kawo karshen shekaru 11 na jira don taken gasar gida ta Tunisia, karo na farko tun 2014/15. Wannan ita ce shigawarsu ta uku a matakin ƙungiya a tsarin gasar na zamani.

Horoya AC na Guinea sun dawo zuwa matakin ƙungiya karo na farko tun 2021/22, suna yin bayyanuwarsu ta biyar a wannan matakin. Kulob din Guinea ya riga ya kai zagayen kusa da karshe a 2018 da 2018/19, kuma ya tabbatar da cancantarsa a wannan karo ta hanyar kayar da Al Merriekh na Sudan a harbi daga wurin bugun fanareti bayan zance 1-1 a jimillar wasannin biyu.

Sabon masu shiga da ƙarfin da ke tashi

Wiliete SC na Angola za su shiga matakin ƙungiya a karon farko — lada ne saboda kawar da zakarun da suka yi nasara Mamelodi Sundowns. Colombe Sportive na Kamaru za su bayyana a wannan matakin a karon farko ma, suna zama kulob na uku kawai daga Kamaru da ya yi hakan a zamanin zamani bayan Canon Yaoundé da Coton Sport. Colombe sun lashe gasar Kamaru a jere a 2024/25 da 2025/26 kuma sun doke Teungueth FC na Senegal 3-0 a jimillar wasannin neman cancanta.

MAS de Fès na Maroko yana yin bayyanuwarsa ta farko a matakin ƙungiya na zamani, yana zama kulob na bakwai na Maroko da ya kai wannan matakin. Dawowarsarsu ta zo ne bayan taken gasar gida ta farko tun 1985, kuma suka doke ASEC Mimosas na Côte d'Ivoire da 2-1 a Abidjan bayan zance 1-1 a gida, suna wuce 3-2 a jimillar.

FC Nouadhibou na Mauritania yana yin bayyanuwarsa ta biyu a matakin ƙungiya, yana ci gaba da kasancewa wakilin ƙasarsa ne kawai a wannan matakin a gasar zamani. Bayan ya yi asarar wasan farko 1-2 a hannun FC San Pedro na Côte d'Ivoire, Nouadhibou ya lashe wasan dawowa 2-0 don wuce 3-2 a jimillar, kuma ya kawar da Vipers SC na Uganda a harbi daga wurin bugun fanareti a zagayen da ya gabata.

Wakilcin Tanzania sau biyu

Tanzania za a wakilta ta kulob biyu — Simba SC da Young Africans — wanda ke ƙarfafa ƙarfin da ke ɗaukaka na ƙasar Afrika ta Gabas a fagen nahiya.

Abin da ke zuwa

Za a raba kulob 16 zuwa ƙungiyoyi huɗu na huɗu kowace, tare da manyan ƙungiyoyi biyu daga kowane ƙungiya suna ci gaba zuwa zagayen kusa da karshe lokacin da gasar ta ci gaba a watan Nuwamba.