Gasar TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup 2026/27 na farawa a wannan karshen mako, inda za'a gudanar da wasannin farko na zagayen farko tsakanin 4 zuwa 6 ga Satumba, sannan wasannin dawowa a mako guda bayan haka. Wannan bugu yana da alƙawarin haɗuwa mai jan hankali tsakanin kulake na farko a nahiyar, masu dawowa bayan dogon baƙin ciki, da ɗaya daga cikin kulake mafi shahara a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka.

Kulake goma sha bakwai sun shiga gasar nahiyar a karon farko

Jimillar kulake 17 za su halarci TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup a karon farko a wannan kakar, suna wakiltar ƙasashe daga Masar zuwa Seychelles da kuma daga Najeriya zuwa Madagascar.

ZED FC ta Masar tana cikin fitattun sabobin da ake sa ido, yayin da Nations FC ke ɗauke da begen Ghana kuma Durban City FC ke wakiltar Afirka ta Kudu. Shooting Stars ta Najeriya na kawo al'adar ƙwallon ƙafa mai daɗi ta Ibadan zuwa fagen nahiyar — ko da yake wannan ita ce shigarta ta farko a wannan gasar musamman.

Welwalo Adigrat na Habasha, ASPAC FC na Benin, AS PSI na Chadi, da CO Korhogo na Côte d'Ivoire suma suna fara tafiya. UDIB suna shiga wakiltar Guinea-Bissau, Vitesse FC a madadin Burkina Faso, da FC Diarra a madadin Mali.

AS ZAM ta Nijar, UNAM ta Namibia, da FC Rouge ta Madagascar suma sun haɗa kai tare da sabobin. Tsibiran Tekun Indiya suna ƙara ɗanɗano tare da Atomic Ngomé na Comoros da PTL Bazar Brothers na Seychelles waɗanda suka fara turninsu na nahiyar. DC Virunga ta DR Congo ta kammala jerin kulake 17 na farko.

Al Ahly na dawowa bayan fiye da shekaru goma

Mafificin dawowa shi ne na Al Ahly. Babban kulab na Masar, mafi yawan kambuna a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka, yana dawowa cikin TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup a karon farko tun 2015 — rashi na fiye da shekaru goma.

Al Ahly ta lashe gasar a 2014 sannan ta kwashe shekarun baya tana halarci TotalEnergies CAF Champions League musamman. Dawowarta tana ƙara darajar bugu na 2026/27 kuma tana ɗaga matsayin gasa ga kowane kulab da ke cikin kuri'a.

Kulake da suka yi nisa daga gasar sun dawo

Al Ahly ba ita kadai ce take farfaɗo da dangantakarta da wannan gasar ba. ES Zarzis ta Tunisiya ta fi kowa yawan baƙin ciki tsakanin masu dawowa masu mahimmanci, bayan da ta taɓa shiga gasar a karon ƙarshe a 2006 — tazara ta shekaru 20. Ƙwallon ƙafa na kulake a Afirka ya canza sosai a wannan lokaci, kuma ga Zarzis, 2026/27 yana jin kamar sabon farko fiye da dawowa a kan gado.

The Panthers FC ta Guinea ta Equatorial suma sun kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru 12. Shigan su na ƙarshe ya kasance a 2014, ma'ana sun yi shekaru 12 ba tare da shiga gasar nahiyar a wannan tsarin ba.

Da kulake 17 suna rubuta farkon labarinsu na nahiyar da sunaye masu ƙarfi suna dawo da wurinsu a manyan fagen, hanyar zuwa mataki na ƙungiya na TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup tana da alƙawarin ban sha'awa tun busa farko.