Kulake goma sha huɗu daga faɗin Afirka za su fara shiga TotalEnergies CAF Champions League a gasar 2026/27, kowanne yana ɗauke da sabbin buri da ƙudurin barin sawunsa a gasar kulake mafi martaba a nahiyar.

Waɗannan kulake sun fito daga kusurwoyin nahiyar duka — daga Seychelles a Tekun Indiya zuwa Sierra Leone a bakin Tekun Atlantika, kuma daga Libya a arewa zuwa Lesotho a kudu. An tsara wasannin zagaye na farko a ranar 4–6 ga Satumba da kuma 11–13 ga Satumba.

Sabbin fuskokin ban sha'awa daga Kudancin Afirka

Uku daga cikin sabbin mahalarta mafi ban sha'awa sun fito daga Kudancin Afirka. Scottland FC na Zimbabwe sun haura matakan ƙwallon ƙafa na gida da sauri kuma yanzu sun sami damarsu ta gasa a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa. La Cure Waves na Mauritius da Lijabatho FC na Lesotho suma sun zo bayan nasarorin gida da suka cancanta wannan bayyanar ta tarihi ta farko.

Zakarun Seychelles, Foresters FC, suna cike jerin wannan ƙungiyar ta kudu. Ko da yake ba baƙo gaba ɗaya ba ne a gasa ta ƙasa da ƙasa tun da sun taɓa shiga TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup da can. Wannan kwarewa ta wasannin jujjuyawa a fadin nahiyar na iya zama fa'ida yayin da suka hau zuwa Champions League.

Kulake da suka riga sun san gasa ta CAF

Foresters ba su kaɗai ba ne daga cikin sabbin mahalarta da ke zuwa da wani abin ƙwarewa a gasa ta ƙasa da ƙasa. 15 de Agosto na Equatorial Guinea, KVZ FC na Zanzibar, da AS Port na Djibouti dukkansu sun taɓa shiga TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup a baya. Ga waɗannan kulaken, wannan hawa zuwa matakin sama ne ba tsalle cikin rashin sani ba.

Swehly SC na Libya wata ƙarin ƙungiya ce mai ban sha'awa. Suna ɗauke da begen ƙasa mai tarihi mai girma a gasa ta kulake ta CAF kuma ana sa ran za su jawo hankalin masu sha'awar wasa a duk faɗin nahiyar.

Yammacin Afirka ta aika da kulake huɗu na farko

Yammacin Afirka ta ba da kulake huɗu ga jerin sabbin mahalarta. Star Sport Academy na Sierra Leone da Medina United FC na The Gambia na shiga TotalEnergies CAF Champions League a karon farko, tare da FC Canchungo na Guinea-Bissau da SOBEMAP FC na Benin. Aiglons FC na Chad da Sidama Bunna na Habasha suma na yin bayyanarsu ta farko, kowanne yana neman canza nasarorin gida zuwa kasancewar ƙasa da ƙasa.

Tasirin biyan kuɗin haɗin kai

Ƙaruwar adadin sabbin mahalarta yana nuna, a ɓangare guda, shawarar CAF ta gabatar da biyan kuɗin haɗin kai na USD 100,000 ga kulaken da aka fitar kafin mataki na rukuni. Wannan taimakon kuɗi ya ƙarfafa ƙarin gasar gida da kulaken shiga, yana fadada isar da gasar a duk faɗin nahiyar.

Dandali ga masu buri

Tarihi ya nuna cewa sabbin mahalarta ba sa zuwa ne kawai don cika adadi. Zagayoyen farko sun yawan zama dandali ga sabbin kulake su sanar da kansu a fagen Afirka. Wasu daga cikin sabbin mahalarta za su fuskanci abokan gaba masu kwarewa ta ƙasa da ƙasa da ta fi nasu, yayin da wasu za su fuskanci kulaken da suma suna farkonsu — wanda hakan ya tabbatar da cewa sabbin sunaye za su ci gaba zuwa matakai masu zurfi a gasar.

Wannan bambancin — tsakanin manyan kulaken Afirka masu karko da kulaken da ke cike da kuzari da yunwar nasara — shi ne ke sa zagayoyen farko su zama masu kayatarwa.

Cikakken jerin kulaken da za su fara shiga TotalEnergies CAF Champions League a 2026/27: Foresters FC (Seychelles), Scottland FC (Zimbabwe), La Cure Waves (Mauritius), 15 de Agosto (Equatorial Guinea), Lijabatho FC (Lesotho), Swehly SC (Libya), KVZ FC (Zanzibar), AS Port (Djibouti), Aiglons FC (Chad), Sidama Bunna (Habasha), Star Sport Academy (Sierra Leone), Medina United FC (The Gambia), FC Canchungo (Guinea-Bissau), na SOBEMAP FC (Benin).