African football governing body, CAF, has ranked Ugandan team, Kampala Capital City Authority FC fifth among the 32 sides competing in the 2018/19 Caf Confederation Cup.
KCCA FC represent Uganda in the CAF Confederations Cup this year after they won the Uganda Cup last season.
The Kasasiro boys take a 3-0 advantage in the return leg against Tanzania’s Mtibwa Sufar FC in Dar-e-Salaam at the Manungu Stadium on 23rd December.
The victor will await a draw where they will face one of the sides that will have been eliminated from the Caf Champions League at the first round stage.
The List of the top 10 ranked clubs is; Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia), Zamalek (Egypt), Raja Casablanca (Morocco), Al Masry (Egypt), KCCA (Uganda), Al Ahly Tripoli (Libya), CS Sfaxien (Tunisia), RS Berkane (Morocco), Al Hilal Obeid (Sudan) and Djoliba (Mali).
The rankings are made according to the performance of the clubs in the previous 5 years in continental competitions held by the Confederation of African Football (Caf Champions League and Caf Confederations Cup).
Uganda Premier League reigning champions Vipers are among the 30 competing sides in the Champions League. They face Algeria’s Constantine in the second leg on Saturday in Kitende when they are 1-0 down from the first leg.
Should The Venoms drop out from the champions league, there is a chance they would face fellow Ugandan outfit KCCA in the Caf Confederations cup final qualification round.
The draw for the 2018/19 CAF Champions League group stage will take place on 28th December 2018.
The ongoing competitions are due to end in May 2019, before the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) which also has a new schedule of June/July as opposed to January/February. The next club season will then look to start after the Afcon and follow a new calendar.