Vipers Sports Club, Uganda’s champions in the 2024/25 season, have been pitted against African Stars from Namibia in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League. Both legs are set to be played between September 19-21, 2025, with Vipers being the first visitors, and the second leg will be played between September 26-28, 2025, with Vipers being the hosts.
The winner between Vipers SC and African Stars on aggregate will progress to the next round and will face the winner between Power Dynamos of Zambia or ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast. The draws were held in Dar es salaam Tanzania on August 9, 2025 in Azam media studios.
Vipers are the double champions of the StarTimes Uganda Premier League and Stanbic Uganda Cup, having finished with 69 points from 30 league games and beating KCCA FC 2-0 in the Stanbic Uganda Cup to clinch the title for the 4th time.
Having won 2 domestic titles, Vipers SC gave room to NEC FC, who finished second in the StarTimes Uganda Premier League with 67 points, denying KCCA FC a chance to participate in the CAF Confederation Cup.
NEC FC, representing Uganda in the CAF Confederation Cup and making their maiden continental appearance, has been pitted against Kenya’s Nairobi United, who won the 2024/25 FKF Cup. The games are scheduled for September 19-21, 2025, with NEC FC hosting the first leg at home, and the second leg will be played in Nairobi, Kenya,
between September 26-28, 2025.
If NEC FC wins the two-legged tie, they’ll face either Sudan’s Al Ahly Madani or Tunisia’s Étoile Sportive du Sahel in the Second Preliminary Round. NEC FC finished the league second with 67 points, two points below champions Vipers SC, having played 30 matches, winning 20, drawing 7, and losing 3.
