Africa Sports of the Ivory Coast, Villa from Uganda and Al Ittihad of Libya are among the top African clubs featuring in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup preliminary rounds this weekend.
The 17-time Ivorian league winners Africa Sports have won the now rested Africa Cup Winners Cup twice, while Al Ittihad of Tripoli have appeared in the various continental championships since 1967, reaching the semi-finals of the Confederation Cup in 2010.