Kotoko, Hearts CAF opponents named

Ghana’s Premier League champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, will face Sierra Leonean side East End Lions in the preliminary stage of next year’s CAF Champions League.

The Porcupine Warriors will travel away for the first leg before hosting the Sierra Leoneans in the return encounter at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.

Accra Hearts of Oak, who will also represent Ghana in the CAF Confederation Cup, will play their preliminary match against AS Police of Benin.

The Phobians, who won the competition in 2004 at the expense of Kotoko, will play home first before flying out to engage their opponents in Benin.

Both matches are scheduled to be played in the weekend of February 13-15, with the second leg coming off two weeks after.