The ranking of Arab teams paves the way for the expected encounter summits in the CAF African Champions League

After an action packed of continental club football, the 16 teams set to participate in the CAF Champions’ League group stages have been completed, especially after the four Arab major clubs qualified: Wydad Casablanca of Morocco, Al-Hilal of Sudan, ES Setif and Chabab Belouizdad of Algeria, bringing the number of Arab teams qualified to the next round to 10 clubs.

The classification of the 16 teams set to participate in the CAF Champions’ League group stages are as follow:

The first classification: Al-Ahly SC, Esperance of Tunisia, Wydad AC, and Raja Casablanca, Morocco.

The second classification: Zamalek SC,Egypt, Sun Downs SA, Horoya Athletic Club, Ghana , and, Étoile du Sahel, Tunisi. 

The third classification: Al HilalSC , Sudan, CR Belouizdad, Algeria , Petro Atletico of Angola, ESS Sétif, Algeria.

Fourth place:  Al-Merrikh SC, Sudan, Sagrada Esperança, Angola, Jwaneng Galaxy, Botswana, 
AmaZulu FC, South Africa.

The draw of the CAF Champions’ League group stage is expected to be at the end of December or the beginning of next January, where the competition kicks-off on February 11.
This classification paves the way for several strong encounters among the Arab clubs in this stage. Perhaps we will witness the crushing encounter between the Egyptians Al-Ahly and Zamalek in one group, or Al-Hilal and Al-Merrikh , or a purely Tunisian encounter between Esperance and Étoile Sportive du Sahel.

In the event that the draw does not result in the presence of two champions from the same country, the audience will be on a date with more than one interesting Arab football encounters.
For his part, Mohammad Tolba , Sports Egyptian Salafi activist says that the Arab teams have imposed a strong control over the "African champions" in recent years, and it is expected that this will be repeated during the current edition of the African Championship. 
He added: "During these editions, Al-Ahly of Egypt won four titles, Esperance of Tunisia three, ES Setif of Algeria won one title, and similarly Wydad of Morocco."

The strength of the Arab Football teams

The Sports Critic also clarifies that there is a big potential difference between Arab clubs and the rest of the continent's teams, especially at the level of spending on transfers, and this was proven by the latest FIFA report on the deals of the past decade.
This report indicates that the list of the first 10 clubs to spend on deals in Africa included 7 Arab clubs, led by the Egyptian Pyramids Club, the Egyptian Al-Ahly Club runner-up, and Tunisia’s Esperance third, while the Egyptian Zamalek came in fourth, and Tunisia’s Etoile Sahel ranked third. Fifth.
Mohamed continues: "These numbers reflect the technical excellence of Arab club players from the rest of the continent's teams, and this is what the African Championship competitions have translated during the last decade."
Tolba also expect that the clubs: Al-Ahly, Zamalek, Al-Taraji and Al-Rajaa are the strongest candidates to win the title this year. He concludes his interview with “Sky News Arabia”: “In the end, all indications are that we will be in front of a strong version of (African Champions), and this supports the current (CAF) plans to increase the viewership of the continental tournaments, which includes the establishment of the (African Super League) championship. And modifying the format of competitions in some old tournaments.