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<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Nairobi Streets to Africa\u2019s Big Stage! Kenya\u2019s football underdogs Nairobi United<\/strong> will today discover their maiden CAF Confederation Cup opponents when the official draw is conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Naibois, who stunned Gor Mahia in the Mozzart Bet Cup final, are making history with their first-ever continental appearance. Backed by the Sakaja Foundation<\/strong>, the team\u2019s profile has risen sharply \u2014 and even more after President William Ruto<\/strong> gifted them KSh10 million<\/strong> last month, igniting speculation that the Head of State could have an ownership stake. Whether fact or rumour, the boost has supercharged their preparations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Placed in Pot 2<\/strong>, Nairobi United will dodge fellow Pot 2 contenders like Rayon Sport FC (Rwanda), Azam FC (Tanzania), and NEC FC (Uganda), but could face African heavyweights from Pot 1, including Asante Kotoko (Ghana), G\u00e9n\u00e9ration Foot (Senegal), and Abia Warriors (Nigeria).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pot 3 features strong sides such as Zesco United (Zambia), Kabuscorp (Angola), and Ferrovi\u00e1rio de Maputo (Mozambique), while ranked clubs like Kaizer Chiefs (South Africa) and \u00c9toile Sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) will join in the Preliminary Round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CAF has already exempted continental giants like Wydad AC (Morocco), USM Alger (Algeria), and Zamalek SC (Egypt) from the Preliminary Round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The road to glory begins 19\u201321 September<\/strong> with the first leg of the Preliminary Round, followed by the return leg 26\u201328 September 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the bustling streets of Nairobi to Africa\u2019s grand football stage, Nairobi United are proof that big dreams \u2014 and the right backing \u2014 can take you anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" : By Bob Anyula | Good Morning Kenya News From Nairobi Streets to Africa\u2019s Big Stage! Once the city\u2019s giant-killing underdogs, Nairobi United are now Africa-bound \u2014 fuelled by Sakaja Foundation\u2019s backing and a KSh10M boost from President Ruto that has tongues wagging about a possible stake. Today, the CAF draw in Dar es Salaam …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17993,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17992\/revisions\/17993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
By Bob Anyula | Good Morning Kenya News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once the city\u2019s giant-killing underdogs, Nairobi United are now Africa-bound \u2014 fuelled by Sakaja Foundation\u2019s backing and a KSh10M boost from President Ruto that has tongues wagging about a possible stake. Today, the CAF draw in Dar es Salaam will reveal their first-ever continental opponents<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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