Kaizer Chiefs were amongst the seeded teams in the draw for the first preliminary round of the 2025/26 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, and will start their campaign with a trip to Luanda, Angola, to face Kabuscorp Sport Clube do Palanca, the winners of the 2024/25 Angolan Cup.

The first legs of the competition will take place between 19 -21 September, with the second legs scheduled for 26–28 September.

Amakhosi faced Angolan opposition in the 2001 CAF Cup Winners Cup final when they defeated Inter Clube de Luanda 2-1 on aggregate, to win their first continental title - drawing the first-leg 1-1 away, and then winning the return leg 1-0 at Ellis Park, courtesy of a Patrick Mabedi penalty.

Chiefs also faced Petro Luanda in the first qualifying round of the 2020/21 CAF Champions League. A 0-0 first-leg home draw was followed by a 1-0 away win in the second-leg, with Leonardo Castro scoring the game’s only goal. In four matches over two ties against Angolan clubs in CAF competition, Chiefs are yet to lose, winning two games and drawing two.

Should Chiefs progress to the second preliminary round of qualifying they will face the winners of Djabal FC from Comoros and a team from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who are yet to be determined.

This is Chiefs’ third participation in the CAF Confederation Cup. In 2014, they were eliminated in the play-off round by ASEC Mimosas of Cote d’ Ivoire in 2014 and in 2018/19, the lost out to Zesco United of Zambia in the second qualifying round. Chiefs will be aiming to reach the group stages of the competition for the first time.

The second preliminary round will take place in the final two weeks of October. with the group stages starting on 28 November.

COMPETITION TIMELINE:

Preliminary Round: First-Leg – 19–21 September 2025; Second=Leg – 26–28 September 2025

Second Preliminary Round: First-Leg – 17–19 October 2025; Second-Leg – 24–26 October 2025

Group Stage: Begins 28 November 2025

Knockout Phase: Starts 3 April 2026