According to a source who requested anonymity, Algeria attempted a dirty trick at the expense of Morocco at the time of the election of the headquarters of the Association of African Clubs (ACA) by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
At the end of April 2024, a reliable source revealed that the Morocco had been designated to house the headquarters of the Association of African Clubs (ACA)created in November 2023. This was confirmed this Friday, on the sidelines of a seminar co-organized with CAF.
Although it had offered to finance the operations, the kingdom was preferred to the Ivory Coastunfortunate candidate, although crowned with the sumptuous CAN 2023 organized and won on her soil.
But according to Le360 Sportwho cites a so-called well-informed source, Algeria also applied to become the host of the latest CAF association. The 2019 African champions even tried to convince South Africa to submit their file. This, with the aim of blocking Morocco. In vain.
-The ACA, the African version of the ECA
The ACA was created in November 2023. Like its European counterpart the ECA, it brings together presidents and managers of African clubsapproximately 90 in number to date, with the aim of protecting and promoting the interests of clubs on the continent. Its headquarters was initially supposed to be set in Kenya.
The president of the Tanzanian Young Africans club, Hersi Ally Said, is its first president. He was elected at the creation of the body on November 30, 2023. The governing body has 11 members, including Khaled Abdelkader and Mohamed Boudrika, the presidents of Al Ahly (Egypt) and Raja Casablanca respectively.
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