This Sunday, 18 October 2026, at the Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium in Dakar, Teungueth FC host Colombe Sportive du Dja et Lobo in the first leg of the second preliminary round of the CAF Champions League. Malick Daf, the Senegalese club’s head coach, is demanding a clear win.
Teungueth FC welcome Cameroon’s Colombe Sportive du Dja et Lobo for the first leg of the 2026-2027 CAF Champions League second preliminary round, reports Wiwsport. For the Senegalese side, the stakes are clear: build a solid advantage before the return leg in Cameroon.
Ahead of the tie, the coach has not hidden his intentions. He wants a clear home win so his team can then travel to the return leg with peace of mind.
“We have no room for error” in Dakar
Malick Daf did not mince his words, quoted by Wiwsport: “We have no room for error: if we want to qualify, we have to win at home.” According to the Senegalese Press Agency, he is calling for a clear win so that his team can travel with peace of mind.
The message is clear before kick-off: win at home, and win clearly. A narrow success would not be enough to meet that demand.
A Colombe yet to concede
Teungueth FC booked their place in the previous round by beating Guinea-Bissau’s FC Canchungo 1-0, according to Wiwsport.
Opposite them, Colombe Sportive qualified by eliminating Stade Malien on penalties (4-3), after two goalless legs. The Cameroonians therefore conceded no goals in that tie, and have just knocked out a Malian club in a penalty shootout.
That defensive solidity gives full meaning to Malick Daf’s demand: they will have to find a way through a block that has given nothing away so far. All the more so as Teungueth are chasing qualification for the group stage, a stage of the competition they had already reached in the 2022-2023 campaign, senegaldirect recalls.
Ligue 1 will have to wait for Ouakam
Continental commitments also have consequences for the domestic calendar: Teungueth FC’s opening match in the Senegalese Ligue 1 against US Ouakam has been officially postponed, senegaldirect indicates. The league will therefore have to wait to see Malick Daf’s men in action.
Beyond this first leg, the winner over the two matches will enter the group stage, whose kick-off is set by CAF for late November 2026, according to Foot Africa. The return leg is already scheduled for the 23-25 October window in Cameroon, according to Wiwsport.
The financial prize promised by CAF to the future Champions League winner stands at 6 million dollars, according to Foot Africa.