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Black Bulls to play six Confederation Cup group matches

By , based on Rádio Moçambique

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Mozambican club Black Bulls will play six CAF Confederation Cup group-stage matches between late November 2026 and January 2027. They will face CS Sfaxien, USM Alger and Real Bamako, among others, according to Rádio Moçambique, with matches scheduled in Mozambique and abroad.

Mozambican football club Black Bulls will play six matches in Group D of the CAF Confederation Cup between November 2026 and January 2027, according to Rádio Moçambique. The club will begin away against defending Tunisian champions CS Sfaxien between 27 and 29 November.

Black Bulls will then host USM Alger from 4 to 6 December, before travelling to Bamako to face AS Real de Bamako between 18 and 20 December. The return fixtures will begin on 8 January, when the Malian club visits.

The schedule then has a home match against CS Sfaxien from 15 to 17 January, followed by an away game against USM Alger between 22 and 29 January. The 16 qualified teams are divided into four groups of four, and all matches in this phase will use video assistant refereeing (VAR), Rádio Moçambique reports.

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