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Somalia champions Mogadishu City Club may be enjoying a huge fanbase in the country but they will have to do without it during their CAF Champions League matches next season.
Fans of Somalia champions Mogadishu City Club will not get an opportunity to watch their team play CAF Champions League matches at home.
Mogadishu City Club won the Somalia league in May and therefore qualified for next season’s Champions League but will not play at home due to the security situation in the country.
Despite having a huge fanbase back home, the club will have to rely on diaspora fans for support during their Champions League campaign that will begin at the preliminary round.
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Political unrest and the threat of Al Shabab in Somalia over the years has made it impossible to host international matches in the country with the senior national team also playing home matches in other nations with recent World Cup qualifiers staged in Morocco and Mozambique.
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The former Togo national team captain praises Somalia’s peace and passion for football after a landmark match in Mogadishu alongside fellow African legends.
Thankfully for Mogadishu City Club, there is a huge number of fans in Nairobi who have roots in Somalia and are likely to turn up in large numbers to support them during their Champions League campaign.
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Mogadishu City Club are one of the most successful clubs in Somalia, having won the league title 11 times, although they had to wait for five years before they claimed the 2024-25 crown.
The club is also home to Kenyan players Telvin Maina, the former Kibera Black Stars midfielder, and ex-Mathare United attacker Mark Kwasira,who will have an opportunity to play at home during the CAF inter-club competition.
Founded in 1993, Mogadishu City Club won the league with a match to spare when they beat Raadsan FC 3-1 in May, taking their tally to 56 points, nine ahead of second-placed Heegan FC.
The club, fondly known as MCC, play their home matches at the newly-refurbished 65,000-seater Mogadishu Stadium, which recently hosted African legends Jay Jay Okocha, Emmanuel Adebayor and Samuel Eto’o, during an exhibition match.
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Football legends visit Somalia for a landmark match in Mogadishu, sparking hope and signaling a potential return to international games.
The match was played amid tight security in the streets surrounding the stadium as the country continues to struggle with Al-Shabab militants which has made it impossible to host international matches in Somalia.
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