Zimbabwe's Green and White ready to challenge the TPM
C1: NEXT OPPONENT FOR THE TPM
Big plan on CAPS United
February 21, 2017
Zimbabwe's CAPS United will challenge the TPM in Champion’s League round of 16. The first leg is scheduled in Lubumbashi on Sunday 12 March at 15:30, the second leg will be played one week later at the Rufaro Stadium in Harare, which will be able to host 35,000 spectators. Here's all you need to know about the Raven's opponent.
Based in Harare, CAPS United was founded in 1973, its nickname is Makepekepe, its colors are green and white. In a championship with sixteen clubs in a single pool, CAPS United behind Dynamos FC 22 times in the Zimbabwean championship. The title holder dethroned Chicken Inn who in turn stopped the reign of Dynamos (2011-2014).
Here is the record of the next opponent for Ravens:
- Five times Zimbabwe Champion: 1979, 1996, 2004, 2005 and 2016
- Nine times winner of the Zimbabwe Cup: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2008
- Four-time winner of the Independence Trophy: 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1997. Runner up of the same tournament in 1986, 1991 and 2006
- Five-time winner of the Zimbabwe League Cup: 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004
- Twice winner of the Zimbabwe Super Cup: 1996 and 2009. Runner up in 2005.
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Program of the 16th final of C1 First leg (from 10 to 12 March first leg and then second leg from 17 to 19 March) USM Alger (Algeria) – Kadiogo (Burkina Faso) Rivers Utd (Nigeria) – Sony (Equatorial Guinea) Etoile sportive du Sahel (Tunisia) – AS Tanda (Côte d’Ivoire) Espérance Tunis (Tunisia) – Horoya (Guinee) Al Ahly Tripoli (Libya) – FUS Rabat (Morocco) MamelodiSundowns (South Africa) – KCCA FC (Uganda) Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) – Mounana (Gabon) Young Africans (Tanzania) – Zanaco (Zambia) Ferroviário (Mozambique) – Barrack Young Controllers II (Liberia) Zamalek (Egypt) – Enugu (Nigeria) Ports Authority (Gambia) – Vita Club (DRC) Coton Sport (Cameroon) – CNaPS Sport (Madagascar) Al Ahly (Egypte) – WitsUniversity FC (Afrique du Sud) TP Mazembe (DR Congo) – CAPS United FC (Zimbabwe) AC Léopards de Dolisie (Congo) – Saint George (Ethiopia) Al Hilal Omdurman (Sudan) – Port Louis 2000 (Mauritius) |