Enyimba to play CAF Champions League matches in Port Harcourt
Seven-time Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions Enyimba will play their home fixtures in the 2016 CAF Champions League at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.
Renovation work continues at pace at the Enyimba Stadiu in Aba but it seems increasingly unlikely that the refurbishment will be completed in time for the club's opening game in the competition on February 28.
Enyimba will face Ugandan club Vipers SC in the preliminary round of this year's edition of Africa's premier club competition with the first leg set to be held on the weekend of February 12-14 at the 5,000-seat Bunamwaya Stadium.
"The ongoing rehabilitation work at the Enyimba Stadium is not moving at a very quick pace. "It is looking very unlikely that we will play the return fixture (against Vipers) at our own stadium so we have opted for the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt to play that game.
"We have already received clearance from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to that effect," spokesman of Enyimba, Farriel Allaputa, told supersport.com. Enyimba are two-time winners of the CAF Champions League.
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