PSL Teams Boast Excellent CAF Champions League and Confederations Cup Semi-final Records

• There is a clear disconnect between what South African clubs do on the African continent and what Bafana Bafana does
• Premier Soccer League teams have an unexpectedly good semi-final record in the CAF Champions League and Confederations Cup
• This comes as Mamelodi Sundowns aim to add a second star to its badge, while Marumo Gallants also target a good run

Mamelodi Sundowns will be the latest South African side to play in a CAF club competition semi-final when they take on Wydad Casablanca in the first leg of their tie on Saturday, the same opponents who beat them at this stage four years ago.

It will be a tough assignment, but history is generally on the side of The Brazilians, with South African clubs having traditionally fared well in the semi-finals of continental competitions.

Teams from the PSL have won nine of the 13 semi-final ties they have contested down the years, including in each of the last two seasons. Sports Brief studied how each side has fared in the 'last four' since Jomo Cosmos took South Africa's bow in African club competitions back in 1993.

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CAF Champions League

Orlando Pirates 

1995: vs. Express (Uganda) 1-0 (h); 1-1 (a)

2006: vs. CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) 0-0 (h); 0-1 (a)

2013: vs. Esperance (Tunisia) 0-0 (h); 1-1 (a)

Mamelodi Sundowns

2001: vs. Petro Atletico (Angola) 2-0 (h); 0-2 (a) – won 5-3 on pens

2016: vs. ZESCO United (Zambia) 1-2 (a); 2-0 (h)

2018/19: vs. Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) 1-2 (a); 0-0 (h)

Kaizer Chiefs

2020/21: vs. Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) 1-0 (a); 0-0 (h)

CAF Confederations Cup

Orlando Pirates

2015: vs. Al Ahly (Egypt) 1-0 (h); 4-3 (a)

2021/22: vs. Al Ahly Tripoli (Libya) 2-0 (a); 0-1 (h)

SuperSport United

2017: vs. Club Africain (Tunisia) 1-1 (h); 3-1 (a)

CAF Cup Winners' Cup

Jomo Cosmos

1993: vs. Africa Sports (Cote d’Ivoire) 1-1 (h); 0-4 (a)

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Orlando Pirates

1999: vs. Africa Sports (Cote d’Ivoire) 1-3 (a); 3-1 (h) – lost 0-3 on pens

Kaizer Chiefs

2001: vs. Club Africain (Tunisia) 2-0 (h); 1-0 (a)

Swallows end Chiefs's CL hopes

Kaizer Chiefs will have to aim for CAF Confederations Cup football next season.

Sports Brief reported on how the Amakhosi somehow contrived to fall 2-1 to relegation-threatened Swallows FC in a DStv Premiership encounter in Polokwane.

This result put to bed any hopes of them finishing as runners-up behind Mamelodi Sundowns, leaving Orlando Pirates (second) and SuperSport United (third) to fight it out for that position.