New African Football League to start on October 20: Gianni Infantino

The kick-off of the new eight-team African Football League was confirmed for Oct. 20 by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who made the announcement at the Confederation of Africa Football’s (CAF) General Assembly in Abidjan on Thursday.

The competition has been



drastically scaled down from the original proposal of 24 teams.

“It will have eight great teams, which will be followed in the future with a bigger version,” Infantino told delegates. “We have to invest in African club football as well as national team football.