The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced new mandatory coaching license requirements for all coaches who will be handling clubs in the 2021/22 CAF Interclub Competitions.
The requirements are as follows; for CAF Champions League: CAF ‘A’ or valid sister confederation ‘PRO’ coaching license is mandatory for the Head Coach and also CAF ‘B’ coaching license is mandatory for the assistant coach.
For CAF Confederations Cup: CAF ‘A’ or valid sister confederation ‘PRO’ coaching license is mandatory for the Head Coach and CAF 'B' coaching license is also mandatory for the assistant coach.
The statement that was signed by the Deputy General Secretary in charge of Football Development, Anthony Baffoe, also stated that only Pro Licence holders from UEFA, AFC, CONCACAF etc. will qualify to be Head Coach in the CAF Champions League and the Confederation Cup competitions from next season.
“In view of the above requirements, we would like to reiterate that the above-mentioned coaching license for the Head Coaches of the clubs participating in the CAF Interclub competition are compulsory,” read the statement.
“The coaches who do not fulfill this requirement will not be allowed to be on the bench during the matches,” concluded the press release.