CAF: The Eagles of Congo (DRC) announced on Friday in Kigali to face APR FC (Rwanda)

Kinshasa, Sept. 10th, 2026 (ACP). – The Eagles of Congo team from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced, on Thursday to the ACP its arrival in Kigali, in Rwanda, in order to face the local club APR FC on the same day, in the second leg of the first preliminary round of the African Football Confederation (CAF) Champions League. “The DRC’s Eagles of Congo team will leave Lubumbashi on Friday, where it is based since the first leg, to travel to Kigali in Rwanda – a two-hour flight – to face the local team APR FC on the same day in the second leg of the first qualifying round of the 2026–2027 African Football Confederation (CAF) Champions League,” has declared Belge Situatala, general secretary of the DRC club and former general secretary of the Congolese Football Association (Fecofa). Reached by telephone on Thursday from Kigali in Rwanda, the source has added: “We are an advance party from The Eagles of Congo FC, comprising five (5) persons, including the team’s president, Olivier Pengongo, a kit man and myself, the general secretary, and where a warm welcome has been extended to us,” he has indicated. In fact, this advance team has arrived on site to organize the arrival of the second part of the Samurai squad, whose players are expected in Kigali following a two-hour flight from Lubumbashi. The Eagles of Congo, who are set to face Rwanda’s APR FC on the same Friday, are still staying in the DRC’s copper-mining town, having been there since the first leg played on Sunday, September 6th, in which they have dominated their opponents with a 1–0 victory. This club representing the DRC will build on this result to maximize its chances of qualifying for the second round. ACP/