Nine-time After their match against Libya’s Al Ahli Benghazi, Nigeria’s league champion Enyimba was ousted from the CAF Champions League.
On Sunday at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba, Enyimba and the Libyan squad fought to a scoreless tie.
Frequently referred to as “The People’s Elephants,” Enyimba lost to Al-Ahli by a 4-3 lead in the first leg.
The Aba-based squad needed two goals to advance to the competition’s next stage, but they were unable to score before the full-time horn sounded.
The defeat marks the first time the tournament’s Nigerian champions will go out in the first round.
Enyimba is the only football team in Nigeria to have two victories, and it has done it twice.
