President of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, says the governing body remains committed to protecting and advancing the interests of African players playing in football clubs in Europe and worldwide.
He also expressed CAF’s commitment to building mutually beneficial relationships with the ECA, UEFA, other football confederations, and FIFA.
He made the remarks in connection with the announced dates for the 2025 AFCON, which has been scheduled to be held in Morocco from December 21, 2025, to January 18, 2026.
The AFCON was set to run from June to July in Morocco but has been pushed to December.
The changes came after CAF’s Executive Council decided to move the competitions based on the fallout from the expanded FIFA World Club Cup that takes place in the US from June 15 to July 13, 2025.
In his remarks he said: “I am confident that the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 will be extremely successful and will be the best AFCON in the history of this competition.”
“I am also impressed by the enormous growth of Women’s Football in Africa and I am expecting the CAF TotalEnergies WAFCON Morocco 2024 to be immensely successful.”
“The announcement of the dates of the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 took much longer than expected, as there were complex and at times challenging discussions with various interested parties, in the light of the extensive International and Domestic Match Calendars.”
“CAF is committed to protecting and advancing the interests of African players, playing in football clubs in Europe and worldwide. CAF is also committed to building mutually beneficial relationships with the ECA, UEFA, other Football Confederations and FIFA.”
“We will continue to make significant progress in developing and ensuring that African Football is globally competitive and amongst the best in the World.”
“CAF is grateful to King Mohamed VI of Morocco, the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football, its President Fouzi Lekjaa, the Government and people of Morocco for hosting the CAF TotalEnergies AFCON Morocco 2025 and the CAF TotalEnergies WAFCON Morocco 2024.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
