The kick-off of the new eight-club African Football League has been confirmed for Oct. 20 by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

Infantino told delegates yesterday at the General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Abidjan that the league will have eight football clubs, which will be followed in the future with a bigger version.

Not much more is known of the competition which will run concurrently with CAF’s Champions League, few months before it is set to kick off, with CAF yet to formally confirm the participating clubs. But it is understood that the eight clubs may include South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns, Democratic Republic of Congo’s TP Mazembe, Al Ahly from Egypt, Horoya from Guinea, Wydad Casablanca from Morocco, Tanzania’s Simba and Esperance of Tunisia.