AS FAR rely on proud home record as they welcome Mamelodi Sundowns in second leg of final

Morocco’s AS FAR will host Mamelodi Sundowns in the home leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2025/26 final in Rabat on Sunday (kick-off 8pm local time/9pm SAST), needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg in Pretoria.

They will be buoyed by an excellent home record in the competition and, in front of a packed Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, will be confident they can get the required result.

They have played 29 home games in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League since the start of the 2005 edition and lost only three of those. All of those defeats came against Tunisian opposition.

They were beaten 1-0 by CS Sfaxien in the second round in 2006 and then lost by the same scoreline to Etoile du Sahel in a group-stage clash in 2007.

Their only defeat since then was a 2-1 loss against the self-same Etoile in the second round in 2023, when an early red card for Zouhair Marour left them on the back foot.

They have claimed 18 wins and eight draws in the other fixtures over the past 21 years, which includes a 1-1 stalemate with Sundowns in the group stages in 2024.

That has been the only visit by the South African side in the past. AS FAR have hosted 16 teams from outside North Africa in that time and claimed 13 wins and three draws, the others being against Heartland of Nigeria (2009) and Real Bamako of Mali (2014).

“The most important thing is that we go to our home confident of getting the result and scoring the goals to win the title and fight until the end,” AS FAR coach Alexandre Santos said.

“We know we have our fans and our style of play, and anything is possible.

“All the players in the team realise that we have a real opportunity to face Sundowns and achieve what we want, which is to score, turn the result around and snatch the title. That is the most important thing.

“I say to our loyal fans, thank you for your continued support in all circumstances. You are our true source of strength and we promise that we will fight with spirit and responsibility to make you happy and honour the Royal Army jersey.”

For the first time, the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2025/26 Final will be shown live in Japan, South Korea and China on DAZN.

Additionally, there are a number of new territories in Europe, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Netherlands Portugal and Spain. In the United Kingdom, for the first time, the TotalEnergies Champions League final will be on Free-to-Air platform, Channel 4 including their digital platforms.