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Yanga have already made history by becoming the first team from East Africa to reach this stage since the tournament was restructured to its new format in 2004.
Yanga has a chance to end the North African dominance if they go on and beat Algeria’s USM Alger in the final of the CAF Confederation Cup over the next one week.
The Tanzanians host the Algerians in a first leg on Sunday, 28th May, at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar Es Salaam before flying for the second leg next Saturday.
Yanga have already made history by becoming the first team from East Africa to reach this stage since the tournament was restructured to its new format in 2004.
Since its formation, only four teams from outside the North African region.
They include the inaugural winner's Hearts of Oak from Ghana, Stade Malien (Mali), AC Leopards (Congo) and TP Mazembe from DR Congo.
Moroccan clubs have won it a record seven times, including the last three, as Tunisia follows with four.
Previous winners of the CAF Confederation Cup;
2004 Hearts of Oak (Ghana)
2005 FAR Rabat (Morocco)
2006 Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
2007 CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
2008 CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
2009 Stade Malien (Mali)
2010 FUS Rabat (Morocco)
2011 - MAS Fez (Morocco)
2012 - AC Leopards (Congo)
2013 - CS Sfaxien (Tunisia)
2014 - Al Ahly (Egypt)
2015 - Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
2016 -TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
2017 - TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
2018 - Raja (Morocco)
2018-19 Zamalek (Egypt)
2019-20 RS Berkane (Morocco)
2020-21 Raja CA (Morocco)
2021-22 RS Berkane (Morocco)
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