CAF Cup holders CS Sfaxien of Tunisia, Orlando Pirates of South Africa and the fabled Ghanaian club Asante Kotoko all face possible fines or suspensions if found guilty by the CAF's competition committee of various improprieties.
CS Sfaxien will be charged with trying to bribe the referee ahead of their CAF Cup second round, second leg match against Nkana FC of Zambia in Ndola last month. The other two clubs face charges of using banned or ineligible players.
Two Sfax officials, club vice-chairman Fakhri Yaiche and committee member Fethi Boucetta, were arrested by Zambian police after the alleged incident, which came despite the Tunisian club having a handy 4-0 lead from the first leg two weeks earlier.
The pair, as well as another official, Salaheddine Zahaf, have already been banned for life by an embarrassed Tunisian football federation but the club still has to answer to CAF.
A full report on the incident has been prepared by Leo Mugabe, president of the Zimbabwe Football Association and the match commissioner for the game in Zambia. He and referee Kabelo Molepo from Botswana alerted the police to the bribery attempt.
CAF officials hinted this week that Sfax faced a heavy fine and possible suspension from future African club competitions if found guilty, but were unlikely to be kicked out of this year's tournament.
The final decisions on the cases are expected to be announced on Sunday after being ratified by CAF's executive committee.
Reuters
