CAF Champions League: Kenya Police Lose at Home to Sudan's Al Hilal

Sudanese giants Al Hilal took a crucial step toward the CAF Champions League group stages after narrowly edging Kenya Police FC crucial step toward the CAF Champions League group stages suffered after losing 1–0 to Sudanese giants Al Hilal in the first leg of the second preliminary round played on Friday, October 17, 2025 evening at the Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi. Adama Coulibaly's solitary strike, in the 20th minute, made the difference in a tightly contested encounter, giving the visitors a vital advantage ahead of the return leg tie next weekend. Al Hilal found the breakthrough after Coulibaly, unmarked inside the box, calmly slotted past the advancing Job Ochieng five minutes after the quarter-hour mark to hand the visitors a slender lead away from home ahead of the return leg in Omdurman.. Police are debuting in the prestigious competition, having scraped through their first hurdle with a 3-3 draw against Somalia’s Mogadishu City Club (MCC) in the first preliminary round, over a fortnight ago. Friday’s match was initially scheduled for the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani but was moved to Ulinzi Sports Complex owing to the unavailability of the 60,000-seater stadium. Subsequently, the tie was held behind closed doors.