Mamelodi Sundowns Know The Dates For Their CAF Champions League Title Defence

If Mamelodi Sundowns are to retain the CAF Champions League title that they won last year, there are 12 crucial games that they will need to perform in.   See the full CAF Champions League group stage draw here Pitso Mosimane's side managed to avoid games in the qualifying rounds of the tournament due to their success last year, and made it past Uganda's KCCA in order to make the group stages for the second consecutive year.   After being drawn against Ethiopia's Saint-George, AS Vita from the DRC, and two-time African champions, Esperance de Tunis, from Tunisia, Mosimane will not have an easy ride into the knockout stages.   However, given the players will be buoyed by their success in last year's edition, and will not be scared of anybody going into the first game in two weeks' time.   The Brazilians get the group stage underway at home against Saint-George, ending it at home against AS Vita in July, and success could see them face either Al-Ahly, Wydad Casablanca, Zanaco or Coton Sport in the quarterfinals.    Sundowns' CAF fixture list is as follows:   Group Stage Sundowns v Saint-George – 12th-14th May AS Vita v Sundowns – 23rd-24th May Sundowns v Esperance – 2nd-4th June Esperance v Sundowns – 20th-21st June Saint-George v Sundowns – 30th June-2nd July Sundowns v AS Vita – 7th-9th July   Knockouts Quarterfinals (v Group D) – 8th-10th September/15th-17th September Semifinals – 29th September-1st October/13th-15th October Final – 27th-29th October/3rd-5th November