The match officials for the Friday 10 March CAF Champions League first round match between KCCA FC and Mamelodi Sundowns at Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria have been named.

Celebrated Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe has been chosen as the referee for the first leg encounter and will be assisted by fellow Zambians Bruno Tembo and Amos Nanga Chalwe.

The 37 year old, officiated Club World Cup finals worked his to the top of the African referee’s rankings and was last year shortlisted for the Glo CAF award for best referee in Africa.

He was one of the referee in 2017 African Cup of Nations which was hosted by Gabon in January.In 2016 he officiated nine international matches which include CAF Club matches, Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and diffrent friendly matches.

A teacher at Kapiri Mposhi Elementary School in a small town north of Lusaka has also officiated countless of matches at the COSAFA tournament where he walked away with a gold medal.

In his career he has so far handed out 23 yellow cards and 1 red card in the last 10 international matches that he has been the centre man.