Mamelodi Sundowns News Today: Intercontinental Cup foes confirmed, Sundowns Women reach COSAFA final & more

Latest Mamelodi Sundowns news as the Brazilians discover their opponents for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup with a compelling Pitso Mosimane subplot, while the Sundowns Women cruise into the CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifier final.

Downs to face Pitso’s ex-club in Intercontinental Cup

Mamelodi Sundowns will face Pitso Mosimane’s former side Al Ahli Saudi FC in the Intercontinental Cup for a chance to lift their next international trophy.

The game is set for September 19, 2026 at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria. The fixture was confirmed after Al Ahli beat Auckland FC 1-0 in the FIFA African-Asian-Pacific play-off. Substitute Saleh Abu Al Shamat found the back of the net in the 63rd minute at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium to settle the contest.

Masandawana qualified for the tournament after winning the CAF Champions League last season, which also guaranteed the club a spot in the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup. The winner on September 19 will lift the FIFA African-Asian-Pacific Cup and edge closer to a potential showdown with defending champions Paris Saint-Germain.

For South African football fans, though, the Pitso Mosimane angle gives the match an irresistible subplot. Both clubs have been coached by Mosimane, who looks set to take over the reins at Bafana Bafana again.

He led Sundowns between 2012 and 2020 with great success, including winning the CAF Champions League in 2016, before taking a brief spell in charge of Al Ahli from September 2022 to June 2023, guiding them to promotion to the top flight.

Sundowns Women march into COSAFA Qualifier final

Last year’s runners-up ZESCO Ndola Girls will face two-time African champions Mamelodi Sundowns in the final of the CAF Women’s Champions League COSAFA Qualifier Botswana 2026 on Saturday after both came through tough semi-final clashes.

Sundowns saw off defending champions Gaborone United with a comprehensive 5-0 win. The result was a commanding statement of intent from the South African giants, who had a point to prove on Botswanan soil.

ZESCO knocked Sundowns out at the semi-final stage of last year’s competition, which remains the only time the South African side have lost in ordinary time at the regional finals since making their debut in 2021. Saturday’s final presents Sundowns with the chance to settle that score.