African players’ teams: Today’s UEFA Champions League fixtures & kick-off times – Tuesday, Jan 21, 2026

The UEFA Champions League continues on Tuesday with a packed schedule of nine matches across different kick-off times, as several African players will be in action with their clubs following the conclusion of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Below is a match-by-match look at the fixtures, highlighting the African players involved for the relevant teams.

Kairat (Kazakhstan) vs Club Brugge (Belgium) at 3:30 PM GMT

• Club Brugge African players:
  Shandre Campbell (South Africa)
  Raphael Onyedika (Nigeria)
  Vince Osuji (Nigeria)
• Kairat African Players: None.

Bodø/Glimt (Norway) vs Manchester City (England) at 5:45 PM GMT

• Bodø/Glimt African players:
  Gift Sunday (Nigeria)
• Manchester City African players:
  Omar Marmoush (Egypt)
  Antoine Semenyo (Ghana)
  Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria)

FC Copenhagen (Denmark) vs Napoli (Italy) at 8:00 PM GMT

• FC Copenhagen African players:
  Elias Achouri (Tunisia)
  Munashe Garananga (Zimbabwe)
• Napoli African players:
  Frank Anguissa (Cameroon)

Inter (Italy) vs Arsenal (England) at 8:00 PM GMT

• No African players listed

Olympiacos (Greece) vs Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) at 8:00 PM GMT

• Olympiacos African players:
  Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco)
  Bruno Onyemaechi (Nigeriaa)
• Bayer Leverkusen African players:
  Christian Kofane (Cameroon)
  Ibrahim Maza (Algeria)
  Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco)
  Nathan Tella (Nigeria)
  Issa Traoré (Mali)

Real Madrid (Spain) vs Monaco (France) at 8:00 PM GMT

• Real Madrid African players:
  Brahim Díaz (Morocco)
• Monaco African players:
  Krépin Diatta (Senegal)
  Lamine Camara (Senegal)
  Mohammed Salisu (Ghana)

Sporting CP (Portugal) vs Paris Saint-Germain (France) at 8:00 PM GMT

• Sporting CP African players:
  Geny Catamo (Mozambique)
  Ousmane Diomandé (Ivory Coast)
• Paris Saint-Germain African players:
  Achraf Hakimi (Morocco)
  Ibrahim Mbaye (Senegal)

Tottenham Hotspur (England) vs Borussia Dortmund (Germany) at 8:00 PM GMT

• Tottenham Hotspur African players:
  Mohammed Kudus (Ghana)
  Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)
  Yves Bissouma (Mali)
• Borussia Dortmund African players:
  Serhou Guirassy (Guinea)
  Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria)

Villarreal (Spain) vs Ajax (Netherlands) at 8:00 PM GMT

• Villarreal African players:
  Nicolas Pépé (Ivory Coast)
  Thomas Partey (Ghana)
  Pape Gueye (Senegal)
  Ilias Akhomach (Morocco)
  Logan Costa (Cape Verde)

• Ajax African players:
  Abd Allah Ouazane (Morocco)

African players remain participating figures on the Champions League stage as Europe’s elite competition resumes with different clashes across the continent.

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