Hearts of Oak would will represent Ghana in Africa for the 2021/22 CAF Champions League after winning the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League.
The Phobians have been drawn against of Guinea in the preliminary round of the Champions League but what happened the last time Hearts of Oak played in Africa?
The 2015 CAF Confederation Cup was the last African campaign of the Phobians as the team managed by Herbet Addo reached the play-off round of the competition. It was Esperance de Tunis of Tunisia that stopped Hearts of Oak from reaching the group stages.
The Ghanaian giants – winners of the CAF Champions League of 2000 – started their campaign with a 1-0 aggregate win over AS Police of Benin as Selasi Adjei scored in the 1-0 win in Accra.
Hearts of Oak advanced to the First Round where they eliminated Olympique de Ngor of Senegal : a 2-1 win in Accra for the Phobians and another 3-2 victory in Senegal.
In the Second Round, the team of Herbet Addo won in Bamako by 2-1 over Djoliba AC thanks to goals of Gilbert Fiamenyo and Paul Acquah before losing the reverse game in Accra by 1-0 to make it to the play-off round.
The play-off round threw heavyweights Esperance in the way of the Ghanaian side and the aggregate score line showed the difference in quality between the two teams. The Tunisians thrashed Hearts of Oak 4-0 in Tunis before coming down to Accra to leave with a 1-1 result.
That was how Hearts of Oak failed to reach the group stages of the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.
