Bright Stars face Nzalang Nacional

The national football team, the Bright Stars is expected to play against Equatorial Guinea today in the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers today.

South Sudan is in Group C of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament of the 13 groups to decide the teams which qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament

Group C also consists of Mali, Equatorial Guinea and Benin.

The teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.

The group winners qualify for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, while the runners-up also qualify if they are one of the two runners-up with the best records.

The match will take place in the capital, Malabo, this evening.