Ahead of Friday’s CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final draw, Enyimba FC have moved up in the updated African club ranking table. The Confederation Cup quarter-finalists are the only Nigerian club in the Top 30 African club ranking, which as expected is dominated by clubs from North Africa. ‘The People’s Elephant’ are now 12 with 408 points after moving up four places up from 16 . Egypt’s Al Ahly are the number one ranked African club. A nervy finish in Aba on Wednesday night saw Enyimba of Nigeria beat the Orlando Pirates of South Africa 1-0 after a late goal in the final Group A match CAF Confederation Cup match to advance to the quarter-finals Fatai Osho’s men started Wednesday’s encounter in search of a win to confirm its place in the knockout stage, but they found it difficult to break the visitors, until the 95th minute when Cyril Olisemah scored at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria. The victory fired the Nigeria Professional Football League giants to the top of Group A with nine points after six matches. Despite the loss in Aba, Orlando Pirates qualified for the next round as the second-best team in the group with nine points after the same number of games. Chidi Nwoke/ScoreNigeria. Share this: Twitter Facebook Enyimba FC Enyimba Moves Up In African Club Ranking Last updated Apr 30, 2021 135 Share th th 6 matches 3 wins 6 goals 1 clean sheet @EnyimbaFC to the #TotalCAFCC quarter- finals! pic.twitter.com/14vgnYGA4Q — Total CAFCL – Total CAFCC (@CAFCLCC) April 28, 2021 HIGHLIGHTS: Cyril Olisema’s last minute goal snatches a qualification ticket for @EnyimbaFC vs. @orlandopirates ! #TotalCAFCC | #EFCOPFC pic.twitter.com/rlPMVzh85p — Total CAFCL – Total CAFCC (@CAFCLCC) April 29, 2021