Rivers United have been drawn in Group C alongside Tunisian Club Africain, Dreams FC of Angola and Academica do Lobito of Angola CAF Confederation Cup.
The draw was held in Johannesburg, South Africa on Friday afternoon.
Rivers United made the quarter-final stage of the competition last season.
To maintain Nigeria’s continental football coefficient, the Pride of Rivers must get into the knockout round of the competition.
Rivers won the final-round qualifier 2-0 on aggregate after a goalless first leg in the Ivory Coast, the temporary home of Etoile as they do not have an international-standard stadium.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that fellow Confederation Cup challengers Bendel Insurance were eliminated on Friday after a 1-0 second-leg loss to two-time title-holders Renaissance Berkane in Morocco.
United is the only surviving side of four Nigerian club side that participated in this year’s CAF competitions.