Russian army club CSKA Moscow will be part of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw on Thursday thanks to three goals from African sharpshooters.

Ivorian Seydou Doumbia bagged a brace and Nigerian Ahmed Musa snatched the tie-clinching goal in a 3-1 midweek home triumph over Sporting Lisbon.

Algerian El-Arbi Hillel Soudani will be another African to feature in the last-32 mini-league stage after scoring twice for Dinamo Zagreb.

SEYDOU DOUMBIA (CSKA Moscow)

Penalty area opportunism enabled Doumbia to score twice as CSKA overcame a 2-1 first-leg deficit from last week.

His first goal came after a free-kick was deflected into his path and the second was a tap-in after Musa crossed.

AHMED MUSA (CSKA Moscow)

The diminutive winger smashed the ball into the net from close range with five minutes left to secure his club a place in the lucrative group stage.

Musa has been a pivotal figure during the qualifiers, scoring twice away to Czech side Sparta Prague in the previous round.

EL-ARBI HILLEL SOUDANI (Dinamo Zagreb)

The striker opened and closed the scoring as Croat outfit Dinamo won 4-1 at home to Albanian club Skenderbeu for a 6-2 aggregate triumph.

Soudani nodded in a cross to the far post on nine minutes and after testing the goalkeeper with several long-range shots, he completed the rout with a clinical finish.

ELDERSON ECHIEJILE (Monaco)

While Doumbia, Musa and Soudani can look forward to Champions League group action, Nigerian Elderson must settle for the second-tier Europa League.

His close-range poke gave Monaco a 2-1 second-leg victory over Valencia, but the 2015 quarter-finalists were eliminated having lost by two goals in Spain.