1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril 1968 – 30 March 1969
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsDemocratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert (2nd title)
Runners-upTogo Étoile Filante (Lomé)
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored102 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Democratic Republic of the Congo Pierre Kalala (7 goals)
1967
1969

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1968 was the 4th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.

The tournament was played by 20 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. TP Englebert from Congo-Kinshasa won the final, and became CAF club champion for the second time in a row for the first time this makes the record holders for the number of titles won.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Etoile du Congo Republic of the Congo w/o1 Sierra Leone Mighty Blackpool
FAR Rabat Morocco w/o1 The Gambia Augustinians FC
Police (Mogadishu) Somalia w/o1 Tanzania Cosmopolitans FC
Secteur 6 Niger 2–4 Republic of Upper Volta US Ouagadougou 1–1 1–3

1 Mighty Blackpool, Augustinians FC and Cosmopolitans FC all withdrew.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Abaluhya United Kenya 4–2 Ethiopia Saint-George SA 1–1 3–1
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 6–41 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 2–0 4–4
Etoile du Congo Republic of the Congo 4–6 Cameroon Oryx Douala 1–2 3–4
FAR Rabat Morocco 3–0 Senegal Foyer France 2–0 1–0
Mighty Barrolle Liberia 1–22 Guinea Conakry II 1–2 n/p2
Police (Mogadishu) Somalia 2–4 Sudan Al-Mourada 1–1 1–3
Stationery Stores Nigeria 4–43 Ghana Cape Coast Dwarfs 3–2 1–2
US Ouagadougou Republic of Upper Volta 1–6 Togo Étoile Filante (Lomé) 1–4 0–2

1 Africa Sports were ejected from the competition for fielding three ineligible players.
2 Mighty Barolle were disqualified after Liberia was suspended by FIFA.
3 Stationery Stores won after drawing of lots.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Abaluhya United Kenya 4–3 Sudan Al-Mourada 3–0 1–3
Étoile Filante (Lomé) Togo 3–0 Guinea Conakry II 3–01 n/p1
FAR Rabat Morocco 2–22 Nigeria Stationery Stores 1–0 1–2
TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo 5–0 Cameroon Oryx Douala 3–0 2–0

1 The 1st leg was abandoned at 72' with Étoile Filante leading 3–0 after Conakry II walked off to protest the officiating and withdrew from the tournament; the 2nd leg was scratched and Étoile Filante advanced.
2 A third match was played in Dakar by mutual agreement: after this match finished 2–2 when extra time expired, FAR Rabat won after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Abaluhya United Kenya 2–4 Togo Étoile Filante (Lomé) 2–0 0–4
TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo 4–2 Morocco FAR Rabat 1–1 3–1

Final

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TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo5–0Togo Étoile Filante (Lomé)

TP Englebert won 6–4 on aggregate.

Champion

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1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Democratic Republic of the Congo
TP Englebert
Second Title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo Pierre Kalala Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 7
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kamunda Tshinabu Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 5
3 Kenya Joe Kadenge Kenya Abaluhya United 3
Kenya John Nyawanga Kenya Abaluhya United 3
Morocco Driss Bamous Morocco FAR Rabat 3
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo André Kalonzo Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 2
Democratic Republic of the Congo ... Nyembo "Toyota" Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 2
Kenya John Ambani Kenya Abaluhya United 2
Morocco Moulay Driss Cherika Morocco FAR Rabat 2
Togo Désiré Ananou Togo Étoile Filante 2
Togo Docteur Kaolo Togo Étoile Filante 2

References

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  1. ^ Englebert in 5-0 Victory. Daily Graphic (Accra), Tuesday, March 18, 1969, issue number 5742.
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