1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details | |
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Teams | 28 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 45 |
Goals scored | 100 (2.22 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 15th 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 28 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Union Douala from Cameroon won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.
First round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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ASDR Fatima ![]() | 2–2 (4–5 p) | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Al-Ahli Tripoli ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Kenya Breweries ![]() | n/p1 | ![]() | — | — |
Desportivo Maputo ![]() | 3–3 (a) | ![]() | 3–2 | 0–1 |
Dragons de l'Ouémé ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 0–2 | 1–3 |
Etoile du Congo ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Mighty Blackpool ![]() | 2–2 (2–4 p) | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–2 |
Ogaden Anbassa ![]() | w/o2 | ![]() | — | — |
Saint Joseph Warriors ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Simba SC ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() | 0–4 | 5–0 |
US Gorée ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Zamalek ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | w/o3 |
1 Both teams withdrew; the tie was scratched.
2 Bata Bullets withdrew.
3 Simba FC did not show up for the second leg.
Second round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Africa Sports ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Etoile du Congo ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 2–3 | 0–1 |
Hafia FC ![]() | 1–1 (1–0 p) | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Hearts of Oak ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–1 |
MP Alger ![]() | 2–2 (1–2 p) | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–2 |
Simba SC ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–2 |
Zamalek SC ![]() | w/o1 | ![]() | — | — |
Matlama FC ![]() | bye2 |
1 Ogaden Anbassa withdrew.
2 Matlama FC were drawn against the winner of the tie between Kenya Breweries and Al-Merrikh, but both teams withdrew.
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Hafia FC ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–3 |
Matlama FC ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | 1–3 | 0–2 |
US Gorée ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 0–1 |
Zamalek ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 0–11 |
1 The 2nd leg was abandoned with CS Imana leading 1-0 due to a pitch invasion and crowd disturbances; Zamalek were ejected from the competition.
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CS Imana ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 1–2 | 0–1 |
US Gorée ![]() | 2–6 | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–4 |
Final
[edit]Union Douala ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
5–3 |
Champion
[edit]1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners |
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![]() Union Douala First title |
Top scorers
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The top scorers from the 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 |
![]() | ![]() | 2 | |
![]() | ![]() | 2 | |
![]() | ![]() | 2 | |
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![]() | ![]() | 2 |