1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details | |
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Teams | 28 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hearts of Oak |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 45 |
Goals scored | 100 (2.22 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ally Thuwem (3 goals) |
The 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 15th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the
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
Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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ASDR Fatima | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Silures Bobo-Dioulasso | 1–1 | 1–1 |
1–4 | MP Alger | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
n/p1 | Al-Merrikh
|
— | — | |
3–3 (a) | Matlama FC | 3–2 | 0–1 | |
1–5 | Africa Sports
|
0–2 | 1–3 | |
3–1 | FC 105 Libreville | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
2–2 (2–4 p) | Hearts of Oak
|
2–0 | 0–2 | |
Ogaden Anbassa | w/o2 | Bata Bullets
|
— | — |
Saint Joseph Warriors | 0–1 | Real Banjul
|
0–0 | 0–1 |
5–4 | Mufulira Wanderers
|
0–4 | 5–0 | |
US Gorée | 3–1 | ASC Garde Nationale
|
2–0 | 1–1 |
Zamalek | 4–1 | Simba FC | 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
Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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1–2 | CS Imana
|
1–0 | 0–2 | |
2–4 | US Gorée | 2–3 | 0–1 | |
Hafia FC | 1–1 (1–0 p) | Silures Bobo-Dioulasso | 1–0 | 0–1 |
3–1 | Real Banjul
|
2–0 | 1–1 | |
MP Alger | 2–2 (1–2 p) | Union Douala | 2–0 | 0–2 |
0–2 | Raccah Rovers
|
0–0 | 0–2 | |
Zamalek SC | w/o1 | Ogaden Anbassa | — | — |
Matlama FC | bye2 |
1 Ogaden Anbassa withdrew.
2 Al-Merrikh, but both teams withdrew.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Hafia FC | 2–3 | Hearts of Oak
|
2–0 | 0–3 |
Matlama FC | 1–5 | Union Douala | 1–3 | 0–2 |
US Gorée | 2–1 | Raccah Rovers
|
2–0 | 0–1 |
Zamalek | 3–2 | CS Imana
|
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
Team 1 | Agg.
|
Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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1–3 | Union Douala | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
US Gorée | 2–6 | Hearts of Oak
|
1–2 | 1–4 |
Final
1–0 | Union Douala | |
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Champion
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 | Ally Thuwen | Simba SC
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3 |
2 | Bouzid Mahiouz | MP Alger | 2 |
Teni Yerima | Union Douala | 2 | |
Hassan Shehata | Zamalek | 2 | |
Mohammed Polo | Hearts of Oak
|
2 | |
John Nketia Yawson | Hearts of Oak
|
2 | |
George Kulagwa | Simba SC
|
2 |