1997 CAF Champions League

The 1997 CAF Champions League was the 33rd season of

in the final to win their second title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS CotonTchad	w/o1	AS Tempête Mocaf	–	–
Mogas 90 FC	1–2	CD Travadores	1–0	0–2
Muni Sport	5–1	Café Sportif	4–1	1–0
Junior Professionals	2–1	RC Bobo	2–0	0–1
St.-Michel United	1–5	FC BFV	1–2	0–3
Notwane FC	w/o2	Blue Waters FC	–	–
Limbe Leaf Wanderers	2–5	Roma Rovers	1–0	1–5
Young Africans	0–1	Express Red Eagles FC	0–0	0–1

¹ AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.
² Blue Waters FC withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	9–2	CD Travadores	6–1	3–1
Udoji United	4–2	AS Kaloum Star	3–1	1–1
Unisport FC	2–2 (5-4 p )	Muni Sport	2–0	0–2
Ferroviário	5–0	FC BFV	4–0	1–0
Raja Casablanca	5–1	SONACOS	3–1	2–0
Mbilinga FC	6–4	DC Motema Pembe	3–0	3–4
Africa Sports	4–2	AS CotonTchad	3–0	1–2
Primeiro de Agosto	3–2	Notwane FC	1–1	2–1
Zamalek	3–1	Saint George	2–0	1–1
Mufulira Wanderers	5–1	APR FC	4–1	1–0
Club Africain	4–3	Djoliba AC	3–2	1–1
Sunrise Flacq United	1–3	JS Saint-Pierroise	1–0	0–3
Kenya Breweries	0–0 (4-5 p )	Al-Hilal	0–0	0–0
Obuasi Goldfields	4–2	Junior Professionals	3–0	1–2
CAPS United	7–6	Express Red Eagles	5–2	2–4
Orlando Pirates	1–0	Roma Rovers	1–0	0–0

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	3–2	Udoji United	3–0	0–2
Unisport FC	2–4	Ferroviário	1–0	1–4
Raja Casablanca	4–1	Mbilinga FC	3–0	1–1
Africa Sports	1–6	Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	0–5
Zamalek	6–2	Mufulira Wanderers	5–2	1–0
Club Africain	11–1	JS Saint-Pierroise	6–1	5–0
Al-Hilal	2–3	Obuasi Goldfields	2–1	0–2
CAPS United	1–3	Orlando Pirates	1–2	0–1

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RCA	USM	PRI	ORL
1	Raja Casablanca	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Final		—	0–2	4–0	1–0
2	USM Alger	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11			2–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	Primeiro de Agosto	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10			1–1	2–1	—	2–1
4	Orlando Pirates	6	0	1	5	5	10	−5	1			1–2	1–1	1–2	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GOL	ZAM	CA	FER
1	Obuasi Goldfields	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10	Final		—	3–1	2–0	4–0
2	Zamalek	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9			2–0	—	2–0	2–1
3	Club Africain	6	2	2	2	3	4	−1	8			0–0	2–0	—	1–0
4	Ferroviário Maputo	6	2	1	3	5	8	−3	7			2–1	2–0	0–0	—

Final

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 1997 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Kossi Noutsoudje	Obuasi Goldfields	7
	Tarek Hadj Adlane	USM Alger
3	Billel Dziri	USM Alger	6
4	Muanza	Primeiro de Agosto	5
	Abdelkarim Nazir	Raja Casablanca
6	Nacer Zekri	USM Alger	4
7	Ahmed El-Kass	Zamalek	3
	Joe Okyere	Obuasi Goldfields
	Jonas Ogandaga	Raja Casablanca
	Mustapha Moustawdaa	Raja Casablanca
	Lantame Ouadja	Club Africain

External links

• 1997 African Club Competitions at RSSSF