1998 CAF Champions League

1998 CAF Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	30 January – 12 December
Teams	42 (from 42 associations)
Final positions
Champions	ASEC Mimosas (1st title)
Runners-up	Dynamos Harare
Tournament statistics
Matches played	87
Goals scored	155 (1.78 per match)
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The 1998 CAF Champions League was the 34th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current CAF Champions League format. ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast defeated Dynamos Harare of Zimbabwe in the final to win their first title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
St.-Michel United	2–8	Ethiopian Coffee SC	1–0	1–8
Rayon Sport	6–1	Maniema FC	6–1	w/o1
Telecom Wanderers	4–1	BDF XI	3–0	1–1
Mbabane Swallows	1–6	LDF	1–4	0–2
Mdlaw Megbi	0–2	Utalii	0–1	0–1
SS Saint-Louisienne	1–3	Sunrise Flacq United	1–2	0–1
Deportivo Mongomo	w/o2	Muni Sport	–	–
Wallidan FC	0–2	AS Douanes	0–0	0–2
Mogas 90 FC	w/o2	East End Lions	–	–
Tourbillon FC	w/o3	AS Tempête Mocaf	–	–

¹ Maniema FC withdrew after the 1st leg.
²

both withdrew.
³ AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC	3–3 ( a )	Al Ahly	1–1	2–2
Rayon Sport	3–3 ( a )	Young Africans	2–2	1–1
Telecom Wanderers	2–4	Dynamos Harare	1–2	1–2
Sunrise Flacq United	0–4	Ferroviário	0–4	0–0
KCC	1–3	Power Dynamos	0–1	1–2
LDF	4–5	Manning Rangers	3–3	1–2
Utalii	4–3	Al-Merrikh	4–0	0–3
CI Kamsar	3–5	ES Sahel	1–2	2–3
Deportivo Mongomo	3–13	Petro Atlético	1–4	2–9
Eagle Cement	4–3	AS Vita Club	4–1	0–2
RC Bobo	2–4	ASEC Mimosas	1–0	1–4
Dynamic Lomé	5–9	FC 105 Libreville	3–3	2–6
AS Douanes	2–1	CS Constantine	2–1	0–0
Mogas 90 FC	1–6	Raja Casablanca	0–0	1–6
Tourbillon FC	1–4	Coton Sport FC	0–0	1–4
Djoliba AC	0–1	Hearts of Oak	0–0	0–1

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC	3–8	Young Africans	2–2	1–6
Dynamos Harare	2–1	Ferroviário	1–1	1–0
Power Dynamos	0–4	Manning Rangers	0–2	0–2
Utalii	1–1 (2-4 p )	ES Sahel	1–0	0–1
Petro Atlético	0–3	Eagle Cement	0–1	0–2
ASEC Mimosas	4–2	FC 105 Libreville	2–0	2–2
AS Douanes	1–2	Raja Casablanca	1–0	0–2
Coton Sport FC	2–2 ( a )	Hearts of Oak	2–1	0–1

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DYN	HEA	ESS	EAG
1	Dynamos Harare	6	3	1	2	6	3	+3	10	Final		—	0–1	1–0	3–0
2	Hearts of Oak	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10			1–1	—	3–2	1–0
3	ES Sahel	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9			1–0	2–1	—	5–0
4	Eagle Cement	6	2	0	4	3	11	−8	6			0–1	1–0	2–1	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ASEC	MAN	RCA	YOU
1	ASEC Mimosas	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Final		—	3–1	1–1	2–1
2	Manning Rangers	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10			1–0	—	1–0	4–0
3	Raja Casablanca	6	2	2	2	12	7	+5	8			0–1	2–1	—	6–0
4	Young Africans	6	0	2	4	5	19	−14	2			0–3	1–1	3–3	—

Final

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 1998 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Aseged Tesfaye	Ethiopian Coffee SC	6
	Reda Ereyahi	Raja Casablanca
3	Mustapha Moustawdaa	Raja Casablanca	4
4	Zico	Petro Atlético	3
	Musa	Eagle Cement

External links

• Champions' Cup 1998 - rsssf.com