1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsCameroon Canon Yaoundé (2nd title)
Runners-upGuinea Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played41
Goals scored107 (2.61 per match)
1977
1979

The 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 14th 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 24 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Tahaddy Libya 5–4 Ethiopia Medr Babur 3–1 2–3
AS Corps Enseignement Madagascar 1–4 Lesotho Matlama FC 1–2 w/o1
ASC Garde Nationale Mauritania 5–3 The Gambia Wallidan FC 3–1 2–2
Hardware Stars Malawi 1–5 Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–1 0���4
Kampala City Council FC Uganda 3–1 Somalia Horseed FC 1–1 2–0
Stade Centrafricain Central African Republic 2–4 Niger Olympic Niamey 1–3 1–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso Republic of Upper Volta 10–2 Guinea-Bissau Benfica de Bissau 7–0 3–2
Simba SC Tanzania 2–1 Gabon Vantour Club Mangoungou 2–0 0–1

1 AS Corps Enseignement withdrew after the first leg.

Second round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 2–4 Republic of Upper Volta Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 2–1 1–3
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 3–2 Sudan Al-Merrikh 2–0 1–2
Enugu Rangers Nigeria w/o1 Niger Olympic Niamey
Green Buffaloes Zambia 1–0 Lesotho Matlama FC 1–0 0–0
Hafia FC Guinea 6–0 Mauritania ASC Garde Nationale 5–0 1–0
JE Tizi Ouzou Algeria 3–0 Libya Al-Tahaddy 1–0 2–0
Kampala City Council FC Uganda w/o1 Egypt Al Ahly
AS Vita Club Zaire 2–0 Tanzania Simba SC 1–0 1–0

1 Olympic Niamey and Al Ahly SC withdrew.

Quarter-Finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 3–1 Zambia Green Buffaloes 2–0 1–1
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 4–1 Uganda Kampala City Council FC 3–1 1–0
JE Tizi Ouzou Algeria 3–3 (a) Zaire AS Vita Club 3–2 0–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso Republic of Upper Volta 1–8 Guinea Hafia FC 0–4 1–4

Semi-Finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 0–0 (6–5 p) Nigeria Enugu Rangers 0–0 0–0
Hafia FC Guinea 3–3 (a) Zaire AS Vita Club 2–0 1–3

Final[]

Canon Yaoundé Cameroon2–0Guinea Hafia FC

Champion[]

1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Cameroon
Canon Yaoundé
Second title

Top scorers[]

The top scorers from the 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Guinea Seydouba Bangoura Guinea Hafia FC 2
Zaire Mayanga Maku Zaire AS Vita Club 2
3 Algeria Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 1
Algeria Bachir Douadi Algeria JE Tizi Ouzou 1
Guinea Guinea Hafia FC 1
Zaire ... Katshimuka Zaire AS Vita Club 1
Zaire ... Lupela Zaire AS Vita Club 1

References[]

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