1974 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1974 was the 10th 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.

1974 African Cup of Champions Clubs
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Tournament details
DatesApril - 13 December 1974
Teams26 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsRepublic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville (1st title)
Runners-upEgypt Ghazl El Mahalla
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored134 (2.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)Republic of the Congo Paul Moukila (10 goals)
Best player(s)Republic of the Congo Paul Moukila
1973
1975

The tournament was played by 26 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. CARA Brazzaville from the People's Republic of the Congo won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time and the first team from that country to win the trophy.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahli Tripoli   2–5   Al-Hilal 2–2 0–3
Bendel Insurance   7–1   Secteur 7 7–0 0–1
CARA Brazzaville   7–1   Zalang COC 3–1 4–0
Green Buffaloes   6–2   JS Antalaha 4–1 2–1
Linare FC   3-6   Simba SC 0–3 6–0
Mighty Barolle   0–2   ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–2
CO Modèle Lomé   3–1   AS Porto Novo 3–0 0–1
Olympic Real de Bangui   4–1   Simba FC 4–0 0–1
Ports Authority F.C.   4–5   ASC Jeanne d'Arc 3–2 1–3
Tele SC Asmara   w/o1   Horseed FC

1 Horseed FC withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas   5–0   CO Modèle de Lomé 3–0 2–01
Abaluhya FC   2–1   Tele SC Asmara 2–0 0–1
CARA Brazzaville   4–3   AS Vita Club 4–0 0–3
Djoliba AC   2–1   Bendel Insurance 2–0 0–1
Green Buffaloes   0-9   Simba SC 0-0 0–9
Hearts of Oak   9–4   Olympic Real de Bangui 6–1 3–3
ASC Jeanne d'Arc   w/o2   Hafia FC
Ghazl El Mahalla   5–5 (4–2 p)   Al-Hilal 4–1 1–4

1 Modèle Lomé flew home after the first leg and were disqualified.
2 Hafia FC withdrew.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas   2–2 (a)   ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 0–1
Djoliba AC   0–3   CARA Brazzaville 0–0 0–3
Hearts of Oak   1–2   Simba SC 0-0 1–2
Ghazl El Mahalla   4–1   Abaluhya 3–0 1–1

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CARA Brazzaville   6–1   ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2–0 4–1
Simba SC   1–1 (0–3 p)   Ghazl El Mahalla 1–0 0–1

Final

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CARA Brazzaville  4–2  Ghazl El Mahalla

Champion

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African Cup of Champions Clubs
1974 Winners
 
CARA Brazzaville
First Title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1974 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Paul Moukila   CARA Brazzaville 10
2   Mohamed Omasha   Ghazl El Mahalla 6
3   Abdelrahim Khalil   Ghazl El Mahalla 3
4   Alphonse Yanghat   CARA Brazzaville 2
  Abdallah Kibadeni   Simba SC 2
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