1999 CAF Champions League

The 1999 CAF Champions League was the 35th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 3rd prize under the CAF Champions League format. Raja Casablanca of Morocco defeated ES Tunis of Tunisia on penalties in the final to win their third title.

1999 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates31 January – 12 December
Teams41 (from 41 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMorocco Raja Casablanca (3rd title)
Runners-upTunisia ES Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played88
Goals scored233 (2.65 per match)
1998
2000

Qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Sea FC   1–3   Rayon Sport 1–1 0–2
ASEC Ndiambour   6–0   Invincible Eleven 4–0 2–0[a]
USFA   2–1   Dragons de l'Ouémé 2–0 0–1
CD Elá Nguema   w/o[b]   Santana FC
Telecom Wanderers   3–2   Scouts Club 0–1 3–1
SS Saint-Louisienne   6–0   Red Star FC 2–0 4–0
AS CotonTchad   2–3   Al-Mahalah 2–0 0–3
Notwane FC   2–4   LDF 1–1 1–3
Real Banjul   1–3   AS Kaloum Star 0–2 1–1
  1. ^ Invincible Eleven withdrew after 1st leg, and 2nd leg was awarded 2-0 to ASEC Ndiambour.
  2. ^ Santana FC withdrew

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maji Maji FC   0–5   Al Ahly 0–3 0–2
Rayon Sport   3–1   AFC Leopards 2–1 1–0
ASEC Ndiambour   1–4   Raja Casablanca 1–0 0–4
Djoliba AC   3–3 (a)   Coton Sport FC 2–0 1–3
FC 105 Libreville   2–3   ASEC Mimosas 1–0 1–3
USFA   2–6   USM El Harrach 2–0 0–6
CD Elá Nguema   0–9   Hearts of Oak 0–3 0–6
SC Villa   7–2   Mebrat Hail 5–0 2–2
AS Kaloum Star   3–6   Shooting Stars 3–0 0–6
Costa do Sol   0–1   DC Motema Pembe 0–1 [a]
Telecom Wanderers   1–5   Mamelodi Sundowns 1–2 0–3
SS Saint-Louisienne   2–1   DSA Antananarivo 1–0 1–1
Al-Mahalah   1–4   ES Tunis 1–2 0–2
Nchanga Rangers   1–2   Al-Hilal 1–0 0–2
Vital'O   3–2   Primeiro de Agosto 2–1 1–1
LDF   0–4   Dynamos Harare 0–3 0–1
  1. ^ Costa do Sol departed before 2nd leg and were ejected from the competition.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly   3–1   Rayon Sport 3–0 0–1
Raja Casablanca   3–3 (7-6 p)   Djoliba AC 2–1 1–2
ASEC Mimosas   5–2   USM El Harrach 4–0 1–2
Hearts of Oak   4–1   SC Villa 3–0 1–1
Shooting Stars   2–0   DC Motema Pembe 2–0 0–0[a]
Mamelodi Sundowns   3–5   SS Saint-Louisienne 1–1 2–4
ES Tunis   8–3   Al-Hilal 5–0 3–3
Vital'O   0–3   Dynamos Harare 0–2 0–1
  1. ^ The match was abandoned at half-time with the score tied at 0–0 after Shooting Stars FC left the pitch and refused to continue due to their team officials having been manhandled and assaulted by local fans; they were awarded the tie.

Group stage

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAJ ALA HEA SHO
1   Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 11 Final 1–1 1–0 1–0
2   Al Ahly 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 0–1 2–0 4–1
3   Hearts of Oak 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 0–0 2–1 3–0
4   Shooting Stars 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4 1–0 2–3 2–2
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESP MIM DYN SLO
1   ES Tunis 6 5 0 1 13 1 +12 15 Final 3–0 1–0 5–0
2   ASEC Mimosas 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–0 2–0 3–1
3   Dynamos Harare 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6 0–2 2–1 7–2
4   SS Saint-Louisienne 6 1 1 4 4 17 −13 4 0–2 0–0 1–0
Source: [citation needed]

Final

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Raja Casablanca  0–0  ES Tunis
ES Tunis  0–0  Raja Casablanca
Penalties
3–4

Top goal scorers

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The top scorers from the 1999 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Hossam Hassan   Al Ahly 6
2   Ishmael Addo   Hearts of Oak 4
  Aruna Dindane   ASEC Mimosas
  Venance Zézé   ASEC Mimosas
  Mustapha Moustawdaa   Raja Casablanca
  Walid Azaiez   ES Tunis
7   Mohamed Gouda   Al Ahly 3
  Emmanuel Osei Kuffour   Hearts of Oak
  Kingston Rinemhota   Dynamos Harare
  Ronald Sibanda   Dynamos Harare
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