1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 15th 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.

1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams28 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsCameroon Union Douala (1st title)
Runners-upGhana Hearts of Oak
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored100 (2.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)TanzaniaAlly Thuwem (3 goals)
1978
1980

The tournament was played by 28 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Union Douala from Cameroon won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASDR Fatima   2–2 (4–5 p)   Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 1–1 1–1
Al-Ahli Tripoli   1–4   MP Alger 1–2 0–2
Kenya Breweries   n/p1   Al-Merrikh
Desportivo Maputo   3–3 (a)   Matlama FC 3–2 0–1
Dragons de l'Ouémé   1–5   Africa Sports 0–2 1–3
Etoile du Congo   3–1   FC 105 Libreville 2–0 1–1
Mighty Blackpool   2–2 (2–4 p)   Hearts of Oak 2–0 0–2
Ogaden Anbassa   w/o2   Bata Bullets
Saint Joseph Warriors   0–1   Real Banjul 0–0 0–1
Simba SC   5–4   Mufulira Wanderers 0–4 5–0
US Gorée   3–1   ASC Garde Nationale 2–0 1–1
Zamalek   4–1   Simba FC 2–1 w/o3

1 Both teams withdrew; the tie was scratched.
2 Bata Bullets withdrew.
3 Simba FC did not show up for the second leg.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports   1–2   CS Imana 1–0 0–2
Etoile du Congo   2–4   US Gorée 2–3 0–1
Hafia FC   1–1 (1–0 p)   Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 1–0 0–1
Hearts of Oak   3–1   Real Banjul 2–0 1–1
MP Alger   2–2 (1–2 p)   Union Douala 2–0 0–2
Simba SC   0–2   Raccah Rovers 0–0 0–2
Zamalek SC   w/o1   Ogaden Anbassa
Matlama FC   bye2

1 Ogaden Anbassa withdrew.
2 Matlama FC were drawn against the winner of the tie between Kenya Breweries and Al-Merrikh, but both teams withdrew.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hafia FC   2–3   Hearts of Oak 2–0 0–3
Matlama FC   1–5   Union Douala 1–3 0–2
US Gorée   2–1   Raccah Rovers 2–0 0–1
Zamalek   3–2   CS Imana 3–1 0–11

1 The 2nd leg was abandoned with CS Imana leading 1-0 due to a pitch invasion and crowd disturbances; Zamalek were ejected from the competition.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Imana   1–3   Union Douala 1–2 0–1
US Gorée   2–6   Hearts of Oak 1–2 1–4

Final

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Hearts of Oak  1–0  Union Douala
  • Yawson   87'
Union Douala  1–0  Hearts of Oak
Penalties
5–3
Attendance: 90 000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Union Douala
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hearts of Oak

Champion

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1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
 
Union Douala
First title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Ally Thuwen   Simba SC 3
2   Bouzid Mahiouz   MP Alger 2
  Teni Yerima   Union Douala 2
  Hassan Shehata   Zamalek 2
  Mohammed Polo   Hearts of Oak 2
  John Nketia Yawson   Hearts of Oak 2
  George Kulagwa   Simba SC 2

References

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