1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1981 was the 17th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that years club champion of association football in Africa.

1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams31 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsAlgeria JE Tizi Ouzou (1st title)
Runners-upZaire AS Vita Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played53
Goals scored145 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib (6 goals)
1980
1982

The tournament was played by 31 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. JE Tizi Ouzou from Algeria 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
AS Kaloum Star   3–1   Starlight Banjul 2–1 1–0
OC Agaza   w/o1   Benfica de Bissau
Al Ahly   4–2   Abaluhya FC 3–1 1–1
Al Ahli Tripoli   1–2   JE Tizi Ouzou 0–0 1–2
Asante Kotoko   4–1   Invincible Eleven 3–0 1–1
Dynamos FC   6–1   Linare FC 5–0 1–1
East End Lions   1–2   Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 1–1 0–1
Horseed FC   w/o2   Simba SC
MMM Tamatave   2–6   Costa do Sol 2–4 0–2
USM Nziami   1–1 (4–2 p)   Real Bamako 1–0 0–1
Nchanga Rangers   5–0   Mbabane Highlanders 1–0 4–0
Nile Breweries   4–1   TP USCA Bangui 2–1 w/o3
Primeiro de Agosto   2–3   AS Vita Club 1–1 1–2
SEIB Diourbel   3–3 (3–4 p)   ASEC Mimosas 2–1 1–2
Shooting Stars   7–3   Township Rollers 7–1 0–2

1 Benfica de Bissau withdrew.
2 Simba SC withdrew.
3 TP USCA Bangui failed to appear for the 2nd leg.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko   2–4   AS Kaloum Star 1–0 1–3
Canon Yaoundé   1–3   ASEC Mimosas 0–0 1–3
Costa do Sol   2–6   Nchanga Rangers 1–3 1–3
Horseed FC   1–4   JE Tizi Ouzou 1–2 w/o1
USM Nziami   2-1   OC Agaza 2–0 0–1
Nile Breweries   2–5   Al Ahly 2–0 0–5
Shooting Stars   1–5   Dynamos FC 1–2 0–3
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso   3–4   AS Vita Club 0–1 3–3

1 Horseed FC withdrew after the 1st leg.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star   4–2   ASEC Mimosas 2–1 2–1
JE Tizi Ouzou   5–2   Dynamos FC 3–0 2–2
USM Nziami   1–4   Al Ahly 1–1 0–3
AS Vita Club   4–3   Nchanga Rangers 4–1 0–2

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
JE Tizi Ouzou   w/o1   Al Ahly
AS Vita Club   1–0   AS Kaloum Star 1–0 0–0

1 Al Ahly were forced to withdraw due to the political and security situation in Egypt following the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

Final

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JE Tizi Ouzou  4–0  AS Vita Club
AS Vita Club  0–1  JE Tizi Ouzou
Attendance: 30 000
Referee: Cheikh Djibril MBaye (Senegal)

Champion

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1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
 
JE Tizi Ouzou
First title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1981 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Mahmoud El Khatib   Al Ahly 6
2   Ali Belahcène   JE Tizi Ouzou 5
3   Mohamed Abbas   Al Ahly 4
4   Lyès Bahbouh   JE Tizi Ouzou 3
5   Bobo   AS Vita Club 2
  Mostafa Younis   Al Ahly 2
  Lucien Kassi-Kouadio   ASEC Mimosas 2

Notification

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JE Tizi Ouzou (Jeunesse Eléctronique de Tizi Ouzou) are now called JS Kabylie (Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie).

References

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