1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1977 was the 13th 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.

1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 18 December 1977
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsGuinea Hafia FC (3rd title)
Runners-upGhana Hearts of Oak
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored156 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib (4 goals)
1976
1978

The tournament was played by 29 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Hafia FC from Guinea won that final, and became CAF club champion for the third time.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Diaraf   5–0   ASC Garde Nationale 3–0 2–0
SC Gagnoa   w/o1   AS Tempête Mocaf
Gor Mahia   3–3 (5–3 p)   Yamaha Wanderers 1–2 2–1
Horseed FC   1–4   Al Ahly 1–1 0–3
Kampala City Council FC   4–0   Mechal Army 1–0 3–0
Mufulira Wanderers   3–3   Maseru United 1–1 2–2
Olympic Niamey   4–6   Al-Madina 2–4 2–2
Saint Joseph Warriors FC   2–5   Hearts of Oak 1–3 1–2
Simba SC   w/o1   Mbabane Highlanders
TP Mazembe   1–4   Lomé I 1–1 0–3
UD Internacional   0–6   Djoliba AC 0–1 0–5
Union Douala   3–0   Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 2–0 1–0
Vantour Club Mangoungou   4–8   Diables Noirs 2–4 2–4

1 Mbabane Highlanders and AS Tempête Mocaf withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly   7–3   Al-Madina 7–2 0–1
Diables Noirs   1–2   Hafia FC 0–1 1–1
ASC Diaraf   2–3   Hearts of Oak 1–1 1–2
SC Gagnoa   2–4   Djoliba AC 1–3 1–1
Gor Mahia   4–5   Mufulira Wanderers 2–1 2–4
Kampala City Council FC   3–4   MC Alger 1–1 2–3
Union Douala   2–2 (3–4 p)   Lomé I 1–1 1–1
Kwara Water Corporation FC   1–0   Simba SC 0–0 1–0

Quarter-Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly   1–3   Hearts of Oak 1–0 0–3
Djoliba AC   2–11   Lomé I 2–0 0–1
MP Alger2   2–3   Mufulira Wanderers 2–1 0–2
Kwara Water Corporation FC   4–5   Hafia FC 4–2 0–3

1 Djoliba AC were disqualified as Mali were suspended by CAF after police and security forces assaulted officials during an African Cup of Nations qualifying match in Bamako against Ivory Coast on 19 June.
1 MC Alger changed its name to MP Alger as part of the sports national reform.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lomé I   2–3   Hafia FC 2–1 0–2
Mufulira Wanderers   5–5 (a)   Hearts of Oak 5–2 0–3

Final

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Hearts of Oak  0–1  Hafia FC
  • Touré   26'
Hafia FC  3–2  Hearts of Oak
Attendance: 30,000

Champion

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African Cup of Champions Clubs
1977 Winners
 
Hafia FC
Third Title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Mahmoud El Khatib   Al Ahly 4
2   Taher El Shaikh   Al Ahly 3
  Robert Hammond   Hearts of Oak 3
  Peter Lamptey   Hearts of Oak 3
  Alaka Boura   Djoliba 3
6   Abdeslam Bousri   MC Alger 2
  Sherif Abdel Moneim   Al Ahly 2
  Mokhtar Mokhtar   Al Ahly 2
  Mohammed Polo   Hearts of Oak 2
  Anas Seidu   Hearts of Oak 2
  Allan Thigo   Gor Mahia 2
  Thomas Bwalya   Mufulira Wanderers 2
  Willie Mukwasa   Mufulira Wanderers 2
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