1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 14th 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 the association football in Africa.

1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsCameroon Canon Yaoundé (2nd title)
Runners-upGuinea Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played41
Goals scored107 (2.61 per match)
1977
1979

The tournament was played by 24 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Tahaddy   5–4   Medr Babur 3–1 2–3
AS Corps Enseignement   1–4   Matlama FC 1–2 w/o1
ASC Garde Nationale   5–3   Wallidan FC 3–1 2–2
Hardware Stars   1–5   Al-Merrikh 1–1 0–4
Kampala City Council FC   3–1   Horseed FC 1–1 2–0
Stade Centrafricain   2–4   Olympic Niamey 1–3 1–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso   10–2   Benfica de Bissau 7–0 3–2
Simba SC   2–1   Vantour Club Mangoungou 2–0 0–1

1 AS Corps Enseignement withdrew after the first leg.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports   2–4   Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 2–1 1–3
Canon Yaoundé   3–2   Al-Merrikh 2–0 1–2
Enugu Rangers   w/o1   Olympic Niamey
Green Buffaloes   1–0   Matlama FC 1–0 0–0
Hafia FC   6–0   ASC Garde Nationale 5–0 1–0
JE Tizi Ouzou   3–0   Al-Tahaddy 1–0 2–0
Kampala City Council FC   w/o1   Al Ahly
AS Vita Club   2–0   Simba SC 1–0 1–0

1 Olympic Niamey and Al Ahly SC withdrew.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé   3–1   Green Buffaloes 2–0 1–1
Enugu Rangers   4–1   Kampala City Council FC 3–1 1–0
JE Tizi Ouzou   3–3 (a)   AS Vita Club 3–2 0–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso   1–8   Hafia FC 0–4 1–4

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé   0–0 (6–5 p)   Enugu Rangers 0–0 0–0
Hafia FC   3–3 (a)   AS Vita Club 2–0 1–3

Final

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Canon Yaoundé  2–0  Hafia FC

Champion

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1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
 
Canon Yaoundé
Second title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Seydouba Bangoura   Hafia FC 2
  Mayanga Maku   AS Vita Club 2
3   Kamel Aouis   JE Tizi Ouzou 1
  Bachir Douadi   JE Tizi Ouzou 1
  Amara Touré   Hafia FC 1
  ... Katshimuka   AS Vita Club 1
  ... Lupela   AS Vita Club 1

References

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  1. ^ a b Mahjoub, Faouzi (February 1979). "Canon sur Yaounde". Onze. No. 38. Paris. pp. 52–57.
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