1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored92 (4.18 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Mali.svg Salif Kéïta (14 goals)
1967

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1966 was the 2nd 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.

Contents

The tournament was played by 13 teams, with the winner of the previous edition (Oryx Douala) given a bye into the semi-finals. The structure of the tournament was a knock-out tournament with ties played home and away. Stade d'Abidjan from Côte d'Ivoire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

Bracket

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Oryx Douala 2 2 4
Flag of Liberia.svg Invincible Eleven 2 0 2 Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 4 3 7
Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 3 6 9 Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 2 3 5
Flag of Guinea.svg Conakry I 13 3 w/o Flag of Guinea.svg Conakry I 1 2 3
Flag of Senegal.svg US Gorée 0 0 Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 3 1 4
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethio-Cement 1 0 1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan (a.e.t.) 1 4 5
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Hilal 4 6 10 Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Hilal 6 4 10
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Diables Noirs 1 2 3 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Diables Noirs 1 1 2
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg AS Dragons 2 0 2 Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Hilal 1 2 3
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Étoile Filante (Lomé) 0 0 0 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 0 4 4
Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 3 3 6 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 0 2 2
Flag of Upper Volta.svg Étoile Filante 2 1 3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 1 2 3
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 0 4 4

1 US Gorée withdrew.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Conakry I Flag of Guinea.svg w/o 1 Flag of Senegal.svg US Gorée
Diables Noirs Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg 3–2 Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg AS Dragons 1–22–0
Ethio-Cement Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg 1–10 Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Hilal 1–40–6
Étoile Filante (Lomé) Flag of Togo (3-2).svg 0–6 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 0–30–3
Étoile Filante Flag of Upper Volta.svg 3–4 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 2–01–4
Invincible Eleven Flag of Liberia.svg 2–9 Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 2–30–6
Oryx Douala Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg bye

1 US Gorée withdrew.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Hilal Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg 10–2 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Diables Noirs 6–14–1
Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg 2–3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 0–12–2
Real Bamako Flag of Mali.svg 5–3 Flag of Guinea.svg Conakry I 2–13–2
Oryx Douala Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg bye

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Hilal Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg 3–4 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 1–02–4
Oryx Douala Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg 4–7 Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 2–42–3

Final

Real Bamako Flag of Mali.svg 3–1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan
Stade Omnisports, Bamako
Attendance: 30 000
Stade d'Abidjan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 4–1 (a.e.t.) Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako

Stade d'Abidjan won 5–4 on aggregate.

Champion

1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg
Stade d'Abidjan
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Mali.svg Salif Kéïta Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 14
2 Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Jaxa Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Hilal 7
3 Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Mostafa Shawish Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Hilal 5
4 Flag of Mali.svg Adama Haidara Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 4
5 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Samuel Mbappé Léppé Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Oryx Douala 3
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Sidig Mohamed Ahmed Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Hilal 3
7 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Bistouri Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Diables Noirs 2
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Henri Ahibo Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 2
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Maurice Déhi Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stade d'Abidjan 2
Flag of Mali.svg Idrissa Kante Flag of Mali.svg Real Bamako 2
Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Abdel Mahmoud Ibrahim Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Hilal 2