1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril 1968 – 30 March 1969
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of the Republic of the Congo-Leopoldville (1963-1964); Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964-1966).svg TP Englebert (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Togo.svg Étoile Filante (Lomé)
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored102 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the Republic of the Congo-Leopoldville (1963-1964); Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964-1966).svg Pierre Kalala (7 goals)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1968 was the 4th 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.

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The tournament was played by 20 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. TP Englebert from Congo-Kinshasa won the final, and became CAF club champion for the second time in a row for the first time this makes the record holders for the number of titles won.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Etoile du Congo Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg w/o 1 Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mighty Blackpool ——
FAR Rabat Flag of Morocco.svg w/o 1 Flag of The Gambia.svg Augustinians FC ——
Police (Mogadishu) Flag of Somalia.svg w/o 1 Flag of Tanzania.svg Cosmopolitans FC ——
Secteur 6 Flag of Niger.svg 2–4 Flag of Upper Volta.svg US Ouagadougou 1–11–3

1 Mighty Blackpool, Augustinians FC and Cosmopolitans FC all withdrew.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Abaluhya United Flag of Kenya.svg 4–2 Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Saint-George SA 1–13–1
Africa Sports Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 6–41 Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg TP Englebert 2–04–4
Etoile du Congo Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg 4–6 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Oryx Douala 1–23–4
FAR Rabat Flag of Morocco.svg 3–0 Flag of Senegal.svg Foyer France 2–01–0
Mighty Barrolle Flag of Liberia.svg 1–22 Flag of Guinea.svg Conakry II 1–2n/p2
Police (Mogadishu) Flag of Somalia.svg 2–4 Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Mourada 1–11–3
Stationery Stores Flag of Nigeria.svg 4–43 Flag of Ghana.svg Cape Coast Dwarfs 3–21–2
US Ouagadougou Flag of Upper Volta.svg 1–6 Flag of Togo.svg Étoile Filante (Lomé) 1–40–2

1 Africa Sports were ejected from the competition for fielding three ineligible players.
2 Mighty Barolle were disqualified after Liberia was suspended by FIFA.
3 Stationery Stores won after drawing of lots.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Abaluhya United Flag of Kenya.svg 4–3 Flag of Sudan (1956-1970).svg Al-Mourada 3–01–3
Étoile Filante (Lomé) Flag of Togo.svg 3–0 Flag of Guinea.svg Conakry II 3–01n/p1
FAR Rabat Flag of Morocco.svg 2–22 Flag of Nigeria.svg Stationery Stores 1–01–2
TP Englebert Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg 5–0 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Oryx Douala 3–02–0

1 The 1st leg was abandoned at 72' with Étoile Filante leading 3–0 after Conakry II walked off to protest the officiating and withdrew from the tournament; the 2nd leg was scratched and Étoile Filante advanced.
2 A third match was played in Dakar by mutual agreement: after this match finished 2–2 when extra time expired, FAR Rabat won after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Abaluhya United Flag of Kenya.svg 2–4 Flag of Togo.svg Étoile Filante (Lomé) 2–00–4
TP Englebert Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg 4–2 Flag of Morocco.svg FAR Rabat 1–13–1

Final

TP Englebert Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg 5–0 Flag of Togo.svg Étoile Filante (Lomé)
20 May Stadium, Kinshasa
Étoile Filante (Lomé) Flag of Togo.svg 4–1 Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg TP Englebert
Stade Général Eyadema, Lomé

TP Englebert won 6–4 on aggregate.

Champion

1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Flag of the Republic of the Congo-Leopoldville (1963-1964); Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1964-1966).svg
TP Englebert
Second Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg Pierre Kalala Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg TP Englebert 7
2 Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg Kamunda Tshinabu Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg TP Englebert 5
3 Flag of Kenya.svg Joe Kadenge Flag of Kenya.svg Abaluhya United 3
Flag of Kenya.svg John Nyawanga Flag of Kenya.svg Abaluhya United 3
Flag of Morocco.svg Driss Bamous Flag of Morocco.svg FAR Rabat 3
6 Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg André Kalonzo Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg TP Englebert 2
Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg ... Nyembo "Toyota" Flag of Congo-Kinshasa (1966-1971).svg TP Englebert 2
Flag of Kenya.svg John Ambani Flag of Kenya.svg Abaluhya United 2
Flag of Morocco.svg Moulay Driss Cherika Flag of Morocco.svg FAR Rabat 2
Flag of Togo.svg Désiré Ananou Flag of Togo.svg Étoile Filante 2
Flag of Togo.svg Docteur Kaolo Flag of Togo.svg Étoile Filante 2

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