1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April 1970 - 24 January 1971
Teams	23 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Asante Kotoko (1st title)
Runners-up	TP Englebert
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	145 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pierre Kalala (4 goals)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1970 was the 6th 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.

The tournament was played by 23 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Asante Kotoko from Ghana won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aigle Royal	5–51	CARA Brazzaville	0–3	5–2
CR Belcourt	5–52	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	5–3	0–22
Lavori Publici	4–5	Prisons FC Kampala	2–1	2–4
AS Real Bamako	5–2	AS Fonctionnaires	3–0	2–2
Secteur 6 FC	2–3	Union Douala	0–2	2–1
Stationery Stores	6–3	Forces Armées	3–1	3–2
Young Africans	6–4	US Fonctionnaires	4–0	2–4

¹ CARA Brazzaville won after drawing of lots.
² CR Belcourt withdrew after the first leg.

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Real Bamako	4–9	Stade d'Abidjan	2–3	2–6
TP Englebert	5–2	CARA Brazzaville	3–0	2–2
AS Kaloum Star	4–3	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	3–1	1–2
Ismaily	1–0	Al-Hilal Club	1–0	0–0
Nakuru All Stars	2–3	Young Africans	1–0	1–3
Prisons FC Kampala	4–41	Tele SC Asmara	3–2	1–2
Union Douala	1–11	Modèle Lomé	0–0	1–1
Stationery Stores	3–3	Asante Kotoko	3–2	0–12

¹ Prisons FC Kampala and Modèle Lomé won after drawing of lots.
² Leading 1-0 in the second half of extra time, Asante Kotoko were awarded a penalty. Stationery Stores refused to let the penalty be taken and the match was abandoned. CAF ruled that Asante Kotoko should be considered the winners of the tie. ^[1]

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade d'Abidjan	4–5	AS Kaloum Star	1–1	3–4
Modèle Lomé	1–3	TP Englebert	0–0	1–3
Ismaily	6–2	Prisons FC Kampala	4–1	2–1
Young Africans	1–3	Asante Kotoko	1–1	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star	2–5	TP Englebert	1–2	1–3
Ismaily	0–2	Asante Kotoko	0–0	0–2

Final

Main article: 1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

10 January 1971

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Asante Kotoko	1–1	TP Englebert
Gariba 34'		Kalala 50'

Kumasi Stadium, Kumasi

24 January 1971

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TP Englebert	1–2	Asante Kotoko
Tshinabu 19'		Gariba 12' Jabir 80'

20 May Stadium, Kinshasa

TP Englebert

Asante Kotoko

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1970 Winners
Asante Kotoko First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Pierre Kalala	TP Englebert	4
2	Hacène Lalmas	CR Belcourt	3
	Kamunda Tshinabu	TP Englebert	3
	Abdou El-Hamalawi	Ismaily	3
5	André Kalonzo	TP Englebert	2
	Abukari Gariba	Asante Kotoko	2
	Malik Jabir	Asante Kotoko	2
	Ali Abo Greisha	Ismaily	2

References

1. "That controversial African clubs match: Kotoko declared winners". Daily Graphic. No. 6163. Accra. 27 July 1970. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

External links

• African Cup of Champions results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation