1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 21 December 1971
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Canon Yaoundé (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored117 (2.66 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Ghana.svg Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (6 goals)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 was the 7th 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 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Abaluhya United Flag of Kenya.svg 1–3 Flag of Ghana.svg Great Olympics 0–01–3
Al-Merrikh Flag of Sudan.svg 2–2 (5–4 p) Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Tele SC Asmara 2–10–1
Canon Yaoundé Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg 9–4 Flag of Gabon.svg AS Solidarité 7–32–1
ASC Diaraf Flag of Senegal.svg 3–4 Flag of Mali.svg Stade Malien 3–00–4
Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 1–0 Flag of Libya (1969-1972).svg Al-Ahly Benghazi 0–01–0
Maseru United Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg 3–5 Flag of Madagascar.svg MMM Tamatave 1–22–3
AS Porto Novo Flag of Benin.svg 0–3 Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Victoria Club Mokanda 0–10–2
Secteur 6 FC Flag of Niger.svg 1–2 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 1–10–1
Young Africans Flag of Tanzania.svg 2–0 Flag of Somalia.svg Lavori Publici 2–00–0

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star Flag of Guinea.svg 4–5 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 3–31–2
Al-Merrikh Flag of Sudan.svg 2–2 (4–5 p) Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 2–10–1
Coffee United SC Flag of Uganda.svg w/o1 Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans ——
Al-Ismaily Flag of Egypt.svg w/o2 Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis ——
Stade Malien Flag of Mali.svg 3–4 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 2–21–2
MMM Tamatave Flag of Madagascar.svg 2–8 Flag of Ghana.svg Great Olympics 2–10–7 [1]
Victoria Club Mokanda Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg 1–4 Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Dynamic Togolais 1–20–2
AS Vita Club Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg 3–3 (3–4 p) Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Canon Yaoundé 2–01–3

1 Young Africans withdrew.
2 Espérance de Tunis withdrew.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Coffee United SC Flag of Uganda.svg 0–2 Flag of Ghana.svg Great Olympics 0–00–2
Dynamic Togolais Flag of Togo (3-2).svg 4–6 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Canon Yaoundé 1–23–4
Enugu Rangers Flag of Nigeria.svg 0–3 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 0–10–2
Al-Ismaily Flag of Egypt.svg 1–4 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 1–10–3

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 3–5 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Canon Yaoundé 2–11–4
Great Olympics Flag of Ghana.svg 1–2 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 1–10–1

Final

Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg 3–0 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Canon Yaoundé
Kumasi Stadium, Kumasi
Referee: Attiogbé (Togo) [2]
Canon Yaoundé Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg 2–0 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko
Stade militaire de Yaoundé, Yaoundé
Referee: Y. Tessema (Ethiopia) [2]

For the final, only points aggregate, not goals aggregate was considered.

Canon Yaoundé Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg 1–01 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko
Stade militaire de Yaoundé, Yaoundé
Referee: Y. Tessema (Ethiopia) [2]

1The match was abandoned at the 82' with Canon Yaoundé leading 1-0 after Asante Kotoko fans invaded the pitch. Canon Yaoundé were declared champions.

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1971 Winners
Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg
Canon Yaoundé
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Ghana.svg Cecil Jones Attuquayefio Flag of Ghana.svg Great Olympics 6
2 Flag of Ghana.svg Abukari Gariba Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 3
Flag of Mali.svg Lamine "Jules" Traoré Flag of Mali.svg Stade Malien 3
4 Flag of Ghana.svg Peter Lamptey Flag of Ghana.svg Great Olympics 2
Flag of Mali.svg Mamadou "Doudou" Diakité Flag of Mali.svg Stade Malien 2

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References

  1. ↑ Reuters Archive Licensing. Filmed highlights, titled "Ghana: Ghana's champion football clubs crushes Madagascar's champions".
  2. 1 2 3 4 Faouzi, Mahjoub (10 January 1972). "Canon de Yaoundé 'Déclaré vainqueur' de la 7e Coupe d'Afrique des Clubs". Miroir du Football (in French). No. 160. Paris. pp. 31–34.
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