1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 16 December 1973
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg AS Vita Club (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored142 (3.23 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Guinea.svg Chérif Souleymane
(5 goals)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 was the 9th 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 24 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. AS Vita Club from Zaire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 5–2 Flag of Liberia.svg Mighty Barrolle 2–13–1
Kenya Breweries Flag of Kenya.svg 2–2 (5–4 p) Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Tele SC Asmara 1–11–1
CARA Brazzaville Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg 3–2 Flag of Burundi.svg Sports Dynamic 1–02–2
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) Flag of Senegal.svg 4–6 Flag of Togo.svg Modèle Lomé 2–22–4
Fortior Mahajanga Flag of Madagascar.svg 6–3 Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg Police FC 5–11–2
Horseed FC Flag of Somalia.svg 3–6 Flag of Egypt.svg Ismaily 3–10–5
Mighty Jets Flag of Nigeria.svg 2–21 Flag of Upper Volta.svg AS Jeanne d'Arc 2–10–1
Young Africans Flag of Tanzania.svg 2–3 Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Merrikh 1–21–1

1 AS Jeanne d'Arc withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Merrikh Flag of Sudan.svg 1–4 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 1–10–3
Kenya Breweries Flag of Kenya.svg 4–3 Flag of Uganda.svg Simba FC 3–11–2
Hafia FC Flag of Guinea.svg 5–5 (3–2 p) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 2–13–4
Ismaily Flag of Egypt.svg 5–1 Flag of Libya (1972-1977).svg Al-Ahly Benghazi 4–11–0
Kabwe Warriors Flag of Zambia.svg 7–0 Flag of Madagascar.svg Fortior Mahajanga 4–03–0
Léopard Douala Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg 2–1 Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg CARA Brazzaville 2–00–1
Stade Malien Flag of Mali.svg 2–1 Flag of Togo.svg Modèle Lomé 2–10–0
AS Vita Club Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg w/o1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Mighty Jets ——

1 Mighty Jets were forced to withdraw as they could not afford the cost of travel to Zaire for the first leg.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Kenya Breweries Flag of Kenya.svg 1–21 Flag of Egypt.svg Ismaily 0–01–2
Hafia FC Flag of Guinea.svg 5–6 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Léopard Douala 2–43–2
Kabwe Warriors Flag of Zambia.svg 2–3 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 2–10–2
Stade Malien Flag of Mali.svg 1–7 Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg AS Vita Club 0–31–4

1 Ismaily SC withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Kenya Breweries Flag of Kenya.svg 1–4 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 0–21–2
AS Vita Club Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg 4–3 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Léopard Douala 3–01–3

Final

Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg 4–2 Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg AS Vita Club
  • Jabir Soccerball shade.svg8'
  • Sam Soccerball shade.svg52', 57'
  • Acquah Soccerball shade.svg59'
Kumasi Stadium, Kumasi
AS Vita Club Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg 3–0 Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko
20 May Stadium, Kinshasa

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1973 Winners
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg
AS Vita Club
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Guinea.svg Chérif Souleymane Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 5
2 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Laurent Pokou Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 4
3 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ismail Hefny Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ismaily 3
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ossama Khalil Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ismaily 3
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Mayanga Maku Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg AS Vita Club 3
6 Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Roger Milla Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg Léopard Douala 2
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Sayed Abdel Razek Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ismaily 2
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ali Abo Greisha Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Ismaily 2
Flag of Guinea.svg Petit Sory Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 2
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Bernard N'Guessan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 2
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Ndaye Mulamba Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg AS Vita Club 2
Flag of Ghana.svg Joe Sam Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko 2
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Godfrey Chitalu Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Kabwe Warriors 2

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