1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 12 December 1976
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored128 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Algeria.svg Abdeslam Bousri (5 goals)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1976 was the 12th 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. MC Alger of Algeria won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time, and the first club from Algeria to win the trophy.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Ahly Benghazi Flag of Libya (1972-1977).svg 4–5 Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 3–21–3
Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg w/o1 Flag of Gabon.svg Okoume FC ——
CARA Brazzaville Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg 4–2 Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg CS Imana 4–00–2
AS Corps Enseignement Flag of Madagascar.svg 5–6 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba SC 4–21–4
ASC Diaraf Flag of Senegal.svg 10–2 Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Os Balantas 6–14–1
Express FC Flag of Uganda.svg 1–1 (4–3 p) Flag of Cameroon.svg Caïman Douala 1–00–1
Gor Mahia Flag of Kenya.svg 5–1 Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg Saint-George SA 3–12–0
Real Banjul Flag of The Gambia.svg 0–4 Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba AC 0–20–2
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso Flag of Upper Volta.svg w/o1 Flag of Niger.svg AS FAN Niamey ——

1 Okoume FC and AS FAN Niamey withdrew.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 4–0 Flag of Upper Volta.svg Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 2–02–0
Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg CARA Brazzaville 1–01–2
Djoliba AC Flag of Mali.svg 2–3 Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 2–10–2
Enugu Rangers Flag of Nigeria.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of Uganda.svg Express FC 0–02–2
Green Buffaloes Flag of Zambia.svg 4–2 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba SC 3–21–0
Lomé I Flag of Togo (3-2).svg 1–2 Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Diaraf 1–10–1
Gor Mahia Flag of Kenya.svg w/o1 Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Merrikh ——
MC Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 3–1 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 3–00–1

1 Al-Merrikh withdrew.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Flag of Ghana.svg 2–2 (a) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 2–10–1
ASC Diaraf Flag of Senegal.svg 2–6 Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 2–20–4
Green Buffaloes Flag of Zambia.svg 3–4 Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 3–10–3
MC Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 7–3 Flag of Kenya.svg Gor Mahia 6–31–0

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 3–5 Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 3–00–5
Enugu Rangers Flag of Nigeria.svg 2–3 Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 2–00–3

Final

Hafia FC Flag of Guinea.svg 3–0 Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: M. Joyna (Gambia)
MC Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 3–0 [1] Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC
Penalties
3–1
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Taoufik Ghazaya (Tunisia)

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1976 Winners
Flag of Algeria.svg
MC Alger
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Algeria.svg Abdeslam Bousri Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 5
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed Azzouz Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 3
Flag of Algeria.svg Zoubir Bachi Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 3
Flag of Algeria.svg Omar Betrouni Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 3
Flag of Guinea.svg N’Jo Léa Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 3
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Ali Bencheikh Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 2
Flag of Guinea.svg Bengally Sylla Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 2
Flag of Guinea.svg Morciré Sylla Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 2
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Paul Bawa Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 2
Flag of Libya (1972-1977).svg Ali Mersal Flag of Libya (1972-1977).svg Al-Ahly Benghazi 2

References

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