1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 18 December 1977
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC (3rd title)
Runners-up Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored156 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Mahmoud El Khatib (4 goals)
1976
1978

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1977 was the 13th 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 29 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Hafia FC from Guinea won that final, and became CAF club champion for the third time.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASC Diaraf Flag of Senegal.svg 5–0 Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg ASC Garde Nationale 3–02–0
SC Gagnoa Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg w/o1 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg AS Tempête Mocaf
Gor Mahia Flag of Kenya.svg 3–3 (5–3 p) Flag of Malawi.svg Yamaha Wanderers 1–22–1
Horseed FC Flag of Somalia.svg 1–4 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Al Ahly 1–10–3
Kampala City Council FC Flag of Uganda.svg 4–0 Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg Mechal Army 1–03–0
Mufulira Wanderers Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg 3–3 Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg Maseru United 1–12–2
Olympic Niamey Flag of Niger.svg 4–6 Flag of Libya.svg Al-Madina 2–42–2
Saint Joseph Warriors FC Flag of Liberia.svg 2–5 Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 1–31–2
Simba SC Flag of Tanzania.svg w/o1 Flag of Eswatini.svg Mbabane Highlanders
TP Mazembe Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg 1–4 Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Lomé I 1–10–3
UD Internacional Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg 0–6 Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba AC 0–10–5
Union Douala Flag of Cameroon.svg 3–0 Flag of Upper Volta.svg Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 2–01–0
Vantour Club Mangoungou Flag of Gabon.svg 4–8 Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Diables Noirs 2–42–4

1 Mbabane Highlanders and AS Tempête Mocaf withdrew.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 7–3 Flag of Libya.svg Al-Madina 7–20–1
Diables Noirs Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg 1–2 Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 0–11–1
ASC Diaraf Flag of Senegal.svg 2–3 Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 1–11–2
SC Gagnoa Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 2–4 Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba AC 1–31–1
Gor Mahia Flag of Kenya.svg 4–5 Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Mufulira Wanderers 2–12–4
Kampala City Council FC Flag of Uganda.svg 3–4 Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 1–12–3
Union Douala Flag of Cameroon.svg 2–2 (3–4 p) Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Lomé I 1–11–1
Kwara Water Corporation FC Flag of Nigeria.svg 1–0 Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba SC 0–01–0

Quarter-Finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al Ahly Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 1–3 Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 1–00–3
Djoliba AC Flag of Mali.svg 2–11 Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Lomé I 2–00–1
MP Alger 2 Flag of Algeria.svg 2–3 Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Mufulira Wanderers 2–10–2
Kwara Water Corporation FC Flag of Nigeria.svg 4–5 Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 4–20–3

1 Djoliba AC were disqualified as Mali were suspended by CAF after police and security forces assaulted officials during an African Cup of Nations qualifying match in Bamako against Ivory Coast on 19 June.
1 MC Alger changed its name to MP Alger as part of the sports national reform.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Lomé I Flag of Togo (3-2).svg 2–3 Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC 2–10–2
Mufulira Wanderers Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg 5–5 (a) Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 5–20–3

Final

Hearts of Oak Flag of Ghana.svg 0–1 Flag of Guinea.svg Hafia FC
  • Touré Soccerball shade.svg26'
Hafia FC Flag of Guinea.svg 3–2 Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak
Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Attendance: 30,000

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1977 Winners
Flag of Guinea.svg
Hafia FC
Third Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Mahmoud El Khatib Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Al Ahly 4
2 Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Taher El Shaikh Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Al Ahly 3
Flag of Ghana.svg Robert Hammond Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 3
Flag of Ghana.svg Peter Lamptey Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 3
Flag of Mali.svg Alaka Boura Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba 3
6 Flag of Algeria.svg Abdeslam Bousri Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 2
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Sherif Abdel Moneim Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Al Ahly 2
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Mokhtar Mokhtar Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Al Ahly 2
Flag of Ghana.svg Mohammed Polo Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 2
Flag of Ghana.svg Anas Seidu Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 2
Flag of Kenya.svg Allan Thigo Flag of Kenya.svg Gor Mahia 2
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Thomas Bwalya Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Mufulira Wanderers 2
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Willie Mukwasa Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg Mufulira Wanderers 2