1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams28 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Cameroon.svg Union Douala (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored100 (2.22 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Tanzania.svg Ally Thuwem (3 goals)
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The 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 15th 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 28 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Union Douala from Cameroon won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASDR Fatima Flag of the Central African Republic.svg 2–2 (4–5 p) Flag of Upper Volta.svg Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 1–11–1
Al-Ahli Tripoli Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg 1–4 Flag of Algeria.svg MP Alger 1–20–2
Kenya Breweries Flag of Kenya.svg n/p1 Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Merrikh ——
Desportivo Maputo Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg 3–3 (a) Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg Matlama FC 3–20–1
Dragons de l'Ouémé Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg 1–5 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports 0–21–3
Etoile du Congo Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg 3–1 Flag of Gabon.svg FC 105 Libreville 2–01–1
Mighty Blackpool Flag of Sierra Leone.svg 2–2 (2–4 p) Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 2–00–2
Ogaden Anbassa Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg w/o2 Flag of Malawi.svg Bata Bullets ——
Saint Joseph Warriors Flag of Liberia.svg 0–1 Flag of The Gambia.svg Real Banjul 0–00–1
Simba SC Flag of Tanzania.svg 5–4 Flag of Zambia.svg Mufulira Wanderers 0–45–0
US Gorée Flag of Senegal.svg 3–1 Flag of Mauritania (1959-2017).svg ASC Garde Nationale 2–01–1
Zamalek Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 4–1 Flag of Uganda.svg Simba FC 2–1w/o3

1Both teams withdrew; the tie was scratched.
2 Bata Bullets withdrew.
3 Simba FC did not show up for the second leg.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Africa Sports Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg 1–2 Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg CS Imana 1–00–2
Etoile du Congo Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg 2–4 Flag of Senegal.svg US Gorée 2–30–1
Hafia FC Flag of Guinea.svg 1–1 (1–0 p) Flag of Upper Volta.svg Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 1–00–1
Hearts of Oak Flag of Ghana.svg 3–1 Flag of The Gambia.svg Real Banjul 2–01–1
MP Alger Flag of Algeria.svg 2–2 (1–2 p) Flag of Cameroon.svg Union Douala 2–00–2
Simba SC Flag of Tanzania.svg 0–2 Flag of Nigeria.svg Raccah Rovers 0–00–2
Zamalek SC Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg w/o1 Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg Ogaden Anbassa ——
Matlama FC Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg bye2

1 Ogaden Anbassa withdrew.
2 Matlama FC were drawn against the winner of the tie between Kenya Breweries and Al-Merrikh, but both teams withdrew.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Hafia FC Flag of Guinea.svg 2–3 Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 2–00–3
Matlama FC Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg 1–5 Flag of Cameroon.svg Union Douala 1–30–2
US Gorée Flag of Senegal.svg 2–1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Raccah Rovers 2–00–1
Zamalek Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg 3–2 Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg CS Imana 3–10–11

1The 2nd leg was abandoned with CS Imana leading 1-0 due to a pitch invasion and crowd disturbances; Zamalek were ejected from the competition.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
CS Imana Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg 1–3 Flag of Cameroon.svg Union Douala 1–20–1
US Gorée Flag of Senegal.svg 2–6 Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 1–21–4

Final

Hearts of Oak Flag of Ghana.svg 1–0 Flag of Cameroon.svg Union Douala
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Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
Union Douala Flag of Cameroon.svg 1–0 Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak
Penalties
5–3
Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé
Attendance: 90 000
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Union Douala
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Hearts of Oak

Champion

1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Flag of Cameroon.svg
Union Douala
First title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Tanzania.svg Ally Thuwen Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba SC 3
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Bouzid Mahiouz Flag of Algeria.svg MP Alger 2
Flag of Cameroon.svg Teni Yerima Flag of Cameroon.svg Union Douala 2
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Hassan Shehata Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg Zamalek 2
Flag of Ghana.svg Mohammed Polo Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 2
Flag of Ghana.svg John Nketia Yawson Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 2
Flag of Tanzania.svg George Kulagwa Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba SC 2

References

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