1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	28 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Union Douala (1st title)
Runners-up	Hearts of Oak
Tournament statistics
Matches played	45
Goals scored	100 (2.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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.

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASDR Fatima	2–2 (4–5 p)	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	1–1	1–1
Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–4	MP Alger	1–2	0–2
Kenya Breweries	n/p1	Al-Merrikh	—	—
Desportivo Maputo	3–3 (a)	Matlama FC	3–2	0–1
Dragons de l'Ouémé	1–5	Africa Sports	0–2	1–3
Etoile du Congo	3–1	FC 105 Libreville	2–0	1–1
Mighty Blackpool	2–2 (2–4 p)	Hearts of Oak	2–0	0–2
Ogaden Anbassa	w/o2	Bata Bullets	—	—
Saint Joseph Warriors	0–1	Real Banjul	0–0	0–1
Simba SC	5–4	Mufulira Wanderers	0–4	5–0
US Gorée	3–1	ASC Garde Nationale	2–0	1–1
Zamalek	4–1	Simba FC	2–1	w/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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa Sports	1–2	CS Imana	1–0	0–2
Etoile du Congo	2–4	US Gorée	2–3	0–1
Hafia FC	1–1 (1–0 p)	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	1–0	0–1
Hearts of Oak	3–1	Real Banjul	2–0	1–1
MP Alger	2–2 (1–2 p)	Union Douala	2–0	0–2
Simba SC	0–2	Raccah Rovers	0–0	0–2
Zamalek SC	w/o1	Ogaden Anbassa	—	—
Matlama FC	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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hafia FC	2–3	Hearts of Oak	2–0	0–3
Matlama FC	1–5	Union Douala	1–3	0–2
US Gorée	2–1	Raccah Rovers	2–0	0–1
Zamalek	3–2	CS Imana	3–1	0–11

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.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CS Imana	1–3	Union Douala	1–2	0–1
US Gorée	2–6	Hearts of Oak	1–2	1–4

Final

Main article: 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

2 December 1979

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Hearts of Oak	1–0	Union Douala
Yawson 87'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

16 December 1979

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Union Douala	1–0	Hearts of Oak
Bell 90' (pen.)
Penalties
	5–3

Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé

Attendance: 90 000

Champion

1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Union Douala First title

Top scorers

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ally Thuwen	Simba SC	3
2	Bouzid Mahiouz	MP Alger	2
	Teni Yerima	Union Douala	2
	Hassan Shehata	Zamalek	2
	Mohammed Polo	Hearts of Oak	2
	John Nketia Yawson	Hearts of Oak	2
	George Kulagwa	Simba SC	2

References

• RSSSF.com