1992 CAF Cup Final

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1992 Abiola Cup Final
Event 1992 CAF Cup
First leg
Date14 November 1992
Venue Nakivubo Stadium, Kampala
Referee Hounake Kouassi
Second leg
Date28 November 1992
Venue Liberty Stadium, Ibadan
Referee Abdelali Naciri
Attendance≈ 50.000
1993

The 1992 CAF Cup Final was the inaugural final of the CAF Cup, a two-legged tie to determine the first winner of the Moshood Abiola trophy. The final pitted Shooting Stars of Ibadan from Nigeria against Nakivubo Villa from Uganda. The first leg took place in Kampala, Uganda on 14 November at Nakivubo Stadium,[ citation needed ] while the second leg was held in Ibadan, Nigeria on 28 November at Liberty Stadium. [1]

Contents

Shooting Stars emerged victorious with an aggregate score of 3–0, thereby becoming the first team to win the CAF Cup and achieving their second continental trophy after conquering the 1976 African Cup Winners' Cup. [2]

Venues

Night aerial view of Hamz Stadium in Nakivubo Kampala.jpg
Ibadan stadium, Ibadan2.jpg
Nakivubo Stadium (left) and Liberty Stadium, venues for the series

Route to the final

Shooting StarsRoundNakivubo Villa
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Bye First round Flag of Eswatini.svg Moneni Pirates 5–23–1 (H)2–1 (A)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg USC Bobo Dioulasso 4–11–1 (A)3–1 (H) Second round Flag of Kenya.svg Kisumu Postal 2–01–0 (H)1–0 (A)
Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg Mbongo Sport 1–1 (3–2 p)1–0 (H)0–1 (A) Quarter-finals Flag of Gabon.svg ASMO Libreville 3–23–1 (H)0–1 (A)
Flag of Tunisia.svg CA Bizertin 3–20–2 (A)3–0 (H) Semi-finals Flag of Mozambique.svg Ferroviário de Maputo 2–2 (4–3 p)1–1 (H)1–1 (A)

Match details

First leg

First leg
Nakivubo Villa [a] Flag of Uganda.svg 0–0 Flag of Nigeria.svg Shooting Stars [b]
Report

Second leg

Second leg
Shooting Stars Flag of Nigeria.svg 3–0 Flag of Uganda.svg Nakivubo Villa
Azeez Soccerball shade.svg39' (pen.)
Adeyemi Soccerball shade.svg68'
Uti Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report
Liberty Stadium , Ibadan
Attendance: 50.000 [6]
Referee: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco)

See also

Notes

  1. Some of the full names of the Nakibuvo Villa players were taken from a Facebook article about the career of Robert Mukiibi. [3]
  2. Some of the full names of the Shooting Stars players were taken from articles that described the 1992 CAF Cup campaign [4] or the legacy that some players left behind for the club. [5]

References

  1. CAF Cup 1992
  2. 1976 African Cup Winners' Cup
  3. "ROBERT MUKIIBI: The Alpha Male of Ugandan Football Wasted Talents". 28 December 2023.
  4. "SPORTSFLAKES: SHOOTING, AIR MOBUTU AND ALEX TUNWAGUN". 25 June 2021. Archived June 16, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "SPORTS FLAKES: SHOOTING WON'T FORGET AKINWALE'S 1991 BRACE". 14 August 2020. Archived June 16, 2024, at the Wayback Machine .
  6. Nemzeti Sport, KUPAKAVALKÁD 1992, 7 March 1993, nr. 65, year IV, p. 16