Event | 1998 CAF Champions League | ||||||
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First leg | |||||||
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Date | 28 November 1998 | ||||||
Venue | National Sports Stadium, Harare | ||||||
Referee | Karim Daho (Algeria) | ||||||
Attendance | 45 000 | ||||||
Second leg | |||||||
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Date | 12 December 1998 | ||||||
Venue | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan | ||||||
Referee | Mourad Daami (Tunisia) | ||||||
Attendance | 50 000 | ||||||
The 1998 CAF Champions League Final is the final of the 1998 CAF Champions League, the 34th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current CAF Champions League format.
The final is contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Dynamos FC of Zimbabwe and ASEC Mimosas of Côte d'Ivoire. The first leg was hosted by Dynamos FC at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on 28 November 1998, while the second leg was hosted by ASEC Mimosas at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan on 12 December 1998. ASEC Mimosas won on aggregate and it earns the right to play in the 1999 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup. [1]
In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.
Team | Region | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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Dynamos Harare | COSAFA (Southern Africa) | none |
ASEC Mimosas | WAFU (West Africa) | 1995 |
Harare National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Harare, Zimbabwe, with a maximum capacity of 60,000 people. [2] It is the largest stadium in Zimbabwe. Located in Harare just a Few meters from Heroes Acre. It is used mostly for football matches, but is also used for rugby union. CAPS United F.C. use the venue, which opened in 1987, for most of their home games.
The stadium has hosted many important events since its construction such as the 1995 All-Africa Games.
Although it is not the stadium of Dynamos, it was used in the CAF Champions League because it is larger than Rufaro Stadium (stadium of the team) that has a capacity of 35,000 spectators.
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium, nicknamed Le Félicia, is a multi-purpose stadium, which can host football, rugby union and athletics, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is the national stadium of the Ivory Coast national football team. It is named after the first president of the country, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and is located in the commune of Le Plateau. The stadium has a capacity of 50,000. [3] It also hosts matches of the ASEC Abidjan. It has been the site of several deadly stampedes.
Dynamos Harare | Round | ASEC Mimosas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Qualifying rounds | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Telecom Wanderers | 4–2 | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (H) | First round | RC Bobo | 4–2 | 0–1 (A) | 4–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ferroviário Maputo | 2–1 | 1–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) | Second round | FC 105 Libreville | 4–2 | 2–0 (H) | 2–2 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eagle Cement | 3–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | Raja Casablanca | 1–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearts of Oak | 1–1 (A) | Matchday 2 | Young Africans | 2–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Étoile du Sahel | 1–0 (H) | Matchday 3 | Manning Rangers | 3–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Étoile du Sahel | 0–1 (A) | Matchday 4 | Manning Rangers | 0–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eagle Cement | 1–0 (A) | Matchday 5 | Raja Casablanca | 1–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hearts of Oak | 0–1 (H) | Matchday 6 | Young Africans | 3–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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