African Cup Winners' Cup

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African Cup Winners' Cup
Coupe d'Afrique des vainqueurs de coupe de football.jpg
The African Cup Winners' Cup is on display at the ES Sahel headquarters
Organising body CAF
Founded1975
Abolished2003
RegionAfrica
Number of teams32 (first round)
Last champions Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Sahel
(2nd title)
Most successful club(s) Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
(4 titles)
Website cafonline.com

The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was modelled after the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

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History

The competition was founded at the beginning of 1975 by the Confederation of African Football, following the example of UEFA in Europe, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. For the first edition, fifteen teams took part registered and it was the Cameroonian club of Tonnerre Yaoundé who were the first winners, after defeating the Ivorians Stella Club d'Adjamé in the final. [1]

Records and statistics

Finals

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 40 1984, 1985, 1986, 1993
Flag of Egypt.svg El Mokawloon SC 30 1982, 1983, 1996
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports National 22 1992, 1999 1980, 1993
Flag of Tunisia.svg ÉS Sahel 20 1997, 2003
Flag of Cameroon.svg Canon Yaoundé 13 1979 1977, 1984, 2000
Flag of Cameroon.svg Tonnerre Yaoundé 11 1975 1976
Flag of Kenya.svg Gor Mahia FC 11 1987 1979
Flag of Nigeria.svg BCC Lions 11 1990 1991
Flag of Zambia.svg Power Dynamos FC 11 1991 1982
Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Tunis 11 1998 1987
Flag of Nigeria.svg Shooting Stars FC 10 1976
Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 10 1977
Flag of Guinea.svg Horoya AC 10 1978
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 10 1980
Flag of Cameroon.svg Union Douala 10 1981
Flag of Tunisia.svg CA Bizerte 10 1988
Flag of Sudan.svg Al-Merrikh SC 10 1989
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DC Motema Pembe 10 1994
Flag of Algeria.svg JS Kabylie 10 1995
Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek SC 10 2000
Flag of South Africa.svg Kaizer Chiefs FC 10 2001
Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC Casablanca 10 2002
Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain 02 1990, 1999
Flag of Nigeria.svg Julius Berger FC 02 1995, 2003
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Stella Club d'Adjamé 01 1975
Flag of Algeria.svg NA Hussein Dey 01 1978
Flag of Nigeria.svg Stationery Stores F.C. 01 1981
Flag of Togo.svg OC Agaza 01 1983
Flag of Nigeria.svg Leventis United 01 1985
Flag of Gabon.svg AS Sogara 01 1986
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ranchers Bees FC 01 1988
Flag of Nigeria.svg Esan F.C. 01 1989
Flag of Burundi.svg Vital'O FC 01 1992
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya Breweries FC 01 1994
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AC Sodigraf 01 1996
Flag of Morocco.svg FAR Rabat 01 1997
Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto 01 1998
Flag of Angola.svg Interclube 01 2001
Flag of Ghana.svg Asante Kotoko SC 01 2002

Performance by country

countryWinnersRunners-upWinning clubsRunners-up
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 80 Al Ahly (4), El Mokawloon SC (3), Zamalek SC (1)-
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 43 ÉS Sahel (2), CA Bizerte (1), ES Tunis (1) Club Africain (2), ES Tunis (1)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 37 Shooting Stars FC (1), Enugu Rangers (1), BCC Lions (1) Julius Berger FC (2), Stationery Stores F.C.(1), Leventis United (1), Ranchers Bees FC (1), Esan F.C. (1), BCC Lions (1)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 34 Tonnerre Yaoundé (1), Canon Yaoundé (1), Union Douala (1) Canon Yaoundé (3), Tonnerre Yaoundé (1)
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 23 Africa Sports National (2) Africa Sports National (2), Stella Club d'Adjamé (1)
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 21 TP Mazembe (1), DC Motema Pembe(1) AC Sodigraf (1)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 12 Gor Mahia FC (1) Gor Mahia FC (1), Kenya Breweries FC (1)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 11 JS Kabylie (1) NA Hussein Dey (1)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 11 Wydad AC Casablanca (1) FAR Rabat (1)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 11 Power Dynamos FC (1) Power Dynamos FC (1)
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 10 Horoya AC (1)-
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 10 Kaizer Chiefs FC (1)-
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 10 Al-Merrikh SC (1)-
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 02- Primeiro de Agosto (1), Interclube (1)
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 01- Vital'O FC (1)
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 01- AS Sogara (1)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 01- Asante Kotoko SC (1)
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 01- OC Agaza (1)

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