1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1979 28 1 CMR Union Douala 1 GHA Hearts of Oak 45 100 TANAlly Thuwem (3 goals) 1978 1980 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 ASDR Fatima CAR 2–2 4–5 Silures Bobo-Dioulasso Upper Volta 1–1 1–1 Al-Ahli Tripoli LBY 1–4 MP Alger ALG 1–2 0–2 1977 Kenya Breweries KEN n/p1 Al-Merrikh SUD — — Desportivo Maputo MOZ 3–3 (a) Matlama FC LES 3–2 0–1 1966 1975 Dragons de l'Ouémé BEN 1–5 Africa Sports CIV 0–2 1–3 1975 Etoile du Congo CGO 3–1 FC 105 Libreville GAB 2–0 1–1 1970 Mighty Blackpool SLE 2–2 2–4 Hearts of Oak GHA 2–0 0–2 Ogaden Anbassa ETH w/o2 Bata Bullets MWI — — 1964 1975 Saint Joseph Warriors LBR 0–1 Real Banjul GAM 0–0 0–1 Simba SC TAN 5–4 Mufulira Wanderers ZAM 0–4 5–0 US Gorée SEN 3–1 ASC Garde Nationale MTN 2–0 1–1 1959 Zamalek EGY 4–1 Simba FC UGA 2–1 w/o3 1972 |} 1 Both teams withdrew; the tie was scratched. 2 Bata Bullets withdrew. 3 Simba FC did not show up for the second leg. Second round Africa Sports CIV 1–2 CS Imana ZAI 1–0 0–2 Etoile du Congo CGO 2–4 US Gorée SEN 2–3 0–1 1970 Hafia FC GUI 1–1 1–0 Silures Bobo-Dioulasso Upper Volta 1–0 0–1 Hearts of Oak GHA 3–1 Real Banjul GAM 2–0 1–1 MP Alger ALG 2–2 1–2 Union Douala CMR 2–0 0–2 Simba SC TAN 0–2 Raccah Rovers NGA 0–0 0–2 Zamalek SC EGY w/o1 Ogaden Anbassa ETH — — 1975 1972 Matlama FC LES bye2 1966 |} 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 Hafia FC GUI 2–3 Hearts of Oak GHA 2–0 0–3 Matlama FC LES 1–5 Union Douala CMR 1–3 0–2 1966 US Gorée SEN 2–1 Raccah Rovers NGA 2–0 0–1 Zamalek EGY 3–2 CS Imana ZAI 3–1 0–11 1972 |} 1 The 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 CS Imana ZAI 1–3 Union Douala CMR 1–2 0–1 US Gorée SEN 2–6 Hearts of Oak GHA 1–2 1–4 |} Final 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final 2 December 1979 --:-- 0 Hearts of Oak GHA 1–0 CMR Union Douala Yawson 87 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra 16 December 1979 --:-- 1 Union Douala CMR 1–0 GHA Hearts of Oak Bell 90 pen. Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé 90 000 5–3 00a933 00a933 00a933 00a933 00a933 _3_stripes_border_white _3_stripes_neck_white _3_stripes_border_white _white_stripes_adidas _3_stripes_white Union Douala right 2a6099 ffff38 2A6099 ffff38 ff0000 _heartsofoak1979 _blue_stripes _2_stripes_white Hearts of Oak Champion 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners CMR Union Douala First Top scorers May 2019 The top scorers from the 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows: RankNameTeamGoals1TAN Ally ThuwenTAN Simba SC32ALG Bouzid MahiouzALG MP Alger2CMR Teni YerimaCMR Union Douala2EGY 1972 Hassan ShehataEGY 1972 Zamalek2GHA Mohammed PoloGHA Hearts of Oak2GHA John Nketia YawsonGHA Hearts of Oak2TAN George KulagwaTAN Simba SC2 References RSSSF.com 1979 Cup of Champions Clubs