1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 April - 16 December 1973 24 1 ZAI AS Vita Club 1 GHA Asante Kotoko 44 142 GUI Chérif Souleymane(5 goals) 1972 1974 The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 was the 9th 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 24 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. AS Vita Club from Zaire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time. First round ASEC Mimosas CIV 5–2 Mighty Barrolle LBR 2–1 3–1 Kenya Breweries KEN 2–2 5–4 Tele SC Asmara ETH 1–1 1–1 1897 CARA Brazzaville CGO 3–2 Sports Dynamic BDI 1–0 2–2 1970 AS Forces Armées (Dakar) SEN 4–6 Modèle Lomé TOG 2–2 2–4 Fortior Mahajanga MAD 6–3 Police FC LES 5–1 1–2 1966 Horseed FC SOM 3–6 Ismaily EGY 3–1 0–5 Mighty Jets NGA 2–21 AS Jeanne d'Arc Upper Volta 2–1 0–1 Young Africans TAN 2–3 Al-Merrikh SUD 1–2 1–1 |} 1 AS Jeanne d'Arc withdrew after the 2nd leg. Second round Al-Merrikh SUD 1–4 Asante Kotoko GHA 1–1 0–3 Kenya Breweries KEN 4–3 Simba FC UGA 3–1 1–2 Hafia FC GUI 5–5 3–2 ASEC Mimosas CIV 2–1 3–4 Ismaily EGY 5–1 Al-Ahly Benghazi LBY 4–1 1–0 1972 Kabwe Warriors ZAM 7–0 Fortior Mahajanga MAD 4–0 3–0 Léopard Douala CMR 2–1 CARA Brazzaville CGO 2–0 0–1 1961 1970 Stade Malien Mali 2–1 Modèle Lomé TOG 2–1 0–0 AS Vita Club ZAI w/o1 Mighty Jets NGA — — |} 1 Mighty Jets were forced to withdraw as they could not afford the cost of travel to Zaire for the first leg. Quarter-finals Kenya Breweries KEN 1–21 Ismaily EGY 0–0 1–2 Hafia FC GUI 5–6 Léopard Douala CMR 2–4 3–2 1961 Kabwe Warriors ZAM 2–3 Asante Kotoko GHA 2–1 0–2 Stade Malien Mali 1–7 AS Vita Club ZAI 0–3 1–4 |} 1 Ismaily SC withdrew after the 2nd leg. Semi-finals Kenya Breweries KEN 1–4 Asante Kotoko GHA 0–2 1–2 AS Vita Club ZAI 4–3 Léopard Douala CMR 3–0 1–3 1961 |} Final 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final 25 November 1973 --:-- 0 Asante Kotoko GHA 4–2 ZAI AS Vita Club Jabir 8 Sam 52 57 Acquah 59 Mayanga 26 Mavuba 65 pen. Kumasi Stadium, Kumasi 16 December 1973 --:-- 1 AS Vita Club ZAI 3–0 GHA Asante Kotoko Mayanga 55 77 Kembo ? 20 May Stadium, Kinshasa Champion African Cup of Champions Clubs1973 WinnersZAI 100pxAS Vita ClubFirst Title Top scorers The top scorers from the 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows: RankNameTeamGoals1GUI Chérif SouleymaneGUI Hafia FC52CIV Laurent PokouCIV ASEC Mimosas43EGY 1972 Ismail HefnyEGY 1972 Ismaily3EGY 1972 Ossama KhalilEGY 1972 Ismaily3ZAI Mayanga MakuZAI AS Vita Club36CMR 1961 Roger MillaCMR 1961 Léopard Douala2EGY 1972 Sayed Abdel RazekEGY 1972 Ismaily2EGY 1972 Ali Abo GreishaEGY 1972 Ismaily2GUI Petit SoryGUI Hafia FC2CIV Bernard N'GuessanCIV ASEC Mimosas2ZAI Ndaye MulambaZAI AS Vita Club2GHA Joe SamGHA Asante Kotoko2ZAM 1964 Godfrey ChitaluZAM 1964 Kabwe Warriors2 External links African Cup of Champions results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1973 Cup of Champions Clubs