1997 CAF Champions League

1997 CAF Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	1 February – 14 December 1997
Teams	40 (from 40 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Raja Casablanca (2nd title)
Runners-up	Ashanti Gold SC

The 1997 CAF Champions League was the 33rd awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the inaugural prize under the current CAF Champions League format. Raja Casablanca of Morocco defeated Ashanti Gold SC of Ghana on penalties in the final to win their second title.

Qualifying Stage

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS CotonTchad	w/o1	AS Tempête Mocaf	–	–
Mogas 90 FC	1–2	CD Travadores	1–0	0–2
Muni Sport	5–1	Café Sportif	4–1	1–0
Junior Professionals	2–1	RC Bobo	2–0	0–1
St.-Michel United	1–5	FC BFV	1–2	0–3
Notwane FC	w/o2	Blue Waters FC	–	–
Limbe Leaf Wanderers	2–5	Roma Rovers	1–0	1–5
Young Africans	0–1	Express Red Eagles FC	0–0	0–1

¹ AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.
² Blue Waters FC withdrew.

First Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	9–2	CD Travadores	6–1	3–1
Udoji United	4–2	AS Kaloum Star	3–1	1–1
Unisport FC	2–2 (5-4 p)	Muni Sport	2–0	0–2
Ferroviário	5–0	FC BFV	4–0	1–0
Raja Casablanca	5–1	SONACOS	3–1	2–0
Mbilinga FC	6–4	DC Motema Pembe	3–0	3–4
Africa Sports National	4–2	AS CotonTchad	3–0	1–2
Primeiro de Agosto	3–2	Notwane FC	1–1	2–1
Zamalek SC	3–1	Saint George	2–0	1–1
Mufulira Wanderers	5–1	APR FC	4–1	1–0
Club Africain	4–3	Djoliba AC	3–2	1–1
Sunrise Flacq United	1–3	JS Saint-Pierroise	1–0	0–3
Kenya Breweries	0–0 (4-5 p)	Al-Hilal	0–0	0–0
Ashanti Gold SC	4–2	Junior Professionals	3–0	1–2
CAPS United	7–6	Express Red Eagles FC	5–2	2–4
Orlando Pirates	1–0	Roma Rovers	1–0	0–0

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	3–2	Udoji United	3–0	0–2
Unisport FC	2–4	Ferroviário	1–0	1–4
Raja Casablanca	4–1	Mbilinga FC	3–0	1–1
Africa Sports National	1–6	Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	0–5
Zamalek SC	6–2	Mufulira Wanderers	5–2	1–0
Club Africain	11–1	JS Saint-Pierroise	6–1	5–0
Al-Hilal	2–3	Ashanti Gold SC	2–1	0–2
CAPS United	1–3	Orlando Pirates	1–2	0–1

Group stage

Main article: 1997 CAF Champions League group stage

Group A

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	ORL	PRI	RAC	USM
Orlando Pirates	—	1–2	1–2	1–1
Primeiro de Agosto	2–1	—	1–1	2–1
Raja Casablanca	1–0	4–0	—	0–2
USM Alger	2–1	1–0	2–2	—

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Group B

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	AFR	FER	GOL	ZAM
Club Africain	—	1–0	0–0	2–0
Ferroviário Maputo	0–0	—	2–1	2–0
Ashanti Gold SC	2–0	4–0	—	3–1
Zamalek SC	2–0	2–1	2–0	—

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Knockout stage

Final

Main article: 1997 CAF Champions League Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ashanti Gold SC	1–1 (4–5 p)	Raja Casablanca	1–0	0–1

Champions

1997 CAF Champions League Winners
Raja Casablanca Second Title

External links

• Results at RSSSF.com