African Cup of Champions Clubs 1978
The 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 14th edition of the annual soccer competition, the African Cup of Champions Clubs . 24 teams took part in the competition. It ended with the final second leg on December 17th between Hafia FC from Guinea and Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon . The winner was Canon Yaoundé, who won the second leg in Yaoundé 2-0 after a 0-0 draw in the first leg . This was the club's second success in the CAF Champions League after 1971.
A total of 26 teams from 26 regional associations took part in the tournament.
1 round
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Al-Tahaddy | 5: 4 | Medr Babur | 3: 1 | 2: 3 |
AS Corps Enseignant | 1: 4 | Matlama FC | 1: 2 | w / o 1 |
Hardware stars | 1: 5 | Al-Merrikh | 1: 1 | 0: 4 |
AS Guard National | 5: 3 | Wallidan Banjul | 3: 1 | 2: 2 |
SCAF Tocages | 2: 4 | Olympic Niamey | 1: 3 | 1: 1 |
Kampala City Council FC | 3: 1 | FC Horsed | 1: 1 | 2-0 |
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso | 10: 2 | Benfica Bissau | 7-0 | 3: 2 |
Simba SC | 2: 1 | Vantour Club Mangoungou | 2-0 | 0: 1 |
1 AS Corps Enseignant did not play for the second leg, so Matlama FC advanced to the next round.
Round of 16
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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JE Tizi-Ouzou | 3-0 | Al-Tahaddy | 1-0 | 2-0 |
Green Buffaloes | 1-0 | Matlama FC | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Canon Yaoundé | 3: 2 | Al-Merrikh | 2-0 | 1: 2 |
Hafia FC | 6-0 | AS Guard National | 5-0 | 1-0 |
Enugu Rangers | w / o 2 | Olympic Niamey | ||
Kampala City Council FC | w / o 3 | Al-Ahly Cairo | ||
Africa Sports National | 2: 4 | Silures Bobo-Dioulasso | 2: 1 | 1: 3 |
AS Vita Club | 2-0 | Simba SC | 1-0 | 1-0 |
2 Olympic Niamey did not appear at the games, so Enugu Rangers advanced to the next round.
3 Al-Ahly Cairo did not play for the games, so Kampala City Council moved into the next round.
Quarter finals
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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JE Tizi-Ouzou | 3: 3 | AS Vita Club | 3: 2 | 0: 1 |
Canon Yaoundé | 3: 1 | Green Buffaloes | 2-0 | 1: 1 |
Enugu Rangers | 4: 1 | Kampala City Council FC | 3: 1 | 1-0 |
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso | 1: 8 | Hafia FC | 0: 4 | 1: 4 |
Semifinals
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Hafia FC | ( a ) 3: 3 | AS Vita Club | 2-0 | 1: 3 |
Canon Yaoundé | 0: 0 (6: 5 on account ) |
Enugu Rangers | 0-0 | 0: 0 a.d. |
final
The first leg took place on December 3, the second leg on December 17.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Hafia FC | 0: 2 | Canon Yaoundé | 0-0 | 0: 2 |