1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	36 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Asante Kotoko (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al Ahly SC

The 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 19th 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 36 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Asante Kotoko SC from Ghana won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Diaraf	6-0	Ports Authority	4-0	2-0
Maniema Fantastique	2-2	Olympic Real de Bangui	2-1	0-1
ASC Police	1-4	Sierra Fisheries	1-3	0-1
Mbabane Highlanders	3-1	Township Rollers	2-1	1-0

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly	1-0	Al-Merrikh	1-0	0-0
Al-Ahly (Tripoli)	2-6	JE Tizi-Ouzou	1-3	1-3
Africa Sports	0-0 (0-3 p)	ASC Diaraf	0-0	0-0
Djoliba AC	0-1	Hafia FC	0-0	0-1
Enugu Rangers	0-2	Sierra Fisheries	0-1	0-1
FC 105 Libreville	1-4	Asante Kotoko	1-2	0-2
AS Bilima	8-5	AC Semassi F.C.	5-1	3-4
CARA Brazzaville	8-1	Dragón FC	6-1	2-0
Canon Yaoundé	2-1	AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé	2-0	0-1
Dynamos	5-4	AFC Leopards	5-1	0-3
Nkana FC	3-2	Mbabane Highlanders	2-2	1-0
Petro Atlético	6-3	Olympic Real de Bangui	3-1	3-2
Nakivubo Villa SC	5-3	Dinamo Fima	4-2	1-1
KAC Kenitra	w/o^1	Benfica de Bissau	w/o
Matlama FC	2-5	Ferroviário de Maputo	1-2	1-3
Wagad Mogadishu	1-2	Pan African FC	1-2	0-0

¹Benfica de Bissau withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly	6-2	Dynamos	4-1	2-1
JE Tizi-Ouzou	0-1	ASC Diaraf	0-1	0-0
CARA Brazzaville	3-4	Asante Kotoko	3-2	0-2
AS Bilima	2-1	Sierra Fisheries	1-0	1-1
Nkana FC	0-0 (4-2 p)	Pan African FC	0-0	0-0
Petro Atlético	3-4	Canon Yaoundé	0-0	3-4
KAC Kenitra	4-0	Hafia FC	4-0	0-0
Ferroviário de Maputo	1-5	Nakivubo Villa SC	1-2	0-3

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly	5-1	Canon Yaoundé	5-0	0-1
KAC Kenitra	2-3	ASC Diaraf	1-1	1-2
Asante Kotoko	3-2	AS Bilima	3-0	0-2
Nkana FC	5-2	Nakivubo Villa SC	4-0	1-2

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Diaraf	2-3	Asante Kotoko	2-1	0-2
Nkana FC	0-2	Al-Ahly	0-0	0-2

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	0–1	Asante Kotoko	0–0	0–1

Al Ahly v Asante Kotoko

27 November 1983

Al Ahly	0 – 0	Asante Kotoko

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

Asante Kotoko v Al Ahly

11 December 1983

Asante Kotoko	1 – 0	Al Ahly
Nti  22'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

Champion

1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Asante Kotoko Second title

References

• Champions' Cup 1983 - rsssf.com