1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	28 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Union Douala (1st title)
Runners-up	Hearts of Oak

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Etoile du Congo	3-1	FC 105 Libreville	2-0	1-1
ASDR Fatima	2-2 (4-5 p)	Silures	1-1	1-1
Al-Ahly (Tripoli)	1-4	MP Algiers	1-2	0-2
Simba SC	5-4	Mufulira Wanderers	0-4	5-0
Dragons de l'Ouémé	1-5	Africa Sports	0-2	1-3
US Gorée	3-1	ASC Garde Nationale	2-0	1-1
Saint Joseph Warriors FC	0-1	Real Banjul	0-0	0-1
Mighty Blackpool	2-2 (2-4 p)	Hearts of Oak	2-0	0-2
Desportivo Maputo	3-3 (a)	Matlama FC	3-2	0-1
Al Zamalek	4-1	Simba FC	2-1	2-0^1
Ogaden Anbassa	w/o	Bata Bullets	^2
Kenya Breweries	^3	Al-Merrikh	n/p	n/p

¹ Simba SC did not show up for the second leg.
² Bata Bullets withdrew.
³ Both teams withdrew; the tie was scratched.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Etoile du Congo	2-4	US Gorée	2-3	0-1
Hafia FC	1-1 (1-0 p)	Silures	1-0	0-1
MP Algiers	2-2 (1-2 p)	Union Douala	2-0	0-2
Simba SC	0-2	Raccah Rovers	0-0	0-2
Africa Sports	1-2	CS Imana	1-0	0-2
Hearts of Oak	3-1	Real Banjul	2-0	1-1
Al Zamalek	w/o	Ogaden Anbassa	^1
Matlama FC	bye^2

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

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
US Gorée	2-1	Raccah Rovers	2-0	0-1
Hafia FC	2-3	Hearts of Oak	2-0	0-3
Al Zamalek	3-2	CS Imana	3-1	0-1^2
Matlama FC	1-5	Union Douala	1-3	0-2

¹The 2nd leg was abandoned with CS Imana 1-0 due to a pitch invasion and crowd disturbances; CS Imana qualified.

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
US Gorée	2-6	Hearts of Oak	1-2	1-4
CS Imana	1-3	Union Douala	1-2	0-1

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hearts of Oak	1-1 (3-5 pen)	Union Douala	1-0	0-1

Champion

1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Union Douala First title

References

• RSSSF.com