1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details | |
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Dates | April - 21 December 1971 |
Teams | 25 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 44 |
Goals scored | 117 (2.66 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 was the 7th 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 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.
First round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Abaluhya United ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–3 |
Al-Merrikh ![]() |
2–2 (5–4 p) | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Canon Yaoundé ![]() |
9–4 | ![]() |
7–3 | 2–1 |
ASC Diaraf ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–4 |
Espérance de Tunis ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–0 |
Maseru United ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
1–2 | 2–3 |
AS Porto Novo ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
Secteur 6 FC ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 |
Young Africans ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Second round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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AS Kaloum Star ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() |
3–3 | 1–2 |
Al-Merrikh ![]() |
2–2 (4–5 p) | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–1 |
Coffee United SC ![]() |
w/o1 | ![]() |
— | — |
Al-Ismaily ![]() |
w/o2 | ![]() |
— | — |
Stade Malien ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–2 |
MMM Tamatave ![]() |
2–8 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–7[1] |
Victoria Club Mokanda ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–2 |
AS Vita Club ![]() |
3–3 (3–4 p) | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–3 |
1 Young Africans withdrew.
2 Espérance de Tunis withdrew.
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Coffee United SC ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–2 |
Dynamic Togolais ![]() |
4–6 | ![]() |
1–2 | 3–4 |
Enugu Rangers ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
Al-Ismaily ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–3 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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ASEC Mimosas ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–4 |
Great Olympics ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 |
Final
[edit]Canon Yaoundé ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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For the final, only points aggregate, not goals aggregate was considered.
Canon Yaoundé ![]() | 1–01 | ![]() |
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1 The match was abandoned at the 82' with Canon Yaoundé leading 1-0 after Asante Kotoko fans invaded the pitch. Canon Yaoundé were declared champions.
Champion
[edit]African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 Winners |
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Canon Yaoundé First Title |
Top scorers
[edit]The top scorers from the 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
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6 |
2 | ![]() |
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3 |
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3 | |
4 | ![]() |
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2 |
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2 |
References
[edit]- ^ Reuters Archive Licensing. Filmed highlights, titled "Ghana: Ghana's champion football clubs crushes Madagascar's champions".
- ^ a b c d Faouzi, Mahjoub (10 January 1972). "Canon de Yaoundé 'Déclaré vainqueur' de la 7e Coupe d'Afrique des Clubs". Miroir du Football (in French). No. 160. Paris. pp. 31–34.