1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1967 was the 3rd 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.

1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril – 26 November 1967
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsDemocratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert (1st title)
Runners-upGhana Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored72 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Republic Mahmoud Badawi
United Arab Republic Ahmed El-Qazzaz
Ghana Osei Kofi
Democratic Republic of the Congo Pierre Kalala
Democratic Republic of the Congo Leonard Saidi
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kamunda Tshinabu
(2 goals each)
1966
1968

The tournament was played by 18 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. TP Englebert from Congo-Kinshasa won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

Preliminary round edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AS Fonctionnaires w/o1 Augustinians FC
Secteur 6 4-5 Al-Ittihad3-21-3

1 Augustinians FC withdrew.

First round edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Ittihad w/o1 Diamant Yaoundé
Djoliba AC w/o1 Invincible Eleven
Saint-George SA w/o1 Bitumastic
Stade d'Abidjan 2–1 Modèle Lomé2–10–0
Al-Hilal Club 1–4 Olympic (Alexandria)0–11–3
AS Fonctionnaires 1–3 Conakry II0–21–1
TP Englebert 3–32 Abeilles FC2–01–3
Asante Kotoko 6–2 Saint-Louisienne3–23–0

1 Diamant Yaoundé, Invincible Eleven and Bitumastic withdrew.
2 TP Englebert won after a drawing of lots.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al-Ittihad w/o1 TP Englebert
Djoliba AC 2–1 Conakry II2–10–0
Saint-George SA 5–2 Olympic (Alexandria)3–22–02
Stade d'Abidjan 3–8 Asante Kotoko1–32–5

1 Al-Ittihad withdrew.
2 Olympic (Alexandria) withdrew after the first leg.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Asante Kotoko 3–2 Djoliba AC1–12–1
TP Englebert 4–3 Saint-George SA3–11–2

Final edit

Asante Kotoko 1–1 TP Englebert

Aggregate 3–3, replay required.

TP Englebert Cancelled1 Asante Kotoko

1 At the expiration of extra time in the second leg, the referee decided that lots would be drawn to attribute the trophy on the next day, but the CAF secretary-general later arrived, with Cup regulations requiring that a third match be played.

The decider was set for December 27, in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but Asante Kotoko failed to appear (apparently not having been informed of the match arrangements by the Ghanaian FA); as a result, TP Englebert were declared champions.

Champion edit

1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs

TP Englebert
First Title

Top scorers edit

The top scorers from the 1967 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Osei Kofi Asante Kotoko2
Mahmoud Badawi El-Olympi2
Ahmed El-Qazzaz El-Olympi2
Pierre Kalala TP Englebert2
Léonard Saidi TP Englebert2
Kamunda Tshinabu TP Englebert2

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