1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1969 was the 5th 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.

1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril 1969 - 9 January 1970
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsUnited Arab Republic Ismaily (1st title)
Runners-upDemocratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored137 (3.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Republic Ali Abo Greisha (8 goals)
1968
1970

The tournament was played by 20 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Ismaily SC from United Arab Republic won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time, beating Congo-Kinshasa's TP Englebert, who made their third final in a row.

Preliminary round edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Africa Sports 7–1 Olympique Sportif5–12–0
Hoga Mogadishu 3–4 Burri Khartoum2–01–4
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo w/o1 US Cattin
Young Africans 4–3 Fitarikandro4–10–2

1 US Cattin withdrew.

First round edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Asante Kotoko 6–2 Patronage Sainte-Anne5–11–1
Al-Tahaddy 0–8 Ismaily0–50–3
Burri Khartoum 3–4 Gor Mahia2–41–0
Caïman Douala 1–3 FC Saint Eloi Lupopo0–01–3
Saint-George SA 0–5 Young Africans 0–00–5
Secteur 6 1–8 Étoile Filante (Lomé)1–50–3
TP Englebert 4–3 Africa Sports2–12–2
US FRAN 2–91 Conakry II2–70–21

1 US FRAN withdrew after the first leg.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Asante Kotoko 2–21 Young Africans1–11–1
Ismaily 4–2 Gor Mahia3–11–1
Conakry II 10–3 FC Saint Eloi Lupopo7–23–1
TP Englebert 4–2 Étoile Filante (Lomé)4–10–1

1 Asante Kotoko won after drawing of lots.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Asante Kotoko 4–5 Ismaily2–22–3
TP Englebert 7–5 Conakry II4–03–5

Final edit

TP Englebert 2–2 Ismaily
  • Tshinabu 8' (pen.)
  • Mulenda 42'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)
Ismaily 3–1 TP Englebert
Attendance: 130,000
Referee: Tsimba (Ethiopia)

Champion edit

1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Ismaily
First Title

Top scorers edit

The top scorers from the 1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Ali Abo Greisha Ismaily8
2 Bazouka Ismaily6
3 André Kalonzo TP Englebert5
Osei Kofi Asante Kotoko5
5 Chérif Souleymane Conakry II4
Amiro Darwish Ismaily4
7 Kamunda Tshinabu TP Englebert3
Petit Sory Conakry II3
9 Orlando Osumanu Asante Kotoko2
Soriba Soumah Conakry II2
Tolo Conakry II2
William Ouma Gor Mahia2
Kitwana Manara Young Africans2
Abdel Aziz Hendawy Ismaily2

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