1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 12 December 1976
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsAlgeria MC Alger (1st title)
Runners-upGuinea Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored128 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)Algeria Abdeslam Bousri (5 goals)
1975
1977

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1976 was the 12th 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. MC Alger of Algeria won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time, and the first club from Algeria to win the trophy.

First round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahly Benghazi Libya 4–5 Algeria MC Alger 3–2 1–3
Asante Kotoko Ghana w/o1 Gabon Okoume FC
CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 4–2 Zaire CS Imana 4–0 0–2
AS Corps Enseignement Madagascar 5–6 Tanzania Simba SC 4–2 1–4
ASC Diaraf Senegal 10–2 Guinea-Bissau Os Balantas 6–1 4–1
Express FC Uganda 1–1 (4–3 p) Cameroon Caïman Douala 1–0 0–1
Gor Mahia Kenya 5–1 Ethiopia Saint-George SA 3–1 2–0
Real Banjul The Gambia 0–4 Mali Djoliba AC 0–2 0–2
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso Republic of Upper Volta w/o1 Niger AS FAN Niamey

1 Okoume FC and AS FAN Niamey withdrew.

Second round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 4–0 Republic of Upper Volta Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 2–0 2–0
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2–2 (a) Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 1–0 1–2
Djoliba AC Mali 2–3 Guinea Hafia FC 2–1 0–2
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 2–2 (a) Uganda Express FC 0–0 2–2
Green Buffaloes Zambia 4–2 Tanzania Simba SC 3–2 1–0
Lomé I Togo 1–2 Senegal ASC Diaraf 1–1 0–1
Gor Mahia Kenya w/o1 Sudan Al-Merrikh
MC Alger Algeria 3–1 Egypt Al Ahly 3–0 0–1

1 Al-Merrikh withdrew.

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2–2 (a) Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–1 0–1
ASC Diaraf Senegal 2–6 Guinea Hafia FC 2–2 0–4
Green Buffaloes Zambia 3–4 Nigeria Enugu Rangers 3–1 0–3
MC Alger Algeria 7–3 Kenya Gor Mahia 6–3 1–0

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 3–5 Guinea Hafia FC 3–0 0–5
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 2–3 Algeria MC Alger 2–0 0–3

Final[edit]

Hafia FC Guinea3–0Algeria MC Alger
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: M. Joyna (Gambia)
MC Alger Algeria3–0Guinea Hafia FC
Penalties
3–1
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Taoufik Ghazaya (Tunisia)

Champion[edit]

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1976 Winners
Algeria
MC Alger
First Title

Top scorers[edit]

The top scorers from the 1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Algeria Abdeslam Bousri Algeria MC Alger 5
2 Algeria Mohamed Azzouz Algeria MC Alger 3
Algeria Zoubir Bachi Algeria MC Alger 3
Algeria Omar Betrouni Algeria MC Alger 3
Guinea N’Jo Léa Guinea Hafia FC 3
2 Algeria Ali Bencheikh Algeria MC Alger 2
Guinea Bengally Sylla Guinea Hafia FC 2
Guinea Morciré Sylla Guinea Hafia FC 2
Ivory Coast Paul Bawa Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2
Libya Ali Mersal Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 2

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