1977 African Cup Winners' Cup

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1977 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril - 5 December 1977
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Enugu Rangers (1st title)
Runners-upCameroon Canon Yaoundé
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored128 (2.84 per match)
1976
1978

The African Cup Winners' Cup 1977 was the third edition of Africa's secondary interclub competition. The tournament was played by 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Enugu Rangers from Nigeria won the final, and claimed their first African club trophy.

First round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bata Bullets Malawi 5-3 Uganda Gangama United 4-1 3-2
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon w/o Central African Republic Red Star Bangui FC
Cedar United Liberia 1-2 Guinea-Bissau Sporting Clube de Bissau 1-1 0-1
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 1-1 (a) Libya Al-Ahly (Tripoli) 0-0 1-1
ASKO Kara Togo 2-3 Gabon Anges ABC 1-0 1-3
Liberté F.C. Niger 2-7 Republic of Upper Volta Kadiogo F.C. 1-1 1-6
Luo Union Kenya 1-2 Algeria MO Constantine 1-0 0-21
Matlama FC Lesotho 4-11 Tanzania Rangers International 2-5 2-6
Wallidan F.C. The Gambia 1-1 (a) Mauritania Espoirs (Nouakchott) 0-0 1-1
AS Kaloum Star Guinea bye
Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt bye
Electric Sports Ethiopia bye
Ndola United Zambia bye
ASF Police Senegal bye
Shooting Stars F.C. Nigeria bye
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast bye

1 Due to a scheduling error, Luo Union arrived for the 2nd leg on Friday night without four key players believing that the match was scheduled for the following night, and subsequently failed to travel to the stadium for the match. MO Constantine were awarded a 2-0 victory.

Second round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 6-0 Ethiopia Electric Sports 4-0 2-0
Kadiogo F.C. Republic of Upper Volta 3-2 Guinea AS Kaloum Star 2-1 1-1
MO Constantine Algeria 2-3 Egypt Al Ittihad Alexandria 1-0 1-3
Ndola United Zambia 2-3 Tanzania Rangers International F.C. 1-2 1-1
ASF Police Senegal 8-1 Gabon Anges ABC 0-0 8-1
Shooting Stars F.C. Nigeria 4-2 Malawi Bata Bullets 4-1 0-1
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast 4-3 Mauritania Espoirs (Nouakchott) 3-0 1-3
Sporting Clube de Bissau Guinea-Bissau 1-12 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 0-4 1-8

Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 2-0 Tanzania Rangers International 2-0 0-0
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 2-1 Senegal ASF Police 0-0 2-1
Kadiogo F.C. Republic of Upper Volta 3-5 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 2-1 1-4
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast 2-3 Nigeria Shooting Stars F.C. 2-0 0-3

Semifinals[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ittihad Alexandria Egypt 1-2 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 1-0 0-2
Shooting Stars F.C. Nigeria 0-0 (2-4 p) Nigeria Enugu Rangers 0-0 0-0

Final[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Enugu Rangers Nigeria 5-2 Cameroon Canon Yaoundé 4-1 1-1

Champion[edit]

African Cup Winners' Cup
1977 Winners
Nigeria
Enugu Rangers
First Title

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