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1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 18 December 1977
Teams29 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsGuinea Hafia FC (3rd title)
Runners-upGhana Hearts of Oak
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored156 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib (4 goals)
1976
1978

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1977 was the 13th 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 29 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Hafia FC from Guinea won that final, and became CAF club champion for the third time.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Diaraf Senegal 5–0 Mauritania ASC Garde Nationale 3–0 2–0
SC Gagnoa Ivory Coast w/o1 Central African Republic AS Tempête Mocaf
Gor Mahia Kenya 3–3 (5–3 p) Malawi Yamaha Wanderers 1–2 2–1
Horseed FC Somalia 1–4 Egypt Al Ahly 1–1 0–3
Kampala City Council FC Uganda 4–0 Ethiopia Mechal Army 1–0 3–0
Mufulira Wanderers Zambia 3–3 Lesotho Maseru United 1–1 2–2
Olympic Niamey Niger 4–6 Libya Al-Madina 2–4 2–2
Saint Joseph Warriors FC Liberia 2–5 Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–3 1–2
Simba SC Tanzania w/o1 Eswatini Mbabane Highlanders
TP Mazembe Zaire 1–4 Togo Lomé I 1–1 0–3
UD Internacional Guinea-Bissau 0–6 Mali Djoliba AC 0–1 0–5
Union Douala Cameroon 3–0 Republic of Upper Volta Silures Bobo-Dioulasso 2–0 1–0
Vantour Club Mangoungou Gabon 4–8 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 2–4 2–4

1 Mbabane Highlanders and AS Tempête Mocaf withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt 7–3 Libya Al-Madina 7–2 0–1
Diables Noirs Republic of the Congo 1–2 Guinea Hafia FC 0–1 1–1
ASC Diaraf Senegal 2–3 Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–1 1–2
SC Gagnoa Ivory Coast 2–4 Mali Djoliba AC 1–3 1–1
Gor Mahia Kenya 4–5 Zambia Mufulira Wanderers 2–1 2–4
Kampala City Council FC Uganda 3–4 Algeria MC Alger 1–1 2–3
Union Douala Cameroon 2–2 (3–4 p) Togo Lomé I 1–1 1–1
Kwara Water Corporation FC Nigeria 1–0 Tanzania Simba SC 0–0 1–0

Quarter-Finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt 1–3 Ghana Hearts of Oak 1–0 0–3
Djoliba AC Mali 2–11 Togo Lomé I 2–0 0–1
MP Alger2 Algeria 2–3 Zambia Mufulira Wanderers 2–1 0–2
Kwara Water Corporation FC Nigeria 4–5 Guinea Hafia FC 4–2 0–3

1 Djoliba AC were disqualified as Mali were suspended by CAF after police and security forces assaulted officials during an African Cup of Nations qualifying match in Bamako against Ivory Coast on 19 June.
1 MC Alger changed its name to MP Alger as part of the sports national reform.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lomé I Togo 2–3 Guinea Hafia FC 2–1 0–2
Mufulira Wanderers Zambia 5–5 (a) Ghana Hearts of Oak 5–2 0–3

Final

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Hearts of Oak Ghana0–1Guinea Hafia FC
  • Touré 26'

Champion

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African Cup of Champions Clubs
1977 Winners
Guinea
Hafia FC
Third Title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib Egypt Al Ahly 4
2 Egypt Taher El Shaikh Egypt Al Ahly 3
Ghana Robert Hammond Ghana Hearts of Oak 3
Ghana Peter Lamptey Ghana Hearts of Oak 3
Mali Alaka Boura Mali Djoliba 3
6 Algeria Abdeslam Bousri Algeria MC Alger 2
Egypt Sherif Abdel Moneim Egypt Al Ahly 2
Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar Egypt Al Ahly 2
Ghana Mohammed Polo Ghana Hearts of Oak 2
Ghana Anas Seidu Ghana Hearts of Oak 2
Kenya Allan Thigo Kenya Gor Mahia 2
Zambia Thomas Bwalya Zambia Mufulira Wanderers 2
Zambia Willie Mukwasa Zambia Mufulira Wanderers 2
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