1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April - 12 December 1976
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	MC Alger (1st title)
Runners-up	Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	128 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdeslam Bousri (5 goals)
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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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahly Benghazi	4–5	MC Alger	3–2	1–3
Asante Kotoko	w/o^1	Okoume FC	—	—
CARA Brazzaville	4–2	CS Imana	4–0	0–2
AS Corps Enseignement	5–6	Simba SC	4–2	1–4
ASC Diaraf	10–2	Os Balantas	6–1	4–1
Express FC	1–1 (4–3 p)	Caïman Douala	1–0	0–1
Gor Mahia	5–1	Saint-George SA	3–1	2–0
Real Banjul	0–4	Djoliba AC	0–2	0–2
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	w/o^1	AS FAN Niamey	—	—

¹ Okoume FC and AS FAN Niamey withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas	4–0	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	2–0	2–0
Asante Kotoko	2–2 (a)	CARA Brazzaville	1–0	1–2
Djoliba AC	2–3	Hafia FC	2–1	0–2
Enugu Rangers	2–2 (a)	Express FC	0–0	2–2
Green Buffaloes	4–2	Simba SC	3–2	1–0
Lomé I	1–2	ASC Diaraf	1–1	0–1
Gor Mahia	w/o^1	Al-Merrikh	—	—
MC Alger	3–1	Al Ahly	3–0	0–1

¹ Al-Merrikh withdrew.

Quarter-finals

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

Main article: 1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

5 December 1976

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Hafia FC	3–0	MC Alger
M. Sylla 24' B. Sylla 37' N’Jo Léa 65'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: M. Joyna (Gambia)

12 December 1976

20:45 UTC+1

MC Alger	3–0 [1]	Hafia FC
Bachi 24' Betrouni 76', 90'
Penalties
Zenir Bencheikh Bachta	3–1	Bangoura Diarra M. Sylla Souleymane

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Taoufik Ghazaya (Tunisia)

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1976 Winners
MC Alger First Title

Top scorers

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

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

References

1. Full game replay - First leg youtube.com

External links

• African Cup of Champions results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation