1978 African Cup Winners' Cup

1978 African Cup Winners' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	April - 10 December 1978
Teams	22 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Horoya AC (1st title)
Runners-up	NA Hussein-Dey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	101 (2.66 per match)
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Horaya in two-legged final victory against NA Hussein-Dey. This was the fourth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Twenty-two sides entered the competition, with Sodiam withdrawing before the 1st leg of the preliminary round.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Madina	w/o	Sodiam Sports	—	—
Lavori Publici	0-2	Al-Hilal	0-1	0-1
Simba FC	2-2 (5-4 p)	Saint George F.C.	1-1	1-1
Sucoma Chikwawa	1-2	Fortior Mahajanga	1-1	0-1
Internacional	3-3 (a)	Espoirs	3-1	0-2
Zumunta AC	0-8	Horoya AC	0-3	0-5

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Caïman de Douala	3-3 (a)	FC 105 Libreville	2-0	1-3
Inter Club Brazzaville	4-1	S.C. Alliance	0-0	4-1
KMKM FC	3-1	Simba FC	2-0	1-1
RC Kadiogo	2-0	Espoirs	2-0	0-0
NA Hussein-Dey	3-2	Al-Madina	2-1	1-1
Mufulira Wanderers	4-2	Fortior Mahajanga	3-1	1-1
Shooting Stars F.C.	3-4	Horoya AC	3-1	0-3
Zamalek	3-2	Al-Hilal	1-1	2-1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Horoya AC	7-4	Caïman de Douala	4-1	3-3
NA Hussein-Dey	5-1	Inter Club Brazzaville	3-0	2-1
Mufulira Wanderers	——^1	KMKM FC	w/o	w/o
Zamalek	2-2 (a)	RC Kadiogo	2-1	0-1

• 1:KMKM FC withdrew before 1st leg.

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
RC Kadiogo	3-3 (a)	Horoya AC	3-2	0-1
Mufulira Wanderers	2-2 (a)	NA Hussein-Dey	2-1	0-1

Final

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
NA Hussein-Dey	2-5	Horoya AC	1-3	1-2

24 November 1978

NA Hussein-Dey	1 – 3	Horoya AC
Aït El-Hocine 54' Kesraoui (GK), Boumaati, Ighil, Zarabi, Guendouz, Khedis, Mezadjri, Fergani, Amokrane (Aït El-Hocine), Guennoun, Madjer Coach: Abdelkader Bahmane and Beliakov		Nfor 24' Sylla 57' Bengora 85' Sano (GK), Keita S., Keita M., Lialy, Camara, Condo, Bangoura, Sylla, Nfour, Touré, Diawara Coach: Diabate

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Attendance: 18 000

Referee: N'Diaye

10 December 1978

Horoya AC	2 – 1	NA Hussein-Dey
Sano (GK), Keita S., Keita M., Lialy, Camara, Condo, Bangoura, Sylla, Nfour, Touré, Diawara Coach: Diabate		Kesraoui (GK), Boumaati, Ighil, Zarabi, Guendouz, Khedis, Merzekane, Fergani, Aït El-Hocine, Amokrane, Guennoun, Naim, Madjer Coach: Abdelkader Bahmane and Beliakov

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 30 000

Champions

African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
Horoya AC First title

External links

• Results available on CAF Official Website