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1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 16 December 1973
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsZaire AS Vita Club (1st title)
Runners-upGhana Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored142 (3.23 per match)
Top scorer(s)Guinea Chérif Souleymane
(5 goals)
1972
1974

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 was the 9th 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 24 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. AS Vita Club from Zaire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 5–2 Liberia Mighty Barrolle 2–1 3–1
Kenya Breweries Kenya 2–2 (5–4 p) Ethiopia Tele SC Asmara 1–1 1–1
CARA Brazzaville Republic of the Congo 3–2 Burundi Sports Dynamic 1–0 2–2
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) Senegal 4–6 Togo Modèle Lomé 2–2 2–4
Fortior Mahajanga Madagascar 6–3 Lesotho Police FC 5–1 1–2
Horseed FC Somalia 3–6 Egypt Ismaily 3–1 0–5
Mighty Jets Nigeria 2–21 Republic of Upper Volta AS Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 0–1
Young Africans Tanzania 2–3 Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–2 1–1

1 AS Jeanne d'Arc withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Merrikh Sudan 1–4 Ghana Asante Kotoko 1–1 0–3
Kenya Breweries Kenya 4–3 Uganda Simba FC 3–1 1–2
Hafia FC Guinea 5–5 (3–2 p) Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2–1 3–4
Ismaily Egypt 5–1 Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 4–1 1–0
Kabwe Warriors Zambia 7–0 Madagascar Fortior Mahajanga 4–0 3–0
Léopard Douala Cameroon 2–1 Republic of the Congo CARA Brazzaville 2–0 0–1
Stade Malien Mali 2–1 Togo Modèle Lomé 2–1 0–0
AS Vita Club Zaire w/o1 Nigeria Mighty Jets

1 Mighty Jets were forced to withdraw as they could not afford the cost of travel to Zaire for the first leg.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya Breweries Kenya 1–21 Egypt Ismaily 0–0 1–2
Hafia FC Guinea 5–6 Cameroon Léopard Douala 2–4 3–2
Kabwe Warriors Zambia 2–3 Ghana Asante Kotoko 2–1 0–2
Stade Malien Mali 1–7 Zaire AS Vita Club 0–3 1–4

1 Ismaily SC withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya Breweries Kenya 1–4 Ghana Asante Kotoko 0–2 1–2
AS Vita Club Zaire 4–3 Cameroon Léopard Douala 3–0 1–3

Final

Asante Kotoko Ghana4–2Zaire AS Vita Club
AS Vita Club Zaire3–0Ghana Asante Kotoko

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs
1973 Winners
Zaire
AS Vita Club
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Guinea Chérif Souleymane Guinea Hafia FC 5
2 Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 4
3 Egypt Ismail Hefny Egypt Ismaily 3
Egypt Ossama Khalil Egypt Ismaily 3
Zaire Mayanga Maku Zaire AS Vita Club 3
6 Cameroon Roger Milla Cameroon Léopard Douala 2
Egypt Sayed Abdel Razek Egypt Ismaily 2
Egypt Ali Abo Greisha Egypt Ismaily 2
Guinea Petit Sory Guinea Hafia FC 2
Ivory Coast Bernard N'Guessan Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 2
Zaire Ndaye Mulamba Zaire AS Vita Club 2
Ghana Joe Sam Ghana Asante Kotoko 2
Zambia Godfrey Chitalu Zambia Kabwe Warriors 2