1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canon Yaoundé (2nd title)
Runners-up	Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Goals scored	107 (2.61 per match)
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 14th 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 the association football in Africa.

The tournament was played by 24 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Tahaddy	5–4	Medr Babur	3–1	2–3
AS Corps Enseignement	1–4	Matlama FC	1–2	w/o1
ASC Garde Nationale	5–3	Wallidan FC	3–1	2–2
Hardware Stars	1–5	Al-Merrikh	1–1	0–4
Kampala City Council FC	3–1	Horseed FC	1–1	2–0
Stade Centrafricain	2–4	Olympic Niamey	1–3	1–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	10–2	Benfica de Bissau	7–0	3–2
Simba SC	2–1	Vantour Club Mangoungou	2–0	0–1

¹ AS Corps Enseignement withdrew after the first leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa Sports	2–4	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	2–1	1–3
Canon Yaoundé	3–2	Al-Merrikh	2–0	1–2
Enugu Rangers	w/o1	Olympic Niamey	—	—
Green Buffaloes	1–0	Matlama FC	1–0	0–0
Hafia FC	6–0	ASC Garde Nationale	5–0	1–0
JE Tizi Ouzou	3–0	Al-Tahaddy	1–0	2–0
Kampala City Council FC	w/o1	Al Ahly	—	—
AS Vita Club	2–0	Simba SC	1–0	1–0

¹ Olympic Niamey and Al Ahly SC withdrew.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé	3–1	Green Buffaloes	2–0	1–1
Enugu Rangers	4–1	Kampala City Council FC	3–1	1–0
JE Tizi Ouzou	3–3 (a)	AS Vita Club	3–2	0–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	1–8	Hafia FC	0–4	1–4

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé	0–0 (6–5 p)	Enugu Rangers	0–0	0–0
Hafia FC	3–3 (a)	AS Vita Club	2–0	1–3

3 December 1978

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Hafia FC	0–0	Canon Yaoundé

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

17 December 1978

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Canon Yaoundé	2–0	Hafia FC
Manga Onguéné (pen.) Mbida [1]

Stade Omnisports, Yaoundé

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi^[1] (Algeria)

1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Canon Yaoundé Second title

The top scorers from the 1978 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Seydouba Bangoura	Hafia FC	2
	Mayanga Maku	AS Vita Club	2
3	Kamel Aouis	JE Tizi Ouzou	1
	Bachir Douadi	JE Tizi Ouzou	1
	Amara Touré	Hafia FC	1
	... Katshimuka	AS Vita Club	1
	... Lupela	AS Vita Club	1

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