The 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 15th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the
CAF region (Africa), the
African Cup of Champions Clubs
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and cont ...
. It determined that year's club champion of
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
.
The tournament was played by 28 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches.
Union Douala
Union Sportive de Douala is a Cameroonian professional football club based in Douala, that competes in the Elite One.
History
It was founded in 1958 and played its home matches in the Stade de la Réunification.
Achievements
National
* Cameroo ...
from
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.
First round
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Second round
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2
Quarter-Finals
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Semi-Finals
Final
Champion
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1979 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:
References
RSSSF.com
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