The 1998 CAF Champions League was the 34th awarding of
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 ...
's premier club
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
tournament prize organized by the
Confederation of African Football
The Confederation of African Football, or CAF for short (french: link=yes, Confédération Africaine de Football, ar, link=yes, الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم, al-Ittiḥād al-Afrīqī li-Kurat al-Qadam), is the administ ...
(CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current
CAF Champions League
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 co ...
format.
ASEC Mimosas
The Association Sportive des Employés de Commerce Mimosas, literally Mimosas Commerce Employees' Sporting Association, is an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian Association football, football club based in Abidjan. The club is also known as ''ASEC Mimosas A ...
of
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
defeated
Dynamos Harare of
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
in the final to win their first title.
Qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
1 Maniema FC
Maniema Fantastique or simply Maniema FC is a football (soccer) club from Burundi based in Bujumbura. Their home venue is 22,000 capacity Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium
Intwari Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bujumbura, Burundi. It i ...
withdrew after the 1st leg.
2 Muni Sport and
East End Lions
East End Lions is a Sierra Leonean professional soccer, football club based in the capital Freetown. They play in the Sierra Leone National Premier League, the top football league in Sierra Leone. East End Lions represents the East End of Freeto ...
both withdrew.
3 AS Tempête Mocaf
Association Sportive Tempête Mocaf (first part French for ''storm'') is a Central African Republic football club located in Bangui, Central African Republic. It currently plays in the Central African Republic League.
Current and Former Players
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were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.
First round
Second round
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Final
Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1998 CAF Champions League are as follows:
External links
Champions' Cup 1998- ''rsssf.com''
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1998 in African football
CAF Champions League seasons