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. 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 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
in
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.
The tournament was played by 28 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches.
Union Douala from
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.
First round
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Second round
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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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