1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1969 was the 5th 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.

1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril 1969 - 9 January 1970
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsUnited Arab Republic Ismaily (1st title)
Runners-upDemocratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored137 (3.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Republic Ali Abo Greisha (8 goals)
1968
1970

The tournament was played by 20 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Ismaily SC from United Arab Republic won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time, beating Congo-Kinshasa's TP Englebert, who made their third final in a row.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports   7–1   Olympique Sportif 5–1 2–0
Hoga Mogadishu   3–4   Burri Khartoum 2–0 1–4
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo   w/o1   US Cattin
Young Africans   4–3   Fitarikandro 4–1 0–2

1 US Cattin withdrew.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko   6–2   Patronage Sainte-Anne 5–1 1–1
Al-Tahaddy   0–8   Ismaily 0–5 0–3
Burri Khartoum   3–4   Gor Mahia 2–4 1–0
Caïman Douala   1–3   FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 0–0 1–3
Saint-George SA   0–5   Young Africans 0–0 0–5
Secteur 6   1–8   Étoile Filante (Lomé) 1–5 0–3
TP Englebert   4–3   Africa Sports 2–1 2–2
US FRAN   2–91   Conakry II 2–7 0–21

1 US FRAN withdrew after the first leg.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko   2–21   Young Africans 1–1 1–1
Ismaily   4–2   Gor Mahia 3–1 1–1
Conakry II   10–3   FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 7–2 3–1
TP Englebert   4–2   Étoile Filante (Lomé) 4–1 0–1

1 Asante Kotoko won after drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko   4–5   Ismaily 2–2 2–3
TP Englebert   7–5   Conakry II 4–0 3–5

Final

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TP Englebert  2–2  Ismaily
  • Tshinabu   8' (pen.)
  • Mulenda   42'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)
Ismaily  3–1  TP Englebert
Attendance: 130,000
Referee: Tsimba (Ethiopia)

Champion

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1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs
 
Ismaily
First Title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Ali Abo Greisha   Ismaily 8
2   Sayed Abdel-Razak   Ismaily 6
3   André Kalonzo   TP Englebert 5
  Osei Kofi   Asante Kotoko 5
5   Chérif Souleymane   Conakry II 4
  Amiro Darwish   Ismaily 4
7   Kamunda Tshinabu   TP Englebert 3
  Petit Sory   Conakry II 3
9   Orlando Osumanu   Asante Kotoko 2
  Soriba Soumah   Conakry II 2
  Tolo   Conakry II 2
  William Ouma   Gor Mahia 2
  Kitwana Manara   Young Africans 2
  Abdel Aziz Hendawy   Ismaily 2
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