1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 19th 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.

1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams36 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsGhana Asante Kotoko (2nd title)
Runners-upEgypt Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played68
Goals scored164 (2.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib (6 goals)
1982
1984

The tournament was played by 36 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Asante Kotoko SC from Ghana won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Diaraf   6–0   Ports Authority 4–0 2–0
Maniema Fantastique   2–2 (a)   Olympic Real de Bangui 2–1 0–1
Mbabane Highlanders   3–1   Township Rollers 2–1 1–0
ASC Police   1–4   Sierra Fisheries 1–3 0–1

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Bilima   8–5   AC Semassi 5–1 3–4
Africa Sports   0–0 (0–3 p)   ASC Diaraf 0–0 0–0
Al Ahly   1–0   Al-Merrikh 1–0 0–0
Al-Ahli Tripoli   0–3   JE Tizi Ouzou 0–1 0–2
CARA Brazzaville   8–1   Dragón FC 6–1 2–0
Canon Yaoundé   2–1   Dragons de l'Ouémé 2–0 0–1
Djoliba   0–1   Hafia FC 0–0 0–1
Dynamos   5–4   AFC Leopards 5–1 0–3
Enugu Rangers   0–2   Sierra Fisheries 0–1 0–1
FC 105 Libreville   1–4   Asante Kotoko 1–2 0–2
KAC Kenitra   w/o1   Benfica de Bissau
Matlama FC   2–5   Ferroviário de Maputo 1–2 1–3
SC Villa   5–3   Dinamo Fima 4–2 1–1
Nkana Red Devils   3–2   Mbabane Highlanders 2–2 1–0
Petro Atlético   6–3   Olympic Real de Bangui 3–1 3–2
Wagad FC   1–2   Pan African FC 1–2 0–0

1 Benfica de Bissau withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Bilima   2–1   Sierra Fisheries 1–0 1–1
Al Ahly   6–2   Dynamos 4–1 2–1
CARA Brazzaville   3–4   Asante Kotoko 3–2 0–2
Ferroviário de Maputo   1–5   SC Villa 1–2 0–3
JE Tizi Ouzou   0–1   ASC Diaraf 0–1 0–0
KAC Kenitra   4–0   Hafia FC 4–0 0–0
Nkana Red Devils   0–0 (4–2 p)   Pan African FC 0–0 0–0
Petro Atlético   3–4   Canon Yaoundé 0–0 3–4

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly   5–1   Canon Yaoundé 5–0 0–1
Asante Kotoko   3–2   AS Bilima 3–0 0–2
KAC Kenitra   2–3   ASC Diaraf 1–1 1–2
Nkana Red Devils   5–2   SC Villa 4–0 1–2

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASC Diaraf   2–3   Asante Kotoko 2–1 0–2
Nkana Red Devils   0–2   Al Ahly 0–0 0–2

Final

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Al Ahly  0 – 0  Asante Kotoko
Asante Kotoko  1 – 0  Al Ahly
Nti   22'
Attendance: 50,000

Champion

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1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
 
Asante Kotoko
Second title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Mahmoud El Khatib   Al Ahly 6
2   Jesus   Petro Atlético 4
3   Zakaria Nassef   Al Ahly 3
4   Ali Fergani   JE Tizi Ouzou 2
  Luke   Petro Atlético 2

References

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