1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April - 12 December 1976
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	MC Alger (1st title)
Runners-up	Hafia FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	128 (3.05 per match)

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1976 was the 12th 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.

The tournament was played by 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. MC Alger of Algeria won the final, becoming CAF club champion for the first time, and the first club from Algeria to win the trophy.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CARA Brazzaville	4-2	CS Imana	4-0	0-2
Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi)	4-5	MC Alger	3-2	1-3
AS Corps Enseignement	5-6	Simba SC	4-2	1-4
ASC Diaraf	10-2	Os Balantas	6-1	4-1
Express FC	1-1 (4-3 pen)	Caïman Douala	1-0	0-1
Luo Union	5-1	Saint-George SA	3-1	2-0
Real Banjul	0-4	Djoliba AC	0-2	0-2
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	w/o	AS FAN Niamey	^1
Asante Kotoko	w/o	Okoume FC	^1

¹ Okoume FC and AS FAN Niamey withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	2-2(a)	CARA Brazzaville	1-0	1-2
MC Alger	3-1	Al Ahly SC	3-0	0-1
Green Buffaloes	4-2	Simba SC	3-2	1-0
Lomé I	1-2	ASC Diaraf	1-1	0-1
Enugu Rangers	2-2(a)	Express FC	0-0	2-2
Luo Union	w/o	Al-Merrikh SC	^1
Djoliba AC	2-3	Hafia FC	2-1	0-2
ASEC Mimosas	4-0	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	2-0	2-0

¹ Al-Merrikh withdrew.

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	2-2(a)	ASEC Mimosas	2-1	0-1
MC Alger	7-3	Luo Union	6-3	1-0
Green Buffaloes	3-4	Enugu Rangers	3-1	0-3
ASC Diaraf	2-6	Hafia FC	2-2	0-4

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Enugu Rangers	2-3	MC Alger	2-0	0-3
ASEC Mimosas	3-5	Hafia FC	3-0	0-5

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hafia FC	3–3 (1–4 p)	MC Alger	3–0	0–3

Hafia FC v MC Alger

5 December 1976

Hafia FC	3 – 0	MC Alger

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Attendance: 30,000 Referee: M. Joyna (Gambia)

MC Alger v Hafia FC

12 December 1976

MC Alger	3 – 0	Hafia FC
Bachi  24' Betrouni  76', 90'
	Penalties
	4 – 1

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: 80,000 Referee: M. Ghazaya (Tunisia)

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1976 Winners
MC Alger First Title

External links

• African Cup of Champions results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation