1997 CAF Champions League

1997 CAF Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	1 February – 14 December 1997
Teams	48 (from 48 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Raja Casablanca (2nd title)
Runners-up	Obuasi Goldfields

The 1997 CAF Champions League was the 33rd awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the inaugural prize under the current CAF Champions League format. Raja Casablanca of Morocco defeated Goldfields of Ghana on penalties in the final to win their second title.

Qualifying Stage

Preliminary Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS CotonTchad	w/o	AS Tempête Mocaf	^1	–
Mogas 90 FC	1–2	CD Travadores	1–0	0–2
Muni Sport	5–1	Café Band Sportif	4–1	1–0
Junior Professionals	2–1	RC Bobo	2–0	0–1
St Michel United	1–5	FC BFV	1–2	0–3
Notwane FC	w/o	Blue Waters FC	^2	–
Limbe Leaf Wanderers	2–5	Roma Rovers	1–0	1–5
Young Africans	0–1	Express Red Eagles FC	0–0	0–1

¹ AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.
² Blue Waters withdrew.

First Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	9–2	CD Travadores	6–1	3–1
Udoji United	4–2	AS Kaloum Star	3–1	1–1
(p) Unisport FC	2–2	Muni Sport	2–0	0–2
Ferroviário	5–0	FC BFV	4–0	1–0
Raja Casablanca	5–1	SONACOS	3–1	2–0
Mbilinga FC	6–4	DC Motema Pembe	3–0	3–4
Africa Sports National	4–2	AS CotonTchad	3–0	1–2
Primeiro de Agosto	3–2	Notwane FC	1–1	2–1
Zamalek	3–1	Saint George	2–0	1–1
Mufulira Wanderers	5–1	APR FC	4–1	1–0
Club Africain	4–3	Djoliba AC	3–2	1–1
Sunrise Flacq United	1–3	JS Saint-Pierroise	1–0	0–3
Kenya Breweries	0–0	Al-Hilal Club (p)	0–0	0–0
Goldfields	4–2	Junior Professionals	3–0	1–2
CAPS United	7–6	Express Red Eagles FC	5–2	2–4
Orlando Pirates	1–0	Roma Rovers	1–0	0–0

Second Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
USM Alger	3–2	Udoji United	3–0	0–2
Unisport FC	2–4	Ferroviário	1–0	1–4
Raja Casablanca	4–1	Mbilinga FC	3–0	1–1
Africa Sports National	1–6	Primeiro de Agosto	1–1	0–5
Zamalek	6–2	Mufulira Wanderers	5–2	1–0
Club Africain	11–1	JS Saint-Pierroise	6–1	5–0
Al-Hilal Club	2–3	Goldfields	2–1	0–2
CAPS United	1–3	Orlando Pirates	1–2	0–1

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 USM Alger 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Primeiro de Agosto 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10 Orlando Pirates 6 0 1 5 5 10 −5 1

ORL PRI RAC USM Orlando Pirates — 1–2 1–2 1–1 Primeiro de Agosto 2–1 — 1–1 2–1 Raja Casablanca 1–0 4–0 — 0–2 USM Alger 2–1 1–0 2–2 —

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Obuasi Goldfields 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 Zamalek SC 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9 Club Africain 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8 Ferroviário Maputo 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7

CA FER GOL ZAM Club Africain — 1–0 0–0 2–0 Ferroviário Maputo 0–0 — 2–1 2–0 Obuasi Goldfields 2–0 4–0 — 3–1 Zamalek SC 2–0 2–1 2–0 —

Knockout stage

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Obuasi Goldfields	1–1 (4–5 p)	Raja Casablanca	1–0	0–1

Champions

1997 CAF Champions League Winners
Raja Casablanca Second Title

External links

• Results at RSSSF.com