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)

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 7–1 Gabon Olympique Sportif 5–1 2–0
Hoga Mogadishu Somalia 3–4 Sudan Burri Khartoum 2–0 1–4
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo w/o1 Central African Republic US Cattin
Young Africans Tanzania 4–3 Madagascar Fitarikandro 4–1 0–2

1 US Cattin withdrew.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Ghana 6–2 Republic of the Congo Patronage Sainte-Anne 5–1 1–1
Al-Tahaddy Libya 0–8 United Arab Republic Ismaily 0–5 0–3
Burri Khartoum Sudan 3–4 Kenya Gor Mahia 2–4 1–0
Caïman Douala Cameroon 1–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 0–0 1–3
Saint-George SA Ethiopia 0–5 Tanzania Young Africans 0–0 0–5
Secteur 6 Niger 1–8 Togo Étoile Filante (Lomé) 1–5 0–3
TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo 4–3 Ivory Coast Africa Sports 2–1 2–2
US FRAN Republic of Upper Volta 2–91 Guinea Conakry II 2–7 0–21

1 US FRAN withdrew after the first leg.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2–21 Tanzania Young Africans 1–1 1–1
Ismaily United Arab Republic 4–2 Kenya Gor Mahia 3–1 1–1
Conakry II Guinea 10–3 Democratic Republic of the Congo FC Saint Eloi Lupopo 7–2 3–1
TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo 4–2 Togo Étoile Filante (Lomé) 4–1 0–1

1 Asante Kotoko won after drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asante Kotoko Ghana 4–5 United Arab Republic Ismaily 2–2 2–3
TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo 7–5 Guinea Conakry II 4–0 3–5

Final

TP Englebert Democratic Republic of the Congo2–2United Arab Republic Ismaily
  • Kalonzo
  • Kalala
  • Abdel-Razak 9'
  • El-Sennari 11'
Ismaily United Arab Republic3–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert
  • Kalonzo 52'
Attendance: 130,000

Champion

1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs
United Arab Republic
Ismaily
First Title

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 United Arab Republic Ali Abo Greisha United Arab Republic Ismaily 8
2 United Arab Republic Bazouka United Arab Republic Ismaily 6
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo André Kalonzo Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 5
Ghana Osei Kofi Ghana Asante Kotoko 5
5 Guinea Chérif Souleymane Guinea Conakry II 4
United Arab Republic Amiro Darwish United Arab Republic Ismaily 4
7 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kamunda Tshinabu Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Englebert 3
Guinea Petit Sory Guinea Conakry II 3
9 Ghana Orlando Osumanu Ghana Asante Kotoko 2
Guinea Soriba Soumah Guinea Conakry II 2
Guinea Tolo Guinea Conakry II 2
Kenya William Ouma Kenya Gor Mahia 2
Tanzania Kitwana Manara Tanzania Young Africans 2
United Arab Republic Abdel Aziz Hendawy United Arab Republic Ismaily 2
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