1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April 1968 – 30 March 1969
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	TP Englebert (2nd title)
Runners-up	Étoile Filante (Lomé)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	102 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pierre Kalala (7 goals)
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The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1968 was the 4th 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 20 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. TP Englebert from Congo-Kinshasa won the final, and became CAF club champion for the second time in a row for the first time this makes the record holders for the number of titles won.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Etoile du Congo	w/o1	Mighty Blackpool	—	—
FAR Rabat	w/o1	Augustinians FC	—	—
Police (Mogadishu)	w/o1	Cosmopolitans FC	—	—
Secteur 6	2–4	US Ouagadougou	1–1	1–3

¹ Mighty Blackpool, Augustinians FC and Cosmopolitans FC all withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Abaluhya United	4–2	Saint-George SA	1–1	3–1
Africa Sports	6–41	TP Englebert	2–0	4–4
Etoile du Congo	4–6	Oryx Douala	1–2	3–4
FAR Rabat	3–0	Foyer France	2–0	1–0
Mighty Barrolle	1–22	Conakry II	1–2	n/p2
Police (Mogadishu)	2–4	Al-Mourada	1–1	1–3
Stationery Stores	4–43	Cape Coast Dwarfs	3–2	1–2
US Ouagadougou	1–6	Étoile Filante (Lomé)	1–4	0–2

¹ Africa Sports were ejected from the competition for fielding three ineligible players.
² Mighty Barolle were disqualified after Liberia was suspended by FIFA.
³ Stationery Stores won after drawing of lots.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Abaluhya United	4–3	Al-Mourada	3–0	1–3
Étoile Filante (Lomé)	3–0	Conakry II	3–01	n/p1
FAR Rabat	2–22	Stationery Stores	1–0	1–2
TP Englebert	5–0	Oryx Douala	3–0	2–0

¹ The 1st leg was abandoned at 72' with Étoile Filante leading 3–0 after Conakry II walked off to protest the officiating and withdrew from the tournament; the 2nd leg was scratched and Étoile Filante advanced.
² A third match was played in Dakar by mutual agreement: after this match finished 2–2 when extra time expired, FAR Rabat won after a drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Abaluhya United	2–4	Étoile Filante (Lomé)	2–0	0–4
TP Englebert	4–2	FAR Rabat	1–1	3–1

Final

Main article: 1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

16 March 1969

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TP Englebert	5–0	Étoile Filante (Lomé)
Kalala 3', 75' Kalonzo 40' Tshinabu 46', 57'

20 May Stadium, Kinshasa

30 March 1969

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Étoile Filante (Lomé)	4–1	TP Englebert
Docteur Kaolo Ananou		Kalonzo

Stade Général Eyadema, Lomé

TP Englebert won 6–4 on aggregate.

Champion

1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs TP Englebert Second Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1968 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Pierre Kalala	TP Englebert	7
2	Kamunda Tshinabu	TP Englebert	5
3	Joe Kadenge	Abaluhya United	3
	John Nyawanga	Abaluhya United	3
	Driss Bamous	FAR Rabat	3
6	André Kalonzo	TP Englebert	2
	... Nyembo "Toyota"	TP Englebert	2
	John Ambani	Abaluhya United	2
	Moulay Driss Cherika	FAR Rabat	2
	Désiré Ananou	Étoile Filante	2
	Docteur Kaolo	Étoile Filante	2

External links

• RSSSF summary of results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation