1999 CAF Champions League

1999 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	31 January – 12 December
Teams	41 (from 41 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Raja Casablanca (3rd title)
Runners-up	ES Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played	88
Goals scored	233 (2.65 per match)
	← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 CAF Champions League was the 35th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 3rd prize under the CAF Champions League format. Raja Casablanca of Morocco defeated ES Tunis of Tunisia on penalties in the final to win their third title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Red Sea FC	1–3	Rayon Sport	1–1	0–2
ASEC Ndiambour	6–0	Invincible Eleven	4–0	2–0^[a]
USFA	2–1	Dragons de l'Ouémé	2–0	0–1
CD Elá Nguema	w/o^[b]	Santana FC	–	–
Telecom Wanderers	3–2	Scouts Club	0–1	3–1
SS Saint-Louisienne	6–0	Red Star FC	2–0	4–0
AS CotonTchad	2–3	Al-Mahalah	2–0	0–3
Notwane FC	2–4	LDF	1–1	1–3
Real Banjul	1–3	AS Kaloum Star	0–2	1–1

^ Invincible Eleven withdrew after 1st leg, and 2nd leg was awarded 2-0 to ASEC Ndiambour.
^ Santana FC withdrew

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maji Maji FC	0–5	Al Ahly	0–3	0–2
Rayon Sport	3–1	AFC Leopards	2–1	1–0
ASEC Ndiambour	1–4	Raja Casablanca	1–0	0–4
Djoliba AC	3–3 (a)	Coton Sport FC	2–0	1–3
FC 105 Libreville	2–3	ASEC Mimosas	1–0	1–3
USFA	2–6	USM El Harrach	2–0	0–6
CD Elá Nguema	0–9	Hearts of Oak	0–3	0–6
SC Villa	7–2	Mebrat Hail	5–0	2–2
AS Kaloum Star	3–6	Shooting Stars	3–0	0–6
Costa do Sol	0–1	DC Motema Pembe	0–1	^[a]
Telecom Wanderers	1–5	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–2	0–3
SS Saint-Louisienne	2–1	DSA Antananarivo	1–0	1–1
Al-Mahalah	1–4	ES Tunis	1–2	0–2
Nchanga Rangers	1–2	Al-Hilal	1–0	0–2
Vital'O	3–2	Primeiro de Agosto	2–1	1–1
LDF	0–4	Dynamos Harare	0–3	0–1

^ Costa do Sol departed before 2nd leg and were ejected from the competition.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	3–1	Rayon Sport	3–0	0–1
Raja Casablanca	3–3 (7-6 p)	Djoliba AC	2–1	1–2
ASEC Mimosas	5–2	USM El Harrach	4–0	1–2
Hearts of Oak	4–1	SC Villa	3–0	1–1
Shooting Stars	2–0	DC Motema Pembe	2–0	0–0^[a]
Mamelodi Sundowns	3–5	SS Saint-Louisienne	1–1	2–4
ES Tunis	8–3	Al-Hilal	5–0	3–3
Vital'O	0–3	Dynamos Harare	0–2	0–1

^ The match was abandoned at half-time with the score tied at 0–0 after Shooting Stars FC left the pitch and refused to continue due to their team officials having been manhandled and assaulted by local fans; they were awarded the tie.

Group stage

Key to colors in group tables
Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RAJ	ALA	HEA	SHO
1	Raja Casablanca	6	3	2	1	4	2	+2	11	Final	—	1–1	1–0	1–0
2	Al Ahly	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10		0–1	—	2–0	4–1
3	Hearts of Oak	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8		0–0	2–1	—	3–0
4	Shooting Stars	6	1	1	4	6	13	−7	4		1–0	2–3	2–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ESP	MIM	DYN	SLO
1	ES Tunis	6	5	0	1	13	1	+12	15	Final	—	3–0	1–0	5–0
2	ASEC Mimosas	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10		1–0	—	2–0	3–1
3	Dynamos Harare	6	2	0	4	9	9	0	6		0–2	2–1	—	7–2
4	SS Saint-Louisienne	6	1	1	4	4	17	−13	4		0–2	0–0	1–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final

27 November 1999

17:00 UTC+1

Raja Casablanca	0–0	ES Tunis

Stade Père Jégo, Casablanca

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mathabella Petros (South Africa)

12 December 1999

17:00 UTC+1

ES Tunis	0–0	Raja Casablanca

Penalties
Badra Kanzari Gabsi Chihi El Ouaer	3–4	Khoubache El Karkouri Safri Aboub El Himer

Stade El Menzah, Tunis

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

Top goal scorers

The top scorers from the 1999 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Hossam Hassan	Al Ahly	6
2	Ishmael Addo	Hearts of Oak	4
	Aruna Dindane	ASEC Mimosas
	Venance Zézé	ASEC Mimosas
	Mustapha Moustawdaa	Raja Casablanca
	Walid Azaiez	ES Tunis
7	Mohamed Gouda	Al Ahly	3
	Emmanuel Osei Kuffour	Hearts of Oak
	Kingston Rinemhota	Dynamos Harare
	Ronald Sibanda	Dynamos Harare

External links

Champions' Cup 1999 - rsssf.com

[1] Invincible Eleven withdrew after 1st leg, and 2nd leg was awarded 2-0 to ASEC Ndiambour.

[2] Santana FC withdrew

[3] Costa do Sol departed before 2nd leg and were ejected from the competition.

[4] The match was abandoned at half-time with the score tied at 0–0 after Shooting Stars FC left the pitch and refused to continue due to their team officials having been manhandled and assaulted by local fans; they were awarded the tie.

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