1998 CAF Champions League Final

1998 CAF Champions League Final
Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan hosted the second leg of the final
on aggregate
First leg
Date 28 November 1998
Venue National Sports Stadium, Harare
Referee Sinko Zeli (Côte d'Ivoire)
Second leg
Date 12 December 1998
Venue Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan
Referee Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

The 1998 CAF Champions League Final is the final of the 1998 CAF Champions League, the 34th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

The final is contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Dynamos FC of Zimbabwe and ASEC Mimosas of Côte d'Ivoire. The first leg was hosted by Dynamos FC at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on 28 November 1998, while the second leg was hosted by ASEC Mimosas at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan on 12 December 1998. ASEC Mimosas won on aggregate and it earns the right to play in the 1999 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup. [1]

Qualified teams

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

Team Region Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Zimbabwe Dynamos FC COSAFA (Southern Africa) none
Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas WAFU (West Africa) 1995

Road to final

Matches

First leg

Dynamos FC Zimbabwe 0 – 0 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)

Second leg

ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 4 – 2 Zimbabwe Dynamos FC
Camara  30', 38'
Sié  43'
Zaki  52'
Soma Phiri  60'
Owusu  81'

References

  1. "Ligue des Champions - CAF - 1998". afrik11.com. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
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