1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 was the 9th 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.

1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 16 December 1973
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions AS Vita Club (1st title)
Runners-up Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored142 (3.23 per match)
Top scorer(s) Chérif Souleymane
(5 goals)

The tournament was played by 24 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. AS Vita Club from Zaire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas 5–2 Mighty Barrolle 2–1 3–1
Kenya Breweries 2–2 (5–4 p) Tele SC Asmara 1–1 1–1
CARA Brazzaville 3–2 Sports Dynamic 1–0 2–2
AS Forces Armées (Dakar) 4–6 Modèle Lomé 2–2 2–4
Fortior Mahajanga 6–3 Police FC 5–1 1–2
Horseed FC 3–6 Ismaily 3–1 0–5
Mighty Jets 2–21 AS Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 0–1
Young Africans 2–3 Al-Merrikh 1–2 1–1

1 AS Jeanne d'Arc withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Merrikh 1–4 Asante Kotoko 1–1 0–3
Kenya Breweries 4–3 Simba FC 3–1 1–2
Hafia FC 5–5 (3–2 p) ASEC Mimosas 2–1 3–4
Ismaily 5–1 Al-Ahly Benghazi 4–1 1–0
Kabwe Warriors 7–0 Fortior Mahajanga 4–0 3–0
Léopard Douala 2–1 CARA Brazzaville 2–0 0–1
Stade Malien 2–1 Modèle Lomé 2–1 0–0
AS Vita Club w/o1 Mighty Jets — —

1 Mighty Jets were forced to withdraw as they could not afford the cost of travel to Zaire for the first leg.

Quarter-Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya Breweries 1–21 Ismaily 0–0 1–2
Hafia FC 5–6 Léopard Douala 2–4 3–2
Kabwe Warriors 2–3 Asante Kotoko 2–1 0–2
Stade Malien 1–7 AS Vita Club 0–3 1–4

1 Ismaily SC withdrew after the 2nd leg.

Semi-Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kenya Breweries 1–4 Asante Kotoko 0–2 1–2
AS Vita Club 4–3 Léopard Douala 3–0 1–3

Final
Asante Kotoko 4–2 AS Vita Club
  • Mayanga  26'
  • Mavuba  65' (pen.)
AS Vita Club 3–0 Asante Kotoko
  • Mayanga  55', 77'
  • Kembo  ?'

Champion
African Cup of Champions Clubs
1973 Winners
AS Vita Club
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Chérif Souleymane Hafia FC 5
2 Laurent Pokou ASEC Mimosas 4
3 Ismail Hefny Ismaily 3
Ossama Khalil Ismaily 3
Mayanga Maku AS Vita Club 3
6 Roger Milla Léopard Douala 2
Sayed Abdel Razek Ismaily 2
Ali Abo Greisha Ismaily 2
Petit Sory Hafia FC 2
Bernard N'Guessan ASEC Mimosas 2
Ndaye Mulamba AS Vita Club 2
Joe Sam Asante Kotoko 2
Godfrey Chitalu Kabwe Warriors 2
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