1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 was the 7th 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.

1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
DatesApril - 21 December 1971
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Canon Yaoundé (1st title)
Runners-up Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored117 (2.66 per match)
Top scorer(s) Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (6 goals)

The tournament was played by 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Abaluhya United 1–3 Great Olympics 0–0 1–3
Al-Merrikh 2–2 (5–4 p) Tele SC Asmara 2–1 0–1
Canon Yaoundé 9–4 AS Solidarité 7–3 2–1
ASC Diaraf 3–4 Stade Malien 3–0 0–4
Espérance de Tunis 1–0 Al-Ahly Benghazi 0–0 1–0
Maseru United 3–5 MMM Tamatave 1–2 2–3
AS Porto Novo 0–3 Victoria Club Mokanda 0–1 0–2
Secteur 6 FC 1–2 Enugu Rangers 1–1 0–1
Young Africans 2–0 Lavori Publici 2–0 0–0

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star 4–5 Enugu Rangers 3–3 1–2
Al-Merrikh 2–2 (4–5 p) Asante Kotoko 2–1 0–1
Coffee United SC w/o1 Young Africans — —
Al-Ismaily w/o2 Espérance de Tunis — —
Stade Malien 3–4 ASEC Mimosas 2–2 1–2
MMM Tamatave 2–5 Great Olympics 2–1 0–4
Victoria Club Mokanda 1–4 Dynamic Togolais 1–2 0–2
AS Vita Club 3–3 (3–4 p) Canon Yaoundé 2–0 1–3

1 Young Africans withdrew.
2 Espérance de Tunis withdrew.

Quarter-Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Coffee United SC 0–2 Great Olympics 0–0 0–2
Dynamic Togolais 4–6 Canon Yaoundé 1–2 3–4
Enugu Rangers 0–3 ASEC Mimosas 0–1 0–2
Al-Ismaily 0–3 Asante Kotoko 0–0 0–3

Semi-Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas 3–5 Canon Yaoundé 2–1 1–4
Great Olympics 1–2 Asante Kotoko 1–1 0–1

Final
Asante Kotoko 3–0 Canon Yaoundé
Canon Yaoundé 2–0 Asante Kotoko
Stade militaire de Yaoundé, Yaoundé

For the final, only points aggregate, not goals aggregate was considered.

Canon Yaoundé 1–01 Asante Kotoko
  • Etemé  72'
Stade militaire de Yaoundé, Yaoundé

1 The match was abandoned at the 82' with Canon Yaoundé leading 1-0 after Asante Kotoko fans invaded the pitch. Canon Yaoundé were declared champions.

Champion
African Cup of Champions Clubs
1971 Winners
Canon Yaoundé
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Cecil Jones Attuquayefio Great Olympics 6
2 Abukari Gariba Asante Kotoko 3
Lamine "Jules" Traoré Stade Malien 3
4 Peter Lamptey Great Olympics 2
Mamadou "Doudou" Diakité Stade Malien 2
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