1998 CAF Champions League

The 1998 CAF Champions League was the 34th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current CAF Champions League format. ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast defeated Dynamos Harare of Zimbabwe in the final to win their first title.

1998 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates30 January – 12 December
Teams42 (from 42 associations)
Final positions
Champions ASEC Mimosas (1st title)
Runners-up Dynamos Harare
Tournament statistics
Matches played87
Goals scored155 (1.78 per match)

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
St.-Michel United 2–8 Ethiopian Coffee SC 1–0 1–8
Rayon Sport 6–1 Maniema FC 6–1 w/o1
Telecom Wanderers 4–1 BDF XI 3–0 1–1
Mbabane Swallows 1–6 LDF 1–4 0–2
Mdlaw Megbi 0–2 Utalii 0–1 0–1
SS Saint-Louisienne 1–3 Sunrise Flacq United 1–2 0–1
Deportivo Mongomo w/o2 Muni Sport – –
Wallidan FC 0–2 AS Douanes 0–0 0–2
Mogas 90 FC w/o2 East End Lions – –
Tourbillon FC w/o3 AS Tempête Mocaf – –

1 Maniema FC withdrew after the 1st leg.
2 Muni Sport and East End Lions both withdrew.
3 AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC 3–3 (a) Al Ahly 1–1 2–2
Rayon Sport 3–3 (a) Young Africans 2–2 1–1
Telecom Wanderers 2–4 Dynamos Harare 1–2 1–2
Sunrise Flacq United 0–4 Ferroviário 0–4 0–0
KCC 1–3 Power Dynamos 0–1 1–2
LDF 4–5 Manning Rangers 3–3 1–2
Utalii 4–3 Al-Merrikh 4–0 0–3
CI Kamsar 3–5 ES Sahel 1–2 2–3
Deportivo Mongomo 3–13 Petro Atlético 1–4 2–9
Eagle Cement 4–3 AS Vita Club 4–1 0–2
RC Bobo 2–4 ASEC Mimosas 1–0 1–4
Dynamic Lomé 5–9 FC 105 Libreville 3–3 2–6
AS Douanes 2–1 CS Constantine 2–1 0–0
Mogas 90 FC 1–6 Raja Casablanca 0–0 1–6
Tourbillon FC 1–4 Coton Sport FC 0–0 1–4
Djoliba AC 0–1 Hearts of Oak 0–0 0–1

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC 3–8 Young Africans 2–2 1–6
Dynamos Harare 2–1 Ferroviário 1–1 1–0
Power Dynamos 0–4 Manning Rangers 0–2 0–2
Utalii 1–1 (2-4 p) ES Sahel 1–0 0–1
Petro Atlético 0–3 Eagle Cement 0–1 0–2
ASEC Mimosas 4–2 FC 105 Libreville 2–0 2–2
AS Douanes 1–2 Raja Casablanca 1–0 0–2
Coton Sport FC 2–2 (a) Hearts of Oak 2–1 0–1

Group stage
Main article: 1998 CAF Champions League group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts DYN HEA ESS EAG
Dynamos Harare 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10 — 0–1 1–0 3–0
Hearts of Oak 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–1 — 3–2 1–0
ES Sahel 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9 1–0 2–1 — 5–0
Eagle Cement 6 2 0 4 3 11 −8 6 0–1 1–0 2–1 —
Source:

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ASEC MAN RCA YOU
ASEC Mimosas 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 — 3–1 1–1 2–1
Manning Rangers 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 1–0 — 1–0 4–0
Raja Casablanca 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8 0–1 2–1 — 6–0
Young Africans 6 0 2 4 5 19 −14 2 0–3 1–1 3–3 —
Source:

Knockout stage

Final
Main article: 1998 CAF Champions League Final
Dynamos Harare 0–0 ASEC Mimosas
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)
ASEC Mimosas 4–2 Dynamos Harare
  • Phiri  60'
  • Owusu  81'
Attendance: 50,000

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1998 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Aseged Tesfaye Ethiopian Coffee SC 6
Reda Ereyahi Raja Casablanca 6
3 Mustapha Moustawdaa Raja Casablanca 4
4 Zico Petro Atlético 3
Musa Eagle Cement 3
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