1999 CAF Champions League

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.

1999 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates31 January – 12 December
Teams41 (from 41 associations)
Final positions
Champions Raja Casablanca (3rd title)
Runners-up ES Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played88
Goals scored233 (2.65 per match)

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. 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[lower-alpha 1]
USFA 2–1 Dragons de l'Ouémé 2–0 0–1
CD Elá Nguema w/o[lower-alpha 2] 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
  1. Invincible Eleven withdrew after 1st leg, and 2nd leg was awarded 2-0 to ASEC Ndiambour.
  2. Santana FC withdrew

First round
Team 1 Agg. 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 [lower-alpha 1]
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
  1. Costa do Sol departed before 2nd leg and were ejected from the competition.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. 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[lower-alpha 1]
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
  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
Main article: 1999 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 RAJ ALA HEA SHO
Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 11 — 1–1 1–0 1–0
Al Ahly 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 0–1 — 2–0 4–1
Hearts of Oak 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 0–0 2–1 — 3–0
Shooting Stars 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4 1–0 2–3 2–2 —
Source:

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

Knockout stage

Final
Main article: 1999 CAF Champions League Final
Raja Casablanca 0–0 ES Tunis
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mathabella Petros (South Africa)
ES Tunis 0–0 Raja Casablanca
Penalties
 3–4
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

Top goalscorers

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 4
Venance Zézé ASEC Mimosas 4
Mustapha Moustawdaa Raja Casablanca 4
Walid Azaiez ES Tunis 4
7 Mohamed Gouda Al Ahly 3
Emmanuel Osei Kuffour Hearts of Oak 3
Kingston Rinemhota Dynamos Harare 3
Ronald Sibanda Dynamos Harare 3
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