1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1966 was the 2nd 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.

1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsIvory Coast Stade d'Abidjan (1st title)
Runners-upMali Real Bamako
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored92 (4.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mali Salif Kéïta (14 goals)
1967

The tournament was played by 13 teams, with the winner of the previous edition (Oryx Douala) given a bye into the semi-finals. The structure of the tournament was a knock-out tournament with ties played home and away. Stade d'Abidjan from Côte d'Ivoire won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

Bracket

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First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Oryx Douala 2 2 4
  Invincible Eleven 2 0 2   Real Bamako 4 3 7
  Real Bamako 3 6 9   Real Bamako 2 3 5
  Conakry I1 3 3 w/o   Conakry I 1 2 3
  US Gorée 0 0   Real Bamako 3 1 4
  Ethio-Cement 1 0 1   Stade d'Abidjan (a.e.t.) 1 4 5
  Al-Hilal 4 6 10   Al-Hilal 6 4 10
  Diables Noirs 1 2 3   Diables Noirs 1 1 2
  AS Dragons 2 0 2   Al-Hilal 1 2 3
  Étoile Filante (Lomé) 0 0 0   Stade d'Abidjan 0 4 4
  Asante Kotoko 3 3 6   Asante Kotoko 0 2 2
  Étoile Filante 2 1 3   Stade d'Abidjan 1 2 3
  Stade d'Abidjan 0 4 4

1 US Gorée withdrew.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Conakry I   w/o1   US Gorée
Diables Noirs   3–2   AS Dragons 1–2 2–0
Ethio-Cement   1–10   Al-Hilal 1–4 0–6
Étoile Filante (Lomé)   0–6   Asante Kotoko 0–3 0–3
Étoile Filante   3–4   Stade d'Abidjan 2–0 1–4
Invincible Eleven   2–9   Real Bamako 2–3 0–6
Oryx Douala   bye

1 US Gorée withdrew.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal   10–2   Diables Noirs 6–1 4–1
Asante Kotoko   2–3   Stade d'Abidjan 0–1 2–2
Real Bamako   5–3   Conakry I 2–1 3–2
Oryx Douala   bye

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal   3–4   Stade d'Abidjan 1–0 2–4
Oryx Douala   4–7   Real Bamako 2–4 2–3

Final

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Real Bamako  3–1  Stade d'Abidjan
Attendance: 30 000
Stade d'Abidjan  4–1 (a.e.t.)  Real Bamako

Stade d'Abidjan won 5–4 on aggregate.

Champion

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1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs
 
Stade d'Abidjan
First Title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Salif Kéïta   Real Bamako 14
2   Jaxa   Al-Hilal 7
3   Mostafa Shawish   Al-Hilal 5
4   Adama Haidara   Real Bamako 4
5   Samuel Mbappé Léppé   Oryx Douala 3
  Sidig Mohamed Ahmed   Al-Hilal 3
7   Bistouri   Diables Noirs 2
  Henri Ahibo   Stade d'Abidjan 2
  Maurice Déhi   Stade d'Abidjan 2
  Idrissa Kante   Real Bamako 2
  Abdel Mahmoud Ibrahim   Al-Hilal 2
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