1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1988 was the 24th 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. The tournament was played by 37 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches.

1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Dates1988
Teams37 (from 37 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAlgeria Entente de Sétif (1st title)
Runners-upNigeria Iwuanyanwu Nationale
Tournament statistics
Matches played70
Goals scored184 (2.63 per match)
1987
1989

Entente de Sétif[n 1] from Algeria won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CD Elá Nguema   0–5   Étoile du Congo 0–1 0–4
Manzini Wanderers   6–1   Township Rollers 2–0 4–1
Panthères Noires   2–3   Wagad FC 2–2 0–1
LDF   2–3   Sunrise Flacq United 2–0 0–3
Sierra Fisheries   0–1   AS Police 0–1 0–0

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star   1–5   Africa Sports 0–2 1–3
Asante Kotoko   2–2 (2–4 p)   FC 105 Libreville 2–0 0–2
Doumbé FC   0–2   Tonnerre Yaoundé 0–1 0–1
Étoile du Congo   0–2   AS Inter Star 0–0 0–2
Étoile du Sahel   w/o1   Al-Nasr
Invincible Eleven   0–1   FAR Rabat 0–1 0–0
Iwuanyanwu Nationale   3–0   Requins de l'Atlantique 2–0 1–0
Manzini Wanderers   2–5   SC Villa 1–4 1–1
Matchedje   4–3   Jos Nosy-Bé 3–1 1–2
Petro Atlético   3–1   TP Mazembe 2–1 1–0
AS Police   2–2 (10–9 p)   SEIB Diourbel 2–0 0–2
Shabana FC   2–4   Kabwe Warriors 1–0 1–4
Stade Malien   1–5   Entente de Sétif 1–1 0–4
Sunrise Flacq United   4–3   Black Rhinos 2–1 2–2
Wagad FC   1–7   Al-Hilal 1–1 0–6
Young Africans   0–4   Al Ahly 0–0 0–4

1 Al-Nasr withdrew.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Africa Sports   4–2   Petro Atlético 3–0 1–2
Étoile du Sahel   2–3   Entente de Sétif 2–1 0–2
FAR Rabat   6–2   AS Police 5–0 1–2
FC 105 Libreville   3–2   AS Inter Star 2–1 1–1
Iwuanyanwu Nationale   4–3   Tonnerre Yaoundé 2–0 2–3
Kabwe Warriors   1–3   Al-Hilal 0–0 1–3
SC Villa   3–6   Al Ahly 2–3 1–3
Sunrise Flacq United   3–5   Matchedje 2–0 1–5

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly   2–1   Matchedje 2–0 0–1
Al-Hilal   1–3   FAR Rabat 1–0 0–3
FC 105 Libreville   3–4   Entente de Sétif 3–1 0–3
Iwuanyanwu Nationale   3–2   Africa Sports 2–0 1–2

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Entente de Sétif   2–2 (4–2 p)   Al Ahly 2–0 0–2
Iwuanyanwu Nationale   5–5 (5–3 p)   FAR Rabat 4–1 1–4

Final

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Iwuanyanwu Nationale  1–0  Entente de Sétif
  • Ozogula   29'
Attendance: 25,000
Entente de Sétif  4–0  Iwuanyanwu Nationale
Attendance: 55,000

Champion

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1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
 
Entente de Sétif
First title

Top scorers

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The top scorers from the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Abdeslam Laghrissi   FAR Rabat 7
2   Ayman Shawky   Al Ahly 5
3   Abderrazak Rahmani   Entente de Sétif 4
2   Rabie Yassin   Al Ahly 3
  Abderrazak Khairi   FAR Rabat 3
6   Nacer Adjissa   Entente de Sétif 2
  Mustapha Gharib   Entente de Sétif 2
  Taher Abouzeid   Al Ahly 2
  Hammou Fadili   FAR Rabat 2

Notes

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  1. ^ ES Sétif changed the name to EP Sétif from 1977 to 1987 and to Entente de Sétif from 1987-88 to 1988-89 seasons, so the club participated under the first name until the quarter-final and under the second name in the semi-final and the final.
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