1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs

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1966 African Cup of Champions ClubsTournament details

Teams| 13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Stade d'Abidjan (1st title)
Runners-up|  Real Bamako
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 22
Goals scored| 92 (4.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Salif Kéïta (14 goals)

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International football competition

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.

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 |

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| | | | | | |  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

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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

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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

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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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Main article: 1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

11 December 1966

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Real Bamako | 3–1|  Stade d'Abidjan

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* Kéïta 57' (pen.), ?'
* Nani 77'

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* Peters 1'

Stade Omnisports, Bamako

Attendance: 30 000

25 December 1966

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Stade d'Abidjan | 4–1 (a.e.t.)|  Real Bamako

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* Déhi 15', 26'
* Peters 75'
* Bléziri 117'

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* Ballani ?'

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan

Attendance: 40 000

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

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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

## External links

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* African Cup of Champions results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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