1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs, known as Kwame Nkrumah Cup was the first 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.

1964-65 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Kwame Nkrumah Cup
Tournament details
Dates	10 April 1964 – 12 February 1965
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Oryx Douala (1st title)
Runners-up	Stade Malien
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	64 (4.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Salif Kéïta (3 goals)
1966 →

The tournament was played by 14 teams. They were split in 3 groups, with each group winner qualifying to the final tournament held in Ghana. Oryx Douala from Cameroon won the final, and became the first CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round, divided over three zones.

Real Republicans of Ghana qualified as the host of the final tournament.

North-Eastern Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cotton Factory Club	w/o	Al-Hilal	—	—
El-Tersana	bye		—	—

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cotton Factory Club	w/o	El-Tersana	—	—

Cotton Factory Club qualified.

Western Zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Malien	5–1	Espoir de Saint-Louis	4–0	1–1
Sily CK	6–4	Invincible Eleven	4–1	2–3
ASEC Mimosas	w/o	Étoile Filante	—	—
AS Porto-Novo	w/o	Port Harcourt FC	—	—

5 April 1964

Stade Malien	4–0	Espoir de Saint-Louis

Bamako

Espoir de Saint-Louis	1–1	Stade Malien

Dakar

Stade Malien won 5–1 on aggregate.

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12 April 1964

Sily CK	4–1	Invincible Eleven

Conakry

25 April 1964

Invincible Eleven	3–2	Sily CK

Monrovia

Sily CK won 6–4 on aggregate.

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ASEC Mimosas	w/o	Étoile Filante

ASEC Mimosas won after Étoile Filante withdrew.

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AS Porto-Novo	w/o	Port Harcourt FC

AS Porto-Novo won after Port Harcourt FC withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Sily CK	6–7	Stade Malien	4–2	0–2	2–3
AS Porto-Novo	3–5	ASEC Mimosas	2–1	1–4

7 June 1964

Sily CK	4–2	Stade Malien

Conakry

22 June 1964

Stade Malien	2–0	Sily CK

Bamako

As the aggregate finished 4–4, a replay was required.

24 June 1964

Stade Malien	3–2	Sily Club de Kindia

Bamako

Stade Malien qualified.

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19 July 1964

AS Porto-Novo	2–1	ASEC Mimosas

Porto Novo

15 November 1964

ASEC Mimosas	4–1	AS Porto-Novo

Bamako

ASEC Mimosas won 5–3 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Malien	9–7	ASEC Mimosas	3–3	6–4

13 December 1964

Stade Malien	3–3	ASEC Mimosas

Bamako

ASEC Mimosas	4–6	Stade Malien

Abidjan

Stade Malien won 9–7 on aggregate and qualified.

Central-South-Western Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Oryx Douala	5–4	CS Imana	3–2	2–2

Oryx Douala	3–2	CS Imana

Douala

CS Imana	2–2	Oryx Douala

Kinshasa

Oryx Douala won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified.

Final tournament

The final tournament was held in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana.

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 January – Accra
	Real Republicans	1
					7 February – Accra
	Oryx Douala	2
					Oryx Douala	2
	4 February – Kumasi
					Stade Malien	1
	Cotton Factory Club	1
	Stade Malien	3
					Third-place match
					5 February – Accra
					Real Republicans	3
					Cotton Factory Club	1

Semi-finals

31 January 1965

Real Republicans	1–2	Oryx Douala
Tawiah 2'		Ebellé 63' Epétè 75'

Accra Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 50,000

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4 February 1965

Cotton Factory Club	1–3	Stade Malien
Diallo 68' (o.g.)		Kéïta 5', 54' Sinaté 50'

Sports Stadium, Kumasi

Attendance: 25,000

Bronze-medal match

5 February 1965

Real Republicans	3–1	Cotton Factory Club
Pare 57' Gbadamosi 65' Odametey 79' (pen.)		Abdelle 50'

Accra Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 50,000

Final

Main article: 1965 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

7 February 1965

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Oryx Douala	2–1	Stade Malien
Koum 41' Ebellé 65'		Sinaté 85'

Accra Stadium, Accra

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Anthony Arthur (Liberia)

Champion

1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs Oryx Douala First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1964–65 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Salif Kéïta	Stade Malien	3
2	Walter Ebellé	Oryx Douala	2
	Tiémoko Sinaté	Stade Malien	2

External links

• Coupe de la CAF : Stade Malien 44 ans après...
• RSSSF summary of results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation