1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 was the 7th 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.

1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April - 21 December 1971
Teams	25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canon Yaoundé (1st title)
Runners-up	Asante Kotoko
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	117 (2.66 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (6 goals)
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The tournament was played by 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Abaluhya United	1–3	Great Olympics	0–0	1–3
Al-Merrikh	2–2 (5–4 p)	Tele SC Asmara	2–1	0–1
Canon Yaoundé	9–4	AS Solidarité	7–3	2–1
ASC Diaraf	3–4	Stade Malien	3–0	0–4
Espérance de Tunis	1–0	Al-Ahly Benghazi	0–0	1–0
Maseru United	3–5	MMM Tamatave	1–2	2–3
AS Porto Novo	0–3	Victoria Club Mokanda	0–1	0–2
Secteur 6 FC	1–2	Enugu Rangers	1–1	0–1
Young Africans	2–0	Lavori Publici	2–0	0–0

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star	4–5	Enugu Rangers	3–3	1–2
Al-Merrikh	2–2 (4–5 p)	Asante Kotoko	2–1	0–1
Coffee United SC	w/o1	Young Africans	—	—
Al-Ismaily	w/o2	Espérance de Tunis	—	—
Stade Malien	3–4	ASEC Mimosas	2–2	1–2
MMM Tamatave	2–8	Great Olympics	2–1	0–7[1]
Victoria Club Mokanda	1–4	Dynamic Togolais	1–2	0–2
AS Vita Club	3–3 (3–4 p)	Canon Yaoundé	2–0	1–3

¹ Young Africans withdrew.
² Espérance de Tunis withdrew.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Coffee United SC	0–2	Great Olympics	0–0	0–2
Dynamic Togolais	4–6	Canon Yaoundé	1–2	3–4
Enugu Rangers	0–3	ASEC Mimosas	0–1	0–2
Al-Ismaily	1–4	Asante Kotoko	1–1	0–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASEC Mimosas	3–5	Canon Yaoundé	2–1	1–4
Great Olympics	1–2	Asante Kotoko	1–1	0–1

Final

Main article: 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

5 December 1971

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Asante Kotoko	3–0	Canon Yaoundé
Gariba 15', 60' Essuman

Kumasi Stadium, Kumasi

Referee: Attiogbé (Togo)^[2]

19 December 1971

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Canon Yaoundé	2–0	Asante Kotoko
Léa 57' Ndoga 87'[2]

Stade militaire de Yaoundé, Yaoundé

Referee: Y. Tessema (Ethiopia)^[2]

For the final, only points aggregate, not goals aggregate was considered.

21 December 1971

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Canon Yaoundé	1–01	Asante Kotoko
Etemé 72'

Stade militaire de Yaoundé, Yaoundé

Referee: Y. Tessema (Ethiopia)^[2]

¹ The match was abandoned at the 82' with Canon Yaoundé leading 1-0 after Asante Kotoko fans invaded the pitch. Canon Yaoundé were declared champions.

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 Winners
Canon Yaoundé First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Cecil Jones Attuquayefio	Great Olympics	6
2	Abukari Gariba	Asante Kotoko	3
	Lamine "Jules" Traoré	Stade Malien	3
4	Peter Lamptey	Great Olympics	2
	Mamadou "Doudou" Diakité	Stade Malien	2