African Cup Winners' Cup

The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was modelled after the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

African Cup Winners' Cup

The African Cup Winners' Cup is on display at the ES Sahel headquarters
Organising body	CAF
Founded	1975
Abolished	2004
Region	Africa
Number of teams	32 (first round)
Last champions	ES Sahel (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Al Ahly (4 titles)
Website	cafonline.com

History

The competition was founded at the beginning of 1975 by the Confederation of African Football, following the example of UEFA in Europe, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. For the first edition, fifteen teams took part registered and it was the Cameroonian club of Tonnerre Yaoundé who were the first winners, after defeating the Ivorians Stella Club d'Adjamé in the final.^[1]

Records and statistics

Finals

Main article: List of African Cup Winners' Cup finals

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Al Ahly	4	0	1984, 1985, 1986, 1993	—
El Mokawloon SC	3	0	1982, 1983, 1996	—
Africa Sports National	2	2	1992, 1999	1980, 1993
ÉS Sahel	2	0	1997, 2003	—
Canon Yaoundé	1	3	1979	1977, 1984, 2000
Tonnerre Yaoundé	1	1	1975	1976
Gor Mahia FC	1	1	1987	1979
BCC Lions	1	1	1990	1991
Power Dynamos FC	1	1	1991	1982
ES Tunis	1	1	1998	1987
Shooting Stars FC	1	0	1976	—
Enugu Rangers	1	0	1977	—
Horoya AC	1	0	1978	—
TP Mazembe	1	0	1980	—
Union Douala	1	0	1981	—
CA Bizerte	1	0	1988	—
Al-Merrikh SC	1	0	1989	—
DC Motema Pembe	1	0	1994	—
JS Kabylie	1	0	1995	—
Zamalek SC	1	0	2000	—
Kaizer Chiefs FC	1	0	2001	—
Wydad AC Casablanca	1	0	2002	—
Club Africain	0	2	—	1990, 1999
Julius Berger FC	0	2	—	1995, 2003
Stella Club d'Adjamé	0	1	—	1975
NA Hussein Dey	0	1	—	1978
Stationery Stores F.C.	0	1	—	1981
OC Agaza	0	1	—	1983
Leventis United	0	1	—	1985
AS Sogara	0	1	—	1986
Ranchers Bees FC	0	1	—	1988
Esan F.C.	0	1	—	1989
Vital'O FC	0	1	—	1992
Kenya Breweries FC	0	1	—	1994
AC Sodigraf	0	1	—	1996
FAR Rabat	0	1	—	1997
Primeiro de Agosto	0	1	—	1998
Interclube	0	1	—	2001
Asante Kotoko SC	0	1	—	2002

Performance by country

country	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Egypt	8	0	Al Ahly (4), El Mokawloon SC (3), Zamalek SC (1)	-
Tunisia	4	3	ÉS Sahel (2), CA Bizerte (1), ES Tunis (1)	Club Africain (2), ES Tunis (1)
Nigeria	3	7	Shooting Stars FC (1), Enugu Rangers (1), BCC Lions (1)	Julius Berger FC (2), Stationery Stores F.C.(1), Leventis United (1), Ranchers Bees FC (1), Esan F.C. (1), BCC Lions (1)
Cameroon	3	4	Tonnerre Yaoundé (1), Canon Yaoundé (1), Union Douala (1)	Canon Yaoundé (3), Tonnerre Yaoundé (1)
Ivory Coast	2	3	Africa Sports National (2)	Africa Sports National (2), Stella Club d'Adjamé (1)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2	1	TP Mazembe (1), DC Motema Pembe(1)	AC Sodigraf (1)
Kenya	1	2	Gor Mahia FC (1)	Gor Mahia FC (1), Kenya Breweries FC (1)
Algeria	1	1	JS Kabylie (1)	NA Hussein Dey (1)
Morocco	1	1	Wydad AC Casablanca (1)	FAR Rabat (1)
Zambia	1	1	Power Dynamos FC (1)	Power Dynamos FC (1)
Guinea	1	0	Horoya AC (1)	-
South Africa	1	0	Kaizer Chiefs FC (1)	-
Sudan	1	0	Al-Merrikh SC (1)	-
Angola	0	2	-	Primeiro de Agosto (1), Interclube (1)
Burundi	0	1	-	Vital'O FC (1)
Gabon	0	1	-	AS Sogara (1)
Ghana	0	1	-	Asante Kotoko SC (1)
Togo	0	1	-	OC Agaza (1)

See also

• Football in Africa portal