1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1969 was the 5th 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.

1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April 1969 - 9 January 1970
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ismaily (1st title)
Runners-up	TP Englebert
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	137 (3.91 per match)
Top scorer	Ali Abo Greisha (8 goals)
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The tournament was played by 20 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Ismaily SC from United Arab Republic won the final, and became CAF club champion for the first time, beating Congo-Kinshasa's TP Englebert, who made their third final in a row.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa Sports	7–1	Olympique Sportif	5–1	2–0
Hoga Mogadishu	3–4	Burri Khartoum	2–0	1–4
FC Saint Eloi Lupopo	w/o^1	US Cattin	—	—
Young Africans	4–3	Fitarikandro	4–1	0–2

¹ US Cattin withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	6–2	Patronage Sainte-Anne	5–1	1–1
Al-Tahaddy	0–8	Ismaily	0–5	0–3
Burri Khartoum	3–4	Gor Mahia	2–4	1–0
Caïman Douala	1–3	FC Saint Eloi Lupopo	0–0	1–3
Saint-George SA	0–5	Young Africans	0–0	0–5
Secteur 6	1–8	Étoile Filante (Lomé)	1–5	0–3
TP Englebert	4–3	Africa Sports	2–1	2–2
US FRAN	2–9^1	Conakry II	2–7	0–2^1

¹ US FRAN withdrew after the first leg.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	2–2^1	Young Africans	1–1	1–1
Ismaily	4–2	Gor Mahia	3–1	1–1
Conakry II	10–3	FC Saint Eloi Lupopo	7–2	3–1
TP Englebert	4–2	Étoile Filante (Lomé)	4–1	0–1

¹ Asante Kotoko won after drawing of lots.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	4–5	Ismaily	2–2	2–3
TP Englebert	7–5	Conakry II	4–0	3–5

Final

22 December 1969

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TP Englebert	2–2	Ismaily
Tshinabu 8' (pen.) Mulenda 42'		Abdel-Razak 9' El-Sennari 11'

20 May Stadium, Kinshasa

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Stanislas Kamdem (Cameroon)

9 January 1970

14:30 UTC+2

Ismaily	3–1	TP Englebert
Abo Greisha 31' Abdel-Razak 70' (pen.), 88'		Kalonzo 52'

Naser Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 130,000

Referee: Tsimba (Ethiopia)

Champion

1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs Ismaily First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1969 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ali Abo Greisha	Ismaily	8
2	Sayed Abdel-Razak	Ismaily	6
3	André Kalonzo	TP Englebert	5
	Osei Kofi	Asante Kotoko	5
5	Chérif Souleymane	Conakry II	4
	Amiro Darwish	Ismaily	4
7	Kamunda Tshinabu	TP Englebert	3
	Petit Sory	Conakry II	3
9	Orlando Osumanu	Asante Kotoko	2
	Soriba Soumah	Conakry II	2
	Tolo	Conakry II	2
	William Ouma	Gor Mahia	2
	Kitwana Manara	Young Africans	2
	Abdel Aziz Hendawy	Ismaily	2