1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsIvory Coast Stade d'Abidjan (1st title)
Runners-upMali Real Bamako
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored92 (4.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mali Salif Kéïta (14 goals)

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.

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Conakry I Guinea w/o1 Senegal US Gorée
Diables Noirs Republic of the Congo 3–2 Zaire AS Dragons 1–2 2–0
Ethio-Cement Ethiopia 1–10 Sudan Al-Hilal 1–4 0–6
Étoile Filante (Lomé) Togo 0–6 Ghana Asante Kotoko 0–3 0–3
Étoile Filante Republic of Upper Volta 3–4 Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 2–0 1–4
Invincible Eleven Liberia 2–9 Mali Real Bamako 2–3 0–6
Oryx Douala Cameroon bye

1 US Gorée withdrew.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal Sudan 10–2 Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 6–1 4–1
Asante Kotoko Ghana 2–3 Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 0–1 2–2
Real Bamako Mali 5–3 Guinea Conakry I 2–1 3–2
Oryx Douala Cameroon bye

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal Sudan 3–4 Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 1–0 2–4
Oryx Douala Cameroon 4–7 Mali Real Bamako 2–4 2–3

Final

Real Bamako Mali3–1Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan
  • Kéïta 57' (pen.), ?'
  • Nani 77'
  • Peters 1'
Attendance: 30 000
Stade d'Abidjan Ivory Coast4–1 (a.e.t.)Mali Real Bamako
  • Déhi 15', 26'
  • Peters 75'
  • Bléziri 117'
  • Ballani ?'

Stade d'Abidjan won 5–4 on aggregate.

Champion

1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Ivory Coast
Stade d'Abidjan
First Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1966 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Mali Salif Kéïta Mali Real Bamako 14
2 Sudan Jaxa Sudan Al-Hilal 7
3 Sudan Mostafa Shawish Sudan Al-Hilal 5
4 Mali Adama Haidara Mali Real Bamako 4
5 Cameroon Samuel Mbappé Léppé Cameroon Oryx Douala 3
Sudan Sidig Mohamed Ahmed Sudan Al-Hilal 3
7 Republic of the Congo Bistouri Republic of the Congo Diables Noirs 2
Ivory Coast Henri Ahibo Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 2
Ivory Coast Maurice Déhi Ivory Coast Stade d'Abidjan 2
Mali Idrissa Kante Mali Real Bamako 2
Sudan Abdel Mahmoud Ibrahim Sudan Al-Hilal 2
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