1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	April - 18 December 1977
Teams	29 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Hafia FC (3rd title)
Runners-up	Hearts of Oak
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	156 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mahmoud El Khatib (4 goals)

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1977 was the 13th 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 29 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Hafia FC from Guinea won that final, and became CAF club champion for the third time.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Diaraf	5–0	ASC Garde Nationale	3–0	2–0
SC Gagnoa	w/o1	AS Tempête Mocaf	—	—
Gor Mahia	3–3 (5–3 p)	Yamaha Wanderers	1–2	2–1
Horseed FC	1–4	Al Ahly	1–1	0–3
Kampala City Council FC	4–0	Mechal Army	1–0	3–0
Mufulira Wanderers	3–3	Maseru United	1–1	2–2
Olympic Niamey	4–6	Al-Madina	2–4	2–2
Saint Joseph Warriors FC	2–5	Hearts of Oak	1–3	1–2
Simba SC	w/o1	Mbabane Highlanders	—	—
TP Mazembe	1–4	Lomé I	1–1	0–3
UD Internacional	0–6	Djoliba AC	0–1	0–5
Union Douala	3–0	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	2–0	1–0
Vantour Club Mangoungou	4–8	Diables Noirs	2–4	2–4

¹ Mbabane Highlanders and AS Tempête Mocaf withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	7–3	Al-Madina	7–2	0–1
Diables Noirs	1–2	Hafia FC	0–1	1–1
ASC Diaraf	2–3	Hearts of Oak	1–1	1–2
SC Gagnoa	2–4	Djoliba AC	1–3	1–1
Gor Mahia	4–5	Mufulira Wanderers	2–1	2–4
Kampala City Council FC	3–4	MC Alger	1–1	2–3
Union Douala	2–2 (3–4 p)	Lomé I	1–1	1–1
Kwara Water Corporation FC	1–0	Simba SC	0–0	1–0

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	1–3	Hearts of Oak	1–0	0–3
Djoliba AC	2–11	Lomé I	2–0	0–1
MP Alger2	2–3	Mufulira Wanderers	2–1	0–2
Kwara Water Corporation FC	4–5	Hafia FC	4–2	0–3

¹ Djoliba AC were disqualified as Mali were suspended by CAF after police and security forces assaulted officials during an African Cup of Nations qualifying match in Bamako against Ivory Coast on 19 June.
¹ MC Alger changed its name to MP Alger as part of the sports national reform.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lomé I	2–3	Hafia FC	2–1	0–2
Mufulira Wanderers	5–5 (a)	Hearts of Oak	5–2	0–3

Final

4 December 1977

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Hearts of Oak	0–1	Hafia FC
		Touré 26'

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

18 December 1977

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Hafia FC	3–2	Hearts of Oak
Bangoura B. Sylla Camara		Armah Hammond

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry

Attendance: 30,000

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1977 Winners
Hafia FC Third Title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1977 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mahmoud El Khatib	Al Ahly	4
2	Taher El Shaikh	Al Ahly	3
	Robert Hammond	Hearts of Oak	3
	Peter Lamptey	Hearts of Oak	3
	Alaka Boura	Djoliba	3
6	Abdeslam Bousri	MC Alger	2
	Sherif Abdel Moneim	Al Ahly	2
	Mokhtar Mokhtar	Al Ahly	2
	Mohammed Polo	Hearts of Oak	2
	Anas Seidu	Hearts of Oak	2
	Allan Thigo	Gor Mahia	2
	Thomas Bwalya	Mufulira Wanderers	2
	Willie Mukwasa	Mufulira Wanderers	2

External links

• RSSSF.com