1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	36 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Asante Kotoko (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played	68
Goals scored	164 (2.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mahmoud El Khatib (6 goals)
← 1982 1984 ⊟

The 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 19th 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 36 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Asante Kotoko SC from Ghana won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Diaraf	6–0	Ports Authority	4–0	2–0
Maniema Fantastique	2–2 (a)	Olympic Real de Bangui	2–1	0–1
Mbabane Highlanders	3–1	Township Rollers	2–1	1–0
ASC Police	1–4	Sierra Fisheries	1–3	0–1

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Bilima	8–5	AC Semassi	5–1	3–4
Africa Sports	0–0 (0–3 p)	ASC Diaraf	0–0	0–0
Al Ahly	1–0	Al-Merrikh	1–0	0–0
Al-Ahli Tripoli	0–3	JE Tizi Ouzou	0–1	0–2
CARA Brazzaville	8–1	Dragón FC	6–1	2–0
Canon Yaoundé	2–1	Dragons de l'Ouémé	2–0	0–1
Djoliba	0–1	Hafia FC	0–0	0–1
Dynamos	5–4	AFC Leopards	5–1	0–3
Enugu Rangers	0–2	Sierra Fisheries	0–1	0–1
FC 105 Libreville	1–4	Asante Kotoko	1–2	0–2
KAC Kenitra	w/o1	Benfica de Bissau	—	—
Matlama FC	2–5	Ferroviário de Maputo	1–2	1–3
SC Villa	5–3	Dinamo Fima	4–2	1–1
Nkana Red Devils	3–2	Mbabane Highlanders	2–2	1–0
Petro Atlético	6–3	Olympic Real de Bangui	3–1	3–2
Wagad FC	1–2	Pan African FC	1–2	0–0

¹ Benfica de Bissau withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Bilima	2–1	Sierra Fisheries	1–0	1–1
Al Ahly	6–2	Dynamos	4–1	2–1
CARA Brazzaville	3–4	Asante Kotoko	3–2	0–2
Ferroviário de Maputo	1–5	SC Villa	1–2	0–3
JE Tizi Ouzou	0–1	ASC Diaraf	0–1	0–0
KAC Kenitra	4–0	Hafia FC	4–0	0–0
Nkana Red Devils	0–0 (4–2 p)	Pan African FC	0–0	0–0
Petro Atlético	3–4	Canon Yaoundé	0–0	3–4

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	5–1	Canon Yaoundé	5–0	0–1
Asante Kotoko	3–2	AS Bilima	3–0	0–2
KAC Kenitra	2–3	ASC Diaraf	1–1	1–2
Nkana Red Devils	5–2	SC Villa	4–0	1–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Diaraf	2–3	Asante Kotoko	2–1	0–2
Nkana Red Devils	0–2	Al Ahly	0–0	0–2

Final

Main article: 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

27 November 1983

--:-- UTC 2

Al Ahly	0 – 0	Asante Kotoko

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 90,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

11 December 1983

--:-- UTC±0

Asante Kotoko	1 – 0	Al Ahly
Nti 22'

Kumasi Sports Stadium, Kumasi

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

Champion

1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Asante Kotoko Second title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mahmoud El Khatib	Al Ahly	6
2	Jesus	Petro Atlético	4
3	Zakaria Nassef	Al Ahly	3
4	Ali Fergani	JE Tizi Ouzou	2
	Luke	Petro Atlético	2

References

• Champions' Cup 1983 - rsssf.com