1978 African Cup Winners' Cup

1978 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
Dates April - 10 December 1978
Teams 22 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Horoya AC (1st title)
Runners-up MA Hussein Dey
Tournament statistics
Matches played 38
Goals scored 101 (2.66 per match)
1977
1979

The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Horaya in two-legged final victory against NA Hussein Dey. This was the fourth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Twenty-two sides entered the competition, with Sodiam withdrawing before the 1st leg of the preliminary round.

Contents

Preliminary round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Al Madina ——1 Sodiam Sports w/o w/o
Lavori Publici 0-2 Al Hilal Omdurman 0-1 0-1
Simba FC 2-22 Saint George F.C. 1-1 1-1
Sucoma Chikwawa 1-2 Fortior Mahajanga 1-1 0-1
UDIB Bissau 3-3 Espoirs 3-1 0-2
Zumunta AC 0-8 Horoya AC 0-3 0-5

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Caïman de Douala 3-3 FC 105 Libreville 2-0 1-3
Inter Club Brazzaville 4-1 S.C. Alliance 0-0 4-1
KMKM Zanzibar 3-1 Simba FC 2-0 1-1
RC Kadiogo 2-0 Espoirs 2-0 0-0
MA Hussein Dey 3-2 Al Madina 2-1 1-1
Mufulira Wanderers 4-2 Fortior Mahajanga 3-1 1-1
Shooting Stars F.C. 3-4 Horoya AC 3-1 0-3
Zamalek 3-2 Al Hilal Omdurman 1-1 2-1

Quarterfinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Horoya AC 7-4 Caïman de Douala 4-1 3-3
MA Hussein Dey 5-1 Inter Club Brazzaville 3-0 2-1
Mufulira Wanderers ——1 KMKM Zanzibar w/o w/o
Zamalek 2-2 RC Kadiogo 2-1 0-1

Semifinals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
RC Kadiogo 3-3 Horoya AC 3-2 0-1
Mufulira Wanderers 2-2 MA Hussein Dey 2-1 0-1

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
MA Hussein Dey 2-5 Horoya AC 1-3 1-2

Champions

 African Cup Winners' Cup Winners 

Horoya AC
First title

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