1997 CAF Champions League

1997 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 1 February – 14 December 1997
Teams 48 (from 48 associations)
Final positions
Champions Morocco Raja Casablanca (2nd title)
Runners-up Ghana Obuasi Goldfields

The 1997 CAF Champions League was the 33rd awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the inaugural prize under the current CAF Champions League format. Raja Casablanca of Morocco defeated Goldfields of Ghana on penalties in the final to win their second title.

Qualifying Stage

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS CotonTchad Chad w/o Central African Republic AS Tempête Mocaf 1 –
Mogas 90 FC Benin 1–2 Cape Verde CD Travadores 1–0 0–2
Muni Sport Republic of the Congo 5–1 Equatorial Guinea Café Band Sportif 4–1 1–0
Junior Professionals Liberia 2–1 Burkina Faso RC Bobo 2–0 0–1
St Michel United Seychelles 1–5 Madagascar FC BFV 1–2 0–3
Notwane FC Botswana w/o Namibia Blue Waters FC 2 –
Limbe Leaf Wanderers Malawi 2–5 Lesotho Roma Rovers 1–0 1–5
Young Africans Tanzania 0–1 Uganda Express Red Eagles FC 0–0 0–1

1 AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.
2 Blue Waters withdrew.

First Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 9–2 Cape Verde CD Travadores 6–1 3–1
Udoji United Nigeria 4–2 Guinea AS Kaloum Star 3–1 1–1
(p) Unisport FC Cameroon 2–2 Republic of the Congo Muni Sport 2–0 0–2
Ferroviário Mozambique 5–0 Madagascar FC BFV 4–0 1–0
Raja Casablanca Morocco 5–1 Senegal SONACOS 3–1 2–0
Mbilinga FC Gabon 6–4 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 3–0 3–4
Africa Sports National Ivory Coast 4–2 Chad AS CotonTchad 3–0 1–2
Primeiro de Agosto Angola 3–2 Botswana Notwane FC 1–1 2–1
Zamalek Egypt 3–1 Ethiopia Saint George 2–0 1–1
Mufulira Wanderers Zambia 5–1 Rwanda APR FC 4–1 1–0
Club Africain Tunisia 4–3 Mali Djoliba AC 3–2 1–1
Sunrise Flacq United Mauritius 1–3 Réunion JS Saint-Pierroise 1–0 0–3
Kenya Breweries Kenya 0–0 Sudan Al-Hilal Club (p) 0–0 0–0
Goldfields Ghana 4–2 Liberia Junior Professionals 3–0 1–2
CAPS United Zimbabwe 7–6 Uganda Express Red Eagles FC 5–2 2–4
Orlando Pirates South Africa 1–0 Lesotho Roma Rovers 1–0 0–0

Second Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger Algeria 3–2 Nigeria Udoji United 3–0 0–2
Unisport FC Cameroon 2–4 Mozambique Ferroviário 1–0 1–4
Raja Casablanca Morocco 4–1 Gabon Mbilinga FC 3–0 1–1
Africa Sports National Ivory Coast 1–6 Angola Primeiro de Agosto 1–1 0–5
Zamalek Egypt 6–2 Zambia Mufulira Wanderers 5–2 1–0
Club Africain Tunisia 11–1 Réunion JS Saint-Pierroise 6–1 5–0
Al-Hilal Club Sudan 2–3 Ghana Goldfields 2–1 0–2
CAPS United Zimbabwe 1–3 South Africa Orlando Pirates 1–2 0–1

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Morocco Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11
Algeria USM Alger 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
Angola Primeiro de Agosto 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10
South Africa Orlando Pirates 6 0 1 5 5 10 −5 1
  ORL PRI RAC USM
Orlando Pirates — 1–2 1–2 1–1
Primeiro de Agosto 2–1 — 1–1 2–1
Raja Casablanca 1–0 4–0 — 0–2
USM Alger 2–1 1–0 2–2 —

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Ghana Obuasi Goldfields 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
Egypt Zamalek SC 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9
Tunisia Club Africain 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8
Mozambique Ferroviário Maputo 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7
  CA FER GOL ZAM
Club Africain — 1–0 0–0 2–0
Ferroviário Maputo 0–0 — 2–1 2–0
Obuasi Goldfields 2–0 4–0 — 3–1
Zamalek SC 2–0 2–1 2–0 —

Knockout stage

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Obuasi Goldfields Ghana 1–1 (4–5 p) Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–0 0–1

Champions

1997 CAF Champions League
Winners
Morocco
Raja Casablanca
Second Title
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