1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 21st 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.

1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams37 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsMorocco FAR Rabat (1st title)
Runners-upZaire AS Bilima
Tournament statistics
Matches played65
Goals scored170 (2.62 per match)
Best player(s)Morocco Mohamed Timoumi
1984
1986

37 teams played in the tournament. The tournament consisted of six rounds of two-legged matches. FAR Rabat from Morocco won the final and became for the first time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASC Garde Nationale 3–1 Sporting de Bissau1–02–1
Ground Force 1–4 Vital'O1–20–2
Mbabane Highlanders 4–3 LPF4–10–2
Petro Atlético 5–2 AS Tempête Mocaf4–11–1
Ports Authority w/o1 USFA

1 USFA Ouagadougou withdrew on the morning of the first leg.

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AS Bilima 4–0 Township Rollers3–01–0
AS Kaloum Star 3–2 Real Republicans1–02–2
OC Agaza 1–3 CARA Brazzaville0–11–2
Black Rhinos 4–1 Mbabane Highlanders1–03–1
CA Bizertin 2–1 ASC Garde Nationale1–01–1
Enugu Rangers 4–1 Petro Atlético2–02–1
FAR Rabat 10–0 Ports Authority8–0w/o1
GCR Mascara 4–3 Al-Ittihad4–00–3
Invincible Eleven 4–12 Stade Malien3–01–1
Lions de l'Atakory 0–4 Hearts of Oak0–10–3
SC Villa 4–4 (a) Al-Hilal4–20–2
Power Dynamos 6–1 KMKM FC4–02–1
Scarlets (Nakuru) 2–2 (a) Vital'O2–10–1
Stella d'Abidjan 1–4 US Gorée1–10–3
Tonnerre Yaoundé 2–2 (a) AS Sogara2–10–1
Zamalek w/o3 Marine Club

1 Ports Authority withdrew after the first leg.
2 Invincible Eleven were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
3 Marine Club withdrew.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AS Bilima 2–1 CARA Brazzaville1–11–0
AS Kaloum Star 3–3 (a) Enugu Rangers2–01–3
CA Bizertin 2–4 FAR Rabat1–41–0
Power Dynamos 1–3 Black Rhinos0–21–1
Stade Malien 2–3 GCR Mascara2–00–3
US Gorée 3–1 Hearts of Oak3–00–1
Vital'O 4–2 AS Sogara3–11–1
Zamalek 5–1 Al-Hilal4–01–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Black Rhinos 2–3 US Gorée2–00–3
FAR Rabat 3–3 (3–1 p) AS Kaloum Star3–00–3
GCR Mascara 0–3 AS Bilima0–00–3
Vital'O 3–5 Zamalek1–02–5

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
AS Bilima 2–1 US Gorée2–00–1
Zamalek 1–1 (3–4 p) FAR Rabat1–00–1

Final

FAR Rabat 5–2 AS Bilima
  • Khairi 18'
  • Haidamou 27', 57'
  • Chicha 46'
  • Barbouri 75'
AS Bilima 1–1 FAR Rabat
  • Haidamou 39'

Champion

1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners

FAR Rabat
First title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Abderrazak Khairi FAR Rabat4
Saad Dahane FAR Rabat4
Abdellah Haidamou FAR Rabat4
Mokhtar Chibani GCR Mascara4
5 Jesus Petro Atlético3
Gamal Abdel Hamid Zamalek3
Lahcen Chicha FAR Rabat3
Mohamed Timoumi FAR Rabat3
9 Mourad Belhadj GCR Mascara2
Mohamed Helmy Zamalek2
Nasr Ibrahim Zamalek4
Tarek Yehia Zamalek2
Abdelmalek El Aziz FAR Rabat2

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