1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The 1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 20th 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.

1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Tournament details
Teams39 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsEgypt Zamalek (1st title)
Runners-upNigeria Shooting Stars
Tournament statistics
Matches played66
Goals scored175 (2.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Felix Owolabi (5 goals)
1983
1985

The tournament was played by 39 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Zamalek SC from Egypt won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético Malabo 3–6 Primeiro de Maio2–01–6
Desportivo Maputo 2–1 Manzini Wanderers1–11–0
SC Kiyovu Sport w/o1 ADMARC Tigers
Real Banjul 0–2 Sporting de Bissau0–00–2
Real Republicans 1–0 Invincible Eleven1–00–0
Township Rollers 1–3 LPF0–21–1
US Ouagadougou 1–5 Dragons de l'Ouémé0–21–3

1 ADMARC Tigers withdrew.

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Africa Sports 4–5 Semassi2–12–4
Al-Hilal 1–2 Printing Agency1–10–1
Al-Madina 1–2 Maghreb Fès0–01–2
Asante Kotoko 2–3 Primeiro de Maio1–11–2
FC 105 Libreville 8–2 Anges de Fatima3–15–1
HTMF Mahajanga 0–5 Dynamos FC0–3w/o1
JE Tizi Ouzou 3–1 Real Republicans1–02–1
KCC 9–3 Desportivo Maputo6–13–2
Nkana Red Devils 6–0 LPF5–01–0
Real Bamako 2–4 Dragons de l'Ouémé2–20–2
SM Sanga Balende 6–2 SC Kiyovu Sport2–14–1
Shooting Stars 2–1 SEIB Diourbel2–00–1
Sporting de Bissau w/o2 Hafia FC
Vital'O 1–3 Tonnerre Yaoundé1–00–3
Young Africans 1–2 Gor Mahia1–10–1
Zamalek 4–1 CS Sfaxien3–01–1

1 HTMF Mahajanga withdrew after 1st leg.
2 Hafia FC withdrew.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
JE Tizi Ouzou w/o1 Sporting de Bissau
KCC 1–2 Dynamos FC0–01–2
Maghreb Fès 3–1 Dragons de l'Ouémé3–00–1
Primeiro de Maio 2–2 (3–4 p) Semassi2–00–2
Printing Agency 2–4 Nkana Red Devils2–10–3
SM Sanga Balende 0–4 FC 105 Libreville0–20–22
Shooting Stars 4–4 (5–4 p) Tonnerre Yaoundé4–00–4
Zamalek 1–0 Gor Mahia1–03n/p

1 Sporting de Bissau withdrew.
2 The second leg was abandoned in the 55th minute with FC 105 Libreville leading 2–0 after SM Sanga Balende walked off to protest the officiating: Sanga Balende were ejected from the competition and banned from CAF competitions for three years.
3 The first leg was abandoned in the 38th minute with Zamalek leading 1–0 after Gor Mahia's players attacked and threatened the match officials: the second leg was scratched and Zamalek SC qualified.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Dynamos FC 2–2 (2–3 p) JE Tizi Ouzou2–00–2
Maghreb Fès 2–5 Shooting Stars1–11–4
Nkana Red Devils 2–6 Zamalek1–11–5
Semassi w/o1 FC 105 Libreville

1 FC 105 Libreville were ejected from the competition for using an ineligible player in the 2nd round.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
JE Tizi Ouzou 3–4 Zamalek3–10–3
Shooting Stars 6–3 Semassi5–11–2

Final

Zamalek 2–0 Shooting Stars
Attendance: 120,000
Shooting Stars 0–1 Zamalek
Attendance: 90,000

Champion

1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners

Zamalek
First title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1984 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Felix Owolabi Shooting Stars5
2 Gamal Abdel Hamid Zamalek4
Nasr Ibrahim Zamalek4
4 Tarek Yehia Zamalek3
Emmanuel Quarshie Zamalek3
Adebak Rotmi Shooting Stars3
7 Ali Benlahcène JE Tizi Ouzou2
Abdeslam Bono Maghreb Fès2

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