1998 CAF Champions League

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The 1998 CAF Champions League was the 34th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current CAF Champions League format. ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast defeated Dynamos Harare of Zimbabwe in the final to win their first title.

1998 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates30 January – 12 December
Teams42 (from 42 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsIvory Coast ASEC Mimosas (1st title)
Runners-upZimbabwe Dynamos Harare
Tournament statistics
Matches played87
Goals scored155 (1.78 per match)
1997
1999

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
St.-Michel United 2–8 Ethiopian Coffee SC1–01–8
Rayon Sport 6–1 Maniema FC6–1w/o1
Telecom Wanderers 4–1 BDF XI3–01–1
Mbabane Swallows 1–6 LDF1–40–2
Mdlaw Megbi 0–2 Utalii0–10–1
SS Saint-Louisienne 1–3 Sunrise Flacq United1–20–1
Deportivo Mongomo w/o2 Muni Sport
Wallidan FC 0–2 AS Douanes0–00–2
Mogas 90 FC w/o2 East End Lions
Tourbillon FC w/o3 AS Tempête Mocaf

1 Maniema FC withdrew after the 1st leg.
2 Muni Sport and East End Lions both withdrew.
3 AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC 3–3 (a) Al Ahly1–12–2
Rayon Sport 3–3 (a) Young Africans2–21–1
Telecom Wanderers 2–4 Dynamos Harare1–21–2
Sunrise Flacq United 0–4 Ferroviário0–40–0
KCC 1–3 Power Dynamos0–11–2
LDF 4–5 Manning Rangers3–31–2
Utalii 4–3 Al-Merrikh4–00–3
CI Kamsar 3–5 ES Sahel1–22–3
Deportivo Mongomo 3–13 Petro Atlético1–42–9
Eagle Cement 4–3 AS Vita Club4–10–2
RC Bobo 2–4 ASEC Mimosas1–01–4
Dynamic Lomé 5–9 FC 105 Libreville3–32–6
AS Douanes 2–1 CS Constantine2–10–0
Mogas 90 FC 1–6 Raja Casablanca0–01–6
Tourbillon FC 1–4 Coton Sport FC0–01–4
Djoliba AC 0–1 Hearts of Oak0–00–1

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC 3–8 Young Africans2–21–6
Dynamos Harare 2–1 Ferroviário1–11–0
Power Dynamos 0–4 Manning Rangers0–20–2
Utalii 1–1 (2-4 p) ES Sahel1–00–1
Petro Atlético 0–3 Eagle Cement0–10–2
ASEC Mimosas 4–2 FC 105 Libreville2–02–2
AS Douanes 1–2 Raja Casablanca1–00–2
Coton Sport FC 2–2 (a) Hearts of Oak2–10–1

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification DYN HEA ESS EAG
1 Dynamos Harare631263+310Final0–11–03–0
2 Hearts of Oak631276+1101–13–21–0
3 ES Sahel6303117+491–02–15–0
4 Eagle Cement6204311−860–11–02–1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ASEC MAN RCA YOU
1 ASEC Mimosas6411104+613Final3–11–12–1
2 Manning Rangers631296+3101–01–04–0
3 Raja Casablanca6222127+580–12–16–0
4 Young Africans6024519−1420–31–13–3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Final

Dynamos Harare 0–0 ASEC Mimosas
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)
ASEC Mimosas 4–2 Dynamos Harare
  • Phiri 60'
  • Owusu 81'

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1998 CAF Champions League are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Aseged Tesfaye Ethiopian Coffee SC6
Reda Ereyahi Raja Casablanca
3 Mustapha Moustawdaa Raja Casablanca4
4 Zico Petro Atlético3
Musa Eagle Cement