1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1988 was the 24th 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. The tournament was played by 37 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches.

1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	1988
Teams	37 (from 37 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Entente de Sétif (1st title)
Runners-up	Iwuanyanwu Nationale
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	184 (2.63 per match)
← 1987 1989 →

Entente de Sétif^{[n 1]} from Algeria won that final, and became for the first time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CD Elá Nguema	0–5	Étoile du Congo	0–1	0–4
Manzini Wanderers	6–1	Township Rollers	2–0	4–1
Panthères Noires	2–3	Wagad FC	2–2	0–1
LDF	2–3	Sunrise Flacq United	2–0	0–3
Sierra Fisheries	0–1	AS Police	0–1	0–0

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Kaloum Star	1–5	Africa Sports	0–2	1–3
Asante Kotoko	2–2 (2–4 p)	FC 105 Libreville	2–0	0–2
Doumbé FC	0–2	Tonnerre Yaoundé	0–1	0–1
Étoile du Congo	0–2	AS Inter Star	0–0	0–2
Étoile du Sahel	w/o^1	Al-Nasr	—	—
Invincible Eleven	0–1	FAR Rabat	0–1	0–0
Iwuanyanwu Nationale	3–0	Requins de l'Atlantique	2–0	1–0
Manzini Wanderers	2–5	SC Villa	1–4	1–1
Matchedje	4–3	Jos Nosy-Bé	3–1	1–2
Petro Atlético	3–1	TP Mazembe	2–1	1–0
AS Police	2–2 (10–9 p)	SEIB Diourbel	2–0	0–2
Shabana FC	2–4	Kabwe Warriors	1–0	1–4
Stade Malien	1–5	Entente de Sétif	1–1	0–4
Sunrise Flacq United	4–3	Black Rhinos	2–1	2–2
Wagad FC	1–7	Al-Hilal	1–1	0–6
Young Africans	0–4	Al Ahly	0–0	0–4

¹ Al-Nasr withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa Sports	4–2	Petro Atlético	3–0	1–2
Étoile du Sahel	2–3	Entente de Sétif	2–1	0–2
FAR Rabat	6–2	AS Police	5–0	1–2
FC 105 Libreville	3–2	AS Inter Star	2–1	1–1
Iwuanyanwu Nationale	4–3	Tonnerre Yaoundé	2–0	2–3
Kabwe Warriors	1–3	Al-Hilal	0–0	1–3
SC Villa	3–6	Al Ahly	2–3	1–3
Sunrise Flacq United	3–5	Matchedje	2–0	1–5

Quarter-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	2–1	Matchedje	2–0	0–1
Al-Hilal	1–3	FAR Rabat	1–0	0–3
FC 105 Libreville	3–4	Entente de Sétif	3–1	0–3
Iwuanyanwu Nationale	3–2	Africa Sports	2–0	1–2

Semi-Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Entente de Sétif	2–2 (4–2 p)	Al Ahly	2–0	0–2
Iwuanyanwu Nationale	5–5 (5–3 p)	FAR Rabat	4–1	1–4

Final

Main article: 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

26 November 1988

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Iwuanyanwu Nationale	1–0	Entente de Sétif
Ozogula   29'

Liberty Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)

9 December 1988

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Entente de Sétif	4–0	Iwuanyanwu Nationale
Zorgane   50' Rahmani   52' Uwe   85' (o.g.) Bendjaballah   87'

Stade 17 Juin 1962, Constantine

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

Champion

1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Entente de Sétif First title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1988 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Abdeslam Laghrissi	FAR Rabat	7
2	Ayman Shawky	Al Ahly	5
3	Abderrazak Rahmani	Entente de Sétif	4
2	Rabie Yassin	Al Ahly	3
	Abderrazak Khairi	FAR Rabat	3
6	Nacer Adjissa	Entente de Sétif	2
	Mustapha Gharib	Entente de Sétif	2
	Taher Abouzeid	Al Ahly	2
	Hammou Fadili	FAR Rabat	2

Notes

1. ES Sétif changed the name to EP Sétif from 1977 to 1987 and to Entente de Sétif from 1987-88 to 1988-89 seasons, so the club participated under the first name until the quarter-final and under the second name in the semi-final and the final.

External links

• Champions' Cup 1988 - rsssf.com