1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	31 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canon Yaoundé (3rd title)
Runners-up	AS Bilima
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	155 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jean Manga-Onguéné (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Jean Manga-Onguéné

The 1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 16th 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 31 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Canon Yaoundé from Cameroon won that final, and became for the third time CAF club champion.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Niamey	0–3	Djoliba AC	0–1	0–2
Anges ABC	4–5	Hearts of Oak	2–3	2–2
Bendel Insurance	w/o1	UCB FC	—	—
Benfica de Bissau	2–7	Stella Adjamé	0–4	2–3
Canon Yaoundé	7–3	Primeiro de Agosto	3–0	4–3
Costa do Sol	1–3	AS Bilima	0–0	1–3
Dragons de l'Ouémé	0–3	MP Alger	0–0	0–3
CD Elá Nguema	1–4	AC Semassi	1–0	0–4
Fortior Mahajanga	w/o1	Limbe Leaf Wanderers	—	—
ASC Garde Nationale	1–3	Hafia FC	1–1	0–2
Horseed FC	0–2	Gor Mahia	0–0	0–2
Linare FC	2–4	Simba SC	2–1	0–3
Mighty Blackpool	1–4	ASF Police	1–2	0–2
Olympic Real de Bangui	1–4	Etoile du Congo	0–1	1–3
Wallidan FC	1–2	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	1–1	0–1

¹ UCB FC and Limbe Leaf Wanderers withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Bilima	4–1	Fortior Mahajanga	3–0	1–1
Bendel Insurance	4–4 (a)	Gor Mahia	1–2	3–2
Djoliba AC	1–2	Hearts of Oak	1–1	0–1
Etoile du Congo	1–1 (3–1 p)	Hafia FC	0–1	1–0
AC Semassi	1–2	ASF Police	1–1	0–1
Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	0–4	Canon Yaoundé	0–1	0–3
Simba SC	2–5	Union Douala	2–4	0–1
Stella Adjamé	5–5 (a)	MP Alger	4–2	1–3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé	3–3 (a)	MP Alger	2–0	1–3
Etoile du Congo	3–3 (a)	Bendel Insurance	3–2	0–1
Hearts of Oak	1–4	AS Bilima	1–3	0–1
ASF Police	3–5	Union Douala	0–3	3–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canon Yaoundé	4–2	Bendel Insurance	0–0	4–2
Union Douala	2–5	AS Bilima	1–0	1–5

Final

Main article: 1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

30 November 1980

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Canon Yaoundé	2–2	AS Bilima
		Ayel Yafu

Stade de Garoua, Garoua

14 December 1980

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AS Bilima	0–3	Canon Yaoundé
		Manga Onguéné Abega

20 May Stadium, Kinshasa

Champion

African Cup of Champions Clubs 1980 Canon Yaoundé Third title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1980 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Jean Manga Onguéné	Canon Yaoundé	9
2	Ayel Mayélé	AS Bilima	5
3	Lakhdar Belloumi	MP Alger	4
	Ibrahim Alikali	Bendel Insurance	4
5	Théophile Abega	Canon Yaoundé	3
	Andrew Obunga	Gor Mahia	3
7	Abdelwahab Zenir	MP Alger	2
	Grégoire M'Bida	Canon Yaoundé	2
	... Tchibundo	Anges ABC	2
	Dan Kayede	Hearts of Oak	2
	Léon Gbizié	Stella Club d'Adjamé	2
	Francis Doé	Stella Club d'Adjamé	2
	Jean Mandiangu	AS Bilima	2

External links

• Champions' Cup 1980 - rsssf.com