1997 CAF Champions League

The 1997 CAF Champions League was the 33rd awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the inaugural prize under the current CAF Champions League format. Raja Casablanca of Morocco defeated Obuasi Goldfields of Ghana on penalties in the final to win their second title.

1997 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates1 February – 14 December 1997
Teams40 (from 40 associations)
Final positions
Champions Raja Casablanca (2nd title)
Runners-up Obuasi Goldfields
Tournament statistics
Matches played86
Goals scored128 (1.49 per match)

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS CotonTchad w/o1 AS Tempête Mocaf – –
Mogas 90 FC 1–2 CD Travadores 1–0 0–2
Muni Sport 5–1 Café Sportif 4–1 1–0
Junior Professionals 2–1 RC Bobo 2–0 0–1
St.-Michel United 1–5 FC BFV 1–2 0–3
Notwane FC w/o2 Blue Waters FC – –
Limbe Leaf Wanderers 2–5 Roma Rovers 1–0 1–5
Young Africans 0–1 Express Red Eagles FC 0–0 0–1

1 AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.
2 Blue Waters FC withdrew.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger 9–2 CD Travadores 6–1 3–1
Udoji United 4–2 AS Kaloum Star 3–1 1–1
Unisport FC 2–2 (5-4 p) Muni Sport 2–0 0–2
Ferroviário 5–0 FC BFV 4–0 1–0
Raja Casablanca 5–1 SONACOS 3–1 2–0
Mbilinga FC 6–4 DC Motema Pembe 3–0 3–4
Africa Sports 4–2 AS CotonTchad 3–0 1–2
Primeiro de Agosto 3–2 Notwane FC 1–1 2–1
Zamalek 3–1 Saint George 2–0 1–1
Mufulira Wanderers 5–1 APR FC 4–1 1–0
Club Africain 4–3 Djoliba AC 3–2 1–1
Sunrise Flacq United 1–3 JS Saint-Pierroise 1–0 0–3
Kenya Breweries 0–0 (4-5 p) Al-Hilal 0–0 0–0
Obuasi Goldfields 4–2 Junior Professionals 3–0 1–2
CAPS United 7–6 Express Red Eagles 5–2 2–4
Orlando Pirates 1–0 Roma Rovers 1–0 0–0

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
USM Alger 3–2 Udoji United 3–0 0–2
Unisport FC 2–4 Ferroviário 1–0 1–4
Raja Casablanca 4–1 Mbilinga FC 3–0 1–1
Africa Sports 1–6 Primeiro de Agosto 1–1 0–5
Zamalek 6–2 Mufulira Wanderers 5–2 1–0
Club Africain 11–1 JS Saint-Pierroise 6–1 5–0
Al-Hilal 2–3 Obuasi Goldfields 2–1 0–2
CAPS United 1–3 Orlando Pirates 1–2 0–1

Group stage
Main article: 1997 CAF Champions League group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the final

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts RAC USM PRI ORL
Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 — 0–2 4–0 1–0
USM Alger 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 2–2 — 1–0 2–1
Primeiro de Agosto 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10 1–1 2–1 — 2–1
Orlando Pirates 6 0 1 5 5 10 −5 1 1–2 1–1 1–2 —
Source: rsssf.com

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GOL ZAM CA FER
Obuasi Goldfields 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 — 3–1 2–0 4–0
Zamalek 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9 2–0 — 2–0 2–1
Club Africain 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8 0–0 2–0 — 1–0
Ferroviário Maputo 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 2–1 2–0 0–0 —
Source: rsssf.com

Knockout stage

Final
Main article: 1997 CAF Champions League Final
Obuasi Goldfields 1–0 Raja Casablanca
Referee: Sinko Zeli (Ivory Coast)
Raja Casablanca 1–0 Obuasi Goldfields
  • Nazir  78'
Penalties
 5–4
Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1997 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Kossi Noutsoudje Obuasi Goldfields +7
2 Tarek Hadj Adlane USM Alger 7
3 Billel Dziri USM Alger 6
4 Muanza Primeiro de Agosto 5
Abdelkarim Nazir Raja Casablanca 5
6 Nacer Zekri USM Alger 4
7 Ahmed El-Kass Zamalek 3
Joe Okyere Obuasi Goldfields 3
Jonas Ogandaga Raja Casablanca 3
Mustapha Moustawdaa Raja Casablanca 3
Lantame Ouadja Club Africain 3
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