1997 CAF Cup

The 1997 CAF Cup was the sixth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each African country's domestic league. It was won by ES Tunis in two-legged final victory against Petro Atlético.

1997 CAF Cup
Tournament details
Dates- 29 November 1997
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions ES Tunis (1st title)
Runners-up Petro Atlético
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored143 (2.65 per match)

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASKO Kara dq1 Dragons de l'Ouémé — —
Simba SC 5–1 Dire Dawa Locomotive 4–1 1–0
Notes
1 Dragons de l'Ouémé disqualified for not having submitted players' licenses in time.

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DSA Antananarivo 1–1 (4–2 p) US Stade Tamponnaise 1–0 0–1
Umtata Bucks w/o Centre Chiefs — —
Kampala City Council 4–2 Rwanda FC 3–0 1–2
AS Bantous 3–3 (a) ASLAD de Moundou 1–1 2–2
Textil do Pungue w/o C&M Sales — —
Petro Atlético 7–1 AS Cheminots 5–0 2–1
Kabwe Warriors w/o Chief Santos — —
Simba SC 1–4 AFC Leopards 1–1 0–3
ES Tunis 8–3 ASKO Kara 7–0 1–3
Stade d'Abidjan 3–4 US Forces Armées 2–3 1–1
USM Aïn Beïda 2–1 Stade Malien 1–0 1–1
Asante Kotoko 3–2 AS Mangasport 2–0 1–2
Coton Sport FC 6–0 Dragón FC 5–0 1–0
KAC Marrakesh 2–0 ASC Linguère 1–0 1–0
Mighty Barrolle dq1 Jasper United — —
Horoya AC 1–2 Chabab Mohammédia 0–0 1–2
Notes
1 Mighty Barrolle disqualified for not having submitted players' licenses in time.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Centre Chiefs 2–4 DSA Antananarivo 1–2 1–2
Kampala City Council 1–01 AS Bantous 1–0 —
Petro Atlético 3–0 C&M Sales 1–0 2–0
AFC Leopards w/o Kabwe Warriors — —
US Forces Armées 2–5 ES Tunis 1–1 1–4
Asante Kotoko 2–4 USM Aïn Beïda 1–1 1–3
KAC Marrakesh 1–2 Coton Sport FC 1–1 0–1
Chabab Mohammédia 2–2 (3–4 p) Jasper United 2–0 0–2
Notes
1 Played as one leg in Uganda due to the civil war in Zaire (afterwards called Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
DSA Antananarivo 0–2 Jasper United 0–0 0–2
Petro Atlético 5–1 USM Aïn Beïda 2–0 3–1
Kampala City Council 3–2 AFC Leopards 2–2 1–0
ES Tunis 5–4 Coton Sport FC 4–1 1–3

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jasper United 3–5 Petro Atlético 2–1 1–4
Kampala City Council 1–9 ES Tunis 1–3 0–6

Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Petro Atlético 1–2 ES Tunis 1–0 0–2

Winners
1997 African Cup Winners' Cup Winners

ES Tunis
First title
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