| Tourney Name: | African Cup Winners' Cup |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Dates: | April - 10 December 1978 |
| Num Teams: | 22 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Champion Other: | Horoya AC |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second Other: | NA Hussein-Dey |
| Matches: | 38 |
| Goals: | 101 |
| Prevseason: | 1977 |
| Nextseason: | 1979 |
The 1978 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Horaya in two-legged final victory against NA Hussein-Dey. This was the fourth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Twenty-two sides entered the competition, with Sodiam withdrawing before the 1st leg of the preliminary round.
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