| Tourney Name: | African Cup Winners' Cup |
| Year: | 1986 |
| Dates: | April - 7 December 1986 |
| Num Teams: | 38 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Champion Other: |  Al Ahly |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second Other: |  AS Sogara |
| Matches: | 64 |
| Goals: | 149 |
| Prevseason: | 1985 |
| Nextseason: | 1987 |
The 1986 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Ahly in two-legged final victory against AS Sogara. This was the twelfth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's domestic cup. Thirty-eight sides entered the competition, with AS Police withdrawing before the 1st leg of the preliminary round.
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