1998 CAF Champions League final explained

1998 CAF Champions League Final
Event:1998 CAF Champions League
Team1:Dynamos Harare
Team1score:2
Team2:ASEC Mimosas
Team2association:
Team2score:4
Details:on aggregate
Firstleg:First leg
Team1score1:0
Team2score1:0
Date1:28 November 1998
Stadium1:National Sports Stadium
City1:Harare
Referee1:Karim Daho (Algeria)
Attendance1:45 000
Secondleg:Second leg
Team1score2:2
Team2score2:4
Date2:12 December 1998
Stadium2:Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
City2:Abidjan
Referee2:Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Attendance2:50 000
Previous:1997
Next:1999

The 1998 CAF Champions League Final is the final of the 1998 CAF Champions League, the 34th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current CAF Champions League format.

The final is contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Dynamos FC of Zimbabwe and ASEC Mimosas of Côte d'Ivoire. The first leg was hosted by Dynamos FC at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on 28 November 1998, while the second leg was hosted by ASEC Mimosas at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan on 12 December 1998. ASEC Mimosas won on aggregate and it earns the right to play in the 1999 CAF Super Cup against the winner of the 1998 African Cup Winners' Cup.[1]

Qualified teams

In the following table, finals until 1996 were in the African Cup of Champions Club era, since 1997 were in the CAF Champions League era.

TeamRegionPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Dynamos HarareCOSAFA (Southern Africa)none
ASEC MimosasWAFU (West Africa)1995

Venues

Harare National Stadium

Harare National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in Harare, Zimbabwe, with a maximum capacity of 60,000 people.[2] It is the largest stadium in Zimbabwe. Located in Harare just a Few meters from Heroes Acre. It is used mostly for football matches, but is also used for rugby union. CAPS United F.C. use the venue, which opened in 1987, for most of their home games.

The stadium has hosted many important events since its construction such as the 1995 All-Africa Games.

Although it is not the stadium of Dynamos, it was used in the CAF Champions League because it is larger than Rufaro Stadium (stadium of the team) that has a capacity of 35,000 spectators.

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium, nicknamed Le Félicia, is a multi-purpose stadium, which can host football, rugby union and athletics, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is the national stadium of the Ivory Coast national football team. It is named after the first president of the country, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, and is located in the commune of Le Plateau. The stadium has a capacity of 50,000. It also hosts matches of the ASEC Abidjan. It has been the site of several deadly stampedes.

Road to final

Dynamos HarareRound ASEC Mimosas
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legQualifying roundsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Telecom Wanderers4–22–1 (A)2–1 (H)First round RC Bobo4–20–1 (A)4–1 (H)
Ferroviário Maputo2–11–1 (H)1–0 (A)Second round FC 105 Libreville4–22–0 (H)2–2 (A)
OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult
Eagle Cement3–0 (H)Matchday 1 Raja Casablanca1–0 (A)
Hearts of Oak1–1 (A)Matchday 2 Young Africans2–1 (H)
Étoile du Sahel1–0 (H)Matchday 3 Manning Rangers3–1 (H)
Étoile du Sahel0–1 (A)Matchday 4 Manning Rangers0–1 (A)
Eagle Cement1–0 (A)Matchday 5 Raja Casablanca1–1 (H)
Hearts of Oak0–1 (H)Matchday 6 Young Africans3–0 (A)
Final standings

Format

The final was decided over two legs, with aggregate goals used to determine the winner. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule would have been applied, and if still level, the tie would have proceeded directly to a penalty shootout (no extra time is played).

Matches

Second leg

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ligue des Champions - CAF - 1998 . afrik11.com . 17 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111013200211/http://afrik11.com/champions-league-caf/champions-league-caf-1998.html . 2011-10-13 . dead .
  2. Web site: Zim stadia 'shameful' . Farayi . Machamire . DailyNews Live . 4 March 2017 . 14 January 2019 . 7 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207165124/https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2017/03/04/zim-stadia-shameful . dead .