African Cup Winners' Cup Explained

Organiser:CAF
Founded:1975
Abolished:2003
Region:Africa
Number Of Teams:32 (first round)
Current Champions: ES Sahel
(2nd title)
Most Successful Club: Al Ahly
(4 titles)

The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was modelled after the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

History

The competition was founded at the beginning of 1975 by the Confederation of African Football, following the example of UEFA in Europe, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. For the first edition, fifteen teams took part registered and it was the Cameroonian club of Tonnerre Yaoundé who were the first winners, after defeating the Ivorians Stella Club d'Adjamé in the final.[1]

Records and statistics

Finals

See main article: List of African Cup Winners' Cup finals.

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Al Ahly401984, 1985, 1986, 1993
El Mokawloon SC301982, 1983, 1996
Africa Sports National221992, 19991980, 1993
ÉS Sahel201997, 2003
Canon Yaoundé1319791977, 1984, 2000
Tonnerre Yaoundé1119751976
Gor Mahia FC1119871979
BCC Lions1119901991
Power Dynamos FC1119911982
ES Tunis1119981987
Shooting Stars FC101976
Enugu Rangers101977
Horoya AC101978
TP Mazembe101980
Union Douala101981
CA Bizerte101988
Al-Merrikh SC101989
DC Motema Pembe101994
JS Kabylie101995
Zamalek SC102000
Kaizer Chiefs FC102001
Wydad AC Casablanca102002
Club Africain021990, 1999
Julius Berger FC021995, 2003
Stella Club d'Adjamé011975
NA Hussein Dey011978
Stationery Stores F.C.011981
OC Agaza011983
Leventis United011985
AS Sogara011986
Ranchers Bees FC011988
Esan F.C.011989
Vital'O FC011992
Kenya Breweries FC011994
AC Sodigraf011996
FAR Rabat011997
Primeiro de Agosto011998
Interclube012001
Asante Kotoko SC012002

Performance by country

countryWinnersRunners-upWinning clubsRunners-up
80Al Ahly (4), El Mokawloon SC (3), Zamalek SC (1)-
43ÉS Sahel (2), CA Bizerte (1), ES Tunis (1)Club Africain (2), ES Tunis (1)
37Shooting Stars FC (1), Enugu Rangers (1), BCC Lions (1)Julius Berger FC (2), Stationery Stores F.C.(1), Leventis United (1), Ranchers Bees FC (1), Esan F.C. (1), BCC Lions (1)
34Tonnerre Yaoundé (1), Canon Yaoundé (1), Union Douala (1)Canon Yaoundé (3), Tonnerre Yaoundé (1)
23Africa Sports National (2)Africa Sports National (2), Stella Club d'Adjamé (1)
21TP Mazembe (1), DC Motema Pembe(1)AC Sodigraf (1)
12Gor Mahia FC (1)Gor Mahia FC (1), Kenya Breweries FC (1)
11JS Kabylie (1)NA Hussein Dey (1)
11Wydad AC Casablanca (1)FAR Rabat (1)
11Power Dynamos FC (1)Power Dynamos FC (1)
10Horoya AC (1)-
10Kaizer Chiefs FC (1)-
10Al-Merrikh SC (1)-
02-Primeiro de Agosto (1), Interclube (1)
01-Vital'O FC (1)
01- AS Sogara (1)
01-Asante Kotoko SC (1)
01-OC Agaza (1)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tonnerre de Yaoundé le pionnier de la coupe des coupes . legendilic . 4 June 2019 . 15 June 2019 . 14 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180814163832/http://legendilic.e-monsite.com/pages/content/tonnerre-de-yaounde.html . dead .