1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Dates	1996
Teams	42 (from 41 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Zamalek (4th title)
Runners-up	Shooting Stars
Tournament statistics
Matches played	71
Goals scored	164 (2.31 per match)
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The 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 32nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association football in Africa.

Zamalek from Egypt won that final, and became for the fourth time CAF club champion.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Toffa Cotonou	0–3	Mighty Barolle	0–0	0–31
Saint-George SA	2–2 (a)	Sunshine FC	1–0	1–2
Boavista	dq2	ASC Sonalec	—	—
FACA	0–7	Fantastique FC	0–4	0–33
Postel 2000 FC	3–1	AS Chéminots	2–0	1–1
Fobar	1–2	Mbabane Highlanders	0–0	1–2
CS Saint-Denis	10–1	Majantja	7–0	3–1
Express FC	2–3	Sunrise Flacq United	1–0	1–3
Young Africans	1–3	APR FC	1–0	0–3
Township Rollers	2–5	Black Africa FC	2–1	0–4

¹ Toffa Cotonou withdrew after the first leg.
² ASC Sonalec were disqualified for late payment of the entry fee.
³ FACA withdrew after the first leg.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
COD Meknès	2–2 (a)	Semassi FC	1–0	1–2
ASFA Yennenga	2–5	Ashanti Gold SC	1–4	1–1
JS Kabylie	4–1	Boavista	2–0	2–1
ASEC Mimosas	5–0	Postel 2000 FC	4–0	1–0
ASC Diaraf	1–1 (a)	Kaloum Star	0–0	1–1
Shooting Stars	5–2	AS Mangasport	4–0	1–2
Dynamos FC	2–0	Gor Mahia	1–0	1–0
Mufulira Wanderers	4–0	Mbabane Highlanders	3–0	1–0
Orlando Pirates	4–3	CS Saint-Denis	2–0	2–3
Zamalek	4–3	Sunrise Flacq United	3–1	1–2
AS Bantous	1–2	APR FC	1–0	0–2
Petro Atlético	3–1	Black Africa FC	2–0	1–1
Al-Hilal Club	0–1	Saint George SC	0–0	0–1
CS Sfaxien	w/o	Mighty Barolle	—	—
Desportivo Maputo	w/o	Cape Town Spurs	—	—
RC Bafoussam	1-11	Fantastique FC	1–1	—

¹ RC Bafoussam withdrew after 1st leg, and Fantastique FC advanced to Second Round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CS Sfaxien	3–1	Saint George SC	3–0	0–1
COD Meknès	1–0	Ashanti Gold SC	1–0	0–0
JS Kabylie	1–0	Fantastique FC	0–0	1–0
ASEC Mimosas	1–1 (a)	ASC Diaraf	1–1	0–0
Shooting Stars	6–4	Dynamos FC	5–1	1–3
Mufulira Wanderers	1–2	Orlando Pirates	1–1	0–1
Zamalek	w/o	Desportivo Maputo	—	—
APR FC	2–3	Petro Atlético	2–0	0–3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Orlando Pirates	1–1 (3–4 p)	Shooting Stars	1–0	0–1
Zamalek	4–2	COD Meknès	2–0	2–2
CS Sfaxien	6–3	ASC Diaraf	5–0	1–3
Petro Atlético	1–2	JS Kabylie	1–1	0–1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JS Kabylie	1–2	Shooting Stars	1–1	0–1
CS Sfaxien	1–1 (3–4 p)	Zamalek	1–0	0–1

30 November 1996

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Shooting Stars	2–1	Zamalek
Onya 34' Babalade 63'		Mostafa 89'

Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)

13 December 1996

--:-- UTC+2

Zamalek	2–1	Shooting Stars
Abdel-Hady 29' Mansour 66'		Ademola 89'
Penalties
Gamal Mansour El-Sheshini El-Kass Kasem Nabih	5–4	Mancha  ? Babalade  ? Baruwa Ademola

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Sidi Békaye Magassa (Mali)

1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs Winners
Zamalek Fourth title

The top scorers from the 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ahmed El-Kass	Zamalek	2
	Ayman Mansour	Zamalek	2
	Tarek Mostafa	Zamalek	2
	Mohamed Sabry	Zamalek	2
	Julien Ndagano	APR FC	2
	Skander Souayah	CS Sfaxien	2

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