1998 CAF Champions League

The 1998 CAF Champions League was the 34th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 2nd edition under the current CAF Champions League format. ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast defeated Dynamos Harare of Zimbabwe in the final to win their first title.

1998 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates30 January – 12 December
Teams42 (from 42 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsIvory Coast ASEC Mimosas (1st title)
Runners-upZimbabwe Dynamos Harare
Tournament statistics
Matches played87
Goals scored155 (1.78 per match)
1997
1999

Qualifying rounds

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
St.-Michel United   2–8   Ethiopian Coffee SC 1–0 1–8
Rayon Sport   6–1   Maniema FC 6–1 w/o1
Telecom Wanderers   4–1   BDF XI 3–0 1–1
Mbabane Swallows   1–6   LDF 1–4 0–2
Mdlaw Megbi   0–2   Utalii 0–1 0–1
SS Saint-Louisienne   1–3   Sunrise Flacq United 1–2 0–1
Deportivo Mongomo   w/o2   Muni Sport
Wallidan FC   0–2   AS Douanes 0–0 0–2
Mogas 90 FC   w/o2   East End Lions
Tourbillon FC   w/o3   AS Tempête Mocaf

1 Maniema FC withdrew after the 1st leg.
2 Muni Sport and East End Lions both withdrew.
3 AS Tempête Mocaf were disqualified for not paying the entry fee.

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC   3–3 (a)   Al Ahly 1–1 2–2
Rayon Sport   3–3 (a)   Young Africans 2–2 1–1
Telecom Wanderers   2–4   Dynamos Harare 1–2 1–2
Sunrise Flacq United   0–4   Ferroviário 0–4 0–0
KCC   1–3   Power Dynamos 0–1 1–2
LDF   4–5   Manning Rangers 3–3 1–2
Utalii   4–3   Al-Merrikh 4–0 0–3
CI Kamsar   3–5   ES Sahel 1–2 2–3
Deportivo Mongomo   3–13   Petro Atlético 1–4 2–9
Eagle Cement   4–3   AS Vita Club 4–1 0–2
RC Bobo   2–4   ASEC Mimosas 1–0 1–4
Dynamic Lomé   5–9   FC 105 Libreville 3–3 2–6
AS Douanes   2–1   CS Constantine 2–1 0–0
Mogas 90 FC   1–6   Raja Casablanca 0–0 1–6
Tourbillon FC   1–4   Coton Sport FC 0–0 1–4
Djoliba AC   0–1   Hearts of Oak 0–0 0–1

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopian Coffee SC   3–8   Young Africans 2–2 1–6
Dynamos Harare   2–1   Ferroviário 1–1 1–0
Power Dynamos   0–4   Manning Rangers 0–2 0–2
Utalii   1–1 (2-4 p)   ES Sahel 1–0 0–1
Petro Atlético   0–3   Eagle Cement 0–1 0–2
ASEC Mimosas   4–2   FC 105 Libreville 2–0 2–2
AS Douanes   1–2   Raja Casablanca 1–0 0–2
Coton Sport FC   2–2 (a)   Hearts of Oak 2–1 0–1

Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DYN HEA ESS EAG
1   Dynamos Harare 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10 Final 0–1 1–0 3–0
2   Hearts of Oak 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–1 3–2 1–0
3   ES Sahel 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9 1–0 2–1 5–0
4   Eagle Cement 6 2 0 4 3 11 −8 6 0–1 1–0 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ASEC MAN RCA YOU
1   ASEC Mimosas 6 4 1 1 10 4 +6 13 Final 3–1 1–1 2–1
2   Manning Rangers 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 1–0 1–0 4–0
3   Raja Casablanca 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8 0–1 2–1 6–0
4   Young Africans 6 0 2 4 5 19 −14 2 0–3 1–1 3–3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Final

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Dynamos Harare  0–0  ASEC Mimosas
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Karim Daho (Algeria)
ASEC Mimosas  4–2  Dynamos Harare
  • Camara   30', 38'
  • Sié   43'
  • Zaki   52'

Top goalscorers

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The top scorers from the 1998 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Aseged Tesfaye   Ethiopian Coffee SC 6
  Reda Ereyahi   Raja Casablanca
3   Mustapha Moustawdaa   Raja Casablanca 4
4   Zico   Petro Atlético 3
  Musa   Eagle Cement
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