1977 African Cup Winners' Cup

The African Cup Winners' Cup 1977 was the third edition of Africa's secondary interclub competition. The tournament was played by 25 teams and used a knock-out format with ties played home and away. Enugu Rangers from Nigeria won the final, and claimed their first African club trophy.

1977 African Cup Winners' Cup
Tournament details
DatesApril - 5 December 1977
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsNigeria Enugu Rangers (1st title)
Runners-upCameroon Canon Yaoundé
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored128 (2.84 per match)
1976
1978

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bata Bullets   5 – 3   Gangama United 4 – 1 1 – 2
Canon Yaoundé   w/o   Red Star Bangui FC
Cedar United   1 – 2   Sporting Clube de Bissau 1 – 1 0 – 1
Enugu Rangers   1 – 1 (a)   Al-Ahly (Tripoli) 0 – 0 1 – 1
ASKO Kara   2 – 3   Anges ABC 1 – 0 1 – 3
Liberté F.C.   2 – 7   Kadiogo F.C. 1 – 1 1 – 6
Luo Union   1 – 2   MO Constantine 1 – 0 0 – 21
Matlama FC   4 – 11   Rangers International 2 – 5 2 – 6
Wallidan F.C.   1 – 1 (a)   Espoirs (Nouakchott) 0 – 0 1 – 1
AS Kaloum Star   bye
Al Ittihad Alexandria   bye
Electric Sports   bye
Ndola United   bye
ASF Police   bye
Shooting Stars F.C.   bye
Stade d'Abidjan   bye

1 Due to a scheduling error, Luo Union arrived for the 2nd leg on Friday night without four key players believing that the match was scheduled for the following night, and subsequently failed to travel to the stadium for the match. MO Constantine were awarded a 2-0 victory.

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Enugu Rangers   6 - 0   Electric Sports 4 - 0 2 - 0
Kadiogo F.C.   3 - 2   AS Kaloum Star 2 - 1 1 - 1
MO Constantine   2 - 3   Al Ittihad Alexandria 1 - 0 1 - 3
Ndola United   2 - 3   Rangers International F.C. 1 - 2 1 - 1
ASF Police   8 - 1   Anges ABC 0 - 0 8 - 1
Shooting Stars F.C.   4 - 2   Bata Bullets 4 - 1 0 - 1
Stade d'Abidjan   4 - 3   Espoirs (Nouakchott) 3 - 0 1 - 3
Sporting Clube de Bissau   1 - 11   Canon Yaoundé 0 - 4 1 - 7

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ittihad Alexandria   2-0   Rangers International 2-0 0-0
Enugu Rangers   2-1   ASF Police 0-0 2-1
Kadiogo F.C.   3-5   Canon Yaoundé 2-1 1-4
Stade d'Abidjan   2-3   Shooting Stars F.C. 2-0 0-3

Semifinals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ittihad Alexandria   1-2   Canon Yaoundé 1-0 0-2
Shooting Stars F.C.   0-0 (2-4 p)   Enugu Rangers 0-0 0-0

Final

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Enugu Rangers   5-2   Canon Yaoundé 4-1 1-1

Champion

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African Cup Winners' Cup
1977 Winners
 
Enugu Rangers
First Title
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