1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	39 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Al Ahly (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	145 (2.23 per match)
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The 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 23rd 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.

The tournament was played by 39 teams and was used a playoff scheme with home and away matches. Al Ahly SC from Egypt won that final, and became for the second time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
BTM Antananarivo	2–3	Maji Maji FC	1–1	1–2
Juvenil Reyes	w/o1	Sporting Moura	—	—
Matlama FC	3–0	Gaborone United	1–0	2–0
Mogadishu Municipality	1–2	Panthères Noires	1–0	0–2
Petro Atlético	4–1	Maxaquene	3–1	1–0
Sporting de Bissau	w/o1	Old Edwards	—	—
Cadets Club	4–4 (a)	Mbabane Highlanders	3–2	1–2

¹ Sporting Moura and Old Edwardians F.C. both withdrew.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AFC Leopards	2–0	Maji Maji FC	1–0	1–0
Africa Sports	3–1	ASFOSA Lomé	2–1	1–0
Al Ahly	5–1	Panthères Noires	4–0	1–1
Al-Hilal	3–0	AS Inter Star	2–0	1–0
Asante Kotoko	w/o1	Sporting de Bissau	—	—
Dynamos FC	8–2	Mbabane Highlanders	6–1	2–1
Étoile du Sahel	w/o1	Al-Ittihad Tripoli	—	—
FC Lupopo	1–0	FC 105 Libreville	1–0	0–0
ASC Jeanne d'Arc	2–3	EP Sétif	2–1	0–2
Mighty Barolle	2–1	Horoya AC	2–1	0–0
SC Villa	5–0	Matlama FC	4–0	1–0
Nkana Red Devils	2–1	Petro Atlético	1–1	1–0
Real Bamako	0–4	Leventis United	0–0	0–4
Requins de l'Atlantique	0–7	Canon Yaoundé	0–0	0–7
Wydad AC	5–1	ASC Police	3–1	w/o2
Zamalek	w/o1	Juvenil Reyes	—	—

¹ Sporting de Bissau, Al-Ittihad and Juvenil Reyes all withdrew.
² ASC Police were disqualified after the first leg as the Mauritanian federation failed to pay the first round entry fee.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa Sports	3–2	Mighty Barolle	2–1	1–1
Al Ahly	7–2	AFC Leopards	6–0	1–2
Dynamos FC	4–2	FC Lupopo	3–1	1–1
EP Sétif	1–2	Canon Yaoundé	0–0	1–2
Étoile du Sahel	2–2 (a)	Leventis United	2–1	0–1
SC Villa	2–2 (a)	Al-Hilal	2–1	0–1
Nkana Red Devils	1–2	Zamalek	1–0	0–2
Wydad AC	1–3	Asante Kotoko	1–1	0–2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Africa Sports	2–2 (2–4 p)	Al Ahly	2–0	0–2
Al-Hilal	2–1	Leventis United	2–1	0–0
Canon Yaoundé	3–2	Dynamos FC	2–1	1–1
Zamalek	3–5	Asante Kotoko	2–0	1–5

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al Ahly	2–1	Asante Kotoko	2–0	0–1
Al-Hilal	1–1 (4–1 p)	Canon Yaoundé	1–0	0–1

Final

Main article: 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs Final

29 November 1987

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Al-Hilal	0–0	Al Ahly

Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum

18 December 1987

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Al Ahly	2–0	Al-Hilal
Jamal Thaalab 5' (o.g.) Shawky 43'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Champion

1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
Al Ahly Second title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mahmoud El Khatib	Al Ahly	5
2	Ayman Shawky	Al Ahly	3
	Ayman Younes	Zamalek	3
	Sarfo Gyamfi	Asante Kotoko	3
	Waleed Tashein	Al-Hilal Club	3
5	Luizinho	Petro Atlético	2
	Moustafa Abdou	Al Ahly	2
	Alaa Mayhoub	Al Ahly	2
	Prince Polley	Asante Kotoko	2

References

• Champions' Cup 1987 - rsssf.com