1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs

1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs

Tournament details
Teams	37 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	FAR Rabat (1st title)
Runners-up	AS Bilima
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	170 (2.62 per match)
Best player(s)	Mohamed Timoumi
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The 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 21st 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.

37 teams played in the tournament. The tournament consisted of six rounds of two-legged matches. FAR Rabat from Morocco won the final and became for the first time CAF club champion.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASC Garde Nationale	3–1	Sporting de Bissau	1–0	2–1
Ground Force	1–4	Vital'O	1–2	0–2
Mbabane Highlanders	4–3	LPF	4–1	0–2
Petro Atlético	5–2	AS Tempête Mocaf	4–1	1–1
Ports Authority	w/o1	USFA	—	—

¹ USFA Ouagadougou withdrew on the morning of the first leg.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Bilima	4–0	Township Rollers	3–0	1–0
AS Kaloum Star	3–2	Real Republicans	1–0	2–2
OC Agaza	1–3	CARA Brazzaville	0–1	1–2
Black Rhinos	4–1	Mbabane Highlanders	1–0	3–1
CA Bizertin	2–1	ASC Garde Nationale	1–0	1–1
Enugu Rangers	4–1	Petro Atlético	2–0	2–1
FAR Rabat	10–0	Ports Authority	8–0	w/o1
GCR Mascara	4–3	Al-Ittihad	4–0	0–3
Invincible Eleven	4–12	Stade Malien	3–0	1–1
Lions de l'Atakory	0–4	Hearts of Oak	0–1	0–3
SC Villa	4–4 (a)	Al-Hilal	4–2	0–2
Power Dynamos	6–1	KMKM FC	4–0	2–1
Scarlets (Nakuru)	2–2 (a)	Vital'O	2–1	0–1
Stella d'Abidjan	1–4	US Gorée	1–1	0–3
Tonnerre Yaoundé	2–2 (a)	AS Sogara	2–1	0–1
Zamalek	w/o3	Marine Club	—	—

¹ Ports Authority withdrew after the first leg.
² Invincible Eleven were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
³ Marine Club withdrew.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Bilima	2–1	CARA Brazzaville	1–1	1–0
AS Kaloum Star	3–3 (a)	Enugu Rangers	2–0	1–3
CA Bizertin	2–4	FAR Rabat	1–4	1–0
Power Dynamos	1–3	Black Rhinos	0–2	1–1
Stade Malien	2–3	GCR Mascara	2–0	0–3
US Gorée	3–1	Hearts of Oak	3–0	0–1
Vital'O	4–2	AS Sogara	3–1	1–1
Zamalek	5–1	Al-Hilal	4–0	1–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Black Rhinos	2–3	US Gorée	2–0	0–3
FAR Rabat	3–3 (3–1 p)	AS Kaloum Star	3–0	0–3
GCR Mascara	0–3	AS Bilima	0–0	0–3
Vital'O	3–5	Zamalek	1–0	2–5

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
AS Bilima	2–1	US Gorée	2–0	0–1
Zamalek	1–1 (3–4 p)	FAR Rabat	1–0	0–1

Final

30 November 1985

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FAR Rabat	5–2	AS Bilima
Khairi 18' Haidamou 27', 57' Chicha 46' Barbouri 75'

Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat

22 December 1985

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AS Bilima	1–1	FAR Rabat
		Haidamou 39'

Mobutu Stadium, Lubumbashi

Champion

1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs winners
FAR Rabat First title

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1985 African Cup of Champions Clubs are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mokhtar Chibani	GCR Mascara	4
	Saad Dahane	FAR Rabat	4
	Abdellah Haidamou	FAR Rabat	4
	Abderrazak Khairi	FAR Rabat	4
5	Jesus	Petro Atlético	3
	Gamal Abdel Hamid	Zamalek	3
	Lahcen Chicha	FAR Rabat	3
	Mohamed Timoumi	FAR Rabat	3
9	Mourad Belhadj	GCR Mascara	2
	Mohamed Helmi	Zamalek	2
	Nasr Ibrahim	Zamalek	4
	Tarek Yehia	Zamalek	2
	Abdelmalek El Aziz	FAR Rabat	2

References

• Champions' Cup 1985 - rsssf.com

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