1997 CAF Cup

1997 CAF Cup

Tournament details
Dates	- 29 November 1997
Teams	34
Final positions
Champions	ES Tunis (1st title)
Runners-up	Petro Atlético
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	143 (2.65 per match)
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The 1997 CAF Cup was the sixth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up of each African country's domestic league. It was won by ES Tunis in two-legged final victory against Petro Atlético.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ASKO Kara	dq1	Dragons de l'Ouémé	—	—
Simba SC	5–1	Dire Dawa Locomotive	4–1	1–0

Notes

¹ Dragons de l'Ouémé disqualified for not having submitted players' licenses in time.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
DSA Antananarivo	1–1 (4–2 p)	US Stade Tamponnaise	1–0	0–1
Umtata Bucks	w/o	Centre Chiefs	—	—
Kampala City Council	4–2	Rwanda FC	3–0	1–2
AS Bantous	3–3 (a)	ASLAD de Moundou	1–1	2–2
Textil do Pungue	w/o	C&M Sales	—	—
Petro Atlético	7–1	AS Cheminots	5–0	2–1
Kabwe Warriors	w/o	Chief Santos	—	—
Simba SC	1–4	AFC Leopards	1–1	0–3
ES Tunis	8–3	ASKO Kara	7–0	1–3
Stade d'Abidjan	3–4	US Forces Armées	2–3	1–1
USM Aïn Beïda	2–1	Stade Malien	1–0	1–1
Asante Kotoko	3–2	AS Mangasport	2–0	1–2
Coton Sport FC	6–0	Dragón FC	5–0	1–0
KAC Marrakesh	2–0	ASC Linguère	1–0	1–0
Mighty Barrolle	dq1	Jasper United	—	—
Horoya AC	1–2	Chabab Mohammédia	0–0	1–2

Notes

¹ Mighty Barrolle disqualified for not having submitted players' licenses in time.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Centre Chiefs	2–4	DSA Antananarivo	1–2	1–2
Kampala City Council	1–01	AS Bantous	1–0	—
Petro Atlético	3–0	C&M Sales	1–0	2–0
AFC Leopards	w/o	Kabwe Warriors	—	—
US Forces Armées	2–5	ES Tunis	1–1	1–4
Asante Kotoko	2–4	USM Aïn Beïda	1–1	1–3
KAC Marrakesh	1–2	Coton Sport FC	1–1	0–1
Chabab Mohammédia	2–2 (3–4 p)	Jasper United	2–0	0–2

Notes

¹ Played as one leg in Uganda due to the civil war in Zaire (afterwards called Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
DSA Antananarivo	0–2	Jasper United	0–0	0–2
Petro Atlético	5–1	USM Aïn Beïda	2–0	3–1
Kampala City Council	3–2	AFC Leopards	2–2	1–0
ES Tunis	5–4	Coton Sport FC	4–1	1–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Jasper United	3–5	Petro Atlético	2–1	1–4
Kampala City Council	1–9	ES Tunis	1–3	0–6

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Petro Atlético	1–2	ES Tunis	1–0	0–2

Winners

1997 African Cup Winners' Cup Winners
ES Tunis First title

External links

• CAF Cup 1997 - rsssf.com

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