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1999 CAF Champions League
Tournament details
Dates31 January – 12 December
Teams41 (from 41 associations)
Final positions
Champions Morocco Raja Casablanca (3rd title)
Runners-up Tunisia ES Tunis
Tournament statistics
Matches played88
Goals scored233 (2.65 per match)
1998
2000

The 1999 CAF Champions League was the 35th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament prize organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 3rd prize under the CAF Champions League format. Raja Casablanca of Morocco defeated ES Tunis of Tunisia on penalties in the final to win their third title.

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Sea FC Eritrea 1–3 Rwanda Rayon Sport 1–1 0–2
ASEC Ndiambour Senegal 6–0 Liberia Invincible Eleven 4–0 2–0 [a]
USFA Burkina Faso 2–1 Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé 2–0 0–1
CD Elá Nguema Equatorial Guinea w/o [b] São Tomé and Príncipe Santana FC
Telecom Wanderers Malawi 3–2 Mauritius Scouts Club 0–1 3–1
SS Saint-Louisienne Réunion 6–0 Seychelles Red Star FC 2–0 4–0
AS CotonTchad Chad 2–3 Libya Al-Mahalah 2–0 0–3
Notwane FC Botswana 2–4 Lesotho LDF 1–1 1–3
Real Banjul The Gambia 1–3 Guinea AS Kaloum Star 0–2 1–1
  1. ^ Invincible Eleven withdrew after 1st leg, and 2nd leg was awarded 2-0 to ASEC Ndiambour.
  2. ^ Santana FC withdrew

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Maji Maji FC Tanzania 0–5 Egypt Al Ahly 0–3 0–2
Rayon Sport Rwanda 3–1 Kenya AFC Leopards 2–1 1–0
ASEC Ndiambour Senegal 1–4 Morocco Raja Casablanca 1–0 0–4
Djoliba AC Mali 3–3 ( a) Cameroon Coton Sport FC 2–0 1–3
FC 105 Libreville Gabon 2–3 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 1–0 1–3
USFA Burkina Faso 2–6 Algeria USM El Harrach 2–0 0–6
CD Elá Nguema Equatorial Guinea 0–9 Ghana Hearts of Oak 0–3 0–6
SC Villa Uganda 7–2 Ethiopia Mebrat Hail 5–0 2–2
AS Kaloum Star Guinea 3–6 Nigeria Shooting Stars 3–0 0–6
Costa do Sol Mozambique 0–1 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 0–1 [a]
Telecom Wanderers Malawi 1–5 South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 1–2 0–3
SS Saint-Louisienne Réunion 2–1 Madagascar DSA Antananarivo 1–0 1–1
Al-Mahalah Libya 1–4 Tunisia ES Tunis 1–2 0–2
Nchanga Rangers Zambia 1–2 Sudan Al-Hilal 1–0 0–2
Vital'O Burundi 3–2 Angola Primeiro de Agosto 2–1 1–1
LDF Lesotho 0–4 Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare 0–3 0–1
  1. ^ Costa do Sol departed before 2nd leg and were ejected from the competition.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt 3–1 Rwanda Rayon Sport 3–0 0–1
Raja Casablanca Morocco 3–3 (7-6 p) Mali Djoliba AC 2–1 1–2
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast 5–2 Algeria USM El Harrach 4–0 1–2
Hearts of Oak Ghana 4–1 Uganda SC Villa 3–0 1–1
Shooting Stars Nigeria 2–0 Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe 2–0 0–0 [a]
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa 3–5 Réunion SS Saint-Louisienne 1–1 2–4
ES Tunis Tunisia 8–3 Sudan Al-Hilal 5–0 3–3
Vital'O Burundi 0–3 Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare 0–2 0–1
  1. ^ The match was abandoned at half-time with the score tied at 0–0 after Shooting Stars FC left the pitch and refused to continue due to their team officials having been manhandled and assaulted by local fans; they were awarded the tie.

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAJ ALA HEA SHO
1 Morocco Raja Casablanca 6 3 2 1 4 2 +2 11 Final 1–1 1–0 1–0
2 Egypt Al Ahly 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 0–1 2–0 4–1
3 Ghana Hearts of Oak 6 2 2 2 7 6 +1 8 0–0 2–1 3–0
4 Nigeria Shooting Stars 6 1 1 4 6 13 −7 4 1–0 2–3 2–2
Source: [ citation needed]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ESP MIM DYN SLO
1 Tunisia ES Tunis 6 5 0 1 13 1 +12 15 Final 3–0 1–0 5–0
2 Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 1–0 2–0 3–1
3 Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6 0–2 2–1 7–2
4 Réunion SS Saint-Louisienne 6 1 1 4 4 17 −13 4 0–2 0–0 1–0
Source: [ citation needed]

Final

Raja Casablanca Morocco0–0 Tunisia ES Tunis
ES Tunis Tunisia0–0 Morocco Raja Casablanca
Penalties
3–4

Top goalscorers

The top scorers from the 1999 CAF Champions League are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Egypt Hossam Hassan Egypt Al Ahly 6
2 Ghana Ishmael Addo Ghana Hearts of Oak 4
Ivory Coast Aruna Dindane Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Ivory Coast Venance Zézé Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Morocco Mustapha Moustawdaa Morocco Raja Casablanca
Tunisia Walid Azaiez Tunisia ES Tunis
7 Egypt Mohamed Gouda Egypt Al Ahly 3
Ghana Emmanuel Osei Kuffour Ghana Hearts of Oak
Zimbabwe Kingston Rinemhota Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare
Zimbabwe Ronald Sibanda Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare

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