1999 CAF Champions League

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

The 1999 CAF Champions League was the 35th awarding of Africa's premier club football tournament 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 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Red Sea FC Eritrea1–3Rwanda Rayon Sport1–10–2
ASEC Ndiambour Senegal6–0Liberia Invincible Eleven4–02–0[a]
USFA Burkina Faso2–1Benin Dragons de l'Ouémé2–00–1
CD Elá Nguema Equatorial Guineaw/o[b]São Tomé and Príncipe Santana FC––
Telecom Wanderers Malawi3–2Mauritius Scouts Club0–13–1
SS Saint-Louisienne Réunion6–0Seychelles Red Star FC2–04–0
AS CotonTchad Chad2–3Libya Al-Mahalah2–00–3
Notwane FC Botswana2–4Lesotho LDF1–11–3
Real Banjul The Gambia1–3Guinea AS Kaloum Star0–21–1
  1. ^ Invincible Eleven withdrew after 1st leg, and 2nd leg was awarded 2-0 to ASEC Ndiambour.
  2. ^ Santana FC withdrew

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Maji Maji FC Tanzania0–5Egypt Al Ahly0–30–2
Rayon Sport Rwanda3–1Kenya AFC Leopards2–11–0
ASEC Ndiambour Senegal1–4Morocco Raja Casablanca1–00–4
Djoliba AC Mali3–3 (a)Cameroon Coton Sport FC2–01–3
FC 105 Libreville Gabon2–3Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas1–01–3
USFA Burkina Faso2–6Algeria USM El Harrach2–00–6
CD Elá Nguema Equatorial Guinea0–9Ghana Hearts of Oak0–30–6
SC Villa Uganda7–2Ethiopia Mebrat Hail5–02–2
AS Kaloum Star Guinea3–6Nigeria Shooting Stars3–00–6
Costa do Sol Mozambique0–1Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe0–1[a]
Telecom Wanderers Malawi1–5South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns1–20–3
SS Saint-Louisienne Réunion2–1Madagascar DSA Antananarivo1–01–1
Al-Mahalah Libya1–4Tunisia ES Tunis1–20–2
Nchanga Rangers Zambia1–2Sudan Al-Hilal1–00–2
Vital'O Burundi3–2Angola Primeiro de Agosto2–11–1
LDF Lesotho0–4Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare0–30–1
  1. ^ Costa do Sol departed before 2nd leg and were ejected from the competition.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Al Ahly Egypt3–1Rwanda Rayon Sport3–00–1
Raja Casablanca Morocco3–3 (7-6 p)Mali Djoliba AC2–11–2
ASEC Mimosas Ivory Coast5–2Algeria USM El Harrach4–01–2
Hearts of Oak Ghana4–1Uganda SC Villa3–01–1
Shooting Stars Nigeria2–0Democratic Republic of the Congo DC Motema Pembe2–00–0[a]
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa3–5Réunion SS Saint-Louisienne1–12–4
ES Tunis Tunisia8–3Sudan Al-Hilal5–03–3
Vital'O Burundi0–3Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare0–20–1
  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 colors in group tables
Group winners advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification RAJ ALA HEA SHO
1Morocco Raja Casablanca632142+211Final—1–11–01–0
2Egypt Al Ahly6312117+4100–1—2–04–1
3Ghana Hearts of Oak622276+180–02–1—3–0
4Nigeria Shooting Stars6114613−741–02–32–2—
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification ESP MIM DYN SLO
1Tunisia ES Tunis6501131+1215Final—3–01–05–0
2Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas631276+1101–0—2–03–1
3Zimbabwe Dynamos Harare620499060–22–1—7–2
4Réunion SS Saint-Louisienne6114417−1340–20–01–0—
Source: [citation needed]

Final

Raja Casablanca Morocco0–0Tunisia ES Tunis
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mathabella Petros (South Africa)
ES Tunis Tunisia0–0Morocco Raja Casablanca
Penalties
3–4
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)

Top goal scorers

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

RankNameTeamGoals
1Egypt Hossam HassanEgypt Al Ahly6
2Ghana Ishmael AddoGhana Hearts of Oak4
Ivory Coast Aruna DindaneIvory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Ivory Coast Venance ZézéIvory Coast ASEC Mimosas
Morocco Mustapha MoustawdaaMorocco Raja Casablanca
Tunisia Walid AzaiezTunisia ES Tunis
7Egypt Mohamed GoudaEgypt Al Ahly3
Ghana Emmanuel Osei KuffourGhana Hearts of Oak
Zimbabwe Kingston RinemhotaZimbabwe Dynamos Harare
Zimbabwe Ronald SibandaZimbabwe Dynamos Harare
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